DCU President's Awards for Engagement
The recipients of the 2023 President’s Awards for Engagement were announced by the President of DCU Professor Dáire Keogh on Wednesday, March 29th in HG22 as follows:
WINNERS 2023
Staff Category Winner
Agnès Maillot, School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies
Irish Refugee Integration Network (IRIN)
Student Category Winner
Adam Daly
Volunteering & Access to Community
Special Merit -- Staff Category Winner
CTYI
Centre for Talented Youth Ireland
Special Merit -- Student Category Winner
Carine Laure Metiefeng Mambou
Cad Aid Foundation: Sexual Gender-Based Violence And Gender Equality
NOMINATIONS 2023
Staff Category Nominations
Mary Nevin
SNPCH
Excellence in Supporting and Promoting Capacity Building in Palliative Care Research
Anne O'Farrell
Chaplaincy (Student, Support and Development), I.O.E.
The Crafty Ladies
Inter-Generational Volunteering and Community Activism
ADAPT's Education and Public Engagement Team
ADAPT, School of Computing
ADAPT's Citizens' Think Ins
Engaging Citizens and Researchers
Emma Clarke, Anne Kearns, Laura Grehan, Cara Greene
Rob Lowney
Teaching Enhancement Unit (TEU)
MoodleMunch
Providing Professional Development to DCU staff around Teaching, Learning and
Assessment Practices
DCU Energy Team
Estates Office
Managing Energy Across the DCU Community
Mark Argue, Richard Kelly, Joe Fallon
Research Team Anti Bullying Centre and Conference Team DCU
POWER Ageing: Addressing Ageism in the Workplace Report
Enhancing the Impact on Societal Issues and Advocating for Improvement
Centre for Talented Youth Ireland
Centre for Talented Youth Ireland (CTYI)
Cathy Woods, Catriona Ledwith, Lynne Mooney, Linda Murphy, Leeanne Hinch, Orla Dunne, Colm O'Reilly, Ruth Lally, Hazel Skinner, Berry Murphy, Shauna Caffrey, Niamh McNally
Agnès Maillot
School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies
Irish Refugee Integration Network
Responding to the Societal Needs of Host Communities and Displaced People Pertaining to Migration
School of Law and Government, School of History and Geography and Institute of Education
Children and Young People's Assembly on Biodiversity Loss
Empowering Children and Young People through Engagement in National Policy Making
DCU Anti Bullying Centre and DCU Institute of Education
UNESCO & Government Policy Development on School Bullying
Amalee Meehan , Seline Keating, Angela Kinahan , Carol O'Toole, Alan Gorman, Aikaterini Sargioti , Anne Marie Kavanagh, Darran Heaney, James O'Higgins Norman, Maeve DuPont
Colm Delves Leadership Experience (CDLE)
Business School
Contributing to DCU Outreach Activities
Reinvigorating and Modernising Team Building and Communications Skills
Theo Lynn, David Kenny, Jennifer Kennedy, Megan Reddan
Angelos Mavropoulos
School of Theology, Philosophy, and Music
TP324-Eastern and Western Christianity in Dialogue
Designing and Teaching a Comparative, Interdenominational Module on the Relationships Between the Catholic and the Orthodox Traditions
Amanda Drury
School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health
EONS Young Cancer Nurses Study and Nightingale Challenge
Enhancing Education, Research and Professional Development Opportunities for Early Career Nurses throughout Europe
Caroline McMullan
DCU Business School
Architect of the National Risk Assessment for Ireland National and International Impact
Moign Khawaja
School of Law & Government
Promoting Student Engagement with Migration, Asylum Seeking and Refugees in Europe
Tanya Ní Mhuirthile
School of Law and Government
Making Rights Real
Crafting and Drafting Legislation and Policy that Transforms the Lived Experience of Trans and Intersex People in Ireland and Abroad
Úna Bhreathnach and the Gaois Research Group
Gaois, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge
Bailiúchán Béaloideas Árann
Sustaining and Transforming Irish language and Culture through the Development of Innovative and Trusted Resources
Valesca Lima
School of Law and Government
Contributions in the field of Women's Rights, Early Career Researchers and Political Rights of Migrants in Ireland
Student Category Nominations
Kevin Boushel
School of Theology, Philosophy and Music
DCU Chamber Choir
Impact on the Musical and Cultural Life of the DCU Community, Both on Campus and on the National Stage
Ruby Cooney
BSc in Education and Training
Committed Engagement with DCU’s Local and Global Communities
DCU Dóchas Éireann GAA Club
BCL (Law and Society), Club members DCU
Dóchas Éireann Launch ‘Respect the Ref’ Video
Liam Gaughran, Jack Ryan , Liam Tracey, Mark Smyth, Dave Sweeney, Bryan Linehan, Seamus Keating, Conor Corbett, Conor Brennan
Matthew Smith, Chloe McNamara and the DCU HeadstARTs society
Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
Adam Daly
Faculty of Science and Health
Contributions to DCU through Volunteering & Access to Community
Boris Yu
Bachelor of Arts Joint Honours
Student Engagement and Regional Cultural Focus
Promoting Diversity and Inclusiveness within the University
Carine Laure Metiefeng Mambou
Economic, Politics and Law
Cad Aid Foundation: Sexual Gender Based Violence And Gender Equality
Raising awareness of gender based violence and empowering the voices of survivors
Chloe Mc Namara
Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
Class Representative & Student Advocate
An Exemplary Leadership and Student Support
David Nolan
Health and Human Performance
Science Communication & Irish Strength and Conditioning Network
Significant Positive Impacts on the Internal and External Community
Executive MBA and Executive MBA Alumni students
Business School
Executive MBA Annual Fundraising Event for Focus Ireland
Alleviating Homelessness and Promoting Community Engagement
Molly Tobin
Religious Education and Music
Engagement through Irish Traditional Music
Promotion of Irish Traditional Music
Patricia Cross, DCU Connected Society, Psychology
BA Psychology Major
50808 Suicide Support Helpline & AWARE Volunteer, Student rep for DCU,
DCU Connected Committee
Dedicated Student Support and Volunteering
Rory Cassidy
BA Journalism
Media Coverage of Irish Athletics and Irish Athletes
Rebecca Gorman, Diarmuid Hanley, Brigitta Lannen, Luke Quinlan
MA in Public Policy Rapid Evidence Assessments
The Young Offenders: Reducing Reoffending Rates Among Young Adult Offenders Aged 18-24 years in Ireland, a Rapid Evidence Assessment.
Richard Gow, Paula Williams, Morvarid Salehi Vand Shehni, Roger Harrington
MA in Public Policy Rapid Evidence Assessments
Economics of Belonging Project
Partnership with the Irish Council of Churches and Irish Inter Church Meeting
Robert Lawlor
PhD Student
HIV: Research, Activism and Civil Society
Dedication to the Development of HIV Literacy
