Upcoming Events - May and June, 2019

We have several upcoming events to share. Mark your calendars. We hope to see you!

• Wednesday May 8, 6-9 PM- Annual Dinner featuring Princeton Professor Alain Kornhauser *71 
• Annual Dinner tickets available now at Eventbrite
• Tuesday, May 21st, 6-8 PM - Sip and Shop Fundraiser at the J. McLaughlin Store at Somerset Mall. Proceeds to benefit the Princeton Michigan Scholarship Fund. Save the date, more details to come. 
• Saturday, June 8th, 10:45 AM - Club tour of the Detroit Institute of Arts exhibition "From Camelot to Kent State: Pop Art 1960-1975" 
• Led by Clare I. Rogan, Ph.D. '90 Curator of Prints and Drawings. 
• Tour will be 45 minutes after which participants are welcome to continue to tour the museum or have lunch in the cafe on their own or in small groups.
• Max 25 participants. 

2019 Annual Club Dinner - May 8, 6-9PM

Please join fellow Tigers and parents to the Club's Annual Dinner.

This year's speaker will be Professor Alain Kornhauser *71. We will also invite the new admits and their families.

• When: Wednesday May 8, 2019, 6-9 PM
• Where: Birmingham Athletic Club (BAC website, map)
• Tickets:
  • Alumni and guests $48
  • Young alumni and guests $38

Professor Kornhauser is a pioneering researcher in automated transportation and an expert in automotive engineering systems. He is the lead faculty adviser to Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering (PAVE), an undergraduate student-led research group devoted to autonomous vehicles and is an expert in the evolving use of artificial intelligence in the safe and efficient operation of various modes of transportation, especially road transportation.

Event Photos

Professor Kornhauser in the middle of this smiling group

Princeton LGBTQIA Mixer - Detroit - Jan 24, 2019

The Princeton LGBT Center and FFR/Princeton BTGALA present

Princeton LGBTQIA Student, Staff, and Alumni Mixer 

Join us during the Creating Change Conference in Detroit for a mixer with students, staff, and alumni from around the area.

Free appetizers and first drink on us!

January 24 at 6:30PM Briggs Detroit 519 East Jefferson, Detroit, MI 48226

Please RSVP to the email address in your invitation.

Princeton Alumni and Princeternship Event - Jan 2019

In January 2019, Quicken Loans hosted 10 Princeton students in their Detroit office as part of the Princeternship program. The Princeternship program is an experiential learning opportunity facilitated by the Office of Career Services at Princeton University.

During the week-long program, students met with senior leaders, worked on a project, and interacted with fellow Ivy League students. As part of the program, Quicken Loans hosted a networking event for Princeton students and alumni in collaboration with the Office of Career Services and the Princeton Club of Michigan.

The networking event was an opportunity for students to connect with alumni in the Detroit area and to learn from their career paths.

Ann Arbor Happy Hour - November 1, 2018

Mingle with fellow alumni in Ann Arbor - 11/1

• The Old German (below the Grizzly Peak) 120 W Washington St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Map/Directions 
• Thursday, November 1, 2018 5:30-7:30PM 
• Orange and black attire, beer jackets optional, but highly encouraged! 
• Undergraduate and graduate alumni - please come! 
• Please RSVP

Class of 2022 Welcome Reception - August 7

Please join us in a warm welcome reception for Michigan’s Princeton Class of 2022, our new admits!

• Who: Newly admitted students, current students, their families, and alumni 
• When: Tuesday, August 7, 2018 6:30-8:30 pm 
• Where: Meadowbrook Country Club (map) 40941 W. Eight Mile Rd, Northville, MI 48167 
• What: Conversation, celebration, appetizers, and cash bar 
• Dress Code: Business casual (no jeans) 

Please RSVP by August 1.

We hope to see you!

Steven Jameson '04

Princeton Prize in Race Relations - 2018 Michigan

Princeton Prize in Race Relations Committee of Michigan honored two local students at the Princeton Club of Michigan Annual Dinner in April 2018.

Princeton Prize in Race Relations 2018 Michigan Winner Maren Roeske
with Princeton Club of Michigan President Talbot Payne '84

Maren Roeske was named the local prize winner. Kyla Hurns, not shown, won the certificate.

Read more about Roeske from the Princeton website

Michigan (Detroit): Maren Roeske, a senior at Grosse Pointe South High School, is the founder of SEEDS (Student Empowerment: Education for a Diverse Society), an anti-racism education program that targets individual and interpersonal racism. She also co-founded RATE (Restorative Action Through Exchange) to foster connections between her school and University Prep High School in Detroit.

