Civic Engagement
Presidents Awards for Engagement 2016
| Student Category €1,000 Winner: | Staff Category €1,000 Winner: |
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| DCU Raising and Giving Society – Local Community Projects | Bernadette Dwyer, Institute of Education, St. Patrick’s College – Chekhov E-book Lit4Life Project |
| Special Merit Award Staff Category €500 Winner: |
Special Merit Award Student Category €500 Winner: |
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| Vincent Hooper and Brian Kelleher, School of Chemical Science, DCU – Teach to Learn and Science Promotion Collaboration with Trinity Comprehensive School, Ballymun | Cody Byrne – Outstanding Individual Contribution: Global Brigades |
| Gallery | Special Award in Enterprise Engagement €500 Winner: |
Michael Henry – Special Recognition for |
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| SUMMARY OF NOMINATIONS | |
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| Student Category | Posters (click on poster image to enlarge) |
| Anthony Chinedum Muotto DCU Business School Voluntary and leadership involvement on and off campus in projects including, among others, Intergenerational Learning Programme, Everyday Heroes talks, DCU Africa Society – 3 nominations received |
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| Avril Hayden Faculty of Engineering and Computing Femgineers – a grassroots, student-led project encouraging participation in third level STEM education among young women |
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| Caroline O'Sullivan BSc Marketing, Innovation, Technology Check Yo Self – enterprise selling drink spike kits to Students' Unions in Ireland with proceeds from sales donated to ChildLine |
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| David de Army Open Education Unit, MSc in management of Sustainable Development Involvement in learning and research projects contributing to sustainable access to clean water in rural Central Africa |
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| DCU Mental Health Society Founding and running of Mental Health Hub and a range of other activities and initiatives supporting positive mental health among DCU student population |
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| DCU Raising and Giving Society Involvement in establishing and delivering innovative, creative and enterprising student-led projects addressing community needs in North Dublin and promoting volunteerism among DCU students |
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| Dexmont Pena School of Computing, PhD Track Research project focussing on obstacle detection for cars using computer vision, contributing to road safety |
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| Enactus DCU Care After Prison Bootcamp – a project linking prisoners and ex-prisoners with prevention services to stop them from re-offending and returning to prison |
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| Ferdia Mooney BSc Multimedia Involvement in school visits with Disability and Learning Support and DCU Access to encourage students with disabilities and from disadvantaged areas to consider entering higher education at DCU |
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| Barbara McMahon BA in Humanities Charity Zip Glide for Celtic Foundation in Glasgow and Ability Counts programme in Ireland |
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| Fergus Neary BSc Accounting and Finance Involvement in the setting up and running of Clarity – a not-for-profit fundraising organisation, and a range of fundraising events on and off campus |
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| Gillian McInerney BA Contemporary Culture and Society Alphabet Soup: the largest online collection of terms and phrases used by and about the LGBTQ+ community. The aim of the project is to increase compassion and understanding of LGBTQ+ |
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| Glen Kelly BEd Primary Education Involvement in sports and coaching, particularly gymnastics and trampolining; and the organisation of charity fundraising sports events on SPD Campus |
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| Michelle Doherty Innovation and Entrepreneurship, DCU Ryan Academy Advisory and mentorship role and support for i-Smile: a non-for-profit organisation set up to reduce isolation and increase participation of migrant women in mainstream Irish society. |
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| Cody Byrne BSc Psychology Extensive involvement and leadership through Global Brigades on projects in Ghana and Honduras, as well as on DCU campus and nationally, impacting hundreds of Irish students as well as hundreds of lives in communities abroad |
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| Muhammad Alli PhD Track Physics A Leap Towards Big Data: project enabling students to develop skills to pursue careers in big data and data analytics, promoting DCU as a centre of excellence in enterprise and STEM |
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| Olayiwola Ogunsanya BSc Marketing, Innovation, Technology House of AKI-NA – a social enterprise providing meaningful employment and education workshops for women living in Direct Provision |
