Lincoln MCR Executives
Robert McDonald
President
Welcome to Lincoln MCR! I am the MCR President for 2022-23 and it is fantastic to meet you. I lead the MCR Committee, and together, we organise MCR events in and around college. Oxford is a wild ride - your academic work will keep you stimulated, engaged and extremely busy. But fear not. A warm, friendly and welcoming MCR community awaits you in college when you need a break from your department.
I arrived at Lincoln in 2019 to undertake an MSc in Mathematical Modelling. I was delighted by the close-knit, friendly atmosphere I found at Lincoln. I love how we manage to match tradition with innovation, luxury with affordability, and scholarship with leisure. I was Social Secretary for the MCR before becoming President, and I am working with the new committee to make this year the MCR’s best yet.
For me, the MCR is about community, support, and friendship. We work with college to organise special dinners, garden parties and events like karaoke, quizzes and open-mike in our lovely college bar. We also run our own events such as games nights, academic talks, cultural celebrations, wine and cheese, movie nights, sporting events, group dance classes, yoga and many more besides.
I hope all members are able to find something to engage in among these events, but please, if you have anything to add: email me! We are always looking for members to share their passion for their subject/hobby/culture with the MCR, and we are keen to provide funding for new events.
You will be surrounded by students with varying interests, different academic backgrounds, and diverse nationalities at Lincoln. Oxford may be a large and intimidating but we provide a relaxed home within the city. Having been to most colleges, I can confidently say that Lincoln has the best MCR in the University - we were the first college to introduce one so this is hardly surprising. We cannot wait for you to join us in person.
I arrived at Lincoln in 2019 to undertake an MSc in Mathematical Modelling. I was delighted by the close-knit, friendly atmosphere I found at Lincoln. I love how we manage to match tradition with innovation, luxury with affordability, and scholarship with leisure. I was Social Secretary for the MCR before becoming President, and I am working with the new committee to make this year the MCR’s best yet.
For me, the MCR is about community, support, and friendship. We work with college to organise special dinners, garden parties and events like karaoke, quizzes and open-mike in our lovely college bar. We also run our own events such as games nights, academic talks, cultural celebrations, wine and cheese, movie nights, sporting events, group dance classes, yoga and many more besides.
I hope all members are able to find something to engage in among these events, but please, if you have anything to add: email me! We are always looking for members to share their passion for their subject/hobby/culture with the MCR, and we are keen to provide funding for new events.
You will be surrounded by students with varying interests, different academic backgrounds, and diverse nationalities at Lincoln. Oxford may be a large and intimidating but we provide a relaxed home within the city. Having been to most colleges, I can confidently say that Lincoln has the best MCR in the University - we were the first college to introduce one so this is hardly surprising. We cannot wait for you to join us in person.
Grady Owens - Treasurer
Having recently finished an MSt. in the History of War, “GW” returns to Lincoln this year to begin the first year of his DPhil in Military History. GW will also be assuming the role of Treasurer on this year’s Lincoln College MCR Executive Committee, devoting all of his waking hours to computing numbers, writing cheques, and signing reimbursements. As Treasurer of the MCR, GW is tasked with overseeing the responsible usage of MCR funds for the betterment of Lincoln College’s graduate community. The good financial health of the MCR is one of GW’s top priorities, and, like any heathy community, this can only be done by way of a diverse array of Graduate activities and interactions. Mr. Owens encourages MCR members with ideas for group activities, local trips, reoccurring events, or anything that members might think is missing and/or lacking, to please contact him at his Oxford email address. I look forward to working with all the new faces entering Lincoln and the old friends coming back to us to further expand the offerings of the MCR for the 2022-23 school year. For any reimbursements required for event please use the form below
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Ellie Holden - Secretary
Ellie is starting her third year in her Chemistry DPhil and can often be found in her lab fixing mass spectrometers or stretching proteins.
