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everyone across the globe, we balanced home and work responsibilities, sometimes precariously, certainly like never before.
Wanting to do our utmost to keep our global alumni community connected, we started by creating an Alumni online hub:
a dedicated portal on the College website, for alumni by alumni. From sharing Zoom backgrounds of the Mansfield Quad, to recipes, to memories and photos of your time at College, to ‘tracks that take you back’, the hub quickly became a fascinating repository of all things Mansfield, past and present. Find it at: www.mansfield.college
Then we launched a series of virtual events over June and July, encouraging alumni to gather online to hear from Fellows, tutors and special guests. We created films to bring you back to College virtually: for our annual Commemoration Service, and for our Summer Garden Party with a special video-recorded welcome by Admiral Sir Philip Jones GCB DL (Geography, 1978), who was made a Mansfield Honorary Fellow this year (see page 9).
New online Careers Weeks took place for students in June and were both popular
and well-received. Panel discussions led by alumni, these centred around the sectors the students wanted to hear about: creative and media; law; and financial services. Thank you so much to all of you who took part.
And in general we increased our presence on social media. For regular news, pics
and notices from Mansfield, follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
That’s a lot of digital content, and not everyone is online. So we also posted a specially produced card to all alumni who would have had their Gaudy in September. And we sent an Alumni Survey to over 3,000 people in our community, in order that we can better shape our programme.
An engaged alumni network is vital to Mansfield’s future. It is the sharing of your skills and experience, and your willingness to engage your personal and professional networks, that will most benefit our
students, the College and one another.
Community is a truly apt theme for this year’s Magazine. As we continue through lockdown, here in Development we shall continue to work hard to create enjoyable opportunities to connect that make being part of the Mansfield community so valuable and rewarding.
Stay tuned for our 2021 programme – details will be circulated in January.
You can contact the Development Office any time at development@mansfield.ox.ac.uk. We are always very pleased to hear from you.
‘ It is the sharing of your skills and experience,
and your willingness to engage your personal and professional networks, that will most benefit our students, the College and one another.’
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