Roeske and the winners from other states were honored at a symposium at Princeton University in late April. 

Congratulations to Maren Roeske and Kyla Hurns for your achievements!

Thank you to the Michigan Committee for your commitment to serving our community and honoring our young leaders. The Michigan Committee has been led for the last decade by Jason and Tara Michener.

2018 Annual Dinner Featuring Professor Michael Littman

Join with the Princeton Club of Michigan to welcome Professor Michael Littman to speak on

The Art and Science of Motorcycle Design: A Freshman Seminar

Location: Birmingham Athletic Club | 4033 West Maple Road | Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 https://goo.gl/maps/5GYexpBuULm
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 25, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)

Professor Littman is a professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. His popular Freshman Seminar on Motorcycle design has captivated students outside of engineering. The class restores a vintage motorcycle and learns a lot about engineering and hands-on learning along the way.

You can find more on the class on its class description page and see information on this year's group here.

More on Professor Littman

Michael Littman, Professor/Department Representative, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. His lecture topics include “Art and Science of Motorcycle Design: A Freshman Seminar", "Teaching Engineering with Antiques", "Engineering in the Modern World" (This would be the introductory lecture or perhaps the final lecture in his course CEE 102), "Smithsonian Invention Kits: Re-creation of historical engineering objects using 3D printers and laser cutters" (This is a current project that he collaborates on concerning STEM education in K-12), A condensed version of his CEE 102 lecture on Railroads - that lecture includes discussion of the Transcontinental Railroad (completed May 1869 at Promontary Point Utah).

Ann Arbor Happy Hour - October 25

Please join us for a happy hour in Ann Arbor

• The Old German (below the Grizzly Peak) 120 W Washington St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Map/Directions
• Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
• 5:30-7:30PM
• Beer jackets optional, but highly encouraged!
  Please RSVP

Tigers visit the Zoo - September 30

Bring your family to the Zoo for a Tiger social and picnic!

• Who: All Tigers and their families, grandparents and friends
• When: Saturday, September 30, 2017 - Meet at the Front Gate at 11am 
• Where: The Detroit Zoo (map) 8450 W 10 Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI 48067
• What: Visit the Tiger and other animals and mingle with fellow Princeton families. 
• Other: Pack a picnic and sunscreen! 
• Zoo admission is $14 for adults and $10 for children 2-14. 

Please RSVP by September 20th.

We hope to see you!

Welcome our Class of 2021 - August 8, 2017

Please join us in a warm welcome reception for Michigan's Princeton Class of 2021, our new admits!

• Who: Newly admitted students, current students, their families, and alumni
• When: Tuesday, August 8, 2017 6:30-8:30 pm 
• Where: Meadowbrook Country Club (map) 40941 W. Eight Mile Rd, Northville, MI 48167 
• What: Conversation, celebration, appetizers, and cash bar
• Dress: Business casual (no jeans) 

This event is supported by a donation given to our club, so free of charge to you! Please RSVP and hope to see you!

Stephen Jameson '04

A Gathering with President Eisgruber in Detroit - June 27, 2017

Over two hundred Princeton alumni and guests attended a gathering with Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber '83, on June 27. 2017 in the spectacular Rivera Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

The evening started with a reception, dinner, and then over dessert Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman William Clay Ford, Jr. '79 interviewed President Eisgruber and then opened it up to questions from the audience.

We enjoyed reconnecting with the University, learning about new initiatives, participating in an open discussion, the matchless setting, and of course seeing each other.

The event was held in the spectacular
Rivera Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts

Princeton Club of Michigan President Talbot Payne '84 S'84
welcomes attendees and introduces our guests of honor.

William Clay Ford, Jr., '79 interviews
Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber '83

Thanks to everyone at Princeton University who made this possible, and thanks to our local alumni who turned out in orange and black!

Michigan student wins prestigious STEM scholarship

Omkar Shende ’18 of Troy has been awarded a one-year Goldwater Scholarship, the premier award for outstanding undergraduates interested in careers in mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.

Goldwater Scholarships cover tuition, fees, room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 per year. Princeton's four recipients are among 240 scholarship winners selected from a field of 1,286 students nationwide.

To read the article on the University’s home page, please visit http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S49/13/18Q26/index.xml?section=topstories. 

Congratulations to Omkar!

