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Golden reunion a sparkling success
Graduates enjoying the Golden Reunion celebrations at Riddel Hall
Queen’s recently welcomed over 150 graduates from the classes of 1957-67 to celebrate this year’s Golden Reunion.
The graduates, which included 30 medics from the class of 1963 and 60 former residents of Riddel Hall, travelled from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, Ghana, Germany and Switzerland to attend the event.
During the celebrations, the graduates attended a lunch at Riddel Hall where they heard from Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Peter Gregson and Dr Ian Brick, Student President in 1968. They were shown a DVD of the ‘Class of 59’ - a UTV documentary first screened over 20 years ago - and took part in a Literific debate when the house was asked to consider the motion ‘The future ain’t what it used to be’.
During the Golden Reunion weekend graduates enjoyed a visit to Titanic Belfast, and were given a guided tour of the Queen’s campus highlighting the key changes over the last 50 years.
Adele Ward from the Development and Alumni Relations Office which organised the Golden Reunion celebrations said: “The atmosphere over the Golden Reunion weekend could only be described as buzzing. Everyone really enjoyed the chance to renew old friendships and to hear about how the University has changed since they were at Queen’s. It’s great when graduates want to travel so far to celebrate their ties with the University.”
