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Presidents Award for Engagement 2014 - Winners

 

The President, Professor Brian MacCraith announced the winners at the President's Award for Engagement 2014 ceremony held on Tuesday 27th May 2014 @ 12pm in The Gallery, The Helix.

Student Category €1,000 Winner:

Staff Category €1,000 Winner:

President Award for Engagement 2014- Winner, Women for Election

President's Award for Engagement 2014- Winner, Write to Read

Michelle O’Donnell Keating

PhD student in the School of Law & Government

Michelle is co-founder of Women for Election and has received this award for her efforts to increase the number of women actively involved in all levels of political life.

Dr Eithne Kennedy

St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra

 Dr. Kennedy received the award for her Write to Read project, a literacy intervention for disadvantaged communities in urban areas.
   

Special Merit Award 
Student Category €500 Winner:

Special Merit Award 
Staff Category €500 Winner:

President's Award for Engagement 2014-Winner, Grow Your own Society

President's Award for Engagement 2014-Winner, Recovery Coaching and Addiction in the Community

DCU Horticulture (Grow Your Own) Society for the DCU Community Garden revival project, which transformed a disused land into an educational, research and outreach space.

Dr. Raphaela Kane, DCU School of Nursing and Human Sciences and Mr Tom Bisset from Finglas Addiction Support Team for their work for the Recovery Coaching and Addiction in the Community Project.

 

Posters at the event (click on poster image to enlarge):

           
           

 

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