Darwin College News

Looking Forward to the Darwin College Diamond Anniversary Year

In 2024 we will celebrate 60 years of Darwin College. It is a time when we as a College can look back with pride at our beginnings, and how we have managed to evolve and grow without losing those quintessentially “Darwin” values - of informality, of interdisciplinarity, and of distinction in research.

It is also a time to look forward to the future, where our ambitions will require additional resources. As Development Director, I will be leading efforts to increase the amount of philanthropic support to Darwin.

During the course of 2024, we will be holding special events around the world, in College, and online. A particular aim is to connect with as many alumni and other members of the Darwin Community from the 1960s as possible.

As ever, the College is most grateful to all its supporters and well-wishers. To all those who have donated, thank you: your support is invaluable and makes a real difference to the life of the college and its students.

We would like to collate an on-line memory book with reminiscences from our first students, so if you have memories of being a student at Darwin in the 1960’s we would love to hear from you. Please email alumni@darwin.cam.ac.uk.

Darwin Telethon 2022

Between 7th and 19th September 2022, we are hoping that the Darwin community will be inspired to unite once again, and consider making a regular gift to the College in support of scholarships, or for much needed student hardship support.

A group of dedicated Darwin student callers will reach out to alumni, to share news from College today, find out what being at Darwin used to be like, and seek advice on life and opportunities after College.

The Darwin Telethon offers us a chance to connect Darwinians, past and present, and share the different ways that we support our students, and the success we have achieved to date thanks to the generosity of our alumni community.

We are committed to looking to the future, and ensuring that the most talented students can study here regardless of their financial circumstances.

With the support and generosity of the wonderful Darwin community, we hope to make this the most successful College Telethon yet.

If you would like to donate to Darwin College click here.

Giving Day Thanks

On the 24th and 25th March 2022, Darwin College held its first ever Giving Day, bringing together Darwinians from all over the globe to raise £50k in just 36 hours.

Taking place on-line and in person, the Giving Day created an exciting opportunity for us to forge renewed relationships with alumni, and engage with Darwinians in a whole new and more informal way. We were absolutely thrilled by how many members of the Darwin community – alumni, staff, students and Fellows, joined in with the spirit of the day and gave their support.

The money raised through the Giving Day went towards our fundraising targets for Student Support, Darwin’s environmental and sustainability projects (Green Darwin), and Student Wellbeing. We couldn’t have achieved this without your enduring support, for which we are incredibly grateful.

Giving Day 2023 will be bigger and better, and we look forward to sharing more details with you in the next issue of The Darwinian.