College Events

 

We hope you will join us at one or more of these college events taking place across North America in April 2018!


Balliol College
Saturday 7 April: Drinks Reception and Dinner with the new Master, Dame Helen Ghosh DCB, at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco.  Book online at https://www.alumniweb.ox.ac.uk/balliol/events/balliol-in-san-francisco-2018 or contact development.office@balliol.ox.ac.uk for details.

Brasenose College
Saturday 7 April: Alumni get-together with the Principal, John Bowers QC, at One Market Restaurant, 1 Market Street, San Francisco, 7:00 pm. Please contact James Fletcher at development.office@bnc.ox.ac.uk to register interest.  

Christ Church
Saturday 7 April: The Dean of Christ Church invites all Members and Friends who live in San Francisco or are attending the Reunion weekend, to drinks and dinner at L’Avenue Dining Room, Boulevard Restaurant, 1 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA  94105, 7:00 pm. Please register your interest with simon.offen@chch.ox.ac.uk. A contribution towards the dinner costs is requested.

Corpus Christi College
Saturday 7 April: The President will be hosting a dinner in the Union Square neighborhood. More details to follow. Please contact sarah.salter@ccc.ox.ac.uk for details.

Exeter College
Saturday 7 April: Event for Exeter College alumni. Invitations with timings, venue detail and information on how to book will be sent to alumni. For information, visit www.exeter.ox.ac.uk or email development@exeter.ox.ac.uk.

Green Templeton College
Saturday 7 April: Professor Denise Lievesley looks forward to meeting GTC alumni at a get-together. If you are interested in attending, please contact Sophie Schirmacher at alumni@gtc.ox.ac.uk.

Hertford College
Saturday 7 April: Drinks Reception with the Principal, 6:00 pm. Details will be listed on www.hertford.ox.ac.uk/events/san-francisco. If you’re interested in attending, contact development.office@hertford.ox.ac.uk.

Jesus College
Thursday 5 April: Drinks Reception in San Francisco (venue and time TBC). Contact nicola.choules-rowe@jesus.ox.ac.uk for details. 

Keble College
Saturday 7 April: Keble Event (details will be emailed to College alumni and friends). Contact alumni@keble.ox.ac.uk for details.

Kellogg College
Saturday 7 April: The President and Mr Ralph Walter will be hosting a dinner at the California Historical Society. Please contact David.Toman@kellogg.ox.ac.uk for more information.

Lady Margaret Hall
Saturday 7 April: Dinner with the Principal hosted by Michael O’Sullivan (PPE, 1982), 7:30 pm. To book please go to http://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/events/alumni-weekend-north-america-san-francisco. If you have any questions please email  events@lmh.ox.ac.uk.

Linacre College
Saturday 7 April: Dinner at Piperade, San Francisco, 7:30 pm for 8:00 pm. Register here. Sunday 8 April: Dinner at Momed, Atwater Village in Los Angeles, 7:00 pm for 7:30 pm. Register hereWednesday 11 April: Dinner at Tommy Bahama in New York, 7:00 pm for 7:30 pm. Register hereContact ros.connell@linacre.ox.ac.uk for details.

Lincoln College
Friday 6 April: Drinks at Bourbon and Branch, 6:30 pm. Saturday 7 April: Dinner at Sessions at the Presidio, Skywalker Room, 7:00 pm for 7:30 pm. Sunday 8 April: Hike, 10:00 am. Contact jane.mitchell@lincoln.ox.ac.uk for details.

Magdalen College
Wednesday 4 April: Dinner at the Harvard Club of New York, 7:00 pm for 7:45 pm.  Dress code is Black tie, guests are welcome. Price: $100 ($50 for those who graduated in 2013 or later). Please register here. Saturday 7 April: Drinks and canapés hosted by Melanie and Pete Flint (1993) at their home in San Francisco, 7:00 pm. Contact alumni.office@magd.ox.ac.uk for details.

Mansfield College
Saturday 7 April: Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Principal of Mansfield College, invites you to a Drinks Reception at Cityscape Lounge in Hilton San Francisco Union Square, 6:30 pm. Contact development@mansfield.ox.ac.uk for details.

Merton College
Friday 6 April: Merton College Charitable Corporation (MC3) AGM, Westin St. Francis, 2:00 pm. Saturday 7 April: MC3 Dinner hosted by Margaret and Mike McCaffery (1975) at their home, 7:30 pm. Contact Chelsea Chisholm at development@merton.ox.ac.uk or visit www.merton.ox.ac.uk/alumni-and-friends for details.

New College
Saturday 7 April: Dinner with the Warden, Miles Young, 7:00 pm for 7:30 pm, Palio d’Asti Restaurant, 640 Sacramento Street, San Francisco. Sunday 8 April: Brunch with the Warden, Miles Young, 12 noon to 2:00 pm, Shutters on the Beach, 1 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica. Contact oldmembers@new.ox.ac.uk for more details.

Nuffield College
Friday 6 April: Drinks reception with Californian wines at Google San Francisco, hosted by Honorary Fellow Hal Varian, 5:30 pm. Saturday 7 April: DimSum Brunch at Yank Sing, 10:30 am. Sunday 8 April: Walk in Muir Woods, 11:00 am. Contact development@nuffield.ox.ac.uk for details. 

Oriel College
Wednesday 4 April: Drinks hosted by Orielensis Zane Dalal (1983) at his Beverly Hills home, 5:30 pm. Saturday 7 April: Dinner in San Francisco. Contact bobby.higson@oriel.ox.ac.uk for details. 

