The Committee on Naming

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5.7.1

The Committee on Naming shall provide advice to the Board of Trustees with regard to the naming of programs, positions and spaces at Princeton.  The Committee shall also consider significant questions or concerns about names or iconography on the University campus and, when appropriate, make recommendations to the Board about renaming and/or changing campus iconography.
 

5.7.2

The Committee on Naming shall carry out the responsibilities described in the “Policy on Naming of Programs, Positions, and Spaces” as adopted by the Board of Trustees on July 8, 2016. These responsibilities include: recommending to the Board of Trustees names for any programs, spaces, or positions referred by the Board to the Committee on Naming; providing advice to the Board of Trustees about any proposed names that may be referred by the Board to the Committee on Naming; and pro-actively developing a list of names [and/or historical events/milestones] to inform the University’s continuing efforts to represent its history through named programs, spaces, positions or other forms of campus iconography.
 

5.7.3

The Committee shall consist of ten members: four members of the faculty (one of whom shall serve as chair), two undergraduate students, one graduate student, one member of the staff, one alumnus or alumna of the University, and the Secretary of the University. The Vice President for Advancement sits with the committee.