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| Peter Carberry BA International Relations Human rights promotion at DCU – DCU Amnesty International Society; engagement of DCU staff and students in issues such as, among others, Direct Provision, reproductive rights, refugee crisis, and death penalty. |
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Seán Ó'Scinéir BSc Genetics and Cell Biology Charitable and community involvement through St. John Ambulance (over 400 hours of volunteering over 2 years) and DCU Rock Climbing charity events |
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| St. Patrick's College Soccer Team SPD Involvement in sports alongside academic study |
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| Aine Mangaoang, John O'Flynn Music Department, SPD "Mapping Popular Music in Dublin" project, funded by Fáilte Ireland, engaging students, the public and enterprise in creating "music maps" for future use by tourism, music and culture industries |
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| Bernadette Dwyer Institute of Education, SPD Chekhov Ebook Lit4Life Project Collaborative partnership between UNESCO, Microsoft, Mediacraft, SPD and DCU, involving B.Ed. students, addressing global literacy issues through development of Ebooks |
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| Carmel Conroy Intergenerational Learning Programme Pivotal role in DCU's flagship AFU project - engaging older people and DCU student volunteers in reciprocal learning journeys |
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| Dr Melrona Kirrane DCU Business School Public and enterprise engagement: 30% Club – improving gender balance in business leadership; advocate of diversity and inclusion in the field of gender and leadership and work with companies such as Vodafone, Intel, Dublin Bus, Zurich Insurance, Eir and others |
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| Centre for Family Business DCU Business School Family Business Workshop All Ireland Roadshow 2015 with the mission of sharing research knowledge and best practices, and providing family businesses with advice and support; attended by over 130 family firms |
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| DCU Access Service UniTY Programme Partnership programme between DCU, the corporate world, public sector and third sector with the aim of raising motivation and career aspirations of TY students in communities in North Dublin with a tradition of low progression to higher education |
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| Dr Charlotte Holland School of Education Studies Extensive civic, enterprise, public and sustainability engagement through Regional Centre of Expertise in Education for Sustainable Development |
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| John Buckley Music Department, SPD Cultural engagement through musical composition, concert organisations, broadcasting, board membership, international representation and music education over the period of forty years |
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| Michael Henry National Institute for Cellular Bioechnology Science and Technology Enhancement Platform Extensive industry, enterprise, intra- and inter-university engagement nationally and internationally on a project applying a new set of technologies to biological samples |
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| Psychotherapy Team: Dr Rita Glover, Dr Evelyn Gordon, Dr Gemma Kiernan, Dr Gerard Moore, Dr Rosaleen McElevaney, Dr Aisling McMahon Healthy Living Centre Leading the programme of the provision of low cost psychotherapy sessions to local communities, DCU students and staff. |
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| Ray Walshe School of Computing Organisation of a series of events for Startup Europe Week and International Workshops on Big Data Standards enhancing DCU's image as a University of Enterprise, promoting best practice in industry and stimulating innovation and entrepreneurship |
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| Shikha Sharma Biomedical Diagnostics Institute Raising awareness of STEM areas through professional and voluntary involvement in local and international communities, e.g. homework clubs, "I'm a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here", Smart Futures, Physics Busking, Remote Rural Education |
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| Girls Hack Ireland Team (Ruth Blayney, Aoibhéann Bird, Suzanne Little) Insight Centre for Data Analytics Girl Hack Ireland – a programme addressing the challenge of cultivating awareness of STEM areas as inclusive of and rewarding for girls through interactive learning events and family hackathons |
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| Vincent Hooper and Brian Kelleher School of Chemical Science Teach to Learn – annual project promoting science to second year students at Ballymun Comprehensive School; DCU student involvement in teaching on the programme |
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| Uaneen Support Team University-wide Voluntary mentorship, support and advice for students pursuing Uaneen module |
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Download the Presidents Awards for Engagement 2016 booklet: https://www.dcu.ie/sites/default/files/community/pdfs/Publication_Presidents_Awards_2016.pdf
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