Mansfield College Donor News 2017-18

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Donor news MANSFIELD COLLEGE

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ISSUE SIX

The difference you make IN THIS ISSUE Donation to MCBC launches new boat The Grenader Family Prize Mansfield calling – College telethons in 2017/18 Thank you 2018 leavers Where your support has been directed Donors to Mansfield 2017/18

Development Office Mansfield College University of Oxford Oxford OX1 3TF E development@mansfield.ox.ac.uk T +44 (0)1865 270825 W www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk Mansfield College Charity Number: 1143860

Every year, we welcome back an increasing number of alumni to Mansfield. It is wonderful to hear their favourite memories of College, about the friendships forged here and the friendly, close-knit community which they were part of. In return, our alumni are reassured to discover how Mansfield’s community is still as strong as ever today. The feeling of togetherness, openness and inclusion remains at the heart of College – for undergraduates, graduate students, and for Visiting Students. Something that has certainly changed in recent years is what we are able to offer our students, in terms of better facilities and improvements to the College environment. Alumni visitors show much pride and even surprise when they see how Mansfield has been transformed physically – and they especially enjoy hearing some of the wonderful stories from behind the scenes. Such improvements are a direct result of the generosity of everyone who has supported Mansfield in so many ways; this edition of Donor News celebrates the impact of that support over the past year. We are extremely grateful to our donors and would like to say a huge thank you to all who have lent their support to College. Mansfield continues to lead the way among Oxford colleges when it comes to attracting students from under-represented schools and communities. Your donations to the Access and Outreach Fund help to cover travel expenses for students visiting Mansfield for access and

open days, or to send an access team member to schools in our target regions. When students come to Mansfield, it is important that we can then offer the teaching, support and facilities to help them thrive. Your donations to the Student Support Fund benefit a range of areas, such as hardship grants, counselling and peer support, and your donations to Buildings and Environment help create new College spaces and improve and refurbish existing facilities at Mansfield. Another project you have kindly supported this year is the Chapel’s Organ Appeal. We are pleased to announce that, thanks to the many generous donations from alumni and friends of the College, the organ is being restored to bring it into full working order once again. As many readers will have seen from previous editions of Donor News and the Mansfield Magazine, the Chapel has benefitted from various repairs and restoration projects in recent years to keep it at the heart of the Mansfield community. Alumni may remember the ‘True Vine’, the historic textile that hangs at the rear of the Chapel. This is currently being restored to help protect it for the future. The Mansfield College telethons, the Leavers’ Gift and MCBC all enjoyed another successful year in 2017/18. We hope that you enjoy reading more about these stories in the following pages of Donor News.

Mansfield donor news 2017/18


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