While students hit the campaign trails, visit friends or simply return home for fall break, President Tilghman and several members of the administration will be taking a trip of their own: a four-city tour of Asia.
Along with Professor Miguel Centeno, director of the new Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Tilghman will conduct "town hall" style meetings in Tokyo, Beijing, Hong Kong and Seoul.
Accompanying Tilghman and Centeno will be Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye and Dean of the Graduate School William Russel.
Each member of the Princeton contingent has a different goal for the trip.
Tilghman and Centeno will be primarily speaking to alumni, parents and other University affiliates at the meetings.
In each city they will also answer questions from guests. Tilghman has held similar meetings throughout the United States and in England, Greece and France.
Tilghman said the questions she has received typically span all aspects of University life.
Alumni are often concerned with the impending increase in size of the student body and the University's position on affirmative action.
In Hong Kong, Tilghman, Centeno, Rapelye and Russel will participate in a Princeton Conference. The day-long event includes talks by each of the four and a panel discussion, "Princetonian Reflections on the Global Marketplace," with alumni Gordon Wu '58, Louise Sams '79 and Andrew L. Tung '87.
Tilghman cited multiple purposes for her visit to Asia. She called the visit a "'meet the president' tour," and expressed her desire to "connect to the many loyal alumni who live in the Far East."
Tilghman also said she wants to reach out to universities in Asia. She plans to pursue new opportunities for student exchanges and research cooperation.
Rapelye said her primary goal will be visiting high schools in an effort to recruit students to the University. "If we expect students to come to Princeton from abroad, we need to make an effort on a periodic basis to meet them in their own regions," she wrote in an email.
Rapelye emphasized the importance of reaching out to foreign students. "Traveling abroad to recruit students is an important part of our recruitment process," she said. Tilghman will accompany her on several of the visits.
In an attempt to reach out to Graduate School alumni, Dean Russel will host dinners for them in Tokyo, Beijing and Hong Kong.
According to Paula Linhares, associate director for regional affairs for the University's Alumni Council, the local alumni associations in Asia played a major role in organizing all of the events. She said that 200 to 300 guests are expected at each of the town hall meetings that Tilghman will host.
The Far East represents "a very important constituency for us," she said. "We do make it a point to visit these regions."
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