Alumni Day & Commemoration of Benefactors

Saturday, 27 September 2025

We are delighted to invite you back to Selwyn to celebrate Alumni Day and Commemoration of Benefactors. As part of the University's Alumni Festival weekend, we will be hosting a presentation in the Quarry Whitehouse Auditorium. 

There will be drinks and a formal dinner in Hall in the evening, which all year groups are more than welcome to attend. In the afternoon, there will be a more informal chance to meet over tea and explore the college's newest buildings. Accommodation is available in college on 26 and 27 September. 

Further details of the Alumni Festival weekend will be available in due course.

Afternoon Programme
2.00 - 3.00pm
Talk in the QWA - TBA.

3.00 - 5.00pm
The Quarry Whitehouse Auditorium and Bartlam Library in Ann’s Court will be open to explore, including the lantern viewing platform on top of the tower, allowing superb 360 degree views over Cambridge and the surrounding countryside.

You may also like to visit the refurbished Old Library which is now home for the college’s collection of archives and rare books, Alumni Parlour and supervision rooms, including the chance to see the medics and vets Anatomage table in operation.

3.45 - 4.30pm
Refreshments served in the Quarry Whitehouse Auditorium.

4.30 - 5.00pm
The latest news from the college and Q&A with the Master, Roger Mosey and the Development Director, Mike Nicholson.

Evening Programme
6.00pm
Commemoration of Benefactors Choral Evensong. This will be a choral evensong .

6.45pm
Drinks reception in Old Court.

7.30pm
Three course dinner in Hall including wine.

9.30pm
Coffee, cheese and port served in the Harrison Room.

The dress code for dinner is black tie/evening wear.

The bar will be open from noon until midnight.

Sunday, 28 September
On the Sunday morning, there will be a simple service of Said Communion in Chapel for anyone who would like to attend, at 8.00am followed by breakfast in Hall. Names and intercessions are invited from any alumni who would like particular individuals or concerns prayed for at this service. Do email the Dean of Chapel, Arabella, at chaplain@sel.cam.ac.uk.

Booking will open in summer.