The name of Princeton Project 55 has been changed to Princeton AlumniCorps to reflect its expansion and success in involving alumni from many classes. However,the soul of Princeton Alumni Corps remains in the Princeton Project 55 Fellowship Program. Every year more than ten percent of the Princeton graduating class applies for Project 55 fellowships. More than 1,250 Princetonians have been awarded fellowships since the inception of the program twenty years ago. Financial support from 1955 classmates remains essential. 

 

 

 

Princeton AlumniCorps is a nonprofit organization established by members of the Class of 1955 at Princeton University to mobilize alumni, students, and others who share our concerns, to provide civic leadership and to develop and implement solutions to systemic problems that affect the public interest. PP55 was born of the realization that there is a vast untapped resource, available for the public good, among groups of college alumni. For information about the history of PP55, click here.

 

Please visit Princeton AlumniCorps website, http://www.alumnicorps.org

 

The Princeton Project 55 Fellowship Program  

   

   The cornerstone of our work, the Princeton Project 55 Fellowship Program, provides opportunities for students to develop their civic, societal and leadership skills to become more effective citizens throughout their chosen careers. Since 1990, PP55 has recruited and placed over 1,250 young Princetonians  in summer or year-long positions of significant responsibility with more than 500 outstsnding nonprofits asross the country.   

 

 The Alumni Network                                                                                                           

     Through "The Alumni Network,” (TAN) Princeton AlumniCorps has partnered with  institutions of higher education and alumni classes across the country to develop more than 30 similar public interest organizations in the spirit of the PP55 model of alumni civic commitment.

 

   This year, Princeton AlumniCorps is piloting a new program, Community Volunteers, to connect Princeton alumni from the classes of the '60s, '70s and '80s with inovative volunteer opportunities. In Trenton, NJ, the program will organize pro bono working groups of alumni to assist local nonprofits with substantive short term projects. In Washington, DC, Community Volunteers will train alumni for effective board service and will connect them with openings on the boards of area nonprofit organizations