Princeton and Veterans - Responses and Recommendations
Mar
30, 2012
Responses to call for suggestions to help Princeton improve recruitment and support for veterans as students. President Jim Marshall '72 received several thoughtful and positive responses to his March 1 letter, summarized in this article. Full texts of three major contributions are on this front page of the website.
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Proposed Veteran Initiative at Stanford
Mar
29, 2012
Stanford University is considering a proposal drafted by a current student veteran to create a staged program over three summers to attract potential veteran applicants.
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NSC as Possible Source of Veteran Students
Mar
29, 2012
The computer security studies and research in the CS Department in particular could be a special attraction to the very bright young enlisted personnel serving in the National Security Agency and related Service units.
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Assessment of Princeton Situation
Mar
29, 2012
In response to the articles in Bloomberg News and the Daily Princetonian that were critical of Princeton for its lack of students who are military veterans, Major Michael Kreuzer, PhD Candidate, Woodrow Wilson School drafted an in depth analysis of the situation at the University.
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U. trails peers in veteran numbers
Mar
3, 2012
In response to the Bloomberg article on veterans in Ivy League schools, The Daily Princetonian published lengthy report on the situation at Princeton.
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Princeton Trails Columbia in Welcoming Vets to Ivy League
Mar
3, 2012
Bloomberg News on Feb 16 carried a news report about how Ivy League institutions have responded to veterans returning to higher education.
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Alumni Reunion Panel 2011 Video
Jul
24, 2011
The Academy and the Military
Alumni Reunion Panel 2011 Video
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This year's Alumni Reunion Panel, in recognition of the impact of changes in national policy regarding military service (changes which have led Harvard, Yale and others to reinstitute ROTC programs), departed from the traditional topic of alumni experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, and instead addressed the broader issue of the relationship between the military and academic institutions.
Presenters included A&F President and former Congressman Jim Marshall '72, Woodrow Wilson School Professor Stan Katz, John Hurley '86, founder of Cavalry Asset Management and recent donor of a Preceptorship in History, and CPT Joe Holliday '06, recently returned veteran from Afghanistan. The panel highlighted the role of higher education in the ongoing reassessment of educational needs by the military services. |
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New President - Jim Marshall '72
May
9, 2011
The Honorable Jim Marshall '72 P10 P13 has graciously agreed to serve as interim President of the Alumni and Friends of Princeton ROTC until our annual membership meeting held at the Reunion luncheon on May 27. Jim has offered to stand for permanent election at the meeting.
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The General John R. Guthrie ’42 Scholarship Fund
Sep
2, 2009
"The purpose of the Guthrie Fund is to enable Princeton students to follow the example of General Guthrie’s commitment to the Princeton motto, “In the Nation’s Service” by pursuing commissions in the uniformed services of the United States through their participation in Princeton’s Reserve Officer Training Programs.
This Fund is specifically meant in two ways to encourage Princeton students to pursue commissions. First, by providing substantial financial assistance to Princeton ROTC students who contract for the ROTC Advanced Course (normally in their third or junior year) and who have not received ROTC Scholarship assistance from the military services. Financial assistance would begin as soon as the student contracts to complete the Advanced Course leading to commissioning upon graduation. As such, this assistance is meant to encourage non-scholarship ROTC students to continue in the program until they are commissioned. Second, by offering incentives to students who may be interested in trying out ROTC programs but would otherwise be deterred by financial and time demands, the Fund would support the recruiting missions of the ROTC Programs ..."
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