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Front cover photo by 50th Anniversary photography
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In This Issue
News
Alumni dinner & 50 years of Lancaster
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SCAN Interviews: Alan Milburn
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50th Anniversary photography competition winners
5
A brief history of the University of Lancaster
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Retro gig posters collage
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SCAN Interviews: Mark E. Smith
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50 SCAN stories from the last 50 years
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Lancaster alumni & Bonington abseils down Bowland Tower 12
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50 years of live music at Lancaster
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Live at LICA - A History
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Lancaster: A city of culture & arts
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SCAN Mogshot
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SCAN Interviews: Roger Ashton-Griffiths
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50 reasons to #LoveLancaster
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A tale of nine colleges...
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The rebellious 60s youth culture & SCAN Fashion-O-Meter
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60s photoshoot
The age of overstatement & 60s make-up trends
Love at Lancaster: Alumni couples
Lifestyle of Lancaster
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Comment
Where would we be without Lancaster University?
Changing face of student activism & Russell Group
Charles Carter: The Visionary who became the 1st VC
50th Anniversary Crossword
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Sport
Highlights from the last 50 Roses tournaments
Alumni Profiles: Barbara Daniels & Jason Queally
Roses 2014 feature image: Women’s Basketball
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n September 13th, the
University will be hosting
the Grand Alumni Dinner
to commemorate Lancaster’s 50th Anniversary. While
one of several events taking place
throughout the university’s 50th
year, this event is considered the
flagship alumni event of the year.
The event will be hosted in the
Great Hall by Lancaster’s Chancellor, Sir Christian Bonington,
and Vice-Chancellor, Professor
Mark E. Smith.
The event is open
to all alumni, with
reports indicating
that people from all
graduating decades
have signed up to
take part in the
event.
In addition, it is believed that
alumni will be coming from all
over the world to attend the event,
with some graduates coming from
as far as Australia and New Zealand. The confirmed alumni also
come from a range of professions,
from academics and civil servants
to scientists and engineers. Some
of the returning alumni work for
BAE Systems, the BBC and Shell,
while some of those who continued with academia are currently
working for the universities of
Warwick, Durham and St. Andrews. Many of the University’s
first graduates from 1967 will be
attending.
“It’s really a chance to bring
together alumni to celebrate the
50th, with a particular focus on
the earliest cohorts,” Nick Fragel,
Director of Alumni, Development
and Events said. The graduates
from 1967 have been sent special
invitational letters asking them to
attend the event.
“Like any other alumni event, it
aims to reinforce the bonds which
exist between Lancaster and its
international network of graduates,” Fragel told SCAN. “Apart
from celebrating the anniversary,
it also provides us the chance to
reengage with our alumni, brief
them on news and future objectives, encourage them to engage
with University life, and give
them an opportunity to visit a
campus that has been transformed since their time here.
“And, of course, for the earliest cohorts, campus life
only made up a fraction
of their experience,
with lessons taught
in makeshift facilities in the city of
Lancaster.”
Alongside the three
course dinner,
it is believed
that the evening will feature
some live music,
provided by ensembles made up
of current Lancaster students. A piece
by Chris Osborn - who
conducted several different musical ensembles at the
2014 Campus Festival, as well as
the Roses opening ceremony - is
believed to have been commissioned for this event.
“There’s been a huge amount
of organisation and effort gone
into it,” VP (Union Development),
Laurence Pullan, who sits on the
University’s committee for the
Grand Alumni Dinner, told SCAN.
“It’s a massive project to
undertake:
you
parties in a spectacular fashion.
The Grand Alumni Dinner looks
very impressive indeed.”
“It is important that
every alumnus of
Photo by Mae Reddaway
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