Speeches

The following is an archive of speeches presented by President Eisgruber.

2024-25 Academic Year

Commencement 2025: 'A Fierce Independence of Mind'
May 27, 2025
Christopher L. Eisgruber
Remarks on the Flushing Remonstrance (December, 1657)
April 9, 2025
Christopher L. Eisgruber
“The Structure of Academic Freedom”: Robert Post Lecture Introduction
Feb. 21, 2025
Christopher L. Eisgruber
Remarks at the Jewish Center on Yom Kippur: Antisemitism and Free Speech on Campus
Oct. 12, 2024
Christopher L. Eisgruber
Remarks at the Whig-Clio Senate Debate
Sept. 19, 2024
Christopher L. Eisgruber
Opening Exercises 2024: "Something Transcendent"
Sept. 1, 2024
Christopher L. Eisgruber
Academic Freedom and Free Expression Orientation Session
Aug. 27, 2024
Christopher L. Eisgruber

2023-2024 Academic Year

Commencement 2024: Leaning Into Life, at Princeton and Beyond
May 28, 2024
Remarks at the Whig-Clio Senate Debate
Oct. 5, 2023
Remarks at the Conference on Academic Freedom: Normative, Legal, and Empirical Perspectives
Oct. 2, 2023
Remarks at the White House Meeting on Expanding Educational Opportunity and Diversity in Higher Education
Sept. 28, 2023
Opening Exercises 2023: Think Critically, Embrace Generously
Sept. 3, 2023

2022-2023 Academic Year

Commencement 2023: Let Your Voices Rise
May 30, 2023
Christopher L. Eisgruber
Opening Exercises 2022: Presence and Place
Sept. 4, 2022
Remarks for Freshman Orientation Session on Free Expression
Sept. 1, 2022

2021-2022 Academic Year

Commencement 2022: The Value of Persistence
May 24, 2022
Commencement 2020: Entangled with Princeton
May 18, 2022
Opening Exercises Address 2021
Aug. 29, 2021

2020-21 Academic Year

Commencement 2021: Together, Six Feet Apart
May 16, 2021
Opening Exercises Address 2020
Aug. 30, 2020

2019-20 Academic Year

Commencement 2020: Touched by Tragedy
June 3, 2020
Contested Civility: Free Speech & Inclusivity on Campus
Nov. 12, 2019
Opening Exercises 2019: “The Wisdom of the Dead and the Energy of the Living”
Sept. 8, 2019

2018-19 Academic Year

Corvallis High School Commencement Address, June 7, 2019
June 7, 2019
Commencement 2019: Civil Virtues
June 4, 2019
1vyG Conference Welcome Address
Feb. 18, 2019
Opening Exercises 2018: The Miracle of Beautiful Ideas
Sept. 9, 2018

2017-18 Academic Year

Commencement 2018: The Value of a College Degree
June 5, 2018
Remarks for the Dedication of Morrison Hall, November 17, 2017
Nov. 17, 2017
Opening Exercises 2017: Pluralism and the Art of Disagreement
Sept. 10, 2017

2016-17 Academic Year

Commencement 2017: In Tribute to William G. Bowen *58
June 6, 2017
U.S. Naturalization Ceremony Welcome Remarks, Princeton University, April 12, 2017
April 12, 2017
Remarks for the Dedication of Princeton University's New Medallion, October 22, 2016
Oct. 22, 2016
Opening Exercises 2016: The Course of Human Events
Sept. 11, 2016

2015-16 Academic Year

Commencement 2016: Reclaiming Our Civic Culture
May 31, 2016
2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Remarks
Jan. 18, 2016
Invest in Opportunity
Nov. 10, 2015
Letter to the Family, Friends, and Colleagues of John and Alicia Nash
Oct. 26, 2015
Opening Exercises Address 2015
Sept. 13, 2015

2014-15 Academic Year

Commencement 2015: The Power of the Beautiful and the Profound
June 2, 2015
ROTC Commissioning Ceremony Remarks 2015
June 2, 2015
Graduate School Hooding Ceremony Remarks 2015
June 1, 2015
Chapel Campus Community Gathering Remarks
April 12, 2015
2015 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Remarks
Jan. 19, 2015
'What Kind of Diversity' Panel Discussion Presentation
Dec. 3, 2014
Opening Exercises 2014: Meaning in Life—and at Princeton
Sept. 7, 2014

2013-14 Academic Year

Commencement 2014: Life’s Journey and the Value of Learning
June 3, 2014
2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Remarks
Jan. 20, 2014
Princeton Theological Seminary Presidential Inauguration Greeting
Oct. 23, 2013
Presidential Installation: The Ideal of a Liberal Arts University
Sept. 22, 2013
Opening Exercises 2013: Princeton's Honor World
Sept. 8, 2013

2012-13 Academic Year

The Changing Landscape of Higher Education: MOOCs, Money and the Future of Liberal Arts Education
May 31, 2013
Remarks on being named Princeton's 20th president
April 21, 2013
Promoting a 'Culture of Engagement,' not a 'Culture of Assessment'
Oct. 23, 2012