Darwin College, Kent

Darwin College University of Kent
Elliot College Entrance
Named after	Charles Darwin
Established	1970
Undergraduates	N/A
Postgraduates	N/A
Website	http://www.kent.ac.uk

Darwin College is the fourth oldest college of the University of Kent, an English institution in the United Kingdom. It was opened in 1970.^[1]

Namesake

After heavy debate, it was named after Charles Darwin, the biologist.^[2] Unusually for a namesake of a Kent college, Darwin had strong connections to the historic county of Kent, having lived in Down House at Downe (now in the London Borough of Bromley) for the last forty years of his life.

Other names considered in the lengthy process included:

• Anselm, after Anselm a former Archbishop of Canterbury
• Attlee, after Clement Attlee, the post war Prime Minister
• Becket, after Thomas Becket, another former Archbishop (this was the recommendation of the college's provisional committee but rejected by the University Senate)
• Conrad
• Elgar, after Edward Elgar
• Maitland
• Marlowe, after Christopher Marlowe
• Russell, after Bertrand Russell (this was the recommendation of the Senate but rejected by the Council; Russell's political activism was the cause of much opposition)
• Tyler, after both Wat Tyler and the nearby Tyler Hill

The name was eventually decided by a postal ballot of members of the Senate, choosing from: Attlee, Conrad, Darwin, Elgar,Maitland, Marlowe and Tyler.^[3]

Darwin Student Committee (DSC)

Darwin Student Committee or the DSC are a group of students who volunteer their time to make the life of Darwin College students more enjoyable. They are made up of a committee of students who meet and discuss the issues that concern the students, deal with problems, organise Freshers week, listen to concerns and improve your experience at Darwin College.

It is in weekly DSC meetings that events in Darwin College (such as the Masquerade Ball) are planned, as well as discussing issues affecting students, which campaigns to run, and passing on important messages from Kent Union and the Sabbatical officers. They meet every Tuesday in DLT3 (Darwin Lecture room 3) at 6.00pm. All Darwin Students are welcome to attend meetings, have their say, vote and become a part of our community.

Darwin Committee Officers, 2009/2010 (these officers are elected democratically by the Darwin student population):

• Darwin President: Sabina Pasokhy
• Darwin Vice President: Fern Gleeson
• Education Officer:Emily Batchelor
• Welfare Officer: Leanne Evans
• Advertising & Relations Officer: Sarah Gilbert(Term 1 & 2) Tobi Okorie (Term 2 & 3)
• Media Officer: Ed Atkins
• Sports Officer: Alex Deacon
• Activities Officer: Ray Green
• RaG Officer: Ryan Falle
• Secretary: Whitney Wilkinson

Darwin Committee Officers 2010/2011

• Darwin President: Fern Gleeson
• Darwin Vice President: Ryan Falle
• Education Officer: Emily Batchelor
• Welfare Officer: Emily Morrey-McGrath
• Advertising & Relations Officer: Jay Unsworth
• Media Officer: Tom Coakes
• Sports Officer: Tobi Okorie II
• Activities Officer: Vivek Evjemo (VK)
• RaG Officer: Emma Hart
• Secretary: To be elected in October by elections

Darwin Committee Officers 2011/2012 Darwin President: Ryan Falle

References

1. ^ "About Kent - History - 1970-1979". University of Kent. 2007-01-11. http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/history/history70.html. Retrieved 2007-08-05. 
2. ^ Graham Martin, From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury (University of Kent at Canterbury, 1990) page 125-126 ISBN 0-904938-03-4
3. ^ Graham Martin, From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury (University of Kent at Canterbury, 1990) pages 122-126 ISBN 0-904938-03-4

External links

• Darwin Student Committee
• University of Kent

This United Kingdom university, college or other education institution article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: University of Kent United Kingdom university stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат Rutherford College, Kent Keynes College, Kent Look at other dictionaries: Darwin College — may refer to: Darwin College, Cambridge Darwin College, Kent Darwin College is a fictional college in the film Horse Feathers This disambiguation page lists articles about schools, colleges, or other educational institutions which are associated… …   Wikipedia Eliot College, Kent — Kent College Infobox name = Eliot College picture = college name = Eliot College named for = T. S. Eliot established = 1965 Master = Dr Michael Hughes JCC President = Jack Neill Hall students = homepage = jcc homepage = [http://www.ejcc.co.uk/… …   Wikipedia Darwin — may refer to: Contents 1 People 2 Places 2.1 In Africa 2.2 …   Wikipedia Darwin — Charles Darwin « Darwin » redirige ici. Pour les autres significations, voir Darwin (homonymie). Charles Darwin …   Wikipédia en Français Darwin, Charles — ▪ British naturalist Introduction in full  Charles Robert Darwin  born February 12, 1809, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England died April 19, 1882, Downe, Kent  English naturalist whose theory of evolution by natural selection became the foundation of …   Universalium DARWIN (C. R.) — Bien que la notion de devenir, connaturelle à l’esprit humain, n’ait pas manqué, dans l’Antiquité même, d’être appliquée aux espèces vivantes – notamment par Anaximandre de Milet (VIe s. av. J. C.) et par quelques Pères de l’Église, tel saint… …   Encyclopédie Universelle Darwin — Darwin, 1) Erasmus, Arzt, Naturforscher und didaktischer Dichter, geb. 12. Dez. 1731 zu Elton in Nottingham, gest. 18. April 1802 in Breadwall bei Derby und in der Westminsterabtei bestattet, studierte zu Cambridge und Edinburg Medizin,… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon Kent Hovind — (* 15. Januar 1953) ist ein US amerikanischer Vertreter des religiös fundamentalistischen Kurzzeitkreationismus. Er verbüßt derzeit eine Haftstrafe[1] wegen Steuervergehen. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Herausforderung zur Evolutionstheorie …   Deutsch Wikipedia Darwin from Insectivorous Plants to Worms — The life and work of Darwin from Insectivorous Plants to Worms featured a continuation from Charles Darwin s investigations into insectivorous plants and climbing plants which he had begun before his work on Descent of Man and Emotions. Worries… …   Wikipedia University of Kent — Infobox University name = University of Kent native name = latin name = motto = Cui servire regnare est (literal translation: whom to serve is to reign ) (Book of Common Prayer translation: whose service is perfect freedom )Graham Martin, From… …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”