This is a memory wall, where you are invited to write a memory you have of your Princeton experience on a virtual sticky note and add it to our collection.
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“Picking just one magical Princeton memory feels impossible either from my time there or indeed in the many (eek) years since graduation but I will try! At the beginning of my sophomore year, I had the privilege to play a fairy (I think Mustardseed) in the inaugural production of the Princeton Shakespeare Company – a Midsummer Night’s Dream. The experience of performing Shakespeare outside on the steps of Lockhart Arch, albeit in a costume that was a tad inadvertently revealing, stays with me to this day. We were trying to use the campus in an entirely new way and a combination of the cast, the crew and even one of my best friends operating the tech board from behind a bush created something truly beautiful for an audience who wasn’t always the typical theatre going crowd. I already loved the campus but both this production and Much Ado which I did two years later cemented my passion for it! I can’t put into words what Princeton has brought to my life in terms of friendship and expanding my horizons over the years but both PSC and my spiritual home at Theatre Intime were a huge part of it!”
–Anna V. Smith ’97
“One of the best moments of my time at Princeton is when my roommate Marisol gave me a mug with a bunch of Shakespeare quotes on it. She knew I loved Shakespeare and she gave it to me at a time when I was really struggling. It meant a lot. I still have the mug and think of her every time I use it :)”
–Sarah Dabby ’07
“My most memorable classes at Princeton were taught by Black women professors in the English and History departments. Powerhouses: Daphne Brooks, Noliwe Rooks, and Sage Mathieu. These classes, more than any others in my academic career, drew vital connections between our academic explorations and their contemporary, real world significance. Brooks, Rooks, and Mathieu challenged their students to contextualize our learning to better understand the consequences of cultural production and history making. I am so grateful for these professors’ impact on my lifelong learning, and the ways in which my work in their classes prepared me to navigate matters of race, gender, history, and art in the years since my graduation.”
–Marisol Rosa-Shapiro ’07
“Bravo! 50 years of coeducation at Princeton! I came to Princeton in 1967 as one of the first women in the psychology graduate school. A great experience (and having 3 children and a successful campaign for Princeton School Board along the way.) Although I had been warned not to put specialized area of study on my application because some professors would not accept a woman graduate student, I had wonderful mentors at Princeton such as Prof. G. Weaver of the Auditory Research Lab (where I trained bats to study echolocation) and Professor S. Glucksberg (whose guidance in cognitive studies led me to a successful NIH fellowship application). Love to celebrate a fabulous school that supported me financially and with great teachers. See you at the P-rade when we can be together again!”
–Gail Firestone GS ’73
“One of my favorite memories from my time at Princeton happened on the day I learned I hadn’t won the Fulbright my senior year. Losing the fellowship shouldn’t have been too much of a surprise, and yet, somehow, it was. Beyond being disappointed and depressed by the news, I was scared. That was my post-graduation plan; the hell was I going to do now? But two of my best friends, Renee Kaplan and Marlorie Stinfil, reminded me that night that approaching life with a sense of openness, adventure and style might just provide me with a new and better blueprint. They found me sulking in Firestone, told me to put on my best dress and meet them in the Terrace Club parking lot. We then got into a small red car and sped towards Atlantic City. We won some money playing blackjack, we had dinner on the casino’s dime, and then we managed to talk our way out of a speeding ticket on our way back to campus much later that night–you don’t need to know how. Their support and hilarity reminded me that though plans may not work out, having great friends is the true win because they make your days infinitely better. Twenty-five years later, they continue to do so.”
–Robin Epstein ’95