In connection with the European Higher Education Fair, the Consul General of Sweden in Hong Kong hosted a joint alumni event for Lund University and Linneaus University.
Photo: Richard Laurits
A special alumni and friends event held in collaboration with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, commemorating the centennial of Raoul Wallenberg’s birth, and the Lund University Foundation.
A special alumni and friends event held in collaboration with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, commemorating the centennial of Raoul Wallenberg’s birth, and the Lund University Foundation.
Lund University alumni & friends as well as prospective students came together at the Swedish restaurant Flavors in Taipei, Taiwan on October 24 to eat Swedish food, mingle and network. See photo highlights.
Lund University alumni gathered at an event hosted by the Consulate General of Sweden in Hong Kong on 27 October 2012. Around 40 guests attended together with Lund University representatives. See photo highlights.
On the 5 October 2012 Lund University warmly welcomed Lund University alumni and friends for a reception at the Ambassador's Residence in Tokyo, Japan, hosted by the Lund University's Vice-Chancellor Per Eriksson. See photo highlights.
The Vice-Chancellor Per Eriksson, Pro Vice-Chancellor Eva Wiberg and several of the university's deans welcomed alumni of Lund University now living in London, UK, along with friends of Lund University to mingle and network on 28 September 2012. See photo highlights.
On 25 May and 27 May 2012 Lund University hosted two mingle events for alumni and recently accepted students in Shanghai and Beijing, China. Over a hundred people came to enjoy the two evenings where the SRA-organisation (Sweden Returned Alumni) also attended with a presentation of the work that they do to promote networking amongst alumni that have attended Swedish Universities.See photo highlights.
On 3 May 2012 Lund University hosted a mingle event for alumni and recently accepted students in Istanbul, Turkey.
A mix of 48 former students and future students from a broad field of different academic subject areas attended the alumni and friends event in Bangkok on 5 April 2012.
On 8 November, Lund University hosted its first ever alumni event in LA with around 65 guests enjoying the opportunity to network and reminisce about their student days at Lund University. Former exchange students from UCLA were a key group within the audience - Lund University and UCLA have enjoyed a long-standing exchange agreement since the 1960s. With plenty of business card-swapping activity taking place, it was a fun and worthwhile event for all. See photo highlights.
Lund University alumni attended the Swedish Institute's alumni gathering at Stanford University. This alumni event took place in conjunction with the international exhibition “Innovative Sweden” which showcased inventions and innovations from Sweden.
The Lund University Foundation US and Lund University hosted an event on 3 November, attended by 80 alumni and friends. Professor Gunilla Jönsson gave an engaging talk on the theme of food packaging and logistics in relation to sustainability and there was a great mix of recent and older alumni - both Swedish and international students. See photo highlights.
Lund University staff and alumni joined the Swedish Institute for "alumni and friends of Sweden" events, held in both Beijing and in Shanghai during October 2011.
On 2 June 2011 the Lund University Alumni Association met at Columbia University, New York, to network and catch up on the latest news from our alma mater in Sweden. Lennart Olsson, professor of geography, founding director of the Centre for Sustainability Studies at Lund University and coordinator with Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, shared his knowledge in climate change, environmental degradation and the sustainable use of resources.
On 30 May 2011, Lund University brought together Vancouver-based alumni together with newly admitted or accepted exchange students due to start studies at LU in autumn 2012. Hosted by Pro Vice-Chancellor Eva Åkesson, the event was a great networking opportunity for new students to talk to former students and for everyone to make new contacts. See photo highlights.
It was great to see so many LU alumni, as well as our LU exchange students currently based in Hong Kong, during an alumni event for friends of Sweden and Lund University. The event was hosted by the Swedish Institute and the Swedish Consulate General in Hong Kong and held on Friday 11 March.
On Thursday 10 March 2011, Lund University alumni came together to reminisce past experiences at our Alma Mater. Over 50 alumns gathered at the Harvard Club. Professor Arthur Bienenstock, Stanford University and board member of the Lund University Foundation, inspired the audience by showing the great progress and exciting opportunities that will come with ESS and MAX IV. Professor Carl Borrebaeck, Assistant Vice-Chancellor, Lund University, also delivered intriguing news about the strategic research done in the fight against cancer at the new Cancer Centre.
Lund University hosted a Swedish-Chinese alumni event at Fudan University. Pro Vice-Chancellor Eva Åkesson spoke at the event as well as Lund University’s China coordinators, sociologists Kjell Nilsson and Jan-Olof Nilsson.
Karen Paulson
Alumni Coordinator
karen.paulson@er.lu.se
Linda Larsson
Alumni Coordinator
linda.larsson-lindgren@er.lu.se
Mia Dahlgren Winther
Alumni Ambassador (New York based)
Mia.Dahlgren_Winther@er.lu.se
Ulrika Nilsson
Lund University Director, Development Office & Lund University Foundation (US) Executive Director
ulrika.nilsson@rektor.lu.se
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