Sussex alumni and friends reception at Fox Studios in LA, May 2013
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The University of Sussex held a very special alumni reception in Los Angeles on 2nd May 2013, hosted by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Michael Farthing, and the Chair of the American Friends, Jonathan Klein.
We are extremely grateful to Sussex alumnus Steve Plum (ENGAM 1978), Executive Vice-President at 20th Century Fox, for kindly facilitating such an excellent venue for this special occasion.
Our guest speaker was Rob Iliffe, Professor of Intellectual History and History of Science, from the University’s Department of History.
San Francisco May 2012
50th anniversary alumni event in San Francisco, May 2012
Fittingly, 50 alumni, friends and University staff joined together in San Francisco last week to mark the University’s 50th anniversary at a special event hosted by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Michael Farthing.
Alumnus John Wilton (SOC 1973), Vice-Chancellor for Administration and Finance at UC Berkeley, gave a stimulating talk about the funding challenges faced by universities like UC Berkeley and Sussex in the current climate. Guests also heard from the Vice-Chancellor and the Director of Development and Alumni Relations about the latest developments on campus and Sussex’s Making the Future fundraising campaign which aims to raise £50m by 2015-2016 to support new academic chairs and scholarships to attract the brightest minds to Sussex.
The formal part of the evening culminated with the presentation of the first ever Vice-Chancellor's Gold Medal for Philanthropy, given to Andrew and Jinny Rudd in recognition of their generous gift to establish The Andrew and Virginia Rudd Centre in Adoption Research and Practice at Sussex.
If you'd like to get involved with activities in California, or organise some activity local to you, let us know by emailing alumni@sussex.ac.uk