The College welcomed back alumni for its annual Commemoration of Benefactors service and dinner on Friday July 3^rd. This marks our thanksgiving for the people who founded the College in 1882 and our appreciation for those who have supported it over the past 133 years. The toast at the dinner was proposed by Sir Simon Hughes, the former Liberal Democrat MP and Justice Minister, who became an undergraduate member of Selwyn in 1970.

Two Selwynites appeared on BBC Radio 3 this week. On Monday Clare Walker Gore spoke on ‘Free
Thinking’ about disability in the works of Trollope. Clare is one of the Radio 3 New Generation
Thinkers, and will be broadcasting on the network throughout the next year. You can hear the
programme via the BBC iPlayer:
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Selwyn College is delighted to announce that Dr Mike Sewell will become its Senior Tutor in
succession to Dr James Keeler. Dr Sewell, who is a long-standing Fellow of Selwyn, is currently
Director of Admissions for the Cambridge Colleges and a University lecturer at the Institute of
Continuing Education. He will take up his new role at the start of the calendar year 2016.

Two books are being published by Selwyn authors this week. Wednesday July 1^st is the date for an
account by the Master, Roger Mosey, of his time in broadcasting. ‘Getting Out Alive: News, Sport
and Politics at the BBC’ also includes a chapter about Selwyn and Cambridge. All the
author’s
proceeds from the book will be donated to supporting less well-off students in their studies here.

Selwyn students were awarded their degrees in the Senate House on Friday June 27th. The College congratulates all those who graduated this year, and wishes them well in their careers or further studies. It was the last General Admission for Praelector David Chivers, who is shown below leaving the Senate House – to the cheers of Fellows and students assembled outside.

Selwyn brought Cambridge’s May Ball season to a close on Saturday June 20th with a spectacular event across the College grounds. Around 1600 people, including current students, alumni and guests from other colleges, enjoyed a night of music, food and fireworks – with a Ferris wheel in Old Court proving to be one of the biggest attractions. The photo below, by student Nicky Collins, shows the moment just before 11pm when the firework display took place.

Selwyn Fellow Ken Coutts (SE 1968) has co-authored a report on the effect of
liberal market policies introduced after the election of Margaret Thatcher
in 1979. It was widely featured in the newspapers, with much interest in the
argument that the UK’s economic performance was better before the reforms:

The Cambridge May Bumps - the most important inter-collegiate rowing event of the year - took place
from Wednesday June 10th to Saturday June 14th. Overall, it was a disappointing week for the Selwyn
crews: the College finished next to the bottom of the table with a net Pegasus Cup score of -28.
The bright spot was a good performance from the M1 boat, who started at the top of Division 2 and