News
New Sign up System for SCR Buffet Lunch
Booking is no longer done through Reception but from the following online form, where you can book either on a weekly basis or on a termly basis:
https://www.dur.ac.uk/van-mildert.college/whats-on/buffet-lunches/
Costs for SCR Wednesday Buffet Lunches are as follows:
- £5.70 for Non-Resident MCR members.
- £6.84 for SCR Members and Alumni.
- NO CHARGE for Mentors, as this cost is charged to Mentor Battels.
- NO CHARGE for MCR Residents, as this cost is included with their residence charge.
Also please note the following:
- Places are limited for these events and will be offered on a first-come-first-served basis. Could we therefore ask that if you book weekly or multiple dates that you put these straight into your diaries upon booking and ensure that you attend on the date(s) you have booked. If you have booked a place(s) and do not attend on the day you will be charged for non-attendance.
- Mentors can bring up to a maximum of FOUR mentees and these need to be added to the booking form on the date(s) requested.
- Deadline for the submission of the booking form is by no later than 11.00 am on the Monday before the Wednesday for which you are booking.
Upcoming Events
Wednesday 15th January – SCR Buffet Lunch
13.00 – SCR Buffet Lunch, Lakeside Room
Please sign up via the link below by 11.00am Monday 13th January
https://www.dur.ac.uk/van-mildert.college/whats-on/buffet-lunches/
Save the Date!
Monday 20th January – Van Mildert SCR Book Club
20.00 – Prowse Room
Novel by Rachel Lynch.
Thursday 23rd January – Burns Night Formal
18.45 – Drinks Reception, Lakeside Room
19.15 – Dinner, Ann Dobson Hall
To sign up please use the following link – https://www.dur.ac.uk/van-mildert.college/whats-on/formal-sign-up/ and sign up closes st 17.00 on Tuesday 14th January.
Monday 27th January – SCR Lecture and Dinner – Speaker Dr Charlotte Adams
18.30 – Lecture, Ustinov Room
19.30 – Drinks Reception, Reception Foyer
20.00 – Dinner, Lakeside Room
Lecture information to follow.
Ticket Price – £25 per person
Table Wine – £5 per half bottle and £10 per bottle
To RSVP to the lecture and dinner please email [email protected] by Friday 17th January confirming any specific dietary requirements and wine orders.
Tuesday 28th January – Chinese New Year Formal
18.45 – Drinks Reception, Lakeside Room
19.15 – Dinner, Ann Dobson Hall
To sign up please use the following link – https://www.dur.ac.uk/van-mildert.college/whats-on/chinese-ny/ and sign up closes at 17.00 on Monday 20th January.
Thursday 6th February – Wording Sharing Event – Evening with author Rachel Lynch
18.30 – Talk, Ustinov Room.
19.30 – Drinks Reception, Reception Foyer
20.00 – Dinner, Lakeside Room
Further information to follow.
Talk – Free to All
Dinner – £25 per person (Drinks Reception, Three courses with Coffee, Tea & Mints)
Table Wine – £5 per half bottle and £10 per bottle
To RSVP to the event please email [email protected] by Wednesday 29th January with any specific dietary requirements and wine orders.
Monday 10th February – Van Mildert SCR Book Club
20.00 – Prowse Room
Foody Crime Novel.
Group members to vote for the title from the list below –
1 – The inspector Gamache books set in Canada by Louise Penny
2 – The Montalbano books by the late Andrea Camilleri set in Sicily
3 – Donna Leon’s Commissario Brunetti novels set in Venice
4 – Bruno Chief of Police series by Martin Walker set in the Perigord region of France.
Please email Kathryn on [email protected] by Friday 7th February with your vote.
Kathryn will choose an appropriate title from the chosen author and provide refreshments.
Wednesday 19th February – SCR Dinner and Talk
Speaker Gary Bankhead, Underwater Arhaeologist, from Dive into Durham
18.30 – Drinks Reception, SCR Foyer
19.00 – Talk, Lakeside Room
20.00 – Dinner, Lakeside Room
Blurb and talk title to follow.
http://www.diveintodurham.uk/
Ticket Price – £28 per peron
Table Wine – £5 per half bottle and £10 per bottle
To RSVP to the SCR dinner please email [email protected] by Friday 7th February with any specific dietary requirements and wine orders.