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Alumni NewsletterThe University of Buckingham Alumni Office | January 2017
We Remember Dr. Joanna Seldon
Happy New Year!
University of BuckinghamAlumni Newsletter 3
Welcome
Contents
5 University News
6 Alumni News 7 Alumni Events
9 The Swan Ball 2017
8 Photo Flashback
2 Announcements
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10 Alumni Offers and Contact Details
3 Dr. Joanna Seldon and Departmental Newsletters
On behalf of us all in the Alumni Office may I firstly wish you all a very happy New Year. I hope that 2017 (the year of the Rooster) will be a particularly good one for you and we shall look forward to keeping in touch, hearing your news and, hopefully, being able to catch up in person at some point during the year.
We are planning our events for this year with the first major one being the Graduation ceremonies and Swan Ball for all our new alumni, who will be receiving their degrees on 17th or 18th March. We will do our utmost to make your day a special one and we hope that the weather will do its bit too! We provide a meal for our graduands and their guests after each ceremony (in a marquee on Beloff Lawn) which gives an opportunity to meet up with your lecturers and faculty staff, as well as reconnecting with your peers. We much look forward to seeing you there, and here is a link to the page with all the information you should need - http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/graduation. The Swan Ball takes place on the evening of the 18th and you will see details in this newsletter. Although the event is targeted for the graduates, all alumni are more than welcome to come along.
Our second big event for alumni is the annual reunion. This year we will be holding the event for the year group 1996-2000 and we would love to see as many of you who graduated during those five years as possible. However, if you missed out on your reunion from previous years then do let us know if you might like to attend. The dinner will be held at Church House, Westminster and there will be a cost for tickets but it will be no more than £60. At this event we will also be making the award to the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year 2017. Before then we shall be sending out details of how you can nominate a person of your choice for this award. Our Distinguished Alumnus for 2016 was Mr Chris Smith (European Studies ‘84), who has supported current students and graduates in many ways since he graduated.
Also held throughout the year will be three breakfast and drinks events in London. The first of these will be held at the University’s London premises on Gower Street in February and will be a talk by Dr David Jacques on his most up to date findings at the Blick’s Mead site at Stonehenge. For a taster, here is a link to the webpage -http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/research/hri/fellows/jacques - and if you are interested in attending please do contact Helen on [email protected] for further details.
With very best wishes from us all in the Alumni Office,Anne
Announcements
The University of Buckingham is pleased to have partnered with Condé Nast College of Fashion and Design. The College, which is part of Condé Nast International (of Vogue, Vanity Fair and GQ fame) is situated in London, and offers students the unique opportunity to study for a fast-track, intensive 2 year BA degree in Fashion Communication with one of the foremost names in fashion. The first students enrolled and started their course in autumn 2016, and we extend our warmest
welcome to them, our future associated alumni.
You can see more about our collaborations at the link below:http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/about/collaborations
2017Happy New Year!
We would like to wish all of our alumni, staff and current students a very Happy New Year, and all the best for 2017.
We hope that the year brings you happiness, prosperity and good health.
Very best wishes,
Anne, Pam, Helen, Lucy and Pat
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We Remember Dr. Joanna Seldon
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Joanna Seldon, the wife of Sir Anthony Seldon, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham, has passed away after a long illness.
Sir Anthony said: “She had an incurable cancer for several years, enduring frequent long periods in hospital with incredible grace and courage, but eventually she could no longer prevail against
it.
“I prayed as a young man for a wife I could love all my life and who would make me happy. In Joanna, my prayers were answered 100 times over. She had the best mind of anyone I’ve known
and won the top first in her year at Oxford, where she took her doctorate. I loved her courage, honesty, vulnerability, brilliance, beauty, kindness and innocence.”
Just ten days before she died Joanna completed the last draft of the book about her father. Her biography marks the 50th anniversary of the successful campaign by her late father, Maurice
Pappworth, to stop medical experiments on human guinea pigs.
Joanna was an author and wrote a number of acclaimed novels and short stories as well as a large number of poems. As an English teacher she played a key role in school life at Wellington
College, where Anthony was previously Master.
Joanna, who was 62, attended University events including Graduation, formal dinners and judging of the University’s annual duck race, much loved by students, staff and local residents.
The couple have three grown-up children, Jessica, Susannah and Adam.
Departmental Newsletters
A number of departments at the University publish their own newsletters in addition to the general Alumni Newsletter. They're full of interesting news and stories from the schools
and are definitely worth a read!
If you are interested in finding out what's happening in other departments around the University, please take a look at the latest versions of some of the departmental
newsletters below.
English Department (Summer 2016) http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/English-Newsletter-Summer-2016.pdf
Economics, History and Politics (Autumn 2016) http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/EHP-Newsletter-Autumn2016.pdf
Law Brief (2016) http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Law-Newsletter-2016.pdf
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Alumni News
Congratulations to Michael Shrive (MA Decorative Arts and
Historic Interiors, 2017) who has achieved a highly competitive
one-year paid internship at the Royal Collection working with
The Queen’s works of art.
Wishing you all the best for the future, Michael.
Michael Kemp (LLB, 1980) sadly passed away in November 2016 in the Bahamas. He is
remembered in the Tribune 242 for his work in law and the loss that will be felt by the Bar a s a result of his
passing.
Out thoughts go to Michael's family and friends at this time.
http://bit.ly/2gjLO4v
Leena Dewis, (Business and Management, 2014) was recently
selected for the semi-final of Miss England 2017, England’s
only entry to Miss World.