Club Annual Dinner featuring Dr. Joshua Katz, 4/27/2017

Please join us on Thursday, April 27th for our annual club dinner and a talk by Joshua Katz, Ph.D., Cotsen Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Classics at Princeton University. He will speak on "Language on the Verge."

The club surveyed our members in 2016 and Professor Katz was our #1 speaker choice. From one of our members:

I took Prof. Katz's freshman seminar, and he is INCREDIBLE.

Thursday April 27, 2017 in Ann Arbor

When: Thursday, April 27th, 2017

• 6:00 PM Social time with Cash Bar
• 6:30 PM Dr. Katz's talk
• 7:00 PM Dinner

Where: Barton Hills Country Club, 730 Country Club Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Cost

• $55/ticket for alumni and guests
• $35/ticket for young alumni (classes 2010 or more recent) or
• $25/ticket for newly admitted students and parents

Choice of vegetarian or chicken entree included in cost. Cash bar will be available.

Please RSVP by Monday, April 17 on Eventbrite.

Hope to see you!

2017 Princeton Prize in Race Relations - Michigan

On April 1, 2017, the Princeton Prize in Race Relations Committee of Detroit awarded Elina Arbo its 2017 prize.

Ms. Arbo started a branch of Amnesty International at her high school, The Utica Academy for International Studies.

 Co-chair Tara Michener, Elina Arbo, and Co-chair Jason Michener 

The Princeton Prize in Race Relations recognizes and rewards high school students who have had a significant positive effect on race relations in their schools or communities through their volunteer efforts. Prize recipients receive a cash prize of $1,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip to a national symposium on race at Princeton University.

Save these Dates: 2017

Happy New Year!
The Princeton Club of Michigan wishes you all a happy and healthy 2017!
Please mark your calendars with the following dates for the first half of 2017, and take note of some brewing summer fun.

• January and February: volunteers needed to interview Michigan students applying to Princeton. Please email to volunteer. This is a great opportunity to make your mark on the potential class of 2021!
• March Happy Hour – details to follow
• April 27 Annual dinner
• June 27 Reception for Princeton President Eisgruber

Stay tuned for more happy hours, community service, family events and the new admit reception this summer.

Detroit Happy Hour - November 16, 2016

Meet for drinks in the Big D!

• Where: Punch Bowl Social (1331 Broadway St., Detroit Map)
• When: Wednesday, November 16th, 2016, 5:30-7:30PM
• Please RSVP

Looking forward to seeing you!

Show your School Spirit This Month

Feeling like a lost tiger in a sea of green & white and blue & yellow? Well cheer up! October is Tiger Spirit month for PC of Michigan.

Bring your beer jacket to Happy Hour in Ann Arbor (10/19), and/or cheer on the Princeton Hockey Team vs. MSU (10/28) in East Lansing and the USA Under 18 (10/29) in Plymouth.

HAPPY HOUR:

• The Old German (below the Grizzly Peak) 120 W Washington St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Map/Directions
• Wednesday, October 19, 2016
• 5:30-7:30PM
• Beer jackets optional, but highly encouraged!
  Please RSVP

PRINCETON HOCKEY:

• October 28th: Princeton Men's Hockey vs. MSU in East Lansing
• October 29th: Princeton Men's Hockey vs. USA Under-18
• For more information or to purchase tickets, click here

Welcome our Class of 2020 - August 11, 2016

Please join us in a warm welcome reception for Michigan's Princeton Class of 2020, our new admits!

• Who: Newly admitted students, current students, their families, and alumni 
• When: Thursday, August 11, 2016 6:30-8:30 pm 
• Where: Meadowbrook Country Club (map) 40941 W. Eight Mile Rd, Northville, MI 48167 
• Dress Code: Business casual (no jeans)

Please RSVP and hope to see you!

Steven Jameson '04

Join us July 9, 2016 at the new Penguin Center - Detroit Zoo

Tigers to visit the penguins in their new home at the Detroit Zoo! July 9 11AM

Our penguins have a new home, the new Polk Penguin Conservation Center. Let's pay a visit.
Join fellow Princeton alumni and families for summer fun:

• Detroit Zoo, 8450 W. 10 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48067 (Directions link)
• Saturday, July 9 meet at the front gate at 11AM.
• Bring your kids, grandparents, friends, anyone who wants to join the fun.

Zoo admission is $14 for adults and $10 for children 2-14.

Please RSVP by replying to your invitation email. Hope to see you!

Talbot Payne '84
President, Princeton Club of Michigan