Van Mildert College, Durham
The college was founded in 1965 and takes its name from William Van Mildert,[6] the last Prince-Bishop to rule the County Palatine of Durham and a leading figure in the university's foundation.Designed by Middleton, Fletcher & Partners, the college was built in a modernist and egalitarian architectural style that aimed to house the sudden influx of students in the early 1960s.Among Mildertian's notable alumni are former Minister of State for Women The Baroness Morgan of Huyton, World Record triple jump Olympic champion Jonathan Edwards, the cosmologist and Templeton Prize winner John D. Barrow, English judge of the UK Supreme Court Lord Hughes of Ombersley, and Turkish Prince Naz Osmanoglu.Together with the first Senior Tutor, Arnold Bradshaw, Prowse established the participatory, liberal, and forward-looking culture that Van Mildert maintains to this day.[13] In October 1965, the founder students took up residence in Parson's Field House, though it was not long before the college moved to its permanent site on Elvet Hill by Michaelmas 1966.[7][14] On 13 June 1967, the college was officially opened by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Michael Ramsey, who had previously served as Van Mildert Professor of Divinity at Durham and was a friend of Arthur Prowse.[15] By this time, the college had reached its full capacity, with around 300 undergraduates, along with some graduate students and resident members of the Senior Common Room.[17] The two college shared facilities, with two Masters, Dr Paul Kent and Mr Peter Bayley, presiding over at opposite ends of the Hall.Van Mildert building blocks are architecturally modernist, many of which are named after local rivers, which are Tyne, Tees, Derwent, Wear, and Deerness (postgraduates only).In the not too distant past, it has been used as an ice rink by college members when the lake water froze in the winter, and rowing boats have traversed it at summer balls.[31] Now an enviable haven for wildlife, the college grounds host a new cohort of ducklings every year and its water lilies around the lake provides sanctuary for a plethora of animals.A sculpture entitled The Mildert Feather was commissioned by Danish artist Erik Heide to mark the college 50th anniversary.[33] The college has other social facilities, including three music/recording suite, a gym, computer room, shop, tennis court and a full-size snooker table.Its music rooms also includes a drum kit, a keyboard, guitar amps, and a grand piano selected exclusively from Steinway & Sons by former JCR President, Henry Bashford.[34] The Van Mildert's Junior Common Room is used for many of the social events that are organised by the JCR, such as bops, ents after Formals, band nights and amateur theatre productions.Having recently been refurbished, the JCR lounge offers table tennis and a plasma screen TVs with Sky TV, which are used to show major sporting fixtures during the academic term, as well as sofas and comfy seating.In 2017, the college won the community category of the Green Gown Awards[39] and was featured in the 2020 Parliamentary Review for best practice in Education Services.The Climate Impacts Research Centre is also closely associated with Van Mildert and frequently hosts lectures within the college.A typical fresher's room will have a single bed and are inclusive of heating, power, and internet access, and weekly cleaning by the college bedders (housekeepers).Out of term time, students who stays are permitted to use the kitchen facilities or bought meal directly in the college servery.It is considered bad practice if attendees do not turn up in formal attire, and a popular college punishment is to run around the lake naked.[53] The High Table entrance and exit are then announced to attendees with another ringing of the election bell by the JCR President, signifying the official opening and closing of the formal meal.[61] The tradition was started by a Japanese exchange student called Kazuhisa who regularly performed the Kazu in the JCR foyer.The college motto is an anedoctal quotation from Virgil's epigram on emperor Augustus, translated as "Thus do ye, but not for yourselves" (alternatively, "For You, But Not Yours"[68] or, "thus we labour but not for ourselves").
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