ST MARY’S COLLEGE

GRADUATION

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ST MARY’S COLLEGE

GRADUATION

HONOURING THE GRADUATES OF

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Graduat ion

Ceremonies

The Graduation Ceremonies will take place in

Durham Cathedral on Tuesday 1st July,

Wednesday 2nd July, Thursday 3rd July and Friday

4th July 2014. Further details can be found on the

website: http://www.dur.ac.uk/ceremonies/

congregation

To help you celebrate your Graduation, Professor

Simon Hackett, Principal invites all finalists and their

guests to join them at the following gatherings:

JULY 1ST-4TH

St Mary’s College| Durham St Mary’s College

Elvet Hill Road

Durham

DH1 3LR

Telephone Reception: 0191 334 5719

www.durham.ac.uk/st-marys.college/

Graduat ion Drinks Recept ion

There will be two Graduation Drinks Receptions on Wednesday 2nd July and Friday

4th July from 6.00pm until 7.30pm.

All finalists and their guests who would like to join the Principal at a drinks recep-tion are asked to book at St Mary’s College Reception by 10am on the day or use the online sign up form https://www.dur.ac.uk/st-marys.college/current/congregation/graduationdrinks/

There is no charge for the Drinks Receptions.

Final i s ts ’ End of Term Formal

This will be held in St Mary’s College on Thursday 26th June 2014 at 7.00 for 7.30 pm.

The Dinner is free to all Finalists and will cost £15.60 for guests (maximum of one

guest per finalist).

Please complete the enclosed booking form or use the online sign up form https://www.dur.ac.uk/st-marys.college/current/congregation/finalistformaldinner/

and return it together with any payment for guests to St Mary’s College Reception by Wednesday 4th June 2014.

Graduat ion Dinners

There will be two Graduation Dinners which you and all your guests are welcome to

attend. The tickets are £24 each which includes pre-dinner drinks, a three course

meal and two glasses of wine or soft drinks. The meals will take place on Tuesday 1st

July and Thursday 3rd July at 7.00 for 7.30 pm.

Please complete the enclosed booking form or use the online sign up form https://www.dur.ac.uk/st-marys.college/current/congregation/graduationdinners/ and return it together with any payment to St Mary’s College Reception by Wednesday 4th June 2014.

Accommodat ion

Accommodation in College can be provided for resident finalists, their parents and/

or other guests.

Please complete the enclosed booking form or use the online sign up form and https://www.dur.ac.uk/st-marys.college/current/congregation/raduationaccommodat/ return together with your payment (where necessary) to St Mary’s College Reception by Wednesday 4th June 2014.

Graduat ion Booking Form

Name:_______________________________________________________________

Mobile Number:_______________________________________________________

Booking form for Graduation Dinners 2014

Dinner Attending () No. of Guests Amount to Pay

Finalists’ Formal: Thursday 26th June

(free for finalists, £15.60 for guests—max. 1 guest.)

Graduation Dinner: Tuesday 1st July

(£24.00 per person)

Graduation Dinner: Thursday 3rd July

(£24.00 per person)

Total to pay (cheques made out to Durham University)

Please state if you or any of your guests have special dietary requirements

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Booking form for Guest Accommodation

Should any of your guests require accommodation please complete the table below.

(En Suite rooms are limited and will be allocated on a first booked basis)

Day

Please indicate the number of each room required Total

£25.50 (single)

£32.00 (single En Suite)

£42.00 (twin)

£50.00 (twin En Suite)

Tuesday 1st July

Wednesday 2nd July

Thursday 3rd July

Friday 4th July

Total to pay (cheques made out to Durham University)

Your Room (live in students only)

Date Leaving College:__________________________________________________

Room Number:_______________________________________________________

Please only tick for the meals you wish to take to avoid wastage, you will need to pre-

sent your meal card at the server in the normal way.

These meals are offered at no additional charge.

St Mary’s College| Durham St Mary’s College

Elvet Hill Road

Durham

DH1 3LR

Telephone, Reception: 0191 334 5719

www.durham.ac.uk/st-marys.college/

DAY MEAL MEAL

Saturday 28 June Breakfast 8-9 am Lunch 12.30-1pm

Sunday 29 June Breakfast 8-9 am Lunch 12.30-1pm

Monday 30 June Breakfast 8-9am Lunch 12.30-1pm

Tuesday 1 July Breakfast 8-9am Lunch 12.30-1pm

Wednesday 2 July Breakfast 8-9am Lunch 12.30-1pm

Thursday 3 July Breakfast 8-9am Lunch 12.30-1pm

Friday 4 July Breakfast 8-9am Lunch 12.30-1pm

Saturday 5 July Breakfast 8-9am Lunch 12.30-1pm

Please complete and return this form to St Mary’s College Reception by Wednesday 4th

June 2014 .

