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Celebrating Service & Community

 

Written by: Sophie Steidle ‘25, Pace Center Student Correspondent; Elsie M. Sheidler, Senior Associate Director 

Photography: Dan Komoda

John H. Pace, Jr. ’39 Center for Civic Engagement honored two students with the A. James Fisher Jr. ‘36 Memorial Award and one community partner and one…

Find funded summer service & social impact internships with LENS

Every Princeton undergraduate has the opportunity to participate in a funded social impactor service internship over the summer through the Learning and Education through Service (LENS) initiative. 

Internships give Princeton students an opportunity to explore, to grow and to learn more…

Juneteenth Celebrations & Events

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, marks the day when news of emancipation reached the enslaved people of Texas, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. We've curated a number of events happening with groups on campus and in the local community as ways to celebrate, learn, and connect…

Senior Gisell Curbelo honored with Glickman Prize

For Princeton University senior Gisell Curbelo, finding and building community has been foundational for her educational journey. In recognition of her steadfast commitment to human rights, immigrant rights, and the Latin American and transfer student communities, the Pace Center for Civic Engagement has honored Curbelo with the…

Focus on Education Access

What does belonging mean for first-generation, low-income students at Princeton University? What is the experience of rural students at Princeton, and at colleges and universities across the country? Over the past academic year, seniors Annie Phun and Madison Mellinger examined these questions as they sought to develop projects to address…

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