MEMORIALS AND COMMEMORATIONS ON CAMPUS 1.THOSE ELIGIBLE FOR MEMORIALS AND COMMEMORATIONS ON CAMPUS 1.1. Deceased students 1.2. Deceased alumni 1.3. Deceased staff/former staff 1.4. Deceased members of members of Court METHODS OF COMMEMORATION AVAILABLE The University will no longer accept memorial benches or the planting of new trees for in memoriam purposes. Once the development of John Anderson campus is complete, or an area of dedicated green space is committed to for the long term, then this decision could be reconsidered. In the meantime the following is suggested to families. 2.1 Memorial Scholarship or Prize. Minimum thresholds apply. Cash (4 years) Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship £5,000 (£1250 p.a) £62,500 Prize (in agreement with academic department) £2,500 (£ 500 p.a)* £31,250 *It is sometimes possible to inaugurate a prize at less than £500 p.a. for 4 years, but this would have to be agreed by Alumni & Development to ensure it was cost effective. Book restoration and dedication in library book. Where possible/relevant the University Library Archivist will use a memorial gift to restore a book in the University’s collection including a dedication to the deceased on the inside cover. This work is done to a very high standard and the dedication would be completed as attractively as possible, e.g. in goldleaf. 3. PROCEDURES 3.1 All enquiries should be directed to the Development Office in the first instance where the Legacy Officer will take the request forward. It is the overall responsibility of the Legacy Officer to manage communications between the commemorator and Academic Departments/Library and takes responsibility for ensuring the memorial is set up in a timely and appropriate fashion to the satisfaction of the commemorator, as far as possible and within the bounds of the written guidance. 3.2 The Development Office will act as liaison between the family and the Academic Department, Department or the Library in order to get the prize or bookplate inaugurated. 4.3 The Development Office will record the details of the commemorator, the person or occasion being commemorated, the payment and the nature of the memorial.
MEMORIALS AND COMMEMORATIONS ON CAMPUS 1.THOSE ELIGIBLE FOR MEMORIALS AND COMMEMORATIONS ON CAMPUS 1.1. Deceased students 1.2. Deceased alumni 1.3. Deceased staff/former staff 1.4. Deceased members of members of Court METHODS OF COMMEMORATION AVAILABLE The University will no longer accept memorial benches or the planting of new trees for in memoriam purposes. Once the development of John Anderson campus is complete, or an area of dedicated green space is committed to for the long term, then this decision could be reconsidered. In the meantime the following is suggested to families. 2.1 Memorial Scholarship or Prize. Minimum thresholds apply. Cash (4 years) Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship £5,000 (£1250 p.a) £62,500 Prize (in agreement with academic department) £2,500 (£ 500 p.a)* £31,250 *It is sometimes possible to inaugurate a prize at less than £500 p.a. for 4 years, but this would have to be agreed by Alumni & Development to ensure it was cost effective. Book restoration and dedication in library book. Where possible/relevant the University Library Archivist will use a memorial gift to restore a book in the University’s collection including a dedication to the deceased on the inside cover. This work is done to a very high standard and the dedication would be completed as attractively as possible, e.g. in goldleaf. 3. PROCEDURES 3.1 All enquiries should be directed to the Development Office in the first instance where the Legacy Officer will take the request forward. It is the overall responsibility of the Legacy Officer to manage communications between the commemorator and Academic Departments/Library and takes responsibility for ensuring the memorial is set up in a timely and appropriate fashion to the satisfaction of the commemorator, as far as possible and within the bounds of the written guidance. 3.2 The Development Office will act as liaison between the family and the Academic Department, Department or the Library in order to get the prize or bookplate inaugurated. 4.3 The Development Office will record the details of the commemorator, the person or occasion being commemorated, the payment and the nature of the memorial.