Selwyn alumni and friends in Tokyo had dinner with the Master, Roger Mosey, this week during his visit to the Far East.

Roger has been speaking to staff at NHK, the Japanese national broadcaster, about coverage of Olympic Games – with Tokyo now chosen as the host city for 2020. But there was a chance for former students living in Japan to meet him and each other for a relaxed conversation about Selwyn past and future.

 

Selwyn had a hard-fought victory over Manchester University in the first edition of the new series of University Challenge, shown on BBC Two on Monday, July 14th.

The lead changed hands a number of times during a close contest, but Selwyn moved ahead in the final stages to make it into the 2nd round of the competition. The score was 190-160.

 

 

Selwyn’s Choir has received a 4-star review in The Times newspaper for its performance of Rachmaninov’s Vespers “All Night Vigil”. The concert was given as part of the City of London Festival at the Church of St Bartholomew the Great in East London.

 

Selwyn had one of its busiest periods of the year for visitors, with Graduation on June 27^th (story below) followed by the Open Days beginning on July 3^rd and the College Garden Party on July 5^th.

The College congratulates Jeremy Sanders, one of its Fellows, on being awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. You can read more here:

 

http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/news/jeremy-sanders-awarded-cbe

Selwyn’s men and women rowers are taking to the water this week in the May Bumps. These historic races, which take place in June despite their name, pit Cambridge Colleges against each other on the River Cam – with glory for the crew that manages to bump the boat in front of them.