Rockefeller College

Rockefeller College

John D. Rockefeller 3rd College, or "Rocky", is one of six residential colleges at Princeton University. It was founded in 1982, making it the third residential college to be established at Princeton. It is named for John D. Rockefeller 3rd, Princeton Class of 1929, who served as a major donor and longtime trustee of the University.

The college is located in the northwestern corner of the Princeton campus and is largely composed of Collegiate Gothic style structures, including Madison Hall, home of the college dining hall, office, and common spaces, and the dorms Holder Hall, Buyers Hall (formerly "East Blair Hall"), and part of Campbell Hall. Witherspoon Hall is also part of Rockefeller College, though it is not in the Collegiate Gothic style.

The college is home to roughly 500 freshmen and sophomores and a small number of upperclassmen. The college staff is led by the master (a faculty member), and also includes a dean, a director of studies, a college administrator, a college secretary, and two graduate student assistant masters. The current master of Rockefeller College is Jeff Nunokawa, Professor of English. A council of current students also contributes to college life, organizing trips, study breaks, and other opportunities. The council recently organized a long-term community service partnership between Rockefeller College and the Princeton Family YMCA.

Beginning with the 20072008 school year, Rockefeller College has, along with Princeton's other residential colleges, catered to upperclassmen as well as underclassmen, with new programs and advising. However, the college houses no upperclassmen, with the exception of Residential College Advisors. Rockefeller College students who wish to remain living in a residential college after their sophomore year are permitted to move into neighboring Mathey College, which houses students of all four undergraduate classes.

Rockefeller College's common room, Holder Hall, and Blair Arch (which adjoins Buyers Hall but is technically a part of Mathey College) were all featured in the film "A Beautiful Mind".

External links

* [http://rocky.princeton.edu/ Rockefeller College Homepage]


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