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Summer Graduation 2024We were thrilled to welcome 2500 new graduates from 97 different countries to our alumni community during Graduation Week. Families and friends joined in the celebrations with the traditional garden parties in the marquee on Lower College Lawn.
Honorary Graduates included Armando Iannucci (the award-winning director of film-maker); the Rt Hon Helen Clark (Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008); cartoonist Alison Bechdel; internationally renowned performer and writer Joy Harjo; Professor Dame Muffy Calder (former Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland), and Air Vice-Marshall Ross Paterson.
You can read more about our Honorary Graduates and graduate stories here.
It was a pleasure to see so many of our newest alumni at the Development graduation photo booth, collecting souvenir print-outs and catching up at our Kaleidoscope Alumni Network courtyard receptions – complete with live jazz music – outside the Development Office at 91 North Street.
We also hosted cocktail parties and offered our popular StageClip service which allows graduates to opt in to receive a bespoke video clip of the moment they crossed the stage.
Our thanks to everyone who made this Summer Graduation such a memorable one!
Photographs from the celebrations are available to view via Facebook. |
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Alumni WeekendSt Andrews alumni from around the world returned to the town for our annual Alumni Weekend celebrations. The varied programme of events offered opportunities to reconnect, raise a glass at Topping & Co Booksellers, tee off in the Arnold Palmer Invitational, listen to live music, and take a walk down to the harbour.
We also opened the doors to our Alumni Clubhouse in the Students’ Association, and guests attended the General Council Meeting, the University’s Public Meeting, a thanksgiving service in St Salvator’s Chapel, a superb guzheng and piano recital with the Kaleidoscope Alumni Network and a delicious barbecue.
In particular, it was a pleasure to host members of the Class of 1974 who attended Alumni Weekend to celebrate 50 years since they graduated.
We hope all who joined us this year enjoyed it has much as we did! |
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The Arnold Palmer Invitational 2024Our thanks to the alumni, parents, students and friends of the University who joined us at the Kittocks Course for a fantastic day of golf at this year’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. Congratulations to winners Incken Wentorp (MSc 2014) and Zachary Chowgule, pictured with the University's Director of Golf Ian Muir. Prizes were awarded at a barbecue dinner after the tournament, and players had the chance to mix, mingle and discuss the day’s round. |
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Alien Worlds at the Wardlaw MuseumA Dalek, a set of original sketches by Scottish science-fiction writer Iain M. Banks, and a handwritten inscription by Galileo are among the items on display in the latest exhibition at the Wardlaw Museum.
Alien Worlds explores exoplanets – planets outside our solar system – and how they have been understood, dreamt of and imagined by scientists, musicians, artists and writers for centuries.
The exhibition runs until Sunday 5 January 2025 and entry is free. |
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Public events are also scheduled throughout the summer including holiday workshops, a family day and a space-themed Escape Room experience in the Bell Pettigrew Museum. |
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Alumni StoriesThis month, we hear from alumna Eirinie Lapidaki (MA 2017) (pictured) a first-generation student who has recently published her debut novel – The Wives of Halcyon – with Legend Press.
Alumnus Wei Wan (MLitt 2010) explains how the supportive postgraduate community at St Andrews inspired a successful international career in English language teaching, teacher training and management.
If you would like to share your Alumni Story, contact the editor at sem28@st-andrews.ac.uk. |
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Michael Ward (PhD 2006) with David Paul Baird and Andrew Petiprin
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SaintsFunderThis month’s SaintsFunder appeal is the University of St Andrews Summer Baroque Course, which offers aspiring baroque musicians from around the world the chance to learn from internationally renowned experts in the field. It runs from 12-16 August 2024.
The organisers would like to offer scholarships and bursaries to make this course accessible to as many promising musicians as possible, regardless of financial circumstances. |
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Postgraduate study – alumni discountConsidering a Masters at St Andrews? An exclusive 15% discount on postgraduate tuition fees is available for recent graduates and those who have attended our Global Summer School, Study Abroad or Exchange programmes. |
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Whisky collection 2024 available nowThe University of St Andrews’ 2024 whisky collection is available to order now and includes two special editions from Scotland’s oldest working distillery, The Glenturret. |
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Innovation in healthcare: a collaborative futureSt Andrews Innovation hosted an interactive workshop designed to bring together NHS Fife staff, University researchers, industry and community representatives, and members of our alumni community.
Alumnus Dr Roger Flint (BSc 2007), who attended the event, said: "The workshop explored key unmet needs in NHS healthcare, with stakeholders from academia, the NHS, innovation, medicine, industry, and the wider community sharing their unique perspectives. Building scalable, transformative solutions to these challenging unmet needs requires broad engagement from key stakeholders."
You can read Dr Flint's Alumni Story here. |
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Laidlaw LiveThe Laidlaw Music Centre hosts a regular and varied programme of concerts throughout the year, which can be enjoyed in person or online. |
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