Mansfield College Donor News 2013-14

Donor news MANSFIELD COLLEGE

ISSUE TWO

IN THIS ISSUE Record-breaking Telethon New women’s First VIII boat makes a splash Bob Coates Prize Thank you Leavers of 2014 Where your support has been directed Donors to Mansfield 2013/14

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

Celebrating the impact you are making at Mansfield Our commitment to encourage the brightest students to apply to Mansfield remains undiminished. To do this it is important that we provide the facilities and learning environment to meet the demands of the 21st-century scholar. Over the past year, your support has helped us make improvements and carry out projects that are enhancing the student experience at Mansfield. In this report, we hope you will enjoy reading about what has been made possible.

Perhaps the most significant development to have taken place recently has been the newly completed East Range Project.

Returning students have been making the most of the new facilities, which have been hugely supported by alumni in recent years.

In addition, you have helped support: new prizes to recognise academic achievement; access work to encourage applications to Mansfield from schools that have not historically sent many students to Oxford; and teaching, to ensure that we retain Fellows who are leaders in their field.

Another success was the recent Telethon, which took place just before the start of Michaelmas 2014. Our team of eight Student Callers took to the phones with great enthusiasm and enjoyed speaking to many of you about your time at Mansfield and what College is like today. Thank you to everyone who took the time to speak to one of our Callers, for the careers advice you offered them and the memories you shared.

Special thanks to all of you who chose to support College by making a donation to the campaign.

We are very proud of our growing donor community and the difference you are making to Mansfield students. We hope some of the success stories and achievements featured here will also inspire those of you who haven’t supported Mansfield for some time or who are yet to give a gift, to consider how you might help the College in the future. As this edition of Donor News demonstrates, all gifts, of whatever size, make a significant positive difference to Mansfield. Thank you for your support.

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Record-breaking Telethon Thank you to everyone who took a call during the 2014 Telethon. Our dedicated student call team spoke to hundreds of you as part of the twoweek campaign, during which you helped raise over £98,000 – making it the most successful Mansfield Telethon to date. This year’s priority areas included the Love Lane Building, Access and Outreach, and the General Fund.

Development Officer, Eleanor Crawford, caught up with Student Caller, Joanna Hawkins (History, 2012), at the end of the campaign.

Why did you apply to be a Student Caller?

I was very interested in getting the opportunity to speak to Mansfield alumni and finding out what they have gone on to do since leaving Oxford. I am involved in College life through the JCR Bench and as an Access Ambassador, so I’m very passionate about Mansfield’s current projects and plans for future developments. I wanted to share this with alumni and support Mansfield.

What was your favourite part of this year’s Telethon?

I really loved speaking to alumni about how their lives have panned out. I am a historian so it was especially great speaking to those who studied History and have gone on to do things as diverse as pursuing academia, journalism or even becoming an artist.

What was your least favourite part?

It was very tiring and it was frustrating if you were faced with a long chain of answering machines! I think sometimes I was so excited when a real person answered the phone that the person on the other end must have wondered why I was so happy to speak to them.

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You must have heard many interesting stories. Is there a particular one that stands out?

I spoke to a man who had met his wife, a fellow Historian, in the Radcliffe Camera. It was such an unbelievably romantic and ‘Oxford’ story, it was lovely to hear.

Have you received any useful careers advice?

Yes, it was wonderful to get so many different perspectives on life after Oxford. I think the best advice I received was to do something I’m passionate about and enjoy – many of the alumni I spoke to had taken a change of career to eventually arrive at that point.

What have you learnt about Mansfield that you did not know before you became a Caller?

I wasn’t aware that Mansfield had always been characterised by its close community feel, something that is still going strong today. Also, that the JCR President used to have the Tower Room in the main building as their bedroom!

New women’s First VIII boat makes a splash

Photography by Yang-Wahn Hew

Women’s Captain, Alice Willcox (Geography, 2012), commented: ‘I was so excited to hear that we were receiving a new boat.

We trained so hard as a crew all year and so to race in Summer Eights in a brand new W1 boat really was one of the highlights of my time at Mansfield. The boat has allowed us to focus on our technique and we were able to get shoes that fit, which was great! We even got a bump in Summer Eights – the first time for a Mansfield women’s crew in two years and I’m sure we will be able to keep moving up Division 2.’

In spring 2014, the women’s First VIII crew took to the water in their new boat, which was purchased thanks to a generous donation from Yang-Wahn Hew (Modern History, 1997). Despite the ominous patches of rain in the morning, around 50 rowers and members of Mansfield went down to the boathouse to see the new boat for the naming ceremony.

The boat is named Wing Yi, Yang-Wahn Hew’s daughter’s middle name, which means ‘Happy and Intelligent’. Tim Lattimore (Modern History, 1997) kindly provided pro-bono support with the boat graphics, which involved applying the Chinese calligraphy to the side of the boat.

