From Aberdeen to Europe 2019

Alumni & Giving

Alumni Relations

Nurturing the lifelong relationship between the University of Aberdeen and our graduate community

From Aberdeen to Europe 2019
2019-05-20

Beginning on the 9th of May, we launched a ten-day series of events for our alumni across Europe. Thanks to the dedication of our alumni ambassadors we were able to hold events in Brussels, Helsinki, Warsaw, Paris, Berlin and Athens. Over 100 alumni attended the events in person, and many more engaged through our social media activity and photo competition.

None of this would have been possible without our ambassadors, so we would like to say a thank you to Scott McCulloch, Laura Sivula, Anna Laitinen, Jan Kocon, Dominik Sokolek, Tien Nguyen, Daniel Kuberczyk, Anthony Bouin, Jason Forbus, Aimilios Koronaios, Stavros Karampetsas and Konstantinos Korompelis! Thank you to Scott, Arthur Vincent, Katy Campbell, Daniel Wolk and Katherine Claude who also shared their stories through our alumni blog as part of our European celebrations!

Our journey began on Europe Day itself when our first event in the series was held at the British Embassy in Helsinki; our second event of the evening took place at our partner organisation, Scotland Europa, in Brussels. The evening in Helsinki began with an opening from the Deputy Head of Mission Richard Shackleton, while in Brussels introductions were provided by alumni Marija Ivoninaite and Helena Raulus. Our alumni in Warsaw participated in a Europe Day parade and proudly marched behind the University of Aberdeen banner. In Paris we sampled British-themed canapés at L’Entente, Le British Brasserie and in Berlin we joined alumni of other Scottish universities for a Scottish celebration at the British Embassy. To conclude the celebrations, our trio in Athens organised a social evening at a local café.

I was able to attend the events in Brussels, Paris and Berlin and being a fellow alumna of the University myself I was able to share my own memories of my time here. I too have suffered at the hands of a hungry seagull and enjoyed sitting on the lawn on a rare sunny day! Throughout my journey I met alumni from across Europe and further afield; I met those that graduated in the 50s and those that graduated only one year ago. I encountered several couples who had met during their time here, some during their very first weeks, and I even met one of our many alumni babies! In all our wonderful diversity, we are brought together by our connection to the University and all the people that I met reiterated the strength of their connection to both the University and Scotland.

I hope that our celebrations demonstrate that we too share and value this connection. Our alumni based in Europe will always remain a part of the Aberdeen family and the alumni community that we have created together will ensure that existing collaborations flourish and new partnerships evolve!

Published by Alumni Relations, University of Aberdeen

Search Blog

Browse by Month

2024

  1. Jan
  2. Feb There are no items to show for February 2024
  3. Mar There are no items to show for March 2024
  4. Apr There are no items to show for April 2024
  5. May
  6. Jun There are no items to show for June 2024
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep There are no items to show for September 2024
  10. Oct There are no items to show for October 2024
  11. Nov There are no items to show for November 2024
  12. Dec There are no items to show for December 2024

2023

  1. Jan There are no items to show for January 2023
  2. Feb
  3. Mar There are no items to show for March 2023
  4. Apr There are no items to show for April 2023
  5. May There are no items to show for May 2023
  6. Jun There are no items to show for June 2023
  7. Jul There are no items to show for July 2023
  8. Aug There are no items to show for August 2023
  9. Sep
  10. Oct There are no items to show for October 2023
  11. Nov
  12. Dec There are no items to show for December 2023

2022

  1. Jan There are no items to show for January 2022
  2. Feb
  3. Mar There are no items to show for March 2022
  4. Apr There are no items to show for April 2022
  5. May There are no items to show for May 2022
  6. Jun There are no items to show for June 2022
  7. Jul
  8. Aug There are no items to show for August 2022
  9. Sep There are no items to show for September 2022
  10. Oct There are no items to show for October 2022
  11. Nov There are no items to show for November 2022
  12. Dec There are no items to show for December 2022

2021

  1. Jan There are no items to show for January 2021
  2. Feb
  3. Mar There are no items to show for March 2021
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun There are no items to show for June 2021
  7. Jul
  8. Aug There are no items to show for August 2021
  9. Sep There are no items to show for September 2021
  10. Oct There are no items to show for October 2021
  11. Nov There are no items to show for November 2021
  12. Dec There are no items to show for December 2021

2020

  1. Jan There are no items to show for January 2020
  2. Feb
  3. Mar There are no items to show for March 2020
  4. Apr There are no items to show for April 2020
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug There are no items to show for August 2020
  9. Sep There are no items to show for September 2020
  10. Oct There are no items to show for October 2020
  11. Nov There are no items to show for November 2020
  12. Dec There are no items to show for December 2020

2019

  1. Jan There are no items to show for January 2019
  2. Feb There are no items to show for February 2019
  3. Mar There are no items to show for March 2019
  4. Apr There are no items to show for April 2019
  5. May
  6. Jun There are no items to show for June 2019
  7. Jul There are no items to show for July 2019
  8. Aug
  9. Sep There are no items to show for September 2019
  10. Oct There are no items to show for October 2019
  11. Nov There are no items to show for November 2019
  12. Dec There are no items to show for December 2019

2018

  1. Jan There are no items to show for January 2018
  2. Feb There are no items to show for February 2018
  3. Mar
  4. Apr There are no items to show for April 2018
  5. May There are no items to show for May 2018
  6. Jun There are no items to show for June 2018
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep There are no items to show for September 2018
  10. Oct There are no items to show for October 2018
  11. Nov There are no items to show for November 2018
  12. Dec There are no items to show for December 2018

2017

  1. Jan There are no items to show for January 2017
  2. Feb
  3. Mar There are no items to show for March 2017
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun There are no items to show for June 2017
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep There are no items to show for September 2017
  10. Oct
  11. Nov There are no items to show for November 2017
  12. Dec There are no items to show for December 2017

2016

  1. Jan There are no items to show for January 2016
  2. Feb There are no items to show for February 2016
  3. Mar There are no items to show for March 2016
  4. Apr There are no items to show for April 2016
  5. May There are no items to show for May 2016
  6. Jun There are no items to show for June 2016
  7. Jul There are no items to show for July 2016
  8. Aug There are no items to show for August 2016
  9. Sep There are no items to show for September 2016
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec