Princeton University大学英语介绍.ppt

I just cant wait to go to the Princeton University! Dei sub numine viget School motto: Under Gods power she flourishes（ 因为上帝的力量，学校欣欣向荣） Institutional Control: Private Year founded: 1746 Location: Princeton , New Jersey Ranking: No.10 in 2010 Present President : Christopher L. Eisgruber Status:fourth-oldest college in the United States ;one of the eight universities of the Ivy League Chartered in 1746 as the College of New Jersey — the name by which it was known for 150 years — Princeton University was British North Americas fourth college. Located in Elizabeth for one year and then in Newark for nine, the College of New Jersey moved to Princeton in 1756. It was housed in Nassau Hall, which was newly built on land donated by Nathaniel FitzRandolph. Nassau Hall contained the entire College for nearly half a century. In 1896, when expanded program offerings brought the College university status, the College of New Jersey was officially renamed Princeton University in honor of its host community of Princeton. Four years later, in 1900, the Graduate School was established. The Presidents of Princeton University（1746 to the present）Colonial Times Jonathan Dickinson, 1747 Aaron Burr, Sr., 1748–57 Jonathan Edwards, 1758 Samuel Davies, 1759–61 Samuel Finley, 1761–66 Revolutionary War John Witherspoon, 1768–94 Nineteenth Century Samuel S. Smith, 1795–1812 Ashbel Green, 1812–22 James Carnahan, 1823–54 John Maclean, Jr., 1854–68 James McCosh, 1868–88 Francis L. Patton, 1888–1902 Twentieth Century Woodrow Wilson, 1902–10 John G. Hibben, 1912–32 Harold W. Dodds, 1933–57 Robert F. Goheen, 1957–72 William G. Bowen, 1972–88 Harold T. Shapiro, 1988–2001 Twenty-first Century Shirley M. Tilghman, 2001–13 Christopher L. Eisgruber, 2013–present Shirley M. Tilghman, (2001–13): the 19th President of Princeton University. She was the first woman to hold the position and only the second female president in the Ivy League. Tilghman was a member of the Prin