Hope you had a great weekend! Here are more photos from the Alumni Homecoming Weekend. Enjoy! Photos by Marcus Järvinen.
And more photos…
Gala Dinner photos
Images from the sparkling Alumni Gala dinner on 21 October at Grand Hotel. Photos by Marcus Järvinen.
Favorite memories of our alumni
During the Homecoming Weekend’s Gala Dinner we asked all guests to write down a favorite memory from their time in Lund. Some of the memories were read out during the dinner, but we got so many amazing memories so we want to share some more of them with you.
Homecoming Weekend photos
Enjoy the first set of photos from the Homecoming Weekend.
Photos by Marcus Järvinen.
Four more inspiring alumni
A big thank you to our Alumni Hub speakers during the Homecoming Weekend 20-22 October!
Presenting four more inspiring alumni from Ericsson, University of Basel, Kompis Sverige and Rättviseförmedlingen.
Per Göran “PG” Ohlsson, Harry Hotline Society
Over 30 years ago the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson started developing mobile phones. This was a development that would lead to making Sweden, and Lund in particular, a high-technological center. But how did it all start and why did Lund become such a central hub? PG Ohlsson, LTH alumnus, former global process
manager at Sony Ericsson, is one of the founders of the Harry Hotline Society, a society that aims to share the knowledge of the Swedish mobile phone industry through lectures, books and articles. Click here to learn more!
Pegah Afsharian, founder of Kompis Sverige
Pegah is a human rights alumna and founder of Kompis Sverige, an organisation that aims to connect new and established Swedes and create new friendship ties. Today the organisation cooperates with 14 municipalities all over Sweden and make new friendships possible every day. A perfect opportunity to broaden your perspectives and meet new people. Learn more about Kompis Sverige by clicking here.
Shefaa AlAsfoor, PhD student at the University of Basel
When Shefaa studied as a Master’s degree student in Molecular Biology at Lund University, she found her life goal and future career – to cure diabetics. Today she pursues her dream as a PhD candidate at the University of Basel in Switzerland. We truly wish Shefaa best of luck with her research and career!
Seher Yilmaz, president of Rättviseförmedlingen
In 2014 Seher became president of Rättviseförmedlingen, or Equalisters as they are called in English. Seher is a political science alumna from Lund with a extensive experience from working with NGO’s. Rättviseförmedlingen is an equality project aiming to correct the imbalances of representation in media, culture, business and other contexts. The non-profit initiative has accumulated experiences, best practices and tools that are now available to people around the world who want to make their society more equal and who are open to alternatives to the dominant norms in representation and participation. Through Rättviseförmedlingen Seher works for a more equal and inclusive society. Click here to learn more about Rättviseförmedlingen.
Photos: www.harryhotline.se, kompissverige.se, LU Bildbank fri, Pressbild Rättviseförmedlingen Christian Gustavsson
Four inspiring alumni
A big thank you to our Alumni Hub speakers during the Homecoming Weekend on 21 October!
On this post-Homecoming Weekend Tuesday, we thought it would be good to get inspiration from some of our alumni who are working to make the world a little bit better. Here is a presentation of the first four alumni from this weekend’s lecture series in the Alumni Hub (four more will be presented tomorrow):
Lewis Horne, CEO of UNITI Ingenious electric car
Lewis, alumn from the School of Economics and Management, has been a multi international award-winning entrepreneur for years, gaining recognition from Swedish, Australian and American institutions and governments. With a profound interest in making things happen and creating a positive impact on the largest scale possible, he has now found a challenge that demands his complete focus, with a true potential to harness his capabilities and the impact he lives for, as the founder and CEO of Uniti, the electric car company to redefine urban mobility. Don’t miss the unveiling at the end of 2017! Read more about Uniti here.
Anna Frick, recruiter at the World Bank Group (WBG)
Anna Frick, an alumna of Lund University School of Economics and Management, joined the World Bank Group (WBG) in Washington, D.C. in 2013. She works with external sourcing and recruitment and is also responsible for the use of social media for this purpose. Before joining the WBG she worked in London for 9 years, primarily with PwC advisory services. Anna is passionate about recruiting, diversity and ending extreme poverty. Check out the WBG website here.
