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Spring Reunions and Sporting Heroes

“Spring is the time of plans and projects.” Leo Tolstoy   Spring is fast approaching and the Alumni Relations team is busy planning a whole host of international events, so please keep a close eye on our event calendar. During the weekend of 7 February, Alumnus Ian Sutton (Geology, 1961) returned to University Park campus …

Washington DC Reunion and London Law Reception

Alumni gathered in Washington DC on 17th June for an informal event at Downtown Mio Restaurant, hosted by members of the FUN America board, staff from the University of Nottingham, and our new ambassador for DC, David Miller. Thirty guests attended, including graduates from 1953-2011 from all Faculties.  The event was a great evening of …

May Fest 2014 – Our most popular alumni event

Last Saturday saw the annual May Fest celebrations take place across the University Park campus. With a jam packed programme of events there was surely something for everyone. The event is an opportunity for the University to open its doors to the local community and alumni,  to showcase what we do and promote higher education. …

Alumni celebrate at Varsity Ice Hockey

Written by Tom Barnes (International Security and Terrorism 2013) Monday 27th January saw the opening event of the 10th annual varsity series between the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent. Whilst other university rivalries include boat races along the Thames and rugby union at Twickenham, Nottingham’s offering is a high octane and brutal clash at …

Make this the year…

As 2014 gets underway, and everyone makes their new year’s resolutions, I got to thinking about what I wanted to achieve this year; one of the things on my list is to make more time to see old friends. We keep in touch through Facebook etc… and nearly all of our communication ends with; “let’s …

Alumni in the Big Apple

Written by Hannah Curnock, International Alumni Manager – Europe and the Americas  Last week, on Monday 18th November, more than 30 alumni from across the New York area gathered in the Bookmarks Rooftop Lounge at the top of the Library Hotel on Madison Avenue for after-work drinks and nibbles.  As well as enjoying great cityscape …

Everyone loves a pub quiz, don’t they?

Written by John Coffield (English Language and Literature 2011) Alumni Relations Manager – London & South East and Quiz Master!  If last night’s alumni pub quiz at the Yorkshire Grey in Holborn is anything to go by, they certainly do! Over 40 alumni, from the 1960’s t0 2013 gathered in the pub’s cosy function room …

Remembering Nottingham – The Manchester Chapter

We asked all our alumni who attended the recent alumni reception in Manchester to leave their favourite memories of the university. These will be posted here shortly.   In the meantime what were your favourite memories? Please leave these in the comment section below.    

Welcome!

Welcome to the new Alumni Relations blog, we will be posting content which we hope you will find interesting and insightful as well as updating you on alumni events and all aspects of university life. This blog is another avenue to receive information from your Alumni Relations team, if there are areas you would like …