Pembroke College
Saturday 7 April: Drinks reception and dinner with the Master, Dame Lynne Brindley, and Professor Andy Orchard (Rawlinson and Bosworth Fellow in Anglo Saxon), at the Intercontinental Mark Hopkins Hotel, 6:00 pm. Sunday 8 April: Brunch and Tour at the art studio of Jeremy Sutton (1979) and Peggy Gyulai, 10:00 am. Details will be listed on www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-events. If you are interested in attending, contact mai.musie@pmb.ox.ac.uk.

The Queen’s College
Thursday 5 April: The Choir of The Queen’s College & Stanford University Chamber Chorale, 7:30 pm. Saturday 7 April: The Choir of The Queen’s College evening concert, Grace Cathedral. Monday 9 April: Queen’s & Wadham Colleges’ joint reception at the Mayor’s House (Getty House), LA, hosted by Mayor Eric Garcetti and First Lady Amy Elaine Wakeland, The Choir of The Queen’s College performing, 6:00 pm. RSVP Mandatory. Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 April: Events in New York. Contact oldmembers@queens.ox.ac.uk for details.

Somerville College
Wednesday 4 April: Drinks and Canapes hosted by Cindy Gallop (1977) at the Sky Apartment, Manhattan, 6:30 pm. Register here. Saturday 7 April: Dinner hosted by our new Principal, Baroness Jan Royall. Register here. Contact alumnievents@some.ox.ac.uk or 011-44-1865 280626 for details.

St Anne’s College
Saturday 7 April: Alumnae Drinks and Dinner with Principal Helen King, 5:45 pm. Contact development@st-annes.ox.ac.uk for details.

St Benet’s Hall
For information, please contact alumni@stb.ox.ac.uk.

St Catherine’s College
Saturday 7 April: The Master is delighted to welcome you to a drinks reception kindly hosted by current parents Jerry and Marion McGovern at their home in Pacific Heights from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Tuesday 10 April: The Master also looks forward to seeing you at our drinks reception in New York, kindly hosted by alumna Anne Bevis Detwiler at her home in the Upper East Side from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Invitations have been emailed to our alumni, parents and friends living in the US. For more information, please visit our website: www.stcatz.ox.ac.uk/events or contact development.office@stcatz.ox.ac.uk.

St Cross College
Sunday 8 April: Brunch (venue and time TBC). Contact alumni@stx.ox.ac.uk for details.

St Edmund Hall
Saturday 7 April: Dinner at Bistro Boudin, 7:00 pm. Contact kate.townsend@seh.ox.ac.uk for details.

St Hilda’s College
Saturday 7 April: North American Reunion Dinner at The Olympic Club, City Clubhouse, 524 Post Street (very close to the venue for the Oxford Alumni academic programme). This event is kindly sponsored by St Hilda's alumna, Monica Midler. The Principal and Lady Duff look forward to meeting Senior Members at the dinner and sharing the plans for the College and news from Oxford. There is no charge to register; however, booking is essential and alumnae are kindly requested to make a donation to the 125th Anniversary Fund. Registration deadline for dinner: 26/03/18. To register your interest in attending the dinner, please click here.  

St Hugh’s College
Saturday 7 April: The Principal, the Rt Hon Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC, will host a private dinner for St Hugh’s alumni and friends, and their guests, at Scala’s Bistro at 7:00 pm. Sunday 8 April: The inaugural meeting of the St Hugh’s College North American Alumni Association will take place at Shin Dig near Golden Gate Park at 12:15 pm (refreshments available from 11:30 am). Our family event – a reception to celebrate the launch of Dr Jeyaraney Kathirithamby’s new book followed by a private tour of San Francisco Botanical Garden – will take place on Sunday afternoon.  Contact development.office@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk for details and to book.

St John’s College
Friday 6 April:  Informal drinks, 6:30 pm, venue TBC.  Meet Juanita Hughes, Alumni and Benefactor Relations Manager and Jacob Ward, Development Manager.  Sunday 8 April: Brunch, 11:00 am at Bistro Central Parc. Contact juanita.hughes@sjc.ox.ac.uk for further details if you wish to come to either of these events.  

Trinity College
Saturday 7 April: Dinner at Jardiniere. For details, contact sarah.jenkinson@trinity.ox.ac.uk or visit the website www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/events.

University College
Saturday 7 April: Sir Ivor Crewe, Master of University College, invites you to a Drinks Reception and Din-ner at The City Club of San Francisco, 9th Floor Library Room, 155 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA 94104 – 7:00 pm for 7:30 pm with guest speaker Michael Dart (1981). Contact julie.boyle@univ.ox.ac.uk for details.

Wadham College
Friday 6 April: Wadham’s Table at University Gala Dinner. Saturday 7 April: The Warden is hosting an informal dinner at Café Claude, near the Westin St Francis, 7:00 pm. Monday 9 April: Queen’s & Wadham Colleges’ joint reception at the Mayor’s House (Getty House), LA, hosted by Mayor Eric Garcetti and First Lady Amy Elaine Wakeland, The Choir of The Queen’s College performing, 6:00 pm. Wednesday 11 April: Debate & Reception hosted by the Warden at Soho House, New York, 6:00 pm. Further information and booking: rachel.saunders@wadham.ox.ac.uk or 011-44-1865-277970.

Wolfson College
Saturday 7 April: Dinner at Absinthe Brasserie & Bar, 8:00 pm. There will be a charge of $60 a head for the evening. If you are interested in attending, please contact development.office@wolfson.ox.ac.uk

Worcester College
Saturday 7 April: Dinner at the St. Francis Yacht Club (TBC). Contact coleen.day@worc.ox.ac.uk for details.

Overhead view of Radcliffe Camera and adjacent colleges