Congratulations to Emilio Bonfiglio and Christopher Armstrong for winning the R.G. Collingwood Prize, and to Edvard Glücksman and Kerry Saretsky for winning the W.H. Pembroke Prize.
Congratulations to Pierre Purseigle on the submission of his Dphil thesis and Jonathan Fennell on his appointment as Junior Dean of Mansfield College.
Well done to Omar Alshehabi on his appointment to the International Monetary Fund, Simon Rabinovitch on his appointment to Rueters, and David Sergeant on winning a Library of Congress scholarship for 2007.
Congratulations to Michael Finch, Simon Rabinovitch and Caroline Cobb on their distinctions, which place them in the top five percent of Oxford Graduates.
Congratulations to Caroline Cobb on being awarded the WH Pembroke Prize for her outstanding contributions to the MCR over her time at the college.
Congratulations to (Dr) Fraser Thompson on successfully surviving his viva for the Dphil in Economics.
Sir John Kerr, former MCR member, Ambassador to the EU and head of the British Foreign Office has accepted the gargantuan responsibility of Patron of the MCR. Congratulations Sir John on this crowning achievement.
Congratulations to Jonathan Fennel, Marcel Du Toit, Emily Cadei, Simon Rabinovitch, Steph Topp, Kaleen Love, and Caroline Cobb for competing on Varsity sports teams. Best of luck to all of you!
Congratulations to the Pembroke Gardener for winning the prestigious 'Oxford in Bloom' Award and keeping the College looking beautiful year round.
Congratulations to Kathryne Beebe (MCR President Emeritus) for her appointment to be the Junior Dean at Hertford College, Oxford. Katy continues to be an full member of the Pembroke MCR.
Congratulations to Stephanie Solywoda for her appointment to be the Junior Dean at St. Cross College, Oxford. Stephanie continues to be an associate member of the Pembroke MCR.
Congratulations to this year's R. G. Collingwood Prize winner Bob Rijkers. This award is given for academic excellence in an post-graduate field of study.
Congratulations to Kris Kang for winning the Spirit of Pembroke Award. This award is given for significant contributions made to the Pembroke MCR community.
Congratulations to Caroline Cobb on her victory in the town vs gown boxing.
Congratulations to Soo Yong Tan who was recently was invited to give a talk to the Royal Society of Pathologists which was by all accounts a great success; as a result he has been invited to collaborate on several extremely prestigous and well funded projects with a world leader in the field.
Simon Rabinovitch dined with the Queen on Saturday to assist with her upcoming tour of Canada, he assures us that she sends her best wishes to Pembroke.
Congratulations to Kaleen Love on being the first ever woman to represent Oxford at boxing in the Varsity Match and a victorious one at that.
Congratulations to committee member Johnny Fennell on his key role in the victorious Varsity rugby match at Twickenham.
Best of luck to committee member Johnny Fennell who has been selected to play rugby for Oxford in the Varsity match in front of 40,000 people. Go Johhny!
Congratulations to our fourteen rowers on their success in the Christchurch regatta yesterday, a fantastic contribution to one of our great strengths as a college.
The MCR Athletics team, despite consisting of only six people, managed to come third in the Oxford Athletics Championships. Well done to Captain Fraser Thompson.
Of roughly fifty new graduate students that have been accepted to begin this October, twenty six different nations are represented. This places Pembroke's MCR once again as the most internationally representative common room in Oxford.
Congratulations to our latest distinction-winning Members. Distinctions are awarded by the university to those who performed outstandingly in their Masters degree. less than ten percent of any given year recieve distinctions which puts this years Pembroke contingent well above average. The latest four Pembroke recipients are
Thijs Niemantsverdriet - Modern History Thomas Stevens - Literature Stephanie Solywoda - Russian Literature David Sergeant - Literature
Plans have been drawn up for two new graduate accomodation buildings adjacent to the current Bannister Graduate Centre. Once implemented, this will more than double Pembroke graduate accomodation. Pembroke is one of very few colleges able to offer graduate accomodation directly adjacent to the historic site. Donations and ideas from old members and friends towards this potentially brilliant project are warmly welcomed.
Congratulations to this year's R. G. Collingwood Prize winner Kathryne Beebe. Katy is currently a D Phil student in Medieval History with one year remaining.
MCR member Pierre Purseigle has just published his first book, 'Uncovered Fields: Perspectives in First World War Studies'. Edited with Jenny Macleod, Uncovered Fields presents original research on the military, social and cultural history of the First World War. Inspired by the reinvigoration of this subject area in the last decade, subjects included are race and gender relations, shellshock, civil-military relations, social mobilization and military discipline. It encompasses an unusually broad geographical range, including papers on Britain, France and Germany, but also Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria-Hungary and Latin America. Congratulations Pierre, and good luck with the next book in the series, which has already been commissioned!
Congratulations to MCR Secretary Carlos Meissner on being awarded the Pier Giorgio Frassati Travel Scholarship with which he intends to investigate corruption at the expense of sustainable development in Costa Rica.
18 MCR and SCR members raised over two hundred pounds for Muscular Dystrophy research in the Oxford Town and Gown 10km race today. The race was followed by a BBQ in the Bannister Building garden where the target was set for 30 competitors next year.
Congratulations to Jonathan Fennell, Alex Mears and Pierre Purseigle on their Blue for Rugby, Blue for Lacrosse and half Blue for European Handball respectively.
Our Russian member Konstantin Suslov has published an article 'Does AID aid AIDS?' in Immunology Letters Vol: 91, Issue: 1,pp.1-2.(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01652478) which is listed under the most downloaded articles of the Immunology Letters.
