Selwyn musicians took part in a light-hearted rendition of music from “Lord of the Rings” in their first Sunday night event of the new academic year. The College Music Society has decided that its Sunday concerts will be free of charge with immediate effect so that the music can be enjoyed by the widest possible audience.

Selwyn’s new students were formally introduced to the College and University on Monday October 6th. Undergraduates began their day with a welcome in Hall from the Master, Roger Mosey (photograph below) and from the Senior Tutor, James Keeler.

Congratulations to the College’s Hugh Shilson-Thomas (on the right in the picture below) who today officially became one of the two University Proctors. Hugh is Selwyn’s Dean of Chapel and Chaplain.

It was the turn of students who joined Selwyn in 2004 to come back to the College last weekend for their ten-year reunion. There was an excellent turnout, with more than 50 from that year-group attending – and finding time to visit the College bar before and afterwards.

Selwyn has welcomed back alumni who first came to the College in 1984 and 1994. The 30- and 20-year Reunion was marked by a dinner in Hall on Saturday, with short speeches by Alastair Rimmer (on behalf of those who matriculated in 1984) and Liz Ross Martyn (1994). Our pictures show guests in Hall and in the New SCR.

After two years of extensive refurbishment and expansion work, the College took possession of a renewed Cripps Court at the beginning of September. The finishing touches are now being put to the building and its gardens, and it will be fully operational for the new academic year beginning in October. The total cost of the project was £13m, and the College is grateful for the generous support it received from the Cripps Foundation.

The Selwyn choir has a growing reputation for its musical excellence; and this autumn it will be commemorating the 100^th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War with a number of special events. A highlight will be bringing together the poetry of Wilfred Owen with music in the College Chapel on Sunday November 2^nd, in a performance supported by the Wilfred Owen Association. It starts at 8.30pm, and admission is free.

The Master, Roger Mosey, has written about the College ‘cat’ in this week’s edition of the New Statesman: