Cambridge University Commonwealth Society

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Founded

1989

Home Page

http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/ccg/index.shtml

Officers of the society

President

Claudiane Ouellet-Plamondon, Canada

Vice Chair

Martin Atela, Kenya

Vice Chair

Anthony Andrews, Trinidad

Secretary

Terry anne Barringe, Oxford University

Senior Treasurer

Tyrell Smith,

Assistant Treasurer

Bill Kirkman, Wolfson College

Junior Treasurer

Sean McConnell, Australia

Webmaster

David Eyers, Australia

Assistant Webmaster

Sela Motshwane, Botswana

Committee

Joana Sackley Tagoe, Christ's College

Committee

Winsome Cheung, China

Committee

Girija Godbole,

Ex Officio (Former Chairman)

Rohini Chaturvedi, India

History

Cambridge University Commonwealth Society was established in 1989 under the name Cambridge Commonwealth Group. The name was changed in October 2003 to emphasis its connections with Cambridge University. Since 1998 it has been a registered University Society. It is open to all who support the aims of the Commonwealth.

Most of the members are students, but there is also a small group of permanent, locally based members, with wide experience of living and working in Commonwealth countries. The Group has close links with Cambridge Commonwealth Trust and with the British Council. It has few British student members but a number of other international, but non-Commonwealth, students.

Students make up the majority of the CUCS Committee and are fully involved in arranging the programme. A nucleus of local members provides continuity.

Activities

Activities include links with the international Royal Commonwealth Society and wider Commonwealth networks and with the local community. A number of Cambridge students have been enabled to attend international conferences organised by the RCS in London and elsewhere in the Commonwealth. The society supports coach trips, annual dinners with distinguished speakers, an Annual Lecture (As of 2006, school visit scheme and other events.

Alumni

Cambridge University Commonwealth Society has produced some notable alumi

Michael Johnson (politician) MP for Ryan Queensland Australia

Dr Yeoh Seng Guan http://www.sass.monash.edu.my/Staff/sgyeoh.html

Dr Shishir Ngaraja http://www.iti.illinois.edu/people/researchers/shishir-nagaraja

Dr Kizitus Mpoche http://www.britac.ac.uk/reports/nairobi/app-1.cfm

References

http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/ccg/members.shtml

http://www.thercs.org/

http://www.thecommonwealth.org/