Cecilia Larsson, founder of Rescued Fruits
30% of all cultivated fruit are thrown away. “That’s crazy!” the Service Management alumna Cecilia Larsson thought and started the company Rescued Fruits in Helsingborg. Fruits that are too big, too bent, too ugly, too yellow or have a bruise, the company saves and makes marmalade, juice and must out of it instead. Together with importers, traders and growers, Rescued Fruits try to eliminate the fruit waste in Sweden. Learn more about the company here.
Tone Pedersen and Simone Andersson, Ping Programming
Software developers Vanja Tufvesson and Tone Pedersen, alumni from the Faculty of Engineering, thought they had too few female colleagues in their industry. Their solution was to establish Pink Programming a volunteer driven organisation with the goal to increase the number of female programmers. It was founded in 2015 with the purpose to organise camps where women could learn to programme in an inspiring and undemanding environment. Simone Andersson has now successfully started the organisation in Norway. Click here to check out more information about all Pink Programming’s events.
Photos: Uniti press photo Uniti.earth, Rescuedfruits.se, WBG/Nana Gyesie, pexels.com
The Alumni Homecoming Weekend has officially started!
The first Lund University Alumni Homecoming Weekend has officially started!
Lund University Vice Chancellor Professor Torbjörn von Schantz cut the blue ribbon to a trumpet fanfare. The band from Malmö Academy of Music, lead by Mina Kågström, gave our ears a treat. And professor emeritus Bengt Olle Bengtsson, and maker of the film “People and Places”, gave an inspiring lecture with highlights from Lund history. See the whole film here.
Check out the whole Homecoming Weekend programme here.
Homecoming Weekend: 1 day left!
It’s almost here! Tomorrow is the first day of the Alumni Homecoming Weekend and many of you are probably travelling tonight or tomorrow for your weekend in Lund. We thought this would be a good time to share some packing advice with you. What is good to bring to your weekend in Lund?
- All you need at check-in is your name, you will then get an access-pass for the weekend. So you don’t have to think about bringing a ticket or anything else.
- The only event that requires any special attire is the Gala dinner (dress code: cocktail), other than that it’s free clothing.
- If you want to remember this time for a long time – bring your camera or phone to take pictures.
- It’s going to be both sunny and a bit of rain this weekend – maybe bring your raincoat or an umbrella.
- If you’re planning on walking between the different events (it’s not far), bring some comfortable shoes.
- Everything you need will be available in Lund. Just remember to bring your biggest smile and we guarantee that you will have an amazing weekend. 🙂
See you soon!
Homecoming Weekend: 2 days left!
It’s almost here! In only two days the Homecoming Weekend will be inaugurated and Lund will be filled with alumni from different faculties, with different garduation years and from different countries. If you want to update your social media wih posts from the Homecoming Weekend, these are the hashtags you should use:
#lundalumni
#LU350
We look forward to seeing your photos!
Homecoming Weekend: 3 days left!
The preparations for the Alumni Homecoming Weekend are in full swing here at the office. This week we are working on all the last minute things before the weekend and right now we are doing the seating arrangements for the Gala Dinner.
Are you wondering about how to get information and answers to your questions during the weekend? At the check-in and breakfast on Friday morning you will get a printed programme for the whole weekend and the possibility to ask questions about the weekend. Information desks will also be open on Friday (8:30-10:30 and 11:00-14:00) and Saturday (8:30-15:30) so that you can check-in later if needed, get tickets for different tours and events during the weekend and get help finding your way to an event you want to go to or anything else that you might wonder. More specific times and places can be found in the programme, click here to get to it.
Homecoming Weekend: 4 days left!
It’s getting closer and closer and the weekend we’re all waiting for is almost here. Today we want to highlight activities during the weekend that is connected to certain faculties and departments.
Are you an LTH-alumni?
Friday 20 October 13:30-15:00 Visning av förbränningsmotorlabbet på LTH (this event will only be held in Swedish)
Friday 20 October 16:00-19:00 Alumni Mingle with TLTH Alumni Association. Visit your old student association and meet other LTH-alumni while having some drinks, snacks and “smörgåstårta”.
Are you an EHL-alumni?
