Alumni Day 2025: February 22
Alumni Day 2025: February 22
Reconnect with friends, fellow alumni and Princeton families, honor alumni award winners, attend the Service of Remembrance, toast fellow alumni at the Alumni Day Closing Reception, listen to lectures, and so much more!
Service of Remembrance 2025
A cherished part of Alumni Day, the University’s annual memorial service honors those Princetonians — alumni, students, faculty and staff — whose deaths were recorded during the prior calendar year.
Leave a Virtual Carnation
In memory and honor of beloved Princetonians, you can post a “virtual carnation” — a memorial message — honoring a departed loved one.
Other Alumni Day Awards
Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize
The Pyne Honor Prize, established in 1921, is awarded to the senior who has most clearly manifested excellent scholarship, strength of character and effective leadership.
Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship
The Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship, Princeton's top honor for graduate students, supports the final year of study and is awarded to students whose work has exhibited the highest scholarly excellence.
History of Alumni Day
First observed on Lincoln’s birthday in 1915, the day drew 100 alumni to what the PAW called “an intellectual pilgrimage” to Princeton. From 1916 to 1955, it was on Washington’s birthday; thereafter, it has been on the Saturday nearest February 22.
Nominations for Alumni Day’s Highest Honors
The Woodrow Wilson Award and James Madison Medal
Take a look back at the past recipients of the most prestigious awards presented at Alumni Day.
