Back to School

  • Residential colleges welcome new students

    Residential colleges welcome new students

  • Moving In Day gets underway

    Moving In Day gets underway

  • Getting organized at Check-in

    Getting organized at Check-in

  • Upperclassmen cheerfully help with the moving

    Upperclassmen cheerfully help with the moving

  • Meeting new friends in the dining halls

    Meeting new friends in the dining halls

  • Students from around the globe participate in international orientation

    Students from around the globe participate in international orientation

  • Wilson College students enjoy a favorite campus sculpture, "Oval with Points"

    Wilson College students enjoy a favorite campus sculpture, "Oval with Points"

  • Orientation meetings take place on college lawns

    Orientation meetings take place on college lawns

  • Students join discussion with President Christopher L. Eisgruber '83

    Students join discussion with President Christopher L. Eisgruber '83

  • Reading "Whistling Vivaldi," the freshman Pre-read selection

    Reading "Whistling Vivaldi," the freshman Pre-read selection

  • Rock climbing offered by Outdoor Action

    Rock climbing offered by Outdoor Action

  • Students bond during Outdoor Action pre-orientation activity

     Students bond during Outdoor Action pre-orientation activity

  • Community Action pre-orientation connects students through Habitat for Humanity

    Community Action pre-orientation connects students through Habitat for Humanity

  • Opening Exercises, held in the University Chapel

    Opening Exercises, held in the University Chapel

  • Older students wait at the Pre-rade route to cheer on the freshmen

    Older students wait at the Pre-rade route to cheer on the freshmen

  • Mathey College students gather

    Mathey College students gather

  • Whitman College students on their way

    Whitman College students on their way

  • Forbes College students pause for a photo

    Forbes College students pause for a photo

  • President Eisgruber meets and greets during the Pre-rade

    President Eisgruber meets and greets during the Pre-rade

  • Rockefeller College students enjoy the procession

    Rockefeller College students enjoy the procession

  • Butler College students join in the spectacle

    Butler College students join in the spectacle

  • Picnic after the Pre-rade for large crowds

    Picnic after the Pre-rade for large crowds

  • Picnic after the Pre-rade for small crowds

     Picnic after the Pre-rade for small crowds

  • Learning Princeton songs at the traditional "Step Sing"

    Learning Princeton songs at the traditional "Step Sing"

  • Residential colleges welcome new students
  • Moving In Day gets underway
  • Getting organized at Check-in
  • Upperclassmen cheerfully help with the moving
  • Meeting new friends in the dining halls
  • Students from around the globe participate in international orientation
  • Wilson College students enjoy a favorite campus sculpture, "Oval with Points"
  • Orientation meetings take place on college lawns
  • Students join discussion with President Christopher L. Eisgruber '83
  • Reading "Whistling Vivaldi," the freshman Pre-read selection
  • Rock climbing offered by Outdoor Action
  • Students bond during Outdoor Action pre-orientation activity
  • Community Action pre-orientation connects students through Habitat for Humanity
  • Opening Exercises, held in the University Chapel
  • Older students wait at the Pre-rade route to cheer on the freshmen
  • Mathey College students gather
  • Whitman College students on their way
  • Forbes College students pause for a photo
  • President Eisgruber meets and greets during the Pre-rade
  • Rockefeller College students enjoy the procession
  • Butler College students join in the spectacle
  • Picnic after the Pre-rade for large crowds
  • Picnic after the Pre-rade for small crowds
  • Learning Princeton songs at the traditional "Step Sing"
These photos capture the excitement of the start of the school year, from pre-orientation and moving in for new students to Opening Exercises and more. Photos courtesy of the Office of Communications and Gary King '79.