Friday 20 October 11:30-13:00 Alumni Lunch Seminar at the School of Economics and Management. Light mingle lunch followed by a lecture by Annika Winsth (Nordea chief economist) and Bo Lundgren (former Minister for Fiscal and Financial Affairs, leader of the opposition party and head of the National Debt Office) about challenges and risks in the Swedish economy today.
Friday 20 October 13:00-16:00 Open house at LUSEM Student Union.
Are you an alumni from the Faculty of Social Sciences?
Friday 20 October 13:00-16:00 Alumnidag på Institutionen för Psykologi (this event will only be held in Swedish).
Friday 20 October 13:30-17:00 Campus Helsingborgs inspirationsevent för alumner och After Work med Helsingborgs stad (this event will only be held in Swedish).
Are you an alumni from the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology?
Friday 20 October 10:30-17:00 Open house at the Department of Arts & Cultural Sciences
Friday 20 October 13:00-15:00 Asian Studies – A career for the future! Alumni lecture at the Centre for East and South-East Asian studies. Alumni Niall Duggan, Elinor Lumbang, and Sune Petersen will share their experiences with current students and alumni.
Friday 20 October 11:00-16:00 Open house at the student union for Humanities and Theology.
Saturday 21 October 12:00-16:00 Alumni Day at European Studies. Mingle, fika, lectures, alumni presentations and speed-dating.
Saturday 21 October 12:00-17:00 Welcome HOME to the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences. There will be presentations on current research on the topic HOME, HOME-baked cookies and mingle with teachers and alumni. Separate registration required.
Sunday 22 October 13:00 Traditional game night at the Student Union of Humanities and Theology (HTS). An afternoon with boardgames and fika.
Are you an alumni from the Faculty of Science?
Friday 20 October 11:00-15:00 Open house at the Science Student Union
Friday 20 October 11:00-12:00, 15:00-16:00 and 17:00-18:00, Sunday 22 October 11:00-12:00 Physics and Laser Show. A spectacular show which gives more than a taste of how fun and exciting physics and science can be. Awesome experiments follow one another at a swift pace. You get to see sound and light experiments, pressure and combustion ”attempts”, demonstrations of fiber optics, explosions and many other types of experiments. The shows are rounded off with a fantastic lasershow. More than 1000 lasers contribute to filling the room with beams. Smoke, lightning, rumbling thunder and evocative music are included. The show has been given around 2500 times for about half a million people in total.
Are you an alumni from the Faculty of Medicine?
Friday 20 October 12:00-13:00 Pea soup and Pancakes at the Student Union at the Faculty of Medicine.
Are you an alumni from the Faculty of Law?
Friday 20 October 14:00-16:00 Alumni Afternoon at the Faculty of Law. Listen to presentations about new, interesting research, join the guided tour and have some fika.
Are you an alumni from Lund University’s Centre for Sustainability Studies or the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics?
Friday 20 October 14:15-16:00 Current research in Sustainability Science & LUCSUS and the education in Sustainability Science over the past years and future pathways. Lectures and mingle.
Saturday 21 October 14:00-16:00 ”Interdisciplinary Education for the Future: Meeting Global Challenges”. A seminar with researchers from the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) and Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies.
We hope that you find something interesting from your faculty or department. If not, check out everything else that’s happening during the weekend here.
One week left!
Today it’s only one week left until we open the doors to Lund University’s Alumni Homecoming Weekend. We hope that you are as excited as we are! The three day long programme is filled with exciting activities and there’s something for everyone. Come to the opening ceremony and listen to music and a speech by Vice-Chancellor Torbjörn von Schantz, relive the student life at the nation’s pub’s on Friday evening, listen to lectures in the Alumni Hub on Saturday, go on a guided tour on Sunday, visit one of the many open houses at faculties and institutions that welcomes you during the weekend, go see a physics and laser show and of course there will be endless amounts of “fika”. Click here to find the programme for the weekend here.
Highlight from the programme: One of the events happening on Friday is “Lunch with a Pro”. An event where alumni and students can meet to talk with each other and exchange tips and ideas on their carrers. There will be 120 alumni and students talking to each other and hopefully get a lot of inspiration and new people to their network. Maybe we will see you there!
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