New College West Explained

New College West
Type:Residential college
University:Princeton University
Shield:Princeton NCW College CoA.svg
Established:2022
Sister College:Yeh College
Undergraduates:around 500[1]
Coordinates:40.3421°N -74.655°W

New College West is the sixth residential college at Princeton University. The construction of New College West helped to increase the undergraduate student body population by 10 percent, or 500 students. It aims to be LEED Gold certified.[2] Deborah Berke Partners are the architects of the new buildings.[3] New College West is adjacent to Yeh College, and shares the same dining facility. New College West houses students displaced by the demolition of First College, which is to be replaced with Hobson College in 2026.[4]

Perelman family donation

The college was originally made possible by a $65 million gift from the Perelman Family Foundation, run by Debra '96 and Ronald Perelman.[5] Prior to the removal of the Perelman name in 2021, it would have been the first residential college at Princeton to be named after Jewish people.[6]

In June 2021, Princeton University removed the Perelman name from New College West after the Perelman Family Foundation ceased payments to the University under their gift agreement.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eisgruber . Christopher . State of the University 2020 . Princeton University . Princeton University . 28 June 2020.
  2. Web site: New Residential Colleges, including Perelman College . Princeton University Facilities . Princeton University . 28 June 2020.
  3. Web site: Strauss . Eric . Perelman gift to fund new residential college at Princeton . ROI-NJ . ROI-NJ . 28 June 2020.
  4. Web site: 2021-11-01. Home Page Construction at Princeton. https://web.archive.org/web/20211101154145/https://construction.princeton.edu/. dead. 2021-11-01. 2021-11-01.
  5. Web site: Adams . Susan . The Billionaire Perelmans Give Princeton $65M . Forbes . 28 June 2020.
  6. Web site: JTA . Princeton is naming a residential college after Ronald and Debra Perelman . The Times of Israel . The Times of Israel . 28 June 2020.
  7. Web site: Tomlinson . Brett . Perelman Name Dropped As Two Residential Colleges Move Forward . Princeton Alumni Weekly . Princeton Alumni Weekly . 2 July 2022.