MSL Student Link

Hi, I'm Rachel, the Northern Regional Rep! I'm in my second year of a PhD in Electronic Engineering at York, which is where I also studied as an undergrad. Please don't ask me to fix your TV (or even your computer) I can barely tell the difference between a transistor and a capasitor! Besides spending time pretending to know about electronics, I'm passionate about trade justice and fair trade and have been involved in the campaign which made York a Fair Trade city. I also attempt to play the clarinet from time to time, my current projects are to teach myself to play jazz (and or swing) and Mozart's Clarinet Concerto - I think I'm a bit over ambitious on both these fronts!

We don't currently have a Midlands Regional representative. If you think could step in and fill the gap, why not introduce yourself by sending us an email or posting on our general discussion forum.

My name is Joshua Htet, and I was born on February 7th, 1984 to a Methodist family. My birthplace is Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar). I am an undergraduate international student in Southlands College, University of Surrey Roehampton, in London. I am sponsored by the Southlands College Methodist Centre. I am in my second year at the university, doing a combined honours degree in History and Business Studies.

I spend most of my free time participating in Southlands Chapel activities, as an outreach co-ordinator and MSL leader. Along with my colleagues from the college, I attended the MSL weekend in Sheffield, and it was my second time working with MSL. I accepted the offer to be a member of the Support Group, and I was appointed to be a regional representative for Southeast England. Though I am an international student, I always love to be part of the Methodist Community here in England or anywhere I go. Therefore, I will try to be a good asset to the MSL group.

My name is Valtteri Mujunen. I am 20 years old and have just started to work as the Scottish representative to the Methodist Student Link. I am however not originally Scottish and live here because of my studies. I come from Helsinki, Finland where I still spend quite a bit time of the year. Here in Scotland I live in St Andrews and am on my first year at the university where I study Theology and Italian.

In Finland I am member of the Finnish-speaking United Methodist Church and represent the church in quite many places which include the European Methodist Youth Council and the Ecumenical Youth Council in Europe. You can easily say that I am very interested about the global Methodism and ecumenical dimensions. And I am a very passionate Methodist! Here in Scotland I am a member of the Dundee Methodist Church where I try to go monthly but usually I attend the University Chapel here in St Andrews, which is much closer. Golfing and societies such as JazzSoc and EuroSoc take a lot of my free time at the uni.

At the moment I am also trying to found a new Christian society with couple of other interested people and the Chaplain to act as an alternative to the Christian Union. I am in no way against the Christian Union, but still think that it misses a couple of really important points of living as a Christian in modern Britain. I really hope to offer my input in making the Scottish Methodist students to be stronger and bolder to live as Christians in university. Jesus said that: "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life."

Hello. My name is Katherine Laws and I'm "Wales and West" rep for MSL at the moment. I'm a second year studying Maths with Education at Aberystwyth and it's fun fun fun. And yes, in answer to the question most people ask when I tell them what I'm studying, I do want to be a teacher and yes I am mad (as you'll probably find out when you come away with us or get involved with MSL).

I am currently Pres of the MethSoc here in Aber. I love being involved and running the society and getting to know people (and getting them involved!).

I'm from Holbrook (near Ipswich in Suffolk) originally and have been involved with the local Methodist church from day one of my life (and probably from before day one!).

I'm a "Winnie the Pooh freak" according to my Mum and like all things pre school. I subscribe to the student stereotype of Pot Noodle being a stable part of my diet (along with cakes from the Minister's wife).

Stephen Cooper is one of the graduate reps on the MSL Support Group.

I'm Greg Griffiths, I graduated from Aberystwyth with a degree in Computer Science in 1999, I'm now working for a large US coporate doing web systems work. My main role on the support group is advocacy within the Methodist Church and IT (including this site!!). I spend most of my time tinkering with either my personal site or the GenerationCross site.

I'm Alastair Tomlinson, I graduated from the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC) in July 2000. I currently work for Cardiff County Council as an Environmental Health Officer. My duties on the support group are basically producing and co-ordintating the mailings that go out to all affiliated individuals and societies.

Hullo, I'm Tim. I graduated from The University Of York in 2002 with a degree in computing. Since then I have spent my time programming for a couple of companies. During my second year at York in 1999 I joined the Methodist Anglican society (MethAng) and soon after got involved with MSL as a student. I joined support group in 2002 as a graduate rep. I avoid having any particular role, however I have recently been heavily involved with the redevelopment of the website. I like to think of myself as MSL's Pub and Pie rep.

I'm Neil, Methodist Chaplain at Nottingham. I'm looking forward to the new ways of offering support to students that Student Link promises. There's a rumour going round that I look like Harry Potter, so I've cunningly changed my glasses to avoid any confusion. I'm passionate about Mark's Gospel and Middlesbrough Football Club!