The 2025 Girton College Telephone Campaign will be running from 25 March to 10 April.
During this time, a group of current students will be contacting Girtonians across the globe to reconnect, network and raise funds. They're all looking forward to hearing about your time at Girton and your experiences after graduating!
Meet the 2025 team
Allen
Allen is an MPhil candidate in Engineering for Sustainable Development. With a background in industrial and manufacturing engineering, he has a strong interest in sustainability, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Allen co-founded Aqua Solutions, an IoT-based water quality monitoring startup aimed at improving water management in Zimbabwe.
He is the Events Officer for the Cambridge Zero Postgraduate Academy and the MCR Sustainability Officer, where he leads sustainability initiatives and promotes environmental awareness. Beyond academics, Allen is dedicated to fitness and strength training, maintaining a disciplined workout routine that keeps him focused and driven. His other interests include public speaking, art, and technology-driven solutions for sustainable development. Allen is passionate about bridging the gap between engineering and environmental impact, working towards a more sustainable future.
Myriam
Myriam is a 2nd year Music student at Girton! She is normally very busy performing in the choir, and in numerous concerts at Cambridge, having recently started doing opera. In her spare time, she enjoys writing poetry, listening to Spanish hip-hop, hiking and going for runs.
Saranka
Saranka is a second-year student specialising in Social Anthropology. She was part of the first cohort of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences foundation year. She has just finished two terms as editor-in-chief of a student paper and is looking forward to her final year.
Joy
Joy is a Second Year Lawyer whose favourite part about the college is the red brick and greenery - which remind of the much warmer Nairobi, her home city. She enjoys volunteering & doing pro-bono work for the Cambridge Law Society, and is currently (quite successfully) learning how to DJ.
Lizzie
Lizzie is a third-year geographer. She has taken an active role in Girton life from rowing to Girton Spring Ball Committee. She is excited to hear all of the our alumni’s stories!
Perpetual
Perpetual is a second year Medical Student, who enjoys all that Girton college has to offer. Outside of the intensity of her degree, she enjoys swimming, and is the Charity officer for the Cambridge University African Caribbean Society. She has also recently started to learn Italian. More related to her degree, she volunteers as a mentor for students looking to apply for Medicine at Oxbridge.
Imogen
Imogen is a second year MML (Spanish and Italian) student who enjoys cooking and playing sport. She plays for the Cambridge University Hockey Club in the women's 4th team as well as the college lacrosse team, and she is a member of the Girton Climbing Society. She recently represented Cambridge in the annual hockey varsity match against Oxford University which very much lived up to the name of BDoTY (Best Day of The Year)!
Peter
Peter is a second-year Geography student with a passion for rock climbing and exploring the outdoors. He serves as Captain of the Cambridge University Small Bore Club and doubles as a tour guide punter during vacations. Contrary to most Girtonians, he actually enjoys the daily cycle into town—punctures aside.
Kayla
Kayla is a third year EarthSci, who is pleasantly surprised that her longstanding love of dinosaurs has withstood the reality of studying them (so far). Being an avid film enjoyer and Girton natsci soc president, one of last term's highlights was running the Martian movie night. She participates in a uni-wide acapella society and spends most of her free time sketching, playing guitar and making an unnecessary number of Spotify playlists.
Adam
Adam is a fourth-year MML student, studying French and Latin. A passionate sportsman, he has thoroughly enjoyed getting involved with rugby on both a college and University level during his time at Cambridge. Aside from all things sporting, he enjoys playing the guitar, getting stuck into a good book, and film!
Lily-Grace
Lily-Grace is a first-year law student, having previously completed the Cambridge Foundation year. When she’s not buried in case law, Lily serves as a librarian at the Cambridge Union, regularly volunteers at her local food bank, and loves to play the violin.
Amelia
Amelia is a 3rd year Classicist and enjoys all things classical archaeology and philosophy, whether that be in the scorching heat of Greece or rainy England. In her spare time, she loves reading, travelling, and hiking and hopes to explore more archaeological sites this summer!
Bea
Bea is a third year History and Politics student. She is actively involved with the college drama society, GADS, and spends her spare time either running after people for rehearsals, or just running for fun. Outside of college, Bea enjoys boxing and is on the RAG (Raising and Giving) committee which puts on fundraising events throughout the year.
Fiona
Fiona is a second year Theologian and third year Girtonian. After being a part of the first cohort of the Foundation Year, Fiona went on to study Theology and has made the most of everything Girton has to offer. She is an incredibly active member of the Boat Club (maybe too much), holding the responsibility of Social Secretary as well as overall Women's Captain and rowing in our first boat. She also sits on the JCR as the Socio-Economic Inclusivity Officer and represents students from low-income backgrounds, young carers, and other circumstances which bring unique challenges to studying at Cambridge.
Maia
Maia is a second year Economics student. Most evenings you’ll find her lifting big weights in the Girton gym or running circles around Cambridge in preparation for the Boundary half marathon. Last term she participated in Cambridge student fight night but sadly lost her boxing match. She enjoys cooking and her flatmates often comment on her mild obsession with protein.
Maddie
Maddie is a fourth-year History and Modern Languages student with a passion for cinema, spending much of her free time watching and writing about films for Varsity. She is part of the Watersprite Film Committee, having recently organized an event for the festival. Maddie loves all aspects of college life and, as Events Officer for Cambridge RAG, has enjoyed experiencing many different parts of Cambridge.
Sarim
Sarim is a Postgraduate student from Pakistan, primarily interested in the intersection of computer science, economics and religious studies but he has also happened to develop an interest in Physics, without the math, ever since he came to Cambridge. (He only saw Jupiter once at Northumberland telescope). Sarim is usually seen showing people around the College and the City, while mentioning (almost) factual history and dropping in some English-translated Pakistani proverbs.