Berkeley Club of London (coming soon)
UC Alumni Committee
Other US Alumni Clubs in London
Pub Nights
Past Events
4th of July, 2009 Celebration in Regents Park at Marylebone Green
Join us in celebrating US Independence Day with a potluck picnic in Regent's Park on Saturday, 4th of July. Festivities start 12 pm at Marylebone Green. Bring your own food/drinks and something "American" to share with others (ie. pigs in the blanket, corn dogs, brownies, cornbread...etc.). Event is open to all University of California Alumni and family/friends.
York Gate or Park Square West are closest entrances and look out for the American flag to find us. Nearest tube stations are Regents Park, Baker Street, or Great Portland Street. Please read the following park guidelines regarding rules and restrictions of the event - http://www.royalparks.org.uk/docs/PicnicGuidelines.doc.
Participating groups in the celebration to include: University of California, University Barnard Club of London, Columbia University Club of London, Georgetown Alumni Club in the UK, London Rice Alumni Group, UKTE - UK Texas Exes, and University of Illinois.
To RSVP your group or for further information: email carrakane@alumni.utexas.net. We look forward to seeing you all on the 4th!
Team UC - British 10K, Sunday 12 July 2009
The UC Trust (UK) has booked 12 platinum places (minimum sponsorship £350 plus £40 sign up fee) on the British 10K for alumni who would like to run for the Allan Buch Memorial Scholarship Fund for students on the Education Abroad Program. Help students by supporting the Buch Fund. Let us know if you would like to run. It will be a fantastic day and a lot of fun. Sign Up.
The "Dinner for 6 Strangers" in the UK is back by popular demand. Attend as a guest or host a dinner party of your own and partake in an old alumni tradition. UC alumni in California have been participating in the "Dinners for 12 Strangers" tradition for more than 40 years, bringing countless alumni, students, faculty, and staff together.
Last year's dinners were very successful and helped raise money for a good cause. Once again, we are asking dinner guests to donate £15 to help us raise money for The Allan Buch Memorial Scholarship Fund, which provides grants for students facing emergency financial hardship after they have arrived in the UK. The fund also supports students wishing to undertake scholarly, creative and community projects as well as internships.
Deadline for sign-up is July 20th. Click here to register for Dinner for 6 Strangers to participate as a host or attendee, and to make your donation.
If you are not able to make the Dinners but would like to donate to the Allan Buch Fund or to your U.C. Campus, please visit the JustGiving site.
UC Alumni In UK Facebook Group
Over the years we have received many requests for an interactive online forum where alumni can contact each other independently (rather than going through the UC email list serve), that offers a bulletin board facility, and that offers an alternative to email. To that end the alumni committee have asked us to set up a Facebook group site. Facebook is an interactive electronic way of communicating with other people in real time. It's an alternative to email and offers more flexibility. The nice thing about Facebook is that you can choose your privacy settings, as well as interacting with other alumni more easily.
a) How To Join the Facebook Group
In order to join the Alumni Group Site in London you will need to set yourself up with a Facebook account. To do that you will need to go to the Facebook site and register. On Monday 25 February we will send you an email invitation to join the Facebook group. You will need to respond to that. But you will only be able to do that once you have set up a Facebook Account. We are giving you three week’s notice to do that.
b) How to Find the Group’s Site
The invitation to join the London UC Alumni Facebook Group should take you straight to the group’s site. If it does not or you don’t receive an invitation, the name of the group is “University of California Alumni Association (UK)”. You should be able to find that when you do a search under groups.
c) Facebook and Email Lists
California House and UC will continue to communicate with alumni via email and via Facebook. The email and snail mail lists will not be phased out.
d) Opting Out
If you do not wish to receive an invitation to join the Facebook group, please let us know.
We will do our best to keep you up to date of events sponsored by the other American Universities in London and we welcome you to send any additional information our way.
Giving to UC from the UK
Did you know that if you want to donate to your home campus from the campus and you are British tax-payer, the University of California Trust can claim can collect Gift Aid (at 25 pence in the pound) and forward that on to your home campus? Higher rate taxpayers can additionally claim tax relief on donations at 20%. Tax relief can also be claimed on donations by UK and US taxpayers with tax liabilities in the UK and the US by making a gift to UC through the Charities Aid Foundation North American Donor's Fund. This also applies to taxes incurred by non doms.You can also give to UC from the UK tax efficiently by make donations direct from your payroll. More info on payroll giving.