Congratulations Leena, we wish you all the best in the competition.
To vote for Leena text MISS SEMI09 to 63333
Text cost 50p plus the standard network rate.
Edzard von Holthe (Business Studies, 1989) has used his work
life experience, including 15 years working in international
banking, to become a therapist. He helps people with their personal
development, to get through challenging periods in their life and
to tackle matrimonial difficulties.
To find out more, please see Edzard's LinkedIn page below:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/edzard-van-holthe-9028b529
Tim Jenkins (MA International Affairs and Diplomacy, 2016)
has written an article for Conservativehome highlighting
the importance of soft power and multilateralism to British foreign policy after exiting the
European Union.
Well done, Tim. Please see the link below to read the article.
http://bit.ly/2bup23Z
University News
Oboku Horsfall Dairo (LLB, 2008) had a very eventful year last
year. She is now a Senior Associate of a leading law firm in Nigeria,
Kayode Sofola and Associates, and also got married and welcomed our
daughter, all in 2016!
We send our congratulations and best wishes to Oboku and her
family.
Following the success of the first ever matriculation ceremony at Buckingham (held in the Autumn term 2016), it has been decided that the event will continue. The next Matriculation ceremony will take place on Saturday 28th January, and this time postgraduate students will also be
invited.
Kristian Mackie, Business School staff member and alumnus (Business and Management, 2013), visited Los Angles in December.
Whilst there he met with some Buckingham alumni.
He is pictured to the left with Kevin Campoy (Communication, Media and Journalism, 2014).
Eur Ing Dr Phebe Mann (Law, 2012) a WISE* Woman of Outstanding Achievement, won the Tomorrow's Leader Award, and as a result a photographic portrait was commissioned and displayed in various
universities and institutions throughout the country. Phebe’s portrait is now located permanently at The David Hockney Building, Bradford College, adjacent to the sculpture of Nobel Prize winner, Sir Edward Appleton, and was unveiled on 29
November 2016 at the WISE Event.
Many congratulations on all of your achievements, Phebe.
Gertrude Badejo (LLB 1993, LLM 1994) creates juvenile literature
that fosters understanding of cultural diversity and encourages primary aged children to develop
enquiring minds. Publishing under the name Ajumark, you can obtain
her latest books directly from her at £9.99 each. Please visit her website
below for more information.
http://www.gertrudebadejo.com/index.html
Do you recognise anyone in this photograph? Or do you know what sporting event it was taken at?
Please email any answers to Lucy at [email protected]
If you have any old photographs that you would like to share in the newsletter, please let Lucy know on the email address above.
Last Month...
We did not have any responses to the
photograph from last month - so please do get in contact if you
recognise any of these smiling faces!
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For your diaries, here is a list of the events taking place during the next year both in the UK and abroad. Please email Helen at [email protected] for general information.
January 2017
25 January - Andrew Wood, owner of Little Wheels, an on-line retailer selling collectible & vintage model vehicles to collectors all around the world, is visiting the University on 25th January. He will be speaking about his work.
For more information please contact Nigel Adams at [email protected]
26 January - 'Magna Carta - a Living Myth?' a public lecture by Lord Judge, 6.30pm at the Radcliffe Centre.
February 2017
1 February - Jeff Wyatt, a Milton Keynes based Business Entrepreneur is visiting the University on 1st February to speak about his business experiences. For more information please contact Nigel Adams at nigel.adams@
buckingham.ac.uk
8 February - Ollie Forsyth, entrepreneur, public speaker and mentor, is speaking at the University on 8th February about his experiences setting up and running his own businesses. For more information please contact
Nigel Adams at [email protected]
9 February - 'Cast off Winter's Mantle, Traditional Songs from the British Isles' a public concert by Cantlos. 6.30pm at The Radcliffe Centre, entry £5.
March 2017
7 March - 'Popes I have known' a public lecture by Cormac Cardinal Murphy O’Connor. 6.30pm at the Chandos Road Building in IFLH. Please email Helen at [email protected] to book a place.
17 and 18 March - The University's annual Graduation ceremonies will be taking place.
18 March - The Swan Ball in the marquee on Beloff Lawn.
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Alumni Events 2016
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Our telephone numbers are listed below, and for email queries, please email [email protected] and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Anne MatsuokaHead of Alumni and Graduation
Tel: +44 (0) 1280 820338
Pam LindsayData Coordinator
Tel: +44 (0) 1280 820133
Lucy CatoAlumni/Graduation Publications
CoordinatorTel: +44 (0) 1280 827507
Helen WattsAlumni/Graduation Events
CoordinatorTel: +44 (0) 1280 827522
Contact Us
The Swan Ball 2017 Alumni Offers
Dominique Vandevyver (Psychology with Business Studies, 1994) runs a hotel in the South of France. Hotel Matisse is a beautiful 30 bedroom hotel in Ste-Maxime, close to the beach. Dominique's family owns a
group of hotels in the South of France called "Hôtels du Sud". The group includes Hotel Matisse, 3* and the Best Western Montfleuri 4* both in Sainte-Maxime, The Relais du Silence "Suffren" in Port-Grimaud and Bastide du
Calalou 4* near the Verdon Canyon. Please see the link below for more information on all of the hotels.
http://www.hotelsdusud.com/fr/index.php
Dominique and her family have decided to give a very generous 15% discount on all 4 hotels to University of Buckingham alumni. In order to use it, when booking directly on the hotel website please enter the discount code
"HDS".
Tickets are just £55 each until 15 March and will be £70 on the door.
http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/graduation/swan-ball
