The #LboroFamily is for life and our graduate community has seen a great 2017, both on campus and further afar. Here are some highlights from the year’s alumni activities.

January

The year began with a bang as an incredible 14 alumni and four honorary graduates were recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours, two alumni were named Guardian Rising Stars of 2017, and an alumnus featured in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for his work on Candy Kittens with Made in Chelsea star Jamie Laing.

A brilliant start to 2017, 14 alumni and four honorary grads recognised in the Queen's #NewYearHonours list >> https://t.co/3t9aScS60x pic.twitter.com/4AEsuchQsJ

— Loughborough Alumni (@lboroalumni) January 6, 2017

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Congratulations to alumnus Edward Williams who's been named in @forbes 30 Under 30 for his work with @candykittens https://t.co/cgjF3MJ6PC pic.twitter.com/ioD8fZHBo8

— Loughborough Alumni (@lboroalumni) January 26, 2017

February

More alumni success as GB Hockey coach Danny Kerry was named Male Coach of the Year! We also got all emotional as alumni shared their stories of finding love at Loughborough for Valentines Day.

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March

An exciting month for our alumni as we hosted our first ever Donor Day to celebrate the support that donors provide to the University. Alumnus Terence Yeo also won a prestigious British Council Award.

Over 80 guests attended our Inaugural Donor Day, celebrating the support donors provide to the University >> https://t.co/j7pQghd9GO pic.twitter.com/M11Nb8FImB

— Loughborough Alumni (@lboroalumni) March 18, 2017

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April

April brought a real first – the first alumnus ever pictured on currency! (As far as we know, anyway…) Alumnus Marc ran the London Marathon in aid of the University’s arthritis research, and in honour of his Grandad. And for #ThrowbackThursday we shared an impressive panoramic view of the changes on campus.

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From one @lboroalumni to another, some last minute @LondonMarathon advice from @paulajradcliffe for @MarcAlner! #ReasonToRun pic.twitter.com/Yb3dz00rQB

— Loughborough University (@lborouniversity) April 22, 2017

https://twitter.com/lboroalumni/status/856609944572841984

Then and now: the view from Towers Hall in 1974 and 2014 #Throwback #ThrowbackThursday #tbt pic.twitter.com/UQIafzZ3CT

— Loughborough Alumni (@lboroalumni) April 20, 2017

May

The Vice Chancellor hosted another successful annual reception for alumni and friends of the University, and alumnus Bob Wilson was honoured for his achievements in football.

Last night the Vice Chancellor hosted his annual reception at The Gherkin >> https://t.co/tKZlTuiJnd pic.twitter.com/lO5qJwiP4e

— Loughborough Alumni (@lboroalumni) May 11, 2017

Former Arsenal goalkeeper and alumnus Bob Wilson has been recognised in the National Football Museum Hall of Fame: https://t.co/WRQx1flvA2 pic.twitter.com/8SwjWsDRI7

— Loughborough Alumni (@lboroalumni) May 6, 2017

June

We saw four Olympic stars honoured in our Hall of Fame and more alumni and honorary graduates received honours from the Queen! June was also a good month for foodies, as alumna Lope released her debut cookbook, and an alumna’s cookie dough cafe went viral; featuring in Buzzfeed, Time Out and more!

Many congratulations to our 2017 Hall of Fame Inductees, @Liam_heath, @Danny_Kerry, @DiscusDan & @hannahmacleod6! https://t.co/g4a75oi0PC pic.twitter.com/Guk7ro3M5t

— Loughborough Alumni (@lboroalumni) June 8, 2017

Congratulations to grad @LopeAriyo on the launch of her new cookbook! #Hibiscus https://t.co/okgdW5csXB pic.twitter.com/1lLVDyg428

— Loughborough Alumni (@lboroalumni) June 2, 2017

In the #QueensBirthdayHonours 8 @lborouniversity alumni & honorary grads have been recognised for their work >> https://t.co/8PowdJCfYN pic.twitter.com/sfnDT9gKuI

— Loughborough Alumni (@lboroalumni) June 25, 2017

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July

Love Island stormed the twittersphere, and one of our graduates made it to the finals! We also celebrated #LboroGrad2017, the installment of Lord Seb Coe as the University’s Chancellor, and welcomed alumnus and Strictly Champion Ore Oduba back to campus to receive an honorary doctorate.

