{"id":727,"date":"2017-10-03T15:22:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T14:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/?p=727"},"modified":"2017-10-03T15:22:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T14:22:00","slug":"latin-american-news-new-meet-ups-alumni-ambassadors-and-facebook-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/latin-american-news-new-meet-ups-alumni-ambassadors-and-facebook-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Latin American News: New meet-ups, Alumni Ambassadors and Facebook group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been busy working together with our dedicated alumni in Latin America, and we are now delighted to announce that we have a range of new activity happening in the region.<\/p>\n<p>We are always keen to grow our overseas alumni communities, so come and meet our international team and network with other alumni, join our Facebook group and meet your Alumni Ambassadors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We now have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/129643357650214\/\">Facebook group<\/a> for University of Westminster alumni in Latin America. Make sure you join the group for the latest news and activity from the University of Westminster and the Latin America community, and share your news too!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meet-ups<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The International Team will be visiting Latin America in October and November. Come along and meet the team, catch up with old friends or make new ones, and share your Westminster memories.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Mexico<\/span><br \/>\nFriday 13 October &#8211; Alumni drinks in Mexico City<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Brazil<\/span><br \/>\nFriday 27 October &#8211; Alumni drinks in S\u00e3o Paulo<br \/>\nWednesday 1 November &#8211; Alumni drinks in Rio\u00a0de janeiro<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Colombia<\/span><br \/>\nFriday 17 November &#8211; Alumni drinks in Bogota<br \/>\nWednesday 22 November &#8211; Alumni drinks in Medell\u00edn (TBC)<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to attend, please email <a href=\"mailto:alumni@westminster.ac.uk\">alumni@westminster.ac.uk<\/a>\u00a0with your full name, mobile number and location to let us know. Times and venues will be confirmed and posted on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/129643357650214\/\">Facebook group<\/a>\u00a0after we have an idea of who will attend<em>,<\/em>\u00a0so please make sure you join to find out more information as it is confirmed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alumni Ambassadors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are also thrilled to introduce to you our new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westminster.ac.uk\/about-us\/alumni\/international-alumni\">Alumni Ambassadors<\/a> in Latin America. Alumni Ambassadors are former Westminster students who volunteer their time to cement\u00a0the University&#8217;s reputation abroad, support with recruitment and enhance the student experience.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Argentina<\/span><br \/>\nIn Argentina we have Carlos Kirchner who studied Law at Westminster and graduated in 2016 with an LLM qualification. He is now a lawyer at Beretta Godoy in Argentina. You can contact him by emailing\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:carlos1kirchner@gmail.com\">carlos1kirchner@gmail.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Brazil<br \/>\n<\/span>Our ambassador in Brazil is Susana Byun who studied for a Masters in Marketing at Westminster, graduating in 2016. Susana is now a Customer Experience Marketing Manager at Cisco. She can be contacted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/susanabyun\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Colombia<br \/>\n<\/span>Finally, in Colombia we have Ver\u00f3nica Posada \u00c1lvarez, an Art and Visual Culture MA graduate. She now works at Universidad Colegiatura Colombiana, teaching History of Design, Theory of Space and Contemporary Sociocultural Theories. She can be contacted at <a href=\"mailto:veronica.posada16@gmail.com\">veronica.posada16@gmail.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Get in touch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have any ideas for your region or would like to volunteer, please get in touch by emailing <a href=\"mailto:alumni@westminster.ac.uk\">alumni@westminster.ac.uk<\/a>. We would love to hear from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been busy working together with our dedicated alumni in Latin America, and we are now delighted to announce that we have a range of new activity happening in the region. 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