Bob Coates Prize Following the sad passing of the highly respected Dr Bob Coates, in October 2013, a new prize in Mathematics has been established in his memory, thanks to the kind support of Maths alumni.

Dr Bob Coates first came to Mansfield in 1986 to cover Janet Dyson’s maternity leave, and became a stipendiary lecturer in 1989. He stayed on until his retirement in 2003 and was an excellent mathematician and lecturer. The new ‘Bob Coates Prize in Mathematics’ will recognise academic achievement, as well as act as a fitting tribute to a much-admired teacher and colleague.

Thanks to the generosity of alumni, we have recently reached the target needed to endow the Prize fully, meaning that £150 can be awarded each year in perpetuity.

Thank you Leavers of 2014 Each year we are offering Leavers the opportunity to make a lasting legacy to future Mansfield students by supporting the Leavers’ Gift.

Thank you to the 97 Leavers who were involved in 2014.

This year’s gift amount, as agreed by the JCR, was £20.14 to commemorate the year. The money has helped support the purchase of new oak dining chairs to be used in the Chapel and Old Hall. As part of the East Range Project, some of the original oak chairs have been fully restored and reupholstered. The new chairs have been carefully crafted to be in keeping with the original furniture. Each chair supported by the Leavers’ Gift will soon feature a ‘2014 Leavers’ plaque to recognise the year group.

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Where your support has been directed During 2013/14, you supported the following important areas:

Student Support and Access - £45,706 We want to ensure that the brightest and most talented students consider applying to Mansfield, no matter what their financial circumstances or personal background. By supporting access you are helping us reach out to those from areas that have not historically sent students to Oxford. In addition, you have helped support a number of prizes to recognise achievement, and the Hardship Fund for those students who find themselves in unforeseen financial difficulty.

Buildings and Environment £262,176 The recently completed East Range Project, which was made possible with the help of Mansfield alumni, has transformed this area of College for the benefit of all. The new Photography: Richard Waite refectory, named ‘The Crypt’, is already proving a popular meeting space for students, and the refurbished Tower rooms have been given a new lease of life – along with a much-needed lift for access. Thank you for helping to make this Project a reality.

Photography: Richard Waite

Teaching and Research - £5,707 We are passionate about attracting and retaining academics who are leaders in their field. Thank you for helping us to do so by supporting teaching and research. Our long-term ambition would be to endow our Fellowships fully, so every gift you make to this important area is greatly appreciated.

Unrestricted - £127,956 Each year, an increasing number of you are deciding to support College by making an unrestricted gift to the Mansfield Matters General Fund. We are extremely grateful to you for supporting College in this way as it provides the flexibility for Mansfield to direct funding to where it is most needed. In the past year your support has been used to help fund the developments in the East Range, as well as completing the full refurbishment of the bathrooms in the John Marsh Building.

In the last year, 448 alumni and friends made a gift to College, helping to raise £441,545.

29% Buildings and Environment

60%

Student Support and Access

10%

Teaching and Research

1%

Unrestricted 29%

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Donors to Mansfield 2013/14 Thank you to all donors who have supported the College during the last financial year (August 1st 2013 – July 31st 2014).

1942 Revd Geoffrey Beck 1948 Mr Kenneth Sears 1949 Revd David Stapleton 1951 Revd Anthony Tucker 1955 Mrs Helen Wickham 1956 Revd David Allen Revd Dr Robert McKelvey 1957 Revd Richard Dodds 1958 Mr Nicholas Mason 1959 Prof Robert Adams Revd Dr Harold Tonks 1961 Mr George Carcagno Revd Anthony Coates Prof John Creaser Prof Mason Lowance 1962 Mr Peter Briscall Mr John Dodwell Mr Clive King Revd Geoffrey Roper Revd Donald Rudalevige 1963 Revd George Agar Dr James Dunkly Mr Robert Porrer Mr J Thompson Mr Robert Wilmot 1964 Mr Roy Foster Revd Stephen Haine Mr Adrian Hall Revd Dr Walter Houston Mr Anthony Lunch Mr Iain Miller 1965 Revd William Boyd Revd Dr Noel Davies Mr Keith Lock Mr Robert Skelly 1966 Mr John Cooper Mr Peter Froebel Mr Antony Thomas The Hon Paul Worsley QC

