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Welcome
I am pleased to be able to offer a
brief introduction to the third edition
of forever:keele to all our alumni and
our honorary graduates.
We have always known the strength of feeling that our former students
have for Keele University, but up until recently we have not had the
opportunity to chat with many of you about your time here. You may
have been contacted recently by telephone by a current Keele student
as part of our first alumni affinity and fundraising ‘telethon.’
This exercise gave us the opportunity – through an outstanding
team of student callers – to find out exactly what it is you loved,
and still love, about Keele, and why it will always hold a special place
in your hearts.
Many of you very kindly offered to support the University in various
ways – either through a donation to the Keele Key Fund or by giving
of your time, experience and expertise. We are very grateful to all
those who took part and for the very many generous pledges of
support. You can read more about the telethon and the projects
to be initiated through the Keele Key Fund in the special centrefold
supplement in this issue of forever:Keele.
I know our team of student callers were thrilled to hear your stories
of what Keele was like in your day, and they also enjoyed sharing
their own experiences – sometimes very different from your own,
but always with a certain “Keele-ness” in common.
Many of the students were inspired by what you have gone on to
do and we are always delighted to hear about the varied paths our
alumni have taken into the world, some of which you’ll find out about
in the pages of this magazine.
You will also be able to find out more about our future plans and our
vision to become the Ultimate Campus University for the 21st Century.
In its early years Keele was the template for the new generation
of campus universities of the 1960s. We aim to repeat that leading
role, but in the circumstances of the 21st Century. We have an
unrivalled opportunity because we are expanding the University
site with a 73-acre mixed-use development to include academic,
commercial and staff and student accommodation. But our vision
for making Keele the Ultimate Campus University in the UK extends
to all our activities.
We hope you will be as excited about the developments at Keele as
we are, and that we will be able to help you to continue with strong
links with your University.
Professor Janet Finch, CBE, DL, AcSS
Vice-Chancellor
Keele University
what’s inside…
4-5 Keele development
6-7 Keele discovery among the
world’s top ten ■ Prime position on
new Monopoly Board ■ Keele Bubble…
8-9 Breast cancer research
■ Greener & Cleaner ■ Great Escape
■ CBE for Keele Professor
10-13 Keele News
14-15 Images of Keele
16-17 Keele’s KUBE radio
goes from strength to strength
18-19 Whistle-blowing
policeman ■ 10 minutes with
Rear Admiral Ian Moncrieff
20-21 What Happened To...?
22 Obituaries
23 Congratulations
24-25 There & back again...
■ North American News
26-27 Keele Oral History Project
Alumni Office – Marketing
Darwin Building, Keele University,
Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG
Fax: 01782 584422
Web: www.keele.ac.uk/alumni
Alumni Officer – John Easom
Telephone: 00 44 (0) 1782 583370
Email: j.c.easom@kfm.keele.ac.uk
Media & PR Officer/Editor, forever:keele
Hannah Hiles
Telephone: 01782 583857
Email: h.e.hiles@kfm.keele.ac.uk
Fundraising Officer – Robin Cross
Telephone: 01782 583003
Email: r.i.cross@kfm.keele.ac.uk
Database Co-ordinator – Nettie Payn
Telephone: 01782 583286
Email: a.payn@kfm.keele.ac.uk
The views expressed in forever:keele are not necessarily
those of the editor, alumni or Keele University.
issue : three : April 2008 | forever:keele 3