News and Announcements

What it takes to get from MCCC to Princeton University: Honors student Amelia Melendez
Dec. 20, 2024

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. 

Teaching Pairs Program - Launching in Spring 2025!
Dec. 10, 2024

One of our goals at the McGraw Center is to create a community of practice around teaching by encouraging faculty to share their pedagogical approach. With this in mind, we are excited to launch our Teaching Pairs Program this spring. The Teaching Pairs Program is an opportunity for faculty members to work closely with a colleague on their…

The Teaching Transfer Initiative Enters Second Year
Sept. 30, 2024

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…

Coding, Computational Biology, and Confidence
Sept. 26, 2024

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…

Princeton University offers STEM program to formerly incarcerated individuals
Sept. 24, 2024

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…

Local legislative delegation visits campus
Sept. 24, 2024

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. From left to right: David Reiner, Maura Fennessy…

Assemblywoman Linda Carter visits campus to learn about opportunity and access at Princeton
Sept. 24, 2024

Chair of the Assembly Higher Education Committee, Assemblywoman Linda Carter, visited campus to learn about the University's groundbreaking efforts to expand access to and opportunities in higher education at Princeton and beyond through the Emma Bloomberg Center and…

Welcome Graduate Students!
Aug. 28, 2024

At the recent Graduate Student Information Fair, dozens of students met Grad Peer Coaches, Natalie Miller and Crystal Rao, and learned about the McGraw Center’s Thriving in the Academy offerings for…

Congrats Stem+ Learning Academy Summer 2024 Cohort
Aug. 1, 2024

This summer 30 undergraduates delved into the strategies, methods and cognitive processes essential to learning in STEM+ courses at Princeton. Our emphasis was on developing course-specific strategic approaches to learning, studying and exam prep so as to prepare to solve Princeton’s challenging exam-level problems. Creatively solving complex…

Faculty members receive President’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching
July 2, 2024

Four Princeton University faculty members received President’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching at Commencement ceremonies Tuesday, May 28.

They are Gary Bass, the William P. Boswell Professor of World Politics of Peace and War and a professor of politics and the School of Public and International Affairs; Laura Kalin, associate…