University Awards - Awards for Excellence in Student Activities
The President’s Awards each year provide recognition for those students who excel in extracurricular activities of a kind that make UCD an exciting, interesting, dynamic and humane place to live, study and work. Staff and students at UCD are invited to nominate candidates for these awards.
| 2009/10 Recipients | ||
| Name of Recipient | Details | Course Details |
| Barry Colfer | Honoured for his many contributions to student life but particularly for his advocacy and management of the Please Talk campaign. | 4th Year Business & Legal Studies |
| James Ian Dalton | Selected for his major contributions to the work of student societies in the Law School. | Details 4th Year Business & Legal Studies |
| Maurice Deasy | Recognised for his leadership in the rapidly developing volunteering activity on campus and his work in India and Tanzania. | Graduate of Engineering 2010 |
| Donald Goggin | Recognised for his outstanding leadership among the students of Agricultural Science. | Graduate of Agricultural Science 2010 |
| Ian Hastings | Selected for being a great all-rounder on campus and contributing his debating talents in the L&H. | 3rd Year Law |
| Aidan Jones | Honoured for his work with the university’s St Vincent de Paul Society which makes a significant input to the organisation’s work in Dublin. | Graduate of Engineering 2010 |
| Catriona Laverty | Recognised for being a tireless part of the staff – and this year’s editor – of the primary organ of news and opinion on campus – the University Observer. | Graduate of Medicine 2009 |
| Rob Lowney | Selected for being a great all-rounder who has been editor of the University Observer and has contributed to the ERA program | Graduate of Arts 2009 |
| Jason Masterson | Selected for his major contributions to the work of DramSoc and excelling as producer of the UCD Musical. | Graduate of Arts 2008 |
| Aoife Nic Shamhráin | Excelled in the development of Irish language activities within the Students’ Union and across campus. | 2nd Year Medicine |
| Eoghan Ó Braonáin | Recognised for his work as station manager of Belfield FM and bringing a new level of professionalism to student radio on campus. | Graduate of Commerce 2010 |
| Aodhán Ó Deá | Awarded for promoting Irish language activities both within UCD and through the Union of Students in Ireland. | 4th Year Business & Legal Studies |
| Patrick O’Leary | Recognised as the driving force behind the development of Lacrosse as a major sporting club on campus and on the development of the sport in Ireland. | 1st year PhD Doctor of Philosophy |
| Ruth O’Mahony-Brady | Honoured for her contribution to musical activities on campus both in the UCD Symphony Orchestra and as a member of the Choral Scholars. | 2nd Year Music |
| Megan Tennant Humphreys | Selected for her major contributions to Ladies Hockey both in UCD, as club captain, and as a member of the Irish national team. | Graduate of Physiotherapy 2010 |
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