OTHER KEY PROJECTS

In addition to OCE’s annual programs and initiatives, we work on other short-term campus engagement projects based on campus need.

Here are some recent examples of our special projects work.

Community Care Day

The Office of the Vice President for Campus Life is piloting a new initiative, Community Care Day, on Friday, October 27, 2023. The idea of Community Care Day came directly from students, and encourages the entire campus to focus on rejuvenation, mindfulness, and community-building through participating in wide range of drop-in fun and calming offerings (see the full schedule by clicking the icon below).

OCE Executive Director Judy Jarvis is the project manager for the Community Care Day pilot, working closely with an undergraduate student, graduate student, faculty, and staff working group.

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First Families Weekend

In partnership with the Office of the Dean of the College, OCE co-led the 2021, 2022 and 2023 First-Year Family (FFW) Weekend offerings. FFW is an annual weekend-long series of events in September for family members of first-year students to get a taste of Princetons’s academics, student affairs and more. For more, click below.

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To Be Known and Heard: Systemic Racism and Princeton University virtual gallery

To Be Known and Heard, a virtual gallery created by OCE and the Carl A. Fields Center and launched during Wintersession 2021, shines a light on racism and anti-racism at Princeton throughout the University’s history, up the present moment. We look at experiences that span across 274 years, feature 15 student groups and 22 interviews along with primary photos, video and documents from the University Archives and others.

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Established and managed Virtual Programming Calendar

When Princeton academics and activities went remote in March of 2020, OCE established a centralized calendar for undergraduate and graduate students to use as a one-stop shop for seeing what virtual offerings they could participate in during their out of class time.

Conduct research on student needs

OCE works on a variety of research projects as needed by Campus Life and/or coalitions of campus partners. Some recent examples include researching peer institutions’ peer education structures; researching peer institutions’ approaches to virtual programming; and conducting an all-student survey on virtual programming needs.