1967 Mr Gregory Bowden Revd Charles Brock and Mrs Carolyn Brock Mr Peter Johnson Revd Arthur Pedersen Revd Graham Stephenson 1968 Revd HP Albright Mr Geoffrey Bott Mr Ian Collins Mr Michael Harris 1969 Mrs Kathryn Compston 1970 Mr Philip Aylett Revd David Ivorson Dr Robert Lively Mr Charles Long Mr Jonathan Rooper Dr Jonathan Wild 1971 Dr Douglas Stange Mr Hugh Stewart Mr Gareth Wright 1972 Dr Homer Rogers Mr Nicholas Valner 1973 Mr Jonathan Arkush Mr Martin Stott 1974 Mr William Annandale Mr Andrew Eastgate Mr Johnny Forshall Mr Philip Franks Mr Ian Howard The Hon Robert Jackson Mr Stephen Maguire Mr Steven Paull and Mrs Frances Paull 1975 Dr David Bailey Mr John Borton Mr Charles Linaker Mr Simon Morrow Mr Martyn Scrivens Mr Stephen Thorpe Mr Gordon Woods 1976 Mr Crispin Barker Mr Stephen Gaskell Mr Robert Matley Mr Hugh Purkiss Mr Chad Whitton 1977 Mr Andrew Bradley Mr Christopher Jenkins Mr Geoffrey Lenox-Smith

Mr Simon McKinnon Mr Mark Peasley Mr Clive Prestt Mr Mark Synnott Mr Jonathan Wells QC

1986 Mr Giles Atkinson Ms Amanda Chisnell Mr Jonathan Fish Mr Timothy Storrie

1978 Mr Nicholas Barwick Revd Richard Church Mr Martin Collier Mr Raymond Cox QC Mr Philip Jemielita Ambassador George Krol Mr Mark Tantam Mr Steven Thomas

1987 Ms Katherine Brick Mr Nick Chism and Mrs Deborah Chism Mr Lawrence Edwards Dr Nicholas Small

1979 Mr Mark Beardwood Mr Martin Christensen Mr Martin Clemmey and Mrs Melanie Clemmey (1981) Mr Michael Ingledow Mr Gavin Prosser Mr Martin Riley Mr Gavin Steele 1980 Mr Richard Baker Mr Geoffrey Fuller Mr Mark Jones 1981 Mr Norbert Clarke Mrs Melinda Cripps Mr David Harvey Mr Paul Vine 1982 Mr Nicholas Hayward Mr Rolf Howarth Mr Richard Klein Mr Ian Simpson and Ms Catherine Utley (1981) Mr David Testa 1983 Mr Ian Blatchford Sir James Dingemans QC Miss Gillian Duddy Mr Mark Jones Mr Saul Jones Mr Matthew Tipper 1984 Mr David Bailey QC Mr Andrew Davies Revd Peter Elliott Mr Philip Kirsh Mr Donald Macdonald Mr Robert Mison Ms Susan Pemberton Mr Juan Sabater 1985 Mr John Donnellan Prof Stephen Gourley Mr Doug Jeffery Mrs Jane Roberts Miss Jaee Samant

1988 Mr Benjamin Auslander Ms Lisa Baglin Mr Timothy Burroughs Mr Timothy Eddis Mr Jason Klein Mr Rick Pearson Mr Jonathan Steinberg Revd Neil Thorogood Mr Stewart Wilkinson and Mrs Tamsin Wilkinson 1989 Mr Justin Abbiss Ms Sophie Goldsworthy Mr Toby Gosnall Mrs Frances Henry Mr Matthew Keats Mrs Elizabeth Marshall Mr Andrew Moulton Mr Robert Snow 1990 Mr Derek Navracruz Mr Duncan Rucklege Mr Kelvin To 1991 Mr James Aggrey-Orleans Mr David Fromm Mr George Hatjantonas Revd Trevor Jamison and Ms Sue Undy Mr Andrew Lambert Mr Paul Storer-Martin 1992 Mr Brian Arnold Mr Jonathan Brod Mr Paul Jackson Ms Stephanie Reents Mrs Rachael Westgarth Mr Christopher Williams 1993 Revd John Du Bois Mr Stuart Ferguson Mr Stephen Gough Mr Chris Lewis Mr David Martin Mrs Elizabeth Neame Mr James Pearson Mr Matthew Simpson Mr John Zolidis

