Squeeze the orange
Dr Adam Boggon (BSc Hons 2012) is a current Fulbright scholar at Harvard. Here he describes the importance of ‘squeezing the orange’ – a principle he first learned at St…
Category: Undergraduate
Discovering the power of words
Molly Arbuthnott (MA Hons 2010) describes how her route to becoming a successful award-winning children’s author involved Art History at St Andrews, primary teaching in Kenya, Italy and London and…
‘Grandpa Ernest Speaks’
Madeleine Bazil (MA Hons 2018) describes her path from studying English Literature at St Andrews to writing and directing ‘Grandpa Ernest Speaks’ – a documentary about her great-grandfather Ernest’s escape…
Raisin Monday, red gowns and a court summons
We were sad to hear that Elspeth Campbell (neé Macfarlane) (MA 1941) had died last year at the age of 102. We were, therefore, extremely touched when her daughter Alison…
Five generations of St Andrews alumnae
Katie Abraham (BSc Hons 2022) is the fifth generation of her family to graduate from the University of St Andrews. She describes how her love of St Andrews developed during…
Charlie and the Marathon: running to raise funds
Charlotte Rogers (MA Hons 2022) describes how the International Excellence Scholarship made it possible for her to study at St Andrews, and why she ran the Edinburgh Marathon in May…
Anatomy, physiology and Pink Floyd: memories of the Class of 1972
Memories It was October 1966 when we first matriculated – forty of us for the MB ChB course in St Andrews and another forty in Queen’s College in Dundee. We…
The D.C. Alumni Club: staying connected to St Andrews
Ian Doty (BA International Honours 2021), Erik Neff (MA Hons 2007) and Katie Weinsheimer (BA International Honours 2021) were invited to attend National Tartan Day festivities in Washington D.C. as…
St Andrews: an unorthodox route to a music career
Charlotte Perkins (MA Hons 2021) explains how a degree in International Relations and the many opportunities provided by the Music Centre have prepared her for the practical challenges of a…
This is not a war story
Noa Bricklin (MA Hons 2016) describes how studying Art History and Social Anthropology at St Andrews gave her the skills to be a critically acclaimed production designer.