Our group serves alumni of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in Oregon. Whether you’re a current student or graduate, fresher or professor, you are warmly invited to our group.
It’s an essential aim of our group to build connection and community in Portland and beyond, thank you for your company.
Please send an email to oxbridge.cascades@gmail.com to be added to our mailing list. We look forward to welcoming you at our events!
Annual Luncheon/Dinner
The centerpiece of our alumni calendar is held in the fall. Every year we welcome a sizable group of alumni for convivial conversation and delicious food, with entertainment and guest speakers.
Boat Race Breakfast
Each spring we meet bright and early at a local bar to cheer our universities on to victory.
Summer Garden Party and Freshers’ Welcome
Our summer event is a drinks party where we welcome students going up to the universities.
Other events during the year
Past events have included a private tour of Portland Opera and All-Classical FM, a volunteer shift at Oregon Food Bank and casual happy hours.
Please check back soon!
2024
Autumn Dinner– November 9, 2024
Around twenty of us gathered together at two long tables in the beautiful Can Font dining room & enjoyed a leisurely dinner of varying Spanish specialties. From those who elected to enjoy some of Can Font’s port (a specialty of the house), we hear it was delicious and perfectly brought a memory of college days to mind. Also reminiscent of college days – meeting new minds, and enjoying conversation and laughter over a good meal.
Social Friday at Pizza Thief– May 17, 2024
Our casual get together at Pizza Thief was a fun opportunity to get to know new alumni in the Portland and Vancouver area, and enjoy delicious slices of NY style pie featuring ingredients from locally sourced farms, markets and mills.
Boat Race Breakfast – March 30, 2024
It was delightful to see so many alums for the Boat Race breakfast, kindly hosted by Yur’s Bar & Grill. Always memorable, this year’s race kept our hearts in our throats with surprising twists and turns at every bend of the river. A hearty congratulations to Cambridge on another indelible victory. To our Oxonian grads, we’ll keep our hopes up for next year!
2023
Autumn Luncheon– November 5, 2023
We met at Tusk restaurant, in Southeast Portland, for a Mediterranean luncheon. Over 40 alumni and guests, including a number of new faces, gathered for a fun multi-course small plate meal featuring fresh and local Oregonian ingredients.
Summer Garden Party– August 27, 2023
Nearly 40 alumni and guests gathered at Oregon’s Ponzi Vineyard for our first post-pandemic summer garden event. We were delighted to meet again, welcoming old and new members, and enjoy the best of Oregon’s wine country on a beautiful and fittingly hot August day. Our tour included Ponzi’s vineyards and winery, and, of course, excellent wine and conversation. We look forward to our Fall 2023 annual dinner!
2019
Oregon Food Bank Volunteer Event November 2019
A small but energetic group of alumni joined a team of community volunteers at the Oregon Food Bank in Beaverton on a cold Thursday evening. Together we processed vast sacks of raw oats into individual wrapped and labeled portions to distribute to families in need. In two hours, we processed 5,269 pounds of oats, resulting in 439 meals made available to the community. Oregon Food Bank does a fantastic job of informing and educating volunteers about their role in the community and how you can help. If you’d like to donate to Oregon Food Bank, their website is: https://www.oregonfoodbank.org/donate
Annual Luncheon November 2019
It was wonderful to see almost 60 alumni and their guests at our annual luncheon this November. We were delighted that almost a third were newcomers, along with our regular dear friends. Cambridge, especially, put up a very impressive showing, perhaps thanks to our guest of honor, Emily Johnson, the Deputy Development Director at Emmanuel, Cambridge. Emily has a foot in both camps as she is a graduate of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford! She gave a witty and informative speech which we all enjoyed. Congratulations to the winning team of a fiendish college quiz (and to the devious committee members who set it), and to the winners of our raffle. And thanks to the good folk of Jake’s Grill and the Sentinel, whose desserts set a new standard for Oxbridge events.
The Oxford and Cambridge Society of Oregon organizing committee is:
Isabel Kane (Magdalen/RPC, Oxford), Shobha Ramprasad (St Edmund’s, Cambridge), and Anne Marie King (King’s College, Cambridge).
Invitations for events are sent out by email. Please email us at oxbridge.cascades@gmail.com if you would like to be added to our distribution list.
Profuse thanks to Ean Hernandez of Oxbridge Seattle for help with setting up this site.
Oxford & Cambridge Society of Oregon 
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