A mid-winter celebration held in February, Alumni Day provides a glimpse of campus life when the University is in session. Featuring lectures by alumni award winners and Princeton's top faculty, the annual Service of Remembrance, family programming, workshops and campus tours, Alumni Day provides an opportunity for alumni to connect back to the University, to one another, and to current students.

Alumni Day 2012 Highlights

Alumni Day Lectures

The Alumni Day lectures include audio and video recordings of the alumni who this year have won the Woodrow Wilson Award and the James Madison Medal.

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Alumni Association Luncheon and Awards Ceremony

At the Alumni Day luncheon, several awards are presented to alumni and students in recognition of their achievements and volunteer service.

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View video of luncheon and ceremony

Social Media Highlights

Relive Alumni Day through tweets, photos, stories and posts shared throughout the day on social media.

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Alumni Day Program

View the full Alumni Day schedule, information about the alumni and student award recipients, a message from the president of the alumni association, and more.

Alumni Day and Parents' Program [PDF]

Service of Remembrance

A cherished part of Alumni Day, Princeton University’s Annual Memorial Service invited family and friends to remember with honor and affection those Princetonians—alumni, students, faculty and staff—whose deaths were recorded during the prior calendar year.


About Alumni Day

Designed to give alumni a glimpse of campus life when the University was in session, Alumni Day was first observed on Lincoln's birthday in 1915.

Alumni Day in Photos

See images from Alumni Day 2012.

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