Summary
Welcome to the CaiusMCR site
Description
Jamie Jordan-Hore
President
I'm Jamie, the Caius MCR President. As President it is my job to represent the views and opinions of the Caius MCR student body to the College and the University at large. I am also in charge of the overall running of the MCR Committee and this involves organizing events inside and outside of College for the Caius MCR student body. I am a third year Ph.D student in the department of Chemistry studying synthetic organic chemistry. Please get in touch if you have any questions about studying at Caius, the MCR, or if you think there is anything we can do better!
Christopher Thomas
Vice-President / Treasurer
The Treasurer is responsible for maintaining and keeping an eye on the MCR accounts, to ensure that the Committee doesn’t over (or under) spend, and that all of the money goes to the right places. As part of this, the Treasurer provides regular reports on the status of the accounts to the MCR Committee and an annual report to the College Council. In my spare time I am doing a PhD in international law, focusing on international trade and regulatory autonomy. If you have any questions about the accounts, international law, or life in general, please feel free to contact me.
Jo Wensley
Secretary
The Secretary produces the agenda and minutes of MCR Committee Meetings. He also completes the bureaucratic element of arranging bops or similar events by working with college authorities, writing to Fellows, organizing rotas, and so forth. Please feel free to contact me on any matter all; the least I can do is point you to the right person.
Bharath Venkatakrishnan & Jonathan Ketcheson
Dining Officers
As dining officers we organise a number of dining events each term, like exchange dinners with other colleges, guest nights and dinner with the fellows. During an exchange dinner we host MCR members from other colleges in the Caius MCR for drinks and dinner in the gallery one evening. On a subsequent evening we join them for formal hall in their college. It is a great way to see some of the other 32 colleges in Cambridge. For a guest night a special menu will be prepared by the kitchens, making this the best occasion to invite friends and family to dine with you in college. We also act as a point of contact between the MCR and the kitchen office, so please e-mail us with questions, ideas and both positive and negative comments on dining related issues.
Owen Graham & James Duboff
Social Officers
As Social reps, it’s our jobs to make sure life in Cambridge is fun. We aim to do this in many ways - starting with the infamous Caius grad bops (a bop is Cantabrigian for a party!). Let’s just say that things happen at these events, and they keep people talking for weeks afterwards!
Ian Davies
Computer Officer
My job as Computing Officer is to keep the website running smoothly, maintain the MCR mailing lists and to deal with any other computing issues that graduate students might have. Please get in touch if you have any computer-related problems, requests or suggestions.
James Duboff & Owen Graham
External Officers
As External Officers, we venture far and wide outside of Caius to represent the MCR at external meetings such as the Graduate Union and CUSU council and voting on matters that come up. We also liase with the JCR and attend their weekly meetings, making sure that issues of concern to Graduates have representation. So if you have any questions about any of these committees or unions and what they can do for you, drop us an email!
Ross Nieuwburg
Welfare Officer
As MCR welfare officer it is my job to help you! If you have any welfare or health problems please do not hesitate to contact me - I'll do my best to offer advice and if I'm not able to help, I'll put you in touch with the people who are. The committee as a whole is dedicated to making sure that every graduate student enjoys their time at Caius, so if you feel unhappy with life here for any reason then I want to help - all welfare emails are kept completely confidential. I am able to provide MCR members with condoms, pregnancy tests and attack alarms on request, and also maintain the condom box in the Harvey Road basement common room if you'd rather collect them anonymously. Outside of the committee, i'm a second year PhD student in the Department of Genetics.
Mary Stoddard & Nada Saleh
International Officers
We're here for all international students at Caius. We hope we can make settling in and living in the UK easy and enjoyable! Please feel free to approach us if you need anything or have any issues you'd like to discuss.
Molly Fox
Women's Officer
Molly Fox Women’s Officer As Women’s Officer I am there to ensure that all women are having a good time at Caius! If you experience any trouble either with your work or in your private life, you can contact me and I will do my best to help you and provide details of professional services if needed. So basically, I have the role of a female Welfare Officer, and you can get condoms, pregnancy tests and attack alarms from me as well. Apart from that, you should also see me if you experience any sort of sexual discrimination or harassment, as I can inform the women’s council which then can raise the issue to the university if needed. Furthermore, we (the council) also organise public events (not only for women) to raise awareness of gender inequality or just to make the time of the students in Cambridge more fun!
John Valley
Married Officer
As married officer it’s my job to make sure that all married students and their spouses, as honorary MCR members, receive the full benefit of college life. I represent married couples to the MCR committee, assist with any problems related to family life (accommodation, childcare, etc.) and organise social events for married Caians and their families. If you’re already married, or rapidly approaching that status, then please get in touch.
Green Officer
Green Officer
As Green Officer I'm here to try and help everyone be a little ‘greener’, whether that’s just by ensuring everyone knows what, when and how they can recycle or by arranging events to try and highlight Green issues. If you’ve got any questions or ideas I’d be more than happy to hear from you.
First Year Rep
First Year Rep
Apart from organising Freshers’ Week at the start of the academic year, which is a week of great fun, my role as first year rep is to represent all first year postgraduate students. Feel free to contact me with any questions or suggestions, and I’ll do my best to help!
Alexander Langley
CGAS Rep
The Caius Graduate Arts Society exists to provide the more academic side to the MCR. We organise presentations of current students' research, invite interesting speakers to come to College, and organise play readings, poetry readings and photography exhibitions for the MCR. If you would like to get involved with CGAS, or have any interesting ideas for events please get in touch.
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