Congratulations to the Class of 2025!

Princeton University held its 278th commencement in Princeton Stadium on May 27.

Learn more about this year's commencement events below, along with updates about great opportunities to enjoy campus during the summer months.

Commencement 2025: Eisgruber urges graduates to ‘stand boldly’ for the ideals that define America’s universities

At Princeton’s 278th Commencement on Tuesday, May 27, President Christopher L. Eisgruber called on graduating students to stand up for the ideals that define Princeton and other great American colleges and universities.

“Tensions between the academy, public opinion and government policy have ebbed and flowed over the course of American history,” Eisgruber said. “They are now at an unprecedented high point.

“In this tender and pivotal moment, we must stand boldly for the freedoms and principles that define this and other great universities,” he said, eliciting applause and cheers of support from students and their guests at Princeton Stadium.

Read the full story on princeton.edu

After Princeton graduation, ROTC students are commissioned as U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force officers

Twelve members of Princeton’s Class of 2025 became commissioned officers in the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force on May 27 during a ceremony led by Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli, a Class of 1987 alumnus who was commissioned through Princeton’s ROTC program more than 30 years ago.

Cavoli serves as NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe and commander of the U.S. European Command. The ROTC Commissioning was held in the Faculty Room of Nassau Hall in the afternoon, following Princeton’s Commencement.

Read the full story on princeton.edu

Four outstanding N.J. secondary school teachers honored at Princeton Commencement

Princeton University honored four outstanding New Jersey secondary school teachers at its 2025 Commencement on Tuesday, May 27.

This year’s recipients of the Princeton Prize for Distinguished Secondary School Teaching are Davine Floy of the Newark School of Data Science and Information Technology, Laurianne Brunetti Kuipers of Memorial Middle School in Fair Lawn, An Nguyen of Camden Catholic High School in Cherry Hill, and Theodore Opderbeck of Waldwick High School.

They each will receive $5,000, as well as $3,000 for their school libraries.

Read the full story on princeton.edu

Yoga on the Lawn

Experience the healing benefits of outdoor yoga on a beautiful summer evening. Sponsored by Princeton University Art Museum.

In case of inclement weather, the class will be held in Frist Multipurpose Room A. 

Free and open to the public.

Thursday, June 5

5:30 PM

East Pyne Lawn

Drawing Points of View from the Collections | Watercolors: Upward Gaze

Princeton University Art Museum partners with the Arts Council of Princeton to provide free virtual painting classes, taught by artist-instructor Barbara DiLorenzo. With an emphasis on painting with watercolors, each week’s lesson in this series will be inspired by an object from the Museum’s collections that depicts a different point of view. 

This live art-making class is inspired by Doug and Mike Starn’s sculpture (Any) Body Oddly Propped (2015). In this session, we will explore painting from the perspective of an upward gaze. 

Free registration required. Register for the art-making class on artmuseum.princeton.edu.

Thursday, June 5

8:00 PM

Virtual Event

Princeton Summer Theater

The Bridges of Madison County

Based on the best-selling novel by Pulitzer winner Marsha Norman, and developed by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County captures the lyrical expanse of America's heartland while exploring what we do for the possibility of love. Winner of the 2014 Tony Award for Best Score and Orchestrations, this sweeping romance with a beautiful score will leave

you breathless.

Purchase tickets to The Bridges of Madison County on princetonsummertheater.org.

Evening and Matinee Performances

June 12 thru 28

Hamilton Murray Theater

Images

Princeton Stadium - Photo by Tori Repp/Fotobuddy

Commencement - Photo by Matthew Raspanti, Office of Communications

ROTC - Photo by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy

Teachers - Photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications

Yoga - Photo by Kristina Giasi

Watercolor - Doug and Mike Starn, "(Any) Body Oddly Propped," 2015. Princeton University Art Museum. Museum commission made possible by Shelly Belfer Malkin, Class of 1986, and Anthony E. Malkin, and by the John B. Putnam Jr. Memorial Fund. © Doug and Mike Starn, 2015