Founders’ Day welcome to new College Fellows

As per tradition, on Friday 4 October, Members, Alumni and Fellows gathered to celebrate the annual Goodenough College Founders’ Day.

Founders’ Day is the day when Goodenough College gathers to remember and celebrate the vision and generosity of the College’s Founders and Benefactors and to give special thanks for the work of Frederick and Maive Goodenough, whose vision and commitment enabled generations of students to benefit from becoming part of the Goodenough community. It is also the day when we give special thanks to Lord Mayor Frederick Rowland’s National Fund for Thanksgiving which enabled the building of William Goodenough House.

The vision of the College’s Founding Partners is captured jointly in our motto Unitas in sapienta: nemo separabit – unity in wisdom: none shall separate.

 

Founders’ Day also marks the end of the College’s annual ‘Welcome Period’ and the first day of the Michaelmas (autumn) Term. Each year we use this day as an opportunity to officially welcome our new Members and to proclaim a new cohort of College Fellows – people of distinction who, by their interest and demonstrated participation in the collegiate community, enhance and augment its life. It is also a day when we welcome back current Fellows who use the opportunity to discuss ways their expertise and experiences can augment the College’s academic and intellectual life.

During the ceremony the President of the College, Stuart Shilson, proclaimed the following newly created Fellows:

The Faculty of Law

Mr Timothy Costigan, Alumnus

Dr Anne Gallagher AO, Director-General of the Commonwealth Foundation

The Rt Hon The Lord Lloyd-Jones FLSW, Justice of The United Kingdom Supreme Court

 

The Faculty of Medical and Natural Sciences

Professor Alison Etheridge OBE, FRS, Professor of Probability in the University of Oxford

 

The Faculty of Political and Social Sciences in College

Stephen Twigg, Secretary General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

 

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities

His Eminence Nikitas, Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, Hierarch of the Ecumenical Throne

Imam Dr Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi, Chief Imam of the Ahlul Bayt

The way in which the College celebrates Founders’ Day has changed over the years. Since 2015 it has been used as an opportunity to bring together the College’s Fellowship and Membership to celebrate Goodenough College’s legacy, and to remember and honour the contributions of Alumni, Governors and staff who have sadly departed our global community in the last year.

Goodenough’s purpose today remains true to our Founders’ vision – to inspire talented postgraduates to achieve their full potential; and to develop a fellowship of global citizens with shared values of tolerance, respect, understanding, service and togetherness reflecting the spirit of the UK and Commonwealth principles.