This is Ellie's second year on Committee and this time around as Secretary of the MCR she will be dealing with most of the behind the scenes admin as well as maintaining a working copy of the MCR constitution and organising any and all elections. Ellie is also in charge of taking the minutes for all meetings of the MCR (General, elections and Committee) and most importantly stocking the MCR with coffee, tea and biscuits. If you have any questions relating to general MCR workings then please don't hesitate to get in contact | ||
Lincoln MCR Officers
Ellen Jones & Artur Harris
Social Secretaries
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Artur is a second-year DPhil student in Philosophy. He is one of the two Social Secretaries at Lincoln, along with Ellen, who blows molecules up with lasers (for her DPhil in Chemistry not just for fun).
The gist of our job is to make sure that all Lincoln grads have plenty of fun in an open, welcoming community. This mostly means organizing social events, such as MCR Dinners and Lunches, formal swaps with other colleges, the termly Emily Carr Party, Wine and Cheese evenings, Pub Quizzes, as well as the Garden Party in Trinity Term. We also run the Punt Scheme, and organize a large chunk of Freshers' Week.
Please get in touch with any fun-related issues (not having enough, having too much etc.) or if you have any questions/ideas about social events.
The gist of our job is to make sure that all Lincoln grads have plenty of fun in an open, welcoming community. This mostly means organizing social events, such as MCR Dinners and Lunches, formal swaps with other colleges, the termly Emily Carr Party, Wine and Cheese evenings, Pub Quizzes, as well as the Garden Party in Trinity Term. We also run the Punt Scheme, and organize a large chunk of Freshers' Week.
Please get in touch with any fun-related issues (not having enough, having too much etc.) or if you have any questions/ideas about social events.
Maria Murad & Yasmina Al Ghadban
Welfare Officers
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Maria is beginning her second year in the M.Phil in Visual, Material, and Museum Anthropology. As Welfare Officer, her job is to help students access the correct people and resources in College in times of crisis; stock up the sexual health and feminine hygiene supplies across all accommodations and College; and host very exciting events like Welfare Teas every week to help students destress and have fun.
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Hello! My name is Yasmina (and my dog is Lylah) and I am originally from Beirut, Lebanon. I arrived at Lincoln this year to pursue my DPhil in Women's and Reproductive Health. Outside of that, I love being outside (please join me and Lylah on our weekly walks!) and reading (I'm very much a fiction gal fyi). I am I am very excited to be on the MCR welfare team, expand welfare events that speak to different members of the Lincoln community and advocate for more welfare initiatives with College. If you have any questions, suggestions, concerns or just want a listening ear, please don't hesitate to contact me.
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Simon Heller & Ashley Castelino
Academic Officers
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Simon is starting his third year in Lincoln as a DPhil student. His research focuses on the Old English poem "Beowulf" and its modern reception. As such, interdisciplinarity is at the heart of his research and his personal interests. He joined Lincoln's academic team last year, and was elected as Academic Representative along with Ashley Castelino in Trinity of 2022. Their primary role is to organise the academic events that have been taking place in Lincoln for years, such as the Lincoln Leads series and the Lord Florey talks, as well as a variety of other events.
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Ashley is a second-year DPhil student researching dogs, death and the supernatural in Old Norse and other medieval literature. As one of Lincoln's Academic Reps, he's responsible for enriching academic life at college by organising various academic talks, events, and different writing spaces. If you have an academic need you'd like filled, an event you'd like to organise, or just want to help out, do get in touch!
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If you’re an MCR member and would like to join us in organising the events we’ve got planned, or have ideas for MCR academic events of your own, let us know, as we’d love to hear from you!
Otherwise, we’ll be in touch throughout the year with details on our events and we hope to see many of you there!
Otherwise, we’ll be in touch throughout the year with details on our events and we hope to see many of you there!
Lincoln MCR Representatives
Zara Christmas
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Arussa Nawaz
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René Lavanchy
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Upcoming Elections!
Elections for all Officers (Executive included) will be held in Hilary term week 8 for the 2023-24 Committee - more details to come
