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ALUMNI EVENTS AND REUNIONS 16 January, Cambridge - Join Dr Jonathan Daube, President of the University of Aberdeen Development Trust USA board and fellow board member, Suzanne Baker for the Ancient Unversities Burns Nicht, organized by the Oxford and Cambridge Society of New England. The event will take place at the Cambridge Boat Club, Cambridge MA on Friday 16 January at 5.30pm. The cost will remain unchanged from last year at $100 per person. To book your place email, jcday0126@aol.com. 22 January, London - The Royal Commonwealth Society are holding a Scottish-themed month during January 2009. This will include an exhibition of Scottish art from the Resipole Studios in Argyll, which is being sponsored by the Scottish charity Scotscare. The highlight of the month will be a Burns Supper at the Commonwealth Club on Thursday 22nd January. This event will include a tasting of Dewar’s whisky, traditional Scottish singing and piping and a tour around the art exhibition. The special guest for the evening will be Rt. Hon Malcolm Bruce MP, the Chair of the International Development Select Committee. The Royal Commonwealth Society would be delighted to welcome Aberdeen Alumni to the Burns Supper, and is offering a discounted ticket price of £50. For further information and registration contact Geyson Relaut by e-mail at marketing@rcsint.org or by telephone on 020 7766 9231. 18 February, Aberdeen - The Annual Aberdeen Geological Alumni (AGA) quiz will be held in Elphinstone Hall at 7.30pm. To book tickets or for more information email roger.hinton@aberdn.demon.co.uk. 26 March, Fochabers - Join Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor C Duncan Rice for an update on activity at the University, followed by dinner at the Baxters Factory in Fochabers. Tickets are priced at £14 per person. To register your attendance email l.anderson@abdn.ac.uk. 14 May, Aberdeen - Join us on the opening night of the University's Word festival when General Council members will gather for an exclusive event. The event will take place on Thursday 14 May at 6.30pm in King's College Conference Centre. To book your place contact h.veitch@abdn.ac.uk. 25 July 2009, Butchart Closing Dinner – With the opening of the new Aberdeen Sports Village in 2009, an activities weekend for alumni will mark the closing of the Butchart Recreation Centre. This will include a dinner with speaker, a sports tournament, and the first tour of the new Sports Village off King Street. For more information email f.urquhart@abdn.ac.uk. | BECOME A FRIEND OF WORD If you are thinking about joining us in 2009 for the University’s annual Word festival, why not think about becoming a Friend of Word. The Friends of Word membership scheme has been developed to enable individuals to support the ongoing growth and sustainability of the festival. Your support will assist Word in attracting authors, thinkers and commentators from all over the world to the University for a fabulous weekend of readings, poetry, music and film screenings. Friends receive a number of benefits prior to and during the festival, so why not join the scheme to enjoy the many benefits of membership. Click here for further information and to download an application form. In 2009, to celebrate Scotland’s Homecoming celebrations, the programme will be enhanced with a number of added extras especially for our alumni to enjoy, providing an excellent opportunity for you to organise a reunion with old friends and classmates right here on King’s College campus. If you would like to organise a reunion during this weekend please contact f.urquhart@abdn.ac.uk for more information. |
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UPDATE FROM THE STUDENT PRESIDENT, DUNCAN MACKAY Greetings to all in the alumni community, and I hope this e-bulletin finds you in good health. I hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas and a pleasant New Year. AUSA closed down for a whole two weeks which was a pleasant break, though the avalanche of emails that greeted our return was not so welcome! January is an important time for students here at Aberdeen. Whilst you read this, most of them will be in the midst of revision/examination hell – here at AUSA we’re trying to help them out by raising awareness of stress-related issues that are particularly prevalent at this time of year. The examination period also affords us the time in the Students’ Association to formulate our plans for the important months ahead – I will keep you informed of these developments in next month’s e-bulletin. Thanks for taking the time to read this and as ever, we welcome emails from everyone sent to sapresident@abdn.ac.uk. Until next month, cheerio! | BOOK OF MONTH With its spectacular illustrations and expert commentary, “The Granite Mile: The Story of Aberdeen's Union Street” is one of the most important books on Aberdeen ever published. Union Street is rightly acknowledged as one of the finest thoroughfares in Britain, and this book tells the story of its significant changes and development through the ages. Aberdeen and Cambridge graduate Diane Morgan is an author, freelance journalist and a former law lecturer. She has twice received Aberdeen Civic Society's Personal Award for her writing on the city's heritage. To read more, click here.
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The Lost City – Old Aberdeen
By Jane Stevenson and Peter Davidson
Edited by Marc Ellington and Daniell MacCannell
Photography by David Langan Last month’s featured book of the month "The Lost City – Old Aberdeen" was launched at Kings College on 4th December. The Lost City is a magnificent celebration of Old Aberdeen, exploring its distinctive past in words and pictures. Specially commissioned photographs and illustrations from the University’s library and historic collections – many reproduced for the first time – capture its unique atmosphere and beauty. Published by Birlinn (ISBN 978 1 84158 738 7) The Lost City is now available from Blackwell’s, Old Aberdeen, Waterstone’s, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Press & Journal & Evening Express Shop, Yeadon’s of Elgin and Banchory or online at Amazon http://www.abdn.ac.uk/alumni/shopping/amazon.php and Birlinn http://www.birlinn.co.uk/.
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