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Princeton Weekly Bulletin September 25, 2006, Vol. 96, No. 3 prev next current
- Page One
- • Tilghman charts path for the University’s future
- • University establishes new Center for African American Studies
- • Princeton to end early admission
- Special community ties section
- • Community and regional affairs office serves as bridge
- • Celebration this fall to mark 250 years of ‘Princeton in Princeton’
- • Community and Staff Day goes ‘under the lights’ at Princeton Stadium Oct. 13
- • University and local communities invited to join in ‘Plans in Progress’
- • Faculty, staff give back to the community through volunteer work
- • Collaboration with start-up company aims to improve efficiency of solar power
- • CAP shares academic riches with area residents
- • Center keeps pace with civic engagement opportunities
- • Community outreach generates a winning feeling for student-athletes
- • Cotsen materials go on the road
- • Trenton Program kindles passion for art
- Inside
- • Class of 2010 is most diverse in Princeton‘s history
- • Library exhibition celebrates Goheen
- • Science takes a walk in the park
- • Retiree Open Enrollment is Sept. 25-Oct. 6
- People
- • Humanities Council lines up roster of distinguished visitors
- • Eugenides, Thompson among new faculty members approved
- • Spotlight
- Almanac
- • Calendar of events
- • Nassau notes
- • By the numbers
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Tilghman timeline
A look at some of the key events and initiatives in Shirley M. Tilghman’s five-year tenure as Princeton president
May 5, 2001. Named Princeton’s 19th president
September 28, 2001. Installed as president
November 10, 2001. Announced a $60 million gift from Peter Lewis for a Frank Gehry-designed science library known as Lewis Library
December 11, 2001. Announced the University’s commitment of $1 million to creating programs to assist individuals, especially young people, most directly affected by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
February 4, 2002. Announced a $30 million gift from Meg Whitman to support construction of the University’s sixth residential college, Whitman College
June 30, 2003. Announced the creation of the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies
September 29, 2003. The Task Force on the Status of Women in the Natural Sciences and Engineering issued a report recommending a wide range of initiatives to address imbalances between men and women in these fields
April 26, 2004. Faculty members approved a new policy to establish a common grading standard across the University in an effort to combat grade inflation
October, 2004. Traveled to China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan, meeting with alumni and government officials
November 9, 2004. The Task Force on Health and Well-Being issued a series of recommendations for significant changes in University policies and programs in areas such as health services and child care
Fall, 2004. Appointed Diversity Working Group to identify strategies and potential barriers that affect the recruitment, hiring, retention and promotion of a diverse workforce at Princeton
September 13, 2005. Announced Princeton’s partnership with Brown University to aid Dillard University in rebuilding its New Orleans campus after Hurricane Katrina
November 16, 2005. Announced the launch of the multidisciplinary Princeton Institute in Neuroscience
January 21, 2006. Announced a $101 million gift from Peter Lewis to establish the University Center for the Creative and Performing Arts
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