Welcome to the website for Van Mildert JCR, which is the undergraduate community at Van Mildert College. There are loads of committees in the JCR which you can get involved with, from helping to organise the summer ball and music festival, to running the college shop and bar.
once upon a time there was a princess, and her name was cinderella. now cinderella was a very silly princess indeed and always left things til the last minute!
one sunny day cinderella wished for some mildert stash. so she logged on to
www.phoenixprint.co.uk/vm
but unfortunately she logged on past midnight on Tuesday 9th feb and turned into a pumpkin.
don't let this be you! make sure you get your stash order in before midnight tonight or come halloween you'll be in a very precarious situation indeed!
As I am sure most of you are aware, Wes Streeting, the President of NUS, is visiting us tomorrow to speak on the issues that have occurred over the past week.He will be answering questions on NUS’s structure,the letter that was sent, our concerns over their methods and their no-platform policy.
The Q&A Session will be at 5pm tomorrow in the Durham Union Society’s debating chamber on Palace Green.There will also be a protest on that day, starting at4pm, with the theme being that Durham Students have effectively been gagged by the actions of the NUS.I urge all of you who have joined the facebook group, said they’d attend the facebook event or even, and (I thank you all for your feedback on this) read and supported the letter sent to Wes Streeting to come and take part in the protest!Get political. It’s what students have done, it’s what students don’t do now, and it’s something we need to start doing again! So come down and truly exercise your right to free speech. Bring back the '60s! It is important... and it could have some very real effects. We will also be bringing A3 card and pens for you to use however you wish when you get there! So just turn up and take part!
Durham University wishes to recognise the outstanding commitment that many Durham students show through voluntary work within the local and regional communities. At present, there is no university-wide award that acknowledges students, who spend significant numbers of hours working in the local and regional communities.
The aim of the Volunteering Palatinate is to recognise up to 5 students annually, who have shown outstanding commitment, and have had a significant impact upon local and regional communities, whilst at Durham University. The award is open to all Durham students, and nominations can be submitted through the completion of the attached form.
A panel representing both University and Community members will meet to consider nominations, and decide upon the recipients of the award. The closing date for nominations is FRIDAY 19th FEBRUARY 2010.
Any person can choose to nominate, by completing the attached form and returning to Any questions about the award should also be directed to this address.
make sure you have a loomkat all of the Travel Artwork in the hall. They will all be exibited in the bar on Thursday from 7 with the winner being announced at 8pm. Below is a message from our Arts Chair Ali, with some infor about this and another competition.
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Hey guys,
As anyone at dinner will have seen, the entries for “The Art of Travel” competition are up and they look amazing! There are loads of entries, covering the length of the hall, so I definitely encourage everyone to go and have a look at all the great talent Mildert’s got. There’s a huge range of photos, artwork and creative writing covering a wide range of styles.Judging will be taking place Monday with results being announced 8 And a huge thanks should go to Sue Trees, Adam Husler and Fabiana Harrington for putting in a lot of hard work to make the competition so good!
Now, whilst entries for “The Art of Travel” competition are in, there’s another chance to enter a Mildert arts competition. This time, it’s a photography competition with the winning entry being used as the front cover of the latest issue of the VMA magazine. And if that’s not enough, the winner will also win £50! For those that don’t know, the “Van Mildert Association (VMA) is the association of Van Mildert alumni. We exist to represent alumni, help current and future Van Mildert students and to keep alumni in touch with college life."There are full entry details below, but I’ll point out now that the deadline for entries is Sunday 14th February, 6pm, so you’ve only got a week to send in your photos!
Good Luck!
Ali Brown
Arts Chair
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VM ALUMNI MAGAZINE PHOTO COMPETITION - £50 PRIZE
The Van Mildert Association (VMA), the association for Mildert alumni, is looking for an eye-catching photograph to go on the cover of the Spring 2010 issue of its newly-relaunched magazine, VMA News. This magazine goes to many thousands of Van Mildert graduates, spread across the world.
There is a £50 prize for the winning entry, which will appear on the front cover of the VMA magazine.
Entries should be photographs taken in and around Durham/Mildert and can represent any aspect of college, city, social, sporting or academic life.
E-mail entries (max. three per person) to no later than 6pm on Sunday 14th February.
If you have any queries, please contact Ali Brown ().
Rules:
1. Entries must be received in e-mail by no later than 6pm on 14th February. Late entries will not be accepted. Please provide full contact details when submitting your photograph.
2. No more than three entries per person.
3. Entries must be high-quality JPG images of sufficient quality to be printed full-size A4. Lower-resolution pictures (e.g. images taken off Facebook) are not acceptable.
4. All entries will be placed online on the Van Mildert Association Flickr account for users to view unless requested otherwise.
5. Entrants must be current Van Mildert students, Van Mildert graduates, Van Mildert staff or members of Van Mildert SCR. Where possible entries should be e-mailed from a Durham e-mail account.
6. If an entry is chosen to appear on the front page of the newsletter, its photographer will receive a £50 cash prize.
7. By submitting a photograph you certify that you have the right to reproduce it and you give the VMA the right to use this image in its newsletter and on its website in perpetuity.
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