Donor news MANSFIELD COLLEGE
ISSUE THREE
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IN THIS ISSUE Kwabena Osei-Boateng Engineering Science Prize Donor stories – Why I support the Love Lane Building Thank You, Leavers of 2015 A tale of two telethons Chapel renovation and restoration work Where your support has been directed Donors to Mansfield 2014/15
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 Over the past year your support has enabled us to transform many parts of Mansfield. In Michaelmas the East Range of College was officially opened for students to use and enjoy. The terrace and café area, named The Crypt, has really transformed this part of College, making it a hub for studying, eating and socialising. The 2014/15 financial year also saw significant improvements to the College Quad. Gardens were dug over, flowers planted along the sunken terrace edge, and a rose hedge put in to soften the new parking area. A major part of the path leading around the Quad was also re-laid with a hard-wearing smooth surface – a big improvement, as those of you who have been in College to experience the dust storms in summer and deep puddles through winter will discover! We aim to complete the other section of the path in front of the John Marsh Building after the Love Lane Building construction is finished. Thanks to your support our Access initiatives, which aim to ensure that no students with the academic potential to succeed are put off from applying to Oxford,
reached more young people in schools across the country than ever before. Over the year we ran 135 events, nearly double the number of the previous year. For the first time we ran two telethons, one in autumn 2014 and one in spring 2015. The teams of student callers thoroughly enjoyed speaking to many of you about your time at Mansfield and were inspired by the careers you have pursued since. We were delighted by the response from our alumni. Thank you to all of you who took the time to talk to one of our callers and to those of you who made a donation to the campaign. This edition of ‘Donor News’ features articles that demonstrate how our supporters are helping make a difference to College. Some of our alumni have also kindly included their thoughts on why they have chosen to support Mansfield in the last year. Their stories show that donations of any size can have an extremely positive impact on the College. We hope they will inspire those of you who have never donated, or who haven’t supported us for some time, to consider making a gift to Mansfield now or in the future. Thank you for your support. Mansfield donor news 2014/15