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High Table Dining

After graduation, Alumni of the College may dine at High Table. They are entitled to up to four dinners a year including wine. Alumni may dine with one guest per High Table visit. That is to say, they could dine without a guest four times a year, or dine twice with one guest on each occasion, or dine once with a guest and twice on their own.

Past Fellows and Past Overseas Fellows are eligible for four meals per month and six guests per quarter at College expense.

Past By-Fellows (Fellow Commoners) are eligible for four High Table meals including guests over any twelve month period (with one guest per High Table visit). That is to say, a Past By Fellow could dine without a guest four times a year, or dine twice with one guest on each occasion, or dine once with a guest and twice on their own.

For all categories of Past Fellow, wine is not included with your meal. You will be charged following the event for wine taking during the meal.

Dinner is at 7.30 p.m. Members should come along to the Senior Combination Room (SCR) before that time. Gowns may be worn at High Table, but this is not required. Members should introduce themselves and their guest(s) to the Fellow presiding. If Members wish to have a drink in the SCR before or after the meal, they should sign the list provided. All Members will be charged for any drinks taken in the SCR.

To dine at High Table, advance notice must be given 5 days in advance of the High Table in question. There is no High Table on any Saturday, or on Sundays outside Full Term. The College is closed during the second fortnight of August and during Christmas and New Year. It is advisable to book or make enquiries as far ahead as possible, as there are other occasions when High Table dining will not be available.

Bookings can be made by using the High Table Booking System, at least seven days in advance of the dinner. At least one Fellow must be present to preside, otherwise High Table will not take place.

Reunion Dinner

About every ten years Members are invited to a Reunion Dinner as a guest of the College. Normally three or four matriculation year groups are invited at a time. A free meal in College will be offered and accommodation will be made available, subject to availability. Each Member may bring one guest. Black Tie.

Details of this year's Reunion Dinner are available here and dates of future dinners can be found on the Alumni Calendar.

Garden Party & Family Day

Full details to follow. Open to all College Members and their families.

Details of the 50th Anniversary Garden Party are available here and dates of future events can be found on the Alumni Calendar.

Accommodation

Alumni
Alumni are entitled to stay in College guest rooms (subject to availability, of course). Those who graduated in the previous 12 months and are Scholars (earned a First class in their final year) may stay for up to four nights in the year (consecutively or spread over a number of visits) at College expense -- your Scholarship entitlement -- and may stay for additional nights at their own expense. Other graduates and alumni from earlier years may book accommodation at their own expense. A special rate is available to Alumni.

Past Fellows & Overseas Fellows
As a former Fellow of the College you may stay in College free of charge on four nights over the academic year (1 October to 30 September), and to stay at other times at your own expense (subject to availability). A special rate is available to Past Fellows.

Past By-Fellows (previously known as Fellow Commoners)
As a former By Fellow of the College you may stay in College at your own expense at all times (subject to availability). A special rate is available to Past Fellows.

Accommodation includes a continental breakfast, served from 8am Monday to Saturday and from 9am on Sundays. College has refurbished a number of rooms for wheelchair users; please state any accessability or special dietary requirements when requesting accommodation so we can prepare suitably for your arrival.

Accommodation should be requested by using the Accommodation Request Form. Remember that submitting the form does not constitute a booking; you will be contacted by the Accommodation Office to confirm availability.

N.B. You are strongly urged to seek accommodation outside of full term however rooms are occasionally available while the students are resident.

Accommodation at The Møller Centre

Members are welcome to stay at The Møller Centre for Continuing Education, which is situated in the College grounds. There are special rates for Churchill members which include full English breakfast. These rates can be obtained by contacting the Møller Centre direct. Please note this is subject to availability and a maximum of 5 bedrooms can be booked at this rate.

Contact the Møller Centre
Telephone: (01223) 465500
E-mail: Reception.moller@chu.cam.ac.uk

The Churchill Review

Each year the College produces a substantial review of College events, with news items and feature articles, including news of activities of resident and non-resident Members. It is mailed to you soon after the end of the Michaelmas term, so as (it is hoped) to arrive before Christmas. Write something for the magazine if you have news about yourself or a story to tell, or news of other past students of the College. The current Editor is Professor Tony Kelly. Phone 01223 336190 or e-mail: Review.editor@chu.cam.ac.uk. Back issues of the Review are available by emailing the Alumni Relations Office.

