Visiting the UK?
If you are planning a visit to the UK in the next few years, why not combine your trip with coming along to a reunion?
5 & 6 April 2008
1967 intake, 40th anniversary reunion
1972 intake, 35th anniversary reunion
1977 intake, 30th anniversary reunion
10 & 11 May 2008
1982 intake, 25th anniversary reunion
For further information email wga@warwick.ac.uk
CANADA - Victoria
Following on from a successful Christmas dinner in 2006, November 2007 saw a few of our alumni brave the cold to meet for a festive dinner, drinks and a good old catch-up at the Mosaic Grill in Victoria. Many thanks to those who attended and to those who sent their apologies.
There will be another opportunity for Warwick alumni in the Victoria area to come together on 14 March. WGA representative Amali De Silva-Mitchel will be hosting a curry dinner buffet in the Bengal Lounge of the Fairmont Empress Hotel. The meal will take place from 7pm onwards and dress code is smart/formal.
Kindly RSVP to Amali on bcwarwickalumni@yahoo.ca
Keep an eye on the WGA Overseas website for any updates on events and more in Canada.
CANADA - Vancouver
There was great turn out in December as Warwick alumni in the Vancouver region came together in the holiday spirit for drinks and appetizers at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver drinks lounge. The venue was extremely popular and made better still with the Christmas Charity Gingerbread House competition being hosted by the hotel!
Warwick alumni in the Vancouver area are invited to get together on 27 April at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The 'Vancouver School' of photoconceptualism has become internationally renowned over the past two decades. The spring exhibition is TruthBeauty: Pictorialism and the Photograph as Art, 1845-1945 with work of renowned artists such as Julia Margaret Cameron, Baron Adolph de Meyer, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, Josef Sudek and works from George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.
Time: 3:30- 5:30 pm (meet in the VAG inside lobby seating area under the Gallery Cafe stairs at 3pm). For ticket prices, further information on the permanent exhibitions and directions please check the website at www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
The event will be followed by refreshments in the Hyatt Regency Vancouver drinks lounge. For more information and to RSVP kindly contact Amali on bcwarwickalumni@yahoo.ca
Keep an eye on the WGA Overseas website for any updates on events and more in Canada.
HONG KONG
BC Hong Kong Celebration 60 Launch Reception
Last March saw the launch of the British Council's English Online initiative in Hong Kong and a number of Warwick alumni were on hand to celebrate.
The event saw the launch of an interactive networking website for English learners in Hong Kong, complete with caption contests, communal story-writing exercises and download features.
Like the popular networking website Facebook, the British Council's English Online invites English language learners to sign up, create a profile and add friends. In addition, users can also download information and exercises, share their blogs on the website and take part in interactive games designed to improve English skills.
Sixty alumni who have graduated from universities in Britain were invited to attend the ceremony, four of whom were Warwick Graduates. They were Chip Tsao, Roy Chung, David Li and Martin Lee who were accompanied by representatives Manita So and Nancy Chui from the Warwick Graduates' Association Hong Kong office.
The event saw many of the alumni reminisce about their first experiences in Britain and it is hoped that this new initiative will be a flagship for students of English living in Hong Kong.
Keep an eye on the WGA Overseas website for any updates on events and more in Hong Kong.
TAIWAN
The Taiwan Alumni Association held their 'Warwick Charity Night Gathering' in November in Taipei. Taiwan Alumni Chairman, Dr. Jay-San Chen, opened the event which was attended by 80 former Warwick students. Jon Inegbedion from the International Office and Ms Lucia Guo from the Warwick Manufacturing Group (also Warwick graduates) represented the University at the gathering. Money raised during the evening was donated to Taiwan's 'Children Are Us Foundation', a charity organisation supporting children with special needs and 'Taipei Kuan-Du Natural Park Foundation'. During dinner, three alumni gave presentations about their Warwick days and their professional /voluntary work in Taiwan:
Jenny Wu 1994-95 MBA, Sales Assistant General Manager, Lung Yen Life Service
Jones Wu 1993-94 MSc in EBM, General Manager of OPTI International Corporation
Sophia Wu,1999-00 MA in ELT, English Teacher at Wanfang Senior high school and volunteer at the Taipei Kuan-Du Natural Park Foundation.
As well as raising money for two charities, the event also served as an excellent networking opportunity for newly returned graduates looking for a job. A prize was offered to anyone who exchanged the most business cards during the evening! An election was also held to select 20 new committee members who will serve for the next two years.
Keep an eye on the WGA Overseas website for any updates on events and more in Taiwan.
USA - New York
One of our more muscial graduates, Warren Mailley-Smith (LLB Law 1994-97), will be playing at New York's Carnegie Hall on 24 April and would like to invite you to come along.
Warren will play a selection of music from Beethoven, Mendelssohn, York Bowen, and Chopin. Tickets will be on sale from February onwards and more information about the concert, ticket sales and the stunning Carnegie Hall can be found HERE.
For more information about Warren, please visit his personal website.
Keep an eye on the WGA Overseas website for any updates on alumni events and more in New York
USA - Washington DC
The final Washington DC Warwick alumni drinks event of 2007 was held in December at Mortons Bar. WGA Representative Fergus Mellon was host for the evening, which saw a broad range of alumni come together for drinks, a catch-up and some lively debate.
Fergus and his DC counterparts have settled on regular Thursday meetings at Mortons and the next event will be publicised on the overseas section of the WGA website. For those of you living in DC or the surrounding area, why not come on down to the next event as we try and build our Warwick alumni group in the nation's capital?
For more information, please contact Fergus at fergusmellon@hotmail.com
Keep an eye on the WGA Overseas website for any updates on events and more in Washington.
WGA representatives overseas
WGA has a named alumni representative in the following countries - click here to email the contact in your country and meet up with other alumni:
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
Cyprus
Egypt
France
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Hong Kong
India
Ireland
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazahkstan
Kenya
Korea
Malta
Mauritius
Mexico
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan
Philippines
Poland
Singapore
Spain
South Africa
Taiwan
Tanzania
Turkey
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
USA
Zimbabwe
Are you going abroad to work/study?
Are you unsure about how to get accommodation, where to live, local customs? Do you not know anyone and want to make friends?
Then contact claudie.combelas@warwick.ac.uk at WGA. We can then ask Warwick graduates who live in those countries or even cities to get in touch with you.
To find out more information about WGA overseas visit the website for full contact details at:
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