Tag: First College

  • Concept plan reviewed for Princeton University’s Hobson College

    Concept plan reviewed for Princeton University’s Hobson College

    Princeton University aims to construct a new residential college that would replace the several buildings comprising First College. The concept plan for the new Hobson College was reviewed by the Princeton Planning Board at a meeting on Feb. 3. The new residential college is named after Mellody Hobson and will be the first residential college…

  • Alumna makes lead gift to establish first residential college at Princeton University named for a Black woman

    Alumna makes lead gift to establish first residential college at Princeton University named for a Black woman

    Mellody Hobson and the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation have made the lead gift to establish a new residential college at Princeton University. Hobson College will be the first residential college at Princeton named for a Black woman and will be built on the site of First College, formerly known as Wilson College. “This extraordinary gift will…

  • Princeton U. drops Wilson name from academic buildings

    Princeton U. drops Wilson name from academic buildings

    The Princeton University Board of Trustees has agreed to drop President Woodrow Wilson’s name from its Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and from the residential Wilson College. The trustees voted to remove Wilson’s name at its June 26 meeting, on the recommendation of Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber. The trustees cited Wilson’s…