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CHURCHILL COLLEGE E-BULLETIN
Covid-19 contingency fund
MEETING AN UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGE

As the Master announced in her most recent email to alumni, the College recently launched a Covid-19 contingency fund to help cover core College costs and meet the increased need to support our students academically, pastorally and financially.

We have been overwhelmed by the positive response to the fund since its launch, raising around £150,000 so far. We are hugely grateful to all those who have been in a position to contribute and are delighted to report that thanks to a group of supporters, including current Fellows, the gifts received thus far have been doubled. There remains another £45,000 of matching funding available until 30 June.

If you feel you are in a relatively stable financial position, you can therefore still double your impact by donating to the fund.

BLACK LIVES MATTER:
A STATEMENT FROM THE COLLEGE

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd in the USA, communities around the world are coming together under the Black Lives Matter banner. Churchill College recognizes the work we need to do to create such an environment where racism has no home, and in the months ahead will be embracing a wide-ranging set of initiatives and activities, building on the considerable ongoing work in this arena (such as in widening participation). We will also examine the wealth of material in the Archives Centre in an ongoing critical dialogue about our Founder and his legacy in international history, in order to examine systemic racism in our global society.

READ THE FULL STATEMENT 

NEWS FROM THE CHURCHILL COMMUNITY

During these testing times we love to hear about all of the hard work being done by the Churchill Community to both manage and inform about the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as other work and achievements that have taken place. Here’s what has been happening in the last few days. Do email us with anything that you've been doing to help fight against COVID-19, or to help in your local community. 


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Read all of our Community updates
CONGRATULATIONS!

We are delighted to announce promotions for three of our Fellows! Dr Priya Gopal has been awarded a full Professorial Chair, whilst Dr Sander van der Linden and Dr Alice Reid have been awarded readerships.

Jim Cameron RIP
JIM CAMERON RIP

The College was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former Boatman (of 35 years!) Jim Cameron on 11 June. Many Boat Club members will remember him fondly. A full obituary will be published on our website shortly, and a memorial event is planned next year when we celebrate 60 years of CCBC. Our thoughts are with his wife Brenda.
 
RIBA East award shortlist
36 STOREY'S WAY MAKES
RIBA EAST 2020 SHORTLIST


We are really excited that our new graduate housing at 36 Storey's Way is one of 21 projects to have been shortlisted for a RIBA East Award. Winners will be announced on 20 May.

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photo: Geoff Robinson Photography 07976 880732
MISSING MAY BUMPS?

While May bumps may have been cancelled this year, three CCBC crews are taking part in Virtual May Bumps to raise money for East Anglia Children's Hospice in Milton. This involves each member of the crew running 800m every day for four days to simulate the  bumps experience.

SEE HOW WE GET ON!
 
PROFESSOR DIANE COYLE ON THE ECONOMIC CRISIS

In the University's series of online academic lectures, Churchill Fellow and inaugural Bennett Professor of Public Policy joins a panel to consider economics in a post-Covid world, on Wednesday 29 July.

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RESCHEDULING EVENTS

The Alumni Office is particularly sad that due to the current crisis, we have had to postpone a raft of reunion events – we always look forward to welcoming our alumni back to College, and reunion dinners are  such joyful gatherings. We had hoped to postpone dinners for alumni who matriculated in 1960–65, 1988–92 and 1970 until September, but it seems unlikely we will be able to go ahead with formal dining by then. We would like to reassure all the alumni from those years that they will not miss out on their dinner and we can't wait to see them again when we can dine enjoyably. We will be in touch with new dates as soon as we are able.

Alumni from all years may have seen that the University is holding its Alumni Festival (which coincides with our Association Weekend) entirely online this year. Unfortunately it is unlikely that we will be able to host our Weekend and annual dinner as usual, but we do hope to offer an online talk. More information to follow.
STAY PART OF IT!

Although we can't hold live alumni events right now, there are plenty of ways to network with other Churchillians virtually, something we see as being more valuable than ever. Here are a few ways you can stay connected:
  • ChurchillConnect
    Grow your network to find a new job; help our new graduates by offering careers mentorship/advice or sharing employment opportunities; or catch up with old College friends. Read more about our free and ad-free networking site for Churchill members only.
  • Churchill Business Network
    Let us know if you'd like to join our mailing list to hear about future events of general and industry sector interest, especially with any ideas for a topic for a virtual panel discussion. Find out more about the CBN
  • LinkedIn Group
    In addition the main Churchill College LinkedIn page, we also have a private group for alumni. We use this to advertise events such as those in the Business Network series, that are for Churchill members and not the general public.
You can also keep up with all things Churchill on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter!
THE UNIVERSITY RECOGNISES THE GENEROSITY OF OUR ALUMNI 

We were thrilled that the University chose to post a story on their website about our 1977–81 alumni who returned to College for their reunion dinner last year and were inspired to endow a bursary.

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And finally...

If you're a comic fan looking for something new, check out Shango from New Africa Comics, the start-up comicbook company by Osarenkhoe Ogbeide (G18) mentioned in our community news round-up. The first comic in this series is free online!
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