Mission

The mission of Rockefeller College is to foster an inclusive residential community of care and responsibility that welcomes students from diverse backgrounds, perspectives, nationalities, and identities. All of our community members – staff, faculty, and fellow students – take an active role in supporting each other’s intellectual academic and personal well-being and growth, and help each other to realize their full potential at Princeton.  Together, we create and steward a space to facilitate meaningful and enduring engagement among community members. We learn from each other thoughtfully and respectfully, and we authentically connect with people across difference, and we support the movement towards agency and empowerment: we believe that these activities create the foundation for a transformative (academic AND residential!) educational experience.

Community Expectations and Values

Rocky’s caring community members devote much effort and talent to creating the welcoming atmosphere of our college: dining staff create nourishing and satisfying meals and a sense of home; the custodial staff maintain clean and comfortable buildings; the college office staff help students thrive by reaching their empowering them to reach their potential and maintaining balance the academic and social aspects of their Princeton experience; our student leaders support their peers and foster their growth. It is important to appreciate the contributions of those who work to maintain Rockefeller College, and to contribute to this community yourself. We challenge you to leave this home even better than you found it.

University-wide policies, procedures, and community standards applicable to all aspects of campus life can be found in Rights, Rules, Responsibilities as well as policies concerning harassment, discrimination, and academic integrity.

These are our Rocky core themes: 

• Live Well, Be Well
  • Rocky’s Live Well, Be Well is a series of programs that aims to empower you to care for your body and mind so you build the healthy foundation to thrive personally, socially, and academically!

• Intellectual Exploration
  • While college is a time of intellectual exploration in the classroom, Rocky’s IE programs invite you to expose you to people and ideas that broaden your perspective outside of the classroom and offer you a more holistic understanding of the world. You might even realize there’s something new you’d like to study!

• Social Exploration
  • Living in a residential community affords you a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet people that you might not otherwise have encountered, and develop deep and lasting relationships. Our SE programs provide you with the opportunity and tools to break the ice!

• Identity Exploration
  • Identity exploration is a process that involves searching for personal values, beliefs, and goals to form a coherent sense of self. Our IE programs invite you to learn more about your own and other’s cultural and ethnic identity, sexual orientation, gender identity, personal values, and more through dialogue, literature, and the arts.