As the University deepens its commitment to academic outreach, strengthens its relationships with partner institutions, and expands pathways to a liberal arts-based college education, this program ensures that our work with two-year public institutions is coordinated institutionally.The program draws on and extends the McGraw Center’s commitment to creating reciprocal and collaborative opportunities for sustained mentorship, allowing Princeton faculty and staff and colleagues at community colleges to engage with and learn from one another. 2023-2024 Year One Report We are delighted to share the first annual report of Princeton University’s Program for Community College Engagement (PCCE), located in the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning at Princeton University. Prison Teaching Initiative The Prison Teaching Initiative seeks to bridge Princeton University’s academic and service-driven missions by providing the highest-quality postsecondary education to incarcerated students in New Jersey; offering Princeton University graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and staff innovative, evidence-based pedagogy training and the chance to diversify their teaching portfolios through intensive classroom experience; and fostering a robust campus dialogue on mass incarceration and its relationship to systemic inequalities in access to education. Teaching Transfer Initiative The Teaching Transfer Initiative is an academic outreach pilot program led by the Office of the Provost and managed by the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning. Designed to encourage community college students to explore and transfer to four-year institutions, the program invests in the community college sector by expanding Princeton’s teaching and advising capacity outward. Community College Teaching Fellowships The Princeton / Community College Teaching Program is a collaboration between the McGraw Center for Teaching & Learning and the Graduate School. This unique program enables you to teach courses at Mercer County Community College, Rowan College South Jersey, Camden County College, or Middlesex College. The Fellowship provides a valuable, mentored experience by a tenured community college faculty member, and helps you develop as a teacher, providing an opportunity to design and teach a course. Community College Faculty Program The Community College Faculty Program (CCFP), formerly the Mid-Career Fellowship Program, is an opportunity for New Jersey community college faculty members and administrators to undertake advanced study. The Community College Faculty Program allows selected faculty from New Jersey community colleges to: Enroll at a premier university to further cultivate their understanding of the subjects they teach, Consult with distinguished scholars in a variety of fields, and Become part of a unique academic community. PCCE News & Announcements Mercer County Community College Honors Program Students Visit Campus Students in Mercer County Community College’s Honors program visited Princeton’s campus to take part in a workshop in Special Collections and to visit the Roberto Lugo exhibit “Orange and Black” in Bainbridge House. Guided by a Special Collections librarian and working with the F. Scott Fitzgerald archive, students examined diaries,… Community College Engagement Rowan College of South Jersey Medical Spanish Students Help the Local Community with Kidney Screenings Students of SPA 205 Medical Spanish collaborated with the university group KDSAP last Sunday at a free clinic focused on kidney health screening and education. The clinic took place at the Catholic church St. Paul after the mass in Spanish. Their language skills played a crucial role in assisting Spanish-speaking patients, helping… Community College Engagement Rowan College South Jersey Creative Writing Program Visit to Special Collections and an Author Reading Student writers and faculty advisers celebrating the publication of Rowan College of South Jersey’s literary magazine visited Firestone Library’s Special Collections to examine the creative process of writing and revising. Guided by a Special Collections librarian, students used the F. Scott Fitzgerald archives to explore the process… Community College Engagement Princeton donates laptops to two New Jersey correctional facilities to support higher education and digital literacy By Jamie Saxon, Office of Communicationson Feb. 7, 2025, 1:20 p.m.The University has expanded its commitment to higher education for incarcerated individuals with a donation of 52 laptop computers to the New Jersey Department of Corrections, announced Jan. 29 in an event at Palmer House.The laptops and related… Prison Teaching Initiative Jenny Greene wins presidential mentoring award for Prison Teaching Initiative Jenny Greene, a professor of astrophysical sciences and the director of Princeton’s Prison Teaching Initiative, was awarded the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) by President Biden on Jan. 13. Continue reading ‘Jenny Greene wins… Faculty Prison Teaching Initiative What it takes to get from MCCC to Princeton University: Honors student Amelia Melendez Amelia Melendez, a Mercer County Community College Honors student, and Princeton Teaching Transfer Initiative and Transfer Scholars Initiative participant, is featured in The College Voice, the student newspaper of Mercer County Community College. Community College Engagement The Teaching Transfer Initiative Enters Second Year The Teaching Transfer Initiative partners with local community colleges to guide and support community college students in their quest to transfer to selective four-year schools. John Barr, a Teaching Transfer Associate, shares his insights into the unique nature of… Community College Engagement Coding, Computational Biology, and Confidence Before enrolling at Rutgers University as a computer science major, Wali Palmer, a 45-year-old Camden resident, had zero knowledge of computers. He’d spent 25 years in prison, and around the time he was released in 2023, he decided “the best and fastest way for me to get on track and try to develop a better understanding of computers and… Prison Teaching Initiative Princeton University offers STEM program to formerly incarcerated individuals Since 2017, the Ivy League institution has given practical STEM experience and mentorship to students impacted by the criminal justice system.A criminal record can pose a barrier to employment, especially in a STEM-related… Prison Teaching Initiative Local legislative delegation visits campus Princeton University's local delegation of legislators from the 14, 15, and 16 legislative districts met with University leadership to learn more about University priorities, the historical capital plan and sustainability projects, and University programs that support access and opportunity. 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