DCU President's Awards for Engagement 2024

We would like to congratulate the winners and thank all entrants & the judging panel.

The recipients of the 2024 President’s Awards for Engagement were announced by the Deputy President of DCU Professor Anne Sinnott on Thursday, April 11th in HG22 as follows: 

Winners 2024


Engagement Awards 2024 Staff Category Winner

Staff Category Winner

Sylwia Kazmierczak-Murray & Kathryn O'Mahony

School of Inclusive and Special Education

with Alexis Carey, Independent Researcher


Removing Barriers to Participation: Developing Guidance for the Inclusion of Disabled Children and Young People in Decision-Making


2024 Engagement Awards Student Category Winner- Mark Dunne

Student Category Winner

Mark Dunne

DCU Institute of Education

Passionate commitment to Science Education, Crafty Ladies Project, DCU Volunteer Fair, RESPOND Charity and RAG society


2024 Engagement Awards Special Merit Staff Category

Special Merit -- Staff Category Winner

Fiona Giblin, Catherine Mulryan-Kyne and Bernard Pierce

School of Language Literacy & Early Childhood Education

The DCU Tanzania Pre-Primary Education project


2024 Engagement Awards Special Merit Student Category

Special Merit -- Student Category Winner

Ishita Gupta

DCU Business School

Outstanding contributions to DCU life through Volunteering and work with Coimisiún na Meán



Nominations 2024

Staff Category  Nominations

Access to the Workplace Team

Fiona Hudson, Jason Sherlock, John Moriarty, Kyela Fanagan, Cathy McLoughlin, Joe Quinsey

Student Support and Development

Access to the Workplace Team

Engagement with partners in business and industry to provide professional summer internships for DCU Access students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and for neurodivergent students

Aisling Murray Fleming

Aisling Murray Fleming

School of Human Development, Institute of Education

Guidance & Industry Network (GaIN)

Significant impact on linking career guidance and industry

The Sign On Project

Andy Way, Elizabeth Matthews, Shaun O' Boyle, Aoife Brady

ADAPT Centre - School of Computing and School of Inclusive & Special Education

The Sign On Project

Facilitation the exchange of information between deaf, hard of hearing and hearing individuals across Europe, by conducting state of the art research and developing a mobile solution for automatic translation between sign and spoken languages

Audrey Halpin

Audrey Halpin 

School of Human Development

Involvement with university’s wide work that is exploring the importance of Academic Environment Engagement as part of the Care and Connect initiative

Caroline Brady

Caroline Brady

Student Information System (SIS) Programme

Exceptional dedication and innovative strategies as the Change Management & Communications Lead for the SIS Programme 

Catherine Maunsell

Catherine Maunsell 

School of Human Development

Substantial impact on DCU students' learning experience and professional development, as well as on SPHE/RSE teaching and professional recognition

Darran Heaney

Darran Heaney

DCU Anti-Bullying Centre/UNESCO Chair on Bullying & Cyberbullying

DCU Anti-Bullying Centre FUSE Programme

Significant contributions to the goals of the University in terms of engagement and research 

DCU Tanzania Pre-Primary Education team

Fiona Giblin, Catherine Mulryan-Kyne and Bernard Pierce 

School of Language Literacy & Early Childhood Education

DCU Tanzania Pre-Primary Education team

Innovating new ways to engage student teachers in Ireland and practising teachers in Tanzania in mutually beneficial teaching and learning experiences

Children and Young People’s Assembly on Biodiversity Loss

Diarmuid Torney, Valery Molay-  School of Law and Government

Benjamin Mallon, Rowan Oberman - School of STEM Education, Innovation & Global Studies

Darren Clarke, Jimmy O'Keeffe  - School of History and Geography

Children and Young People’s Assembly on Biodiversity Loss

Significant external impact on giving voice to young people's views on biodiversity loss and raising DCU's media profile

Flora Abd Rabo

Flora Abd Rabo 

SALIS

Engaging leadership of the Cáca Milis play at the MERAKI festival

Joseph Rivera

Joseph Rivera

School of Theology, Philosophy, and Music

Tiglin at the Lighthouse [homeless café]

Empowering Lives: volunteer work with the homeless 

Marcella Bannon

Marcella Bannon

Office of the Executive Director of Engagement

Engagement, promoting, supporting, development and encouraging Arts and Culture activities across all campuses of DCU and the local community

Paul Van Kampen

Paul Van Kampen 

School of Physical Sciences

EIRSAT-1 launch watching event, inspiring student engagement

Síle Denvir

Síle Denvir

Fiontar agus Scoil na Gaeilge

Significant external impact on helping foster a new generation of Sean-nós singers

Sylwia Kazmierczak-Murray & Kathryn O'Mahony with Alexis Carey, Independent Researcher

Sylwia Kazmierczak-Murray & Kathryn O'Mahony with Alexis Carey, Independent Researcher

School of Inclusive and Special Education

 

heo Lynn, David Kenny, Tim Kennedy, Jennifer Kennedy

Theo Lynn, David Kenny, Tim Kennedy, Jennifer Kennedy

DCU Business School

 

Colm Delves Leadership Lab

Supporting engagement with key stakeholders and groups, contributing to DCU outreach activities

Eoin O'Malley

Eoin O'Malley

School of Law and Government

Extensive contribution to extending academic discourse within the public domain with considerable impact in national media


Student Category Nominations

Aisling Brooks

Aisling Brooks

Bachelor of Arts

Class Leadership

Allen Bobinac

Allen Bobinac 

MA in International Relations

Excellent external impact engaging the homeless community and wider public

Earl John Villanueva

Earl John Villanueva 

Bachelor of Education

Inspiring engagement with the DCU community, especially the Filipino, Choir, Drama and Music societies

Ishita Gupta

Ishita Gupta

Marketing, Innovation and Technology

Outstanding contributions to DCU life through Volunteering and work with Coimisiún na Meán

Lilith Toal

Lilith Toal 

BSc (Honours) in Psychology

Innovative approach to the LGBTA community building and substantial contribution to DCU community 

Media Production Society

Media Production Society

Clubs and Societies office

Impact on engagement across DCU and support for the Care and Connect initiative, Rag Rumble for the Jack and Jill Foundation

Michael Gheorghe Cucuiet Finn

Michael Gheorghe Cucuiet Finn

Economics, Politics and Law

Internal and external impact in relation to Irish language and culture across and beyond DCU

Oisin McGovern

Oisin McGovern 

Aviation Management with Pilot Studies

Contributions to DCU life via roles on multiple societies especially RAG

Rory Flanagan

Rory Flanagan 

BSc in Education and Training

Student leadership and extensive extracurricular activities 

Sarah Behan

Sarah Behan

Masters in Children and Young Adult Literature

Supporting students, involvement with social activism and USI

Sorcha Rose McGroarty

Sorcha Rose McGroarty 

Creative Writing Society

Exceptional Leadership of the Creative Writing Society

Tudor Safta

Tudor Safta

Business Studies with Management of Operations 

Xingru Zhou

Xingru Zhou

School of Communications

Substantial internal and external impact through DCU Erasmus Network and Society of St Vincent de Paul

Sarah Horan

Sarah Horan

The Professional Master of Education programme

Exceptional work as class rep for PME 2024 



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