When you find out Camilla studied @lborouniversity #LoveIsIand pic.twitter.com/DljPLv8bdL

— Loughborough Alumni (@lboroalumni) July 10, 2017

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We were delighted to welcome back @OreOduba to Loughborough on Thursday when he received his Honorary Doctorate! >> https://t.co/4Y6nb9WF04 pic.twitter.com/zPZ5JokTDn

— Loughborough Alumni (@lboroalumni) July 22, 2017

August

August brought the exciting news that Loughborough would once again be represented on Strictly Come Dancing, and your votes chose four new members of the Alumni Advisory Board.

We're delighted to hear that Loughborough based Paralympic champ @JonniePeacock will be taking to the #Strictly stage! https://t.co/BePeJwqVEz

— Loughborough Alumni (@lboroalumni) August 21, 2017

Meet the new members of our Alumni Advisory Board. Thank you to everyone who voted in the election! https://t.co/qMnYqoJv51 #LboroFamily pic.twitter.com/UuMgs8R4VH

— Loughborough Alumni (@lboroalumni) August 22, 2017

September

This September we welcomed alumni who graduated 40-50 years ago for our annual reunion weekend.

Here's what our 40-50 year reunion @lboroalumni got up to on campus last weekend: https://t.co/n37fm7Fqsy pic.twitter.com/CPP94rCGKr

— Loughborough University (@lborouniversity) September 16, 2017

October

We launched our new #LboroFamily pages, and have already had 100s of alumni share their stories of love, friendship, and life after Loughborough! And an amazing year of successes for the University continued as we were named in the top 10 once again in the Times ‘Table of Tables’.

We have just launched a range of new pages for you to share your #LboroFamily stories! Check them out online >> https://t.co/4RgL5rlkQ3 pic.twitter.com/4nPMPRzlFK

— Loughborough Alumni (@lboroalumni) October 30, 2017

https://twitter.com/lboroalumni/status/928600564602195968

Loughborough has been ranked 6th in the Times Higher Education Table of Tables 2018 >> https://t.co/rQ3bUPkqnC #LboroFamily pic.twitter.com/Q5BpxQC7kD

— Loughborough Alumni (@lboroalumni) October 13, 2017

November

We were flying high in November as a second alumnus joined the RAF red arrows, another alumnus was nominated for a British Council Award, and Loughborough-based Paralympian Jonnie Peacock went from strength to strength on his Strictly journey.

Congratulations to alumnus Jon Bond @BondyJon who is a new addition to the Red Arrows team @rafredarrows for 2018 >> https://t.co/Uk1hdboc6b pic.twitter.com/RZotAFA94d

— Loughborough Alumni (@lboroalumni) November 14, 2017

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December

December brought the amazing news that we now have a Strictly winner and X Factor winner amongst our alumni! We also celebrated alumna Ozak winning an Engineer of the Year Award. And of course, the festivities on campus officially began with our annual carols service, and campus was transformed by snow.

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Congratulations to our alumna @esu_o who has been named as @TheIET Young Woman Engineer of the year >> https://t.co/D4Zg3wnZpC pic.twitter.com/UPgatfNkCN

— Loughborough Alumni (@lboroalumni) December 13, 2017

Campus really does look gorgeous in the #snow.

Thanks to Tim.Minshull on IG for this photo. pic.twitter.com/kQDbAZzzoZ

— Loughborough University (@lborouniversity) December 10, 2017

Here’s to an equally amazing 2018!

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