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REUNIONS
Principal’s alumni event – join us online for 2020
Every autumn, it has been our tradition to invite RVC alumni who are celebrating 5, 10, 15 and 20+ year anniversaries since graduating back to the Hawkshead Campus. Our Annual Reunion Day gives classmates the chance to catch up and
we also showcase the campus and let you know about all the amazing things we’ve been up to! Last year, we were delighted to welcome back over 150 alumni.
This year, sadly, we have not been able to have you back on site due to COVID-19 restrictions that mean we are limiting visits to campus, but we don’t want you to miss out on the opportunity to be updated on what we have been up to and our plans for the future, as well as ‘seeing’ each other – albeit differently!
We would like to invite all of you to join us at 6.30pm on Thursday 3rd December for an online session with RVC
Principal, Stuart Reid, when he will update you on RVC news and give you the chance to ask questions via Zoom, live after this talk. Whether you graduated last year or 50 years ago, we look forward to welcoming you.
Please register here: www.rvc.ac.uk/alumni and further details on how to join will be emailed to you.
Look out on our social media channels for updates of the evening: /rvc.alum
@RVCAlumni
in Royal Veterinary College Alumni (group)
Don’t forget to keep a look out on our webpages www.rvc.ac.uk/alumni for information on future RVC alumni events.
Looking to organise a reunion of your own? If you are wanting to get together with your fellow classmates online this year or arrange to meet up in person next year just drop us an email and we can help you put something together alumni@rvc.ac.uk
Former RVC Chaplain and RVC alumna reunite
after 18 years
In December 2019, RVC alumna, Zoe Fowler (BVetMed, 2001 and PG Diploma, 2012) met with former RVC Chaplain Giles Legood (1995-2007). They had plenty to catch up on after 18 years!
Zoe was raised on the Falkland Islands and now works there as a Veterinary Officer for the Falkland Islands Government. Giles is now the Deputy Chaplain-in-Chief (Ops) for the Royal Air Force.
Following their meeting on the Falkland Islands, Giles commented; “It was lovely to see Zoe again after so many years. We met in the bar of a local hotel and chatted about RVC students and staff from days gone by. While the company was just as good, the prices of the drinks were more than I remember paying in the Buttery in 1996. Next time I’m passing the Falklands again (8,000 miles from Hawkshead), I’ll be sure to pop into her practice!”
Zoe added; “Despite being 8,000 miles away, it is surprising how many people you know pass through the Falklands and it was a really lovely surprise to be contacted by Giles, who was visiting in a professional capacity but had time to visit Stanley for a catch up. I’m thrilled to report neither of us look any older than when we met in 1996...”
We would love to hear similar stories from you. Have you met with former classmates or RVC staff – either in person or virtually, or plan to do so in the next year? Please get in touch at alumni@rvc.ac.uk
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