Final i s ts ’ Formal

Thursday 26th June 2014 at 7.00 for 7.30 pm.

Menu

Starter

Artichoke and goats’ cheese tart with a beetroot chutney and mixed leaf salad

Main Course

Herb-coated chicken breast served with a fondant potato, wilted cabbage, glazed

carrots and jus

Honey roasted butternut squash risotto cake with a soft free range poached egg

and hollandaise sauce (v)

served with seasonal vegetables

Dessert

Citron tarte served with fresh raspberries and vanilla cream

Graduat ion Dinners

Tuesday 1st July and Thursday 3rd July at 7.00 for 7.30 pm.

Menu—1st July

Starter

Warm tart of asparagus and Gruyère

with confit baby tomatoes and rocket pesto (v)

Main Course

Herb-crusted rump of lamb, buttered fine beans and young carrots with red

wine jus

Mediterranean vegetable Wellington, sautéed green beans, caramelised

shallots, tomato and truffle butter sauce (v)

served with wild garlic mash

Dessert

Vanilla panna cotta with balsamic strawberries and lemon shortbread

Menu—3rd July

Starter

Sweet potato and goats’ cheese Beignet with Niçoise salad (v)

Main Course

Pan-fried salmon on buttered spinach with crab and chive crushed potato,

chantenay carrots, white wine and tarragon cream

Butternut squash ravioli with sun blushed tomatoes, asparagus salad and lemon

grass foam (v)

Dessert

Raspberry brulée tart with crème fraiche sorbet

All Graduates, guests and friends

are invited to attend our open air

performance of Macbeth

A brave military hero... A noble and devoted

subject to his King... A popular leader respected by

those who serve him and trusted by the King him-

self... Macbeth's outstanding achievements and

qualities ensure that he has a bright future ahead

of him. Three mad witches he meets after a battle

confirm no less - or rather two of them do. The

third prophesies more than a mere meteoric rise in

his fortunes: she states that he will become King

himself. One brief, crazy suggestion sows a seed of

ambition, causes the unravelling of a great man,

and incites a chain of treachery, murder and de-

struction.

In their 23rd year Illyria is STILL the only outdoor

touring theatre company to have clocked up no

less than 4 international awards. Renowned all

over the world for their clarity, quality and ingenui-

ty, Illyria once again takes on the greatest of Shake-

speare's tragedies. Expect a gripping story and the

dazzling swordplay for which Illyria is renowned.

Illyria has a deservedly unparalleled reputation for

the clarity and authenticity of its Shakespearean

style. Each play is performed in the open-air with

only a handful of props and no scenery - as almost

all Shakespeare's plays were originally conceived.

The seemingly impossible is achieved by perform-

ing the plays UNCUT with five actors, the number

Shakespeare’s own company used when touring

the provinces. The productions are played with

characteristic briskness - Shakespeare was, after

all, unequivocal about how long his plays take to

perform. And each is inspired by performance

techniques of Elizabethan touring troupes such as

live music and song, an inclusion of the audience in

the proceedings, contemporary references and a

robustness of style.

The design of Illyria’s staging has been taken di-

rectly from sixteenth century engravings of touring

troupes.

“Illyria’s five actors are the direct

heirs of Shakespeare’s wandering

players.” (Dr Reaveley Gair, Eliz-

abethan scholar )

Hot and cold drinks will be available for purchase

at the event but please bring your own seating/

picnic rug, warm clothes and picnic food.

Please book your tickets via email

(carole.laverick@durham.ac.uk)

Please include the following details: name,

telephone, how many tickets (adults/

children)

Please note this event will only be cancelled in the event of a hurricane, when the

performance will be rescheduled. TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.

Principal ’s Farewel l

Congratulations to all 2014

Graduands!

Your graduation ceremonies will take place in Durham Cathedral from 1st to 4th July 2014. As well as representing the College at your graduation ceremonies, I would also like to invite you, your friends and family members to our special dinners and drinks receptions in College where we will celebrate all the hard work that has led to your achievements.

I will be hosting these events and I hope that we can celebrate the end of your time at the College as a student and also acknowledge the support and encour-agement your family has given you over the three or four years you have spent in Durham. I have a particular bond with your year group, since most of you came to St Mary’s at the same time as I did as the new Principal, three short years ago. I also recall talking to many parents and other family members on Freshers’ Sun-day when you first arrived here.

You have all made contributions in various ways to the life of the College – whether in terms of involvement in the Junior Common Room, arts and drama, sport or one of the many other activities that make St Mary’s one of the most lively Colleges in Durham. Can I take this opportunity to thank you for all you have done and for helping to make Mary’s a great College in which to live and work.

