Events

December 2025 Online Event

On Monday 1 December, the day before Giving Tuesday, the American Friends Board hosted a special Festival of Change takeover event. The President of the Board discussed ways our US alumni can be involved, and attendees heard from two of the PhD scholars about how the alumni-funded American Friends PhD Scholarships have supported them. Click below to watch the event back:

May 2023 Event

The American Friends and University’s first in-person event for US-based alumni and supporters of Leicester was held in New York City on Wednesday May 24 2023. Thank you to all those alumni and friends who joined us for the evening.

Look out for more information via the University’s Advancement Office and social media channels for future events around the US.

If you would like to get in touch before the next event, please email alumni.relations@leicester.ac.uk.

Virtual Launch Event 2020

Thank you for all our fellow graduates and friends who joined us for the online launch event of the American Friends organization on November 17 2020.

If you couldn’t make the event, or would like to see it again, please watch the video recording of the event:

Get in touch

If you would like further information about the American Friends organization or ways to give, please email Rosemary Faint at donate@afuol.org.