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1994 Mr Tom Bray Mrs Kumiko Brocklebank Mr Richard Davies Mr Stephen Gibbons Mr Richard Hargett Revd Derek Hopkins Mr Matthew Nayler Mr Jonathan Parry Miss Brigitte Worth Mr Andrew Young 1995 Mr Musab Bora Mr Simon Calhaem Ms Olwen Greany Mr Satnam Lehal Mr Michael Poyser Mr Philip Reicherstorfer Mr Stephen Tall Mr Gregory Wall and Mrs Maaike Wall Mr Marcus Williamson 1996 Anonymous Mr Timothy Berry Ms Jane Hamlett Mr Marcus Haywood Ms Charlotte Nicklas Miss Stephanie Phair Mr James Selby Revd Anthony Spring 1997 Mr Philip Avery Mr David Clyde Revd June Colley Mr Yang-Wahn Hew Mr Assad Maqbool Dr Jayne Nicholson Mrs Catherine Osborn Mr Matthew Reed Mr Richard Thomas and Mrs Sarah Thomas Mr James Uffindell Mr Marc Zao-Sanders 1998 Mrs Tracy Baker Mr Paul Bennett Mr Richard Colebourn Mrs Catherine Hodgkinson Mrs Emma Pell Ms Emily Watt 1999 Mr Kevin Bates Ms Katherine Carpenter Mr Andrew Chaytor Mr Adrian Clark Mr Stephen Davies Mrs Abigail Jones Dr Christine McCulloch Mr Tom McLaren Webb Ms Emma Ward Mr Simon Wicks Mr Alexander Wright Mrs Catherine Wright 2000 Mr Nicholas Anstead Mr Adrian Barlow Ms Katherine Bilsborrow Mr Mark Devlin Mr Kevin Koplan Mr Niall McCarthy Ms Margaret Proctor Mr David Robson Mrs Rebecca Sumner Smith

Mr Peter Thorn

2009 Ms Dorian Adams Ms Bridget Gill Mr Christopher Major Mr Daniel Rey

2001 Mr Sean Beck Mr Thomas Buttle Mr Richard Day Mr Simon Hale Dr Christopher Ham Mr Robert McGhee Mr Richard Owen Miss Catherine Thomas Ms Marilyn Thompson Mr Des Walker Mr Kevin Whibley 2002 Mr Ryan Amesbury Mr Aled George Mr Markus Mittermaier and Ms Praveena Joseph-de-Saram Miss Laura Roberts Mr Matthew Smith Mr Gregory Smye-Rumsby Miss Emma Stewart Mr Taj Uddin Mr Christopher Wall 2003 Mrs Shanthi Annan Mr Cyrus Azima Mr Alastair Brown Mr Matthew Castle Miss Madeleine Forbes Mr Alexander Kay Mrs Sarah Lake Mr Nicholas Lambon Mr Christopher Layden Mr Edward Mayne Mr Christopher Opie Mr Henry Rushton 2004 Mr William Brewster Miss Alexandra Jezeph Mr John McCarthy Miss Helen McKenzie Dr James Paterson Miss Felicity Roberts Mr Richard Saynor Mr Timothy Searle Mr Nils Seebach Mr Joseph Zhou 2005 Lieutenant Roy Cooper Dr James Dray Mr Richard Dyble Miss Alexandra Kritchevsky Revd Iain McLaren Miss Caroline Roberts Mr Benjamin Shockley Mr David Sims Miss Charlotte Stonehouse 2006 Ms Emily Harris Mr Reuben Holt Mr Rory Morrison Mr James Naish Miss Lauren O’Donnell Ms Julia Tamulis 2007 Miss Huda Salih 2008 Mr Ewan Miller

Although we take care to ensure these details are correct, we apologise for any errors or omissions in the listings. Do please let us know if you are aware of any inaccuracies.

2010 Miss Imogen Buchan Miss Sarah Connolly Mr Adrian David Mr Alexander Edwards Miss Lily Fletcher Miss Emma Foubister Miss Katharine Gingell Miss Katherine Hazelton Mr George Heppel Mr Kristiyan Ivanov Mr Daniel Keeling Mr Samuel Knight Mr Christopher Lee Evans Miss Jun Li Mr Robert Peck Mr Amir Sokolowski 2011 Ms Temisan Boyo Mr James Burnett Miss Rachel Cain Ms Priyanaz Chatterji Miss Shahenda Darwich Mr Joseph De Quay Mr Harinder Dhesi Miss Rachel Dishington Miss Charlotte Eynon Mr Jan Greenshaw Miss Natasha Halligan Mr Aidan Hampton Miss Alexia Inglessis Ms Wai Yin Deborah Lo Mr Guo-Liang Ma Miss Celia McLuskie Miss Rachel Milton Mr Calin Mocanu Mr Martin Reeves Mr Charles Roe Miss Abigail Rose Mr Sean Shihao Tan Mr Samuel Tarran Miss Charlotte Warne 2012 Mr Matthew Anderson Mr Bernhard Clemm von Hohenberg Miss Louise De Vogue Mr John Haglund Mr John Layde Mr Chung-Han Yang 2013 Mr Raphael Agundez Miss Gabriella Alziari Mr Manuel Francesco Aprile Miss Olivia Aylmer Mr Joshua Burge Mr Glenn Cahilly-Bretzin Mr Yining Cai Ms Katelyn Coombes Mr William Davis Mr Anton Didenko Mr Guangxin Feng Miss Amy Fly Miss Amelia Freeman Miss Emily Glassford Miss Freya Griffiths Mr Ruirui Guo Mr Dalton Hale Ms Stella Kondylas

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