I hope that, as well as your degree certificates, you will take away with you

many wonderful memories of St Mary’s College, of the University and of Durham itself and that, as you make the transition from Graduands to Graduates to Alumni, you will keep in touch with me and with the College. It will be lovely to hear about your many and varied achievements in your future lives.

I look forward to celebrating with you during Graduation Week.

My very best wishes and con-

gratulations to you all.

Simon

Professor Simon Hackett, Principal

My very best wishes and

congratulations to you all.

Pres ident ’s Congratula t ions

Graduation week is fast-approaching and, as

Simon has highlighted, St Mary’s will be

putting on some events to celebrate your

time here as a student. I can say from last

year that graduation week was one of the

best weeks in my four years at Mary’s and it

can even end in some parents making an

appearance at Klute.

Whether you have been here three or four

years, you will all have made great

contributions to this fantastic and historic

College and I thank you immensely for that,

on behalf of the JCR and future students. It is

the people who make this place so special

and you have all been a massive part of that.

Obviously, we hope that this is not the end

of your contribution to our College. As you

become an Alumna or Alumnus of our

College, it is hoped that you will continue to

stay in contact and get involved with our

many alumni projects.

I look forward to celebrating with you in the

first week of July and once again thank you

for everything you have done for our JCR and

College.

Matt

Matt Watson,

JCR President

I t ’ s the people who make this p lace so

spec ial and you have a l l been a massive

part of tha t .

St Mary’s College Society

Ancilla Domini

First of all, congratulations on the completion of your degree. These past few weeks perhaps have been a rollercoaster of emotions as you have come to the end of your undergraduate studies here in Durham. Those of us who are fortunate to have been a part of this college know it to be one of the very best in Durham not only for its academic status but for the quality of communal life. Some of my closest life-long friends are those I met at Mary's. I hope that will be true for you, too.

When you came up to Durham you were asked to pay a small subscription to become a member of St Mary's College Society. Now, on graduating, this becomes a reality; you are a member of the Society (SMCS). The Society is that ever-increasing body of alumni, who are still members of St Mary's College community wherever they live. You will, of course, be keeping personal contact with your friends. From the earliest days of the College the Society has been a means to enable students to maintain links with the wider community of alumni. We organise an annual residential reunion in September in College, as well as regional get togethers in various parts of the country. Increasingly, we are trying to co-ordinate our residential reunions with those in other colleges. Do try to book one into your diary before too long.

Some of you may have first hand experience of the financial help we try to give students via book grants from the Society Book Fund. Others may have had assistance with travel plans from our Society Travel Bursary. We have current students on our committee but there are spaces for new graduates, too. At the AGM in September we will be filling vacancies. If this is a way you would like to have immediate continuing involvement with College please do not hesitate to get in touch with me in good time before the Annual Meeting. The committee meets once a term. Whether you want to be hands on or think you may not have time for that degree of commitment, you will be able to read about our activities via our newsletter which is circulated twice a year.

Most of all we wish you well in the next stages of your personal journey whether that takes you into employment or further study, here in Durham or elsewhere in the world. Long may St Mary's alumni make a significant contribution to national life. And please remember to let us know of any of your special achievements.

Canon Elizabeth Fisher

President SMCS

Jo in the Fr iends Scheme

The 'Friends of St Mary’s’ programme is an entirely new concept for the College launched in 2014. Through the programme we aim to join all our students, alumni and external supporters of college into one community of Friends.

By Signing up as a Friend you will:

Receive our College Magazine - Members of the programme will receive a digital copy of our termly Friends of St Mary’s Magazine along with various newsletters and other information about concerts, lectures and events which we send out to our alumni and Friends.

Receive Event Invitations - Members will receive targeted emails with details of College news and upcoming events all around the country. They will also be able to register for special Friends of St Mary’s Formals held here at College.

Have a standing invitation to visit St Mary’s - Friends of St Mary's will always be welcome back at College and can arrange a free College tour for themselves and their guests on any weekday between 9am -5pm (some weekend booking may be possible by direct request).

There is no charge to sign up to the scheme, however sign-up is not automatic and Friends must register using the online form by following the link below:

https://www.dur.ac.uk/st-marys.college/alumni/friends/

St Mary’s College| Durham St Mary’s College

Elvet Hill Road

Durham

DH1 3LR

www.durham.ac.uk/st-marys.college/

Principal

Simon Hackett

Email: simon.hackett@durham.ac.uk

Reception

Emily Hale

Email: reception.stmarys@durham.ac.uk

0191 334 5719

Alumni Relations and Development Officer

Imogen Hampson-Smith

Email: i.r.hampson-smith@durham.ac.uk

0191 334 5972

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