The Churchill College Newsletter

The College Newsletter is intended to complement the Review. It will be sent to you in early summer each year. With articles about individual alumni, and updated news from the College, the Newsletter aims to keep Members in touch with developments, personalities, and events. If you would like to suggest subjects of interest for the Newsletter, please contact the Newsletter Editor, or if you prefer, by telephone or by post to the Alumni Relations Manager (01223 336083). You can download back issues of the Newsletter here.

Taking your MA

Six years and one term after matriculating, BA Members are entitled to take their MA degree, either in person or in absentia. The Praelector will contact you automatically about this. The College holds a lunch on the day of most Congregations for graduands and their guests, one guest being entertained free of charge. Contact the Senior Tutor's office: 01223 336208.

Contact the Senior Tutor's Office
Telephone: (01223) 336208
Email: Praelector@chu.cam.ac.uk

How Members can help in their jobs

Members might be able to help current and prospective undergraduates, by offering work placements between school and university, or summer vacation work. If you can help in this way, please contact the Recruitment Officer (telephone 01223 336248, or e-mail bb352@chu.cam.ac.uk). If you become a schoolteacher, please let the Recruitment Officer or the Alumni Relations Manager know.

Contact the Recruitment Officer
Telephone (01223) 336248
E-mail bb352@chu.cam.ac.uk

The Churchill Archives Centre

The Churchill Archives Centre is a world-renowned resource for the history of the twentieth century. It houses the papers of Sir Winston Churchill, Baroness Thatcher, and over 500 other politicians, diplomats, scientists and military leaders. Historians, professional and amateur, may consult many of the papers by appointment. Documents from the Churchill Papers are displayed at the Cabinet War Rooms in London, and details of other exhibitions and events are available on the Archives Centre website.

Contact: The Archivist
Telephone: (01223) 336087
Email: Archives@chu.cam.ac.uk
Website: www.chu.cam.ac.uk/archives

Cabinet War Rooms and the Churchill Museum

Alumni & past Fellows are entitled to a 50% discount on admission to the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms. Please note that this discount does not include family members.

When visiting, state that you are an alumnus/a of the College and show your CAMCard. If you do not have a CAM card, please contact the University Alumni Office for one or email the Alumni Relations Manager who will provide you with a letter.

Training and Conference Facilities

The College and the Møller Centre provide high quality conference and training venues. Members or their organisations are welcome to get in touch for further information.

Contact the Churchill College Conference Office:
Telephone: (01223) 336233
E-mail: Conferences@chu.cam.ac.uk

Contact the Møller Centre
Telephone: (01223) 465500
E-mail: Reception.moller@chu.cam.ac.uk

The Alumni Database and Contact System

The College keeps a database of Members’ addresses and other contact details. We would be grateful if Members would keep us informed of their current address, telephone number and e-mail address. We are also delighted to receive news from Members, whose achievements the College Council regularly records. The database is used for College mailing purposes. Names and addresses are not released to any outside organisation for any commercial purpose. There is, however, interchange of address information with the Cambridge University Development Office. The College website includes a secure system, which enables alumni to access their own record from the alumni database. You can update your own record and make specific areas (such as email address) available to be accessed by other alumni, or keep the entire record confidential to the College. The link to this system is on the Alumni section of the website’s home page. You will need a username and password to log in to the system. If you have not yet received these, please contact the Alumni Webmaster.

The Alumni Relations Manager is happy to try and help to put Members back in touch with friends who cannot be found using the secure Contact System. We do not give address or other details to anyone without permission, but will forward letters or e-mail messages on behalf of Members.

For more information contact the Alumni Relations Manager
Telephone (01223)336083
E-mail: Alumni@chu.cam.ac.uk

Beyond the College

Membership of the University Centre (Granta Place, Mill Lane) is free to all non-resident Members. The facilities include a self-service cafeteria, the Riverside Restaurant, the Grads Cafe, the Granta Bar, the Games Room, and the TV Lounges. For a membership card, please see the CAMcard below.

Non resident members will receive the regular magazine CAM (Cambridge Alumni Magazine) from the University's Alumni Office.

The University issues the CAMcard which will give you access to Colleges and offer you discounts around the UK. Visit the website below.

The University's Alumni Office runs an annual Alumni Weekend on the last weekend of September, featuring open days at many University sites, and special lectures and presentations.

See the University's Alumni Office website. or call the Cambridge Alumni Relations Office (CARO) on 01223 332288.

You are described above as a `Member' or `non-resident Member' of Churchill College; increasingly the Colleges and University also use the term `alumni'. Latinists will point out that the feminine is ‘alumnae’.