Established in 1869 as the first residential College for women, Girton occupies spacious grounds about two and a half miles
northwest of the centre of Cambridge. It became mixed in 1977 with the arrival of the first male Fellows and male undergraduates
have been admitted since 1979. Girton College use Invest Solutions Limited's Alumni Who's Who software to maintain contact with their members and fellows
after their time in college. The college inform alumni of forthcoming events using the calendar module and publish news articles
summarising recent events on the site. The server runs on Windows and uses a Win32 PostgreSQL database under cygwin. Data
are periodically synchronised with The Raiser's Edge. Helen Wright (Alumni Officer) administers the Girton alumni who's who system and is happy to discuss it. Helen's contact
information is to be found here. The Computer Office, Andrew Leader, and Database Manager, Kim Pearson, can provide technical references. Their contact
details are here. |