Joan Lowey of UCD Services presenting Cathríona Coade of the Agribusiness Department AERD) and her son Kieran, winner of Unicare’s Valentine’s Day competition with her prize of dinner for two, sponsored by the QV2 restaurant, Suffolk St, Dublin

The Awesome Original Second Time Arounders band and dancers from St Petersburg, Florida, consist of over 400 hundred members ranging in ages from 19 to 93.

They had planned to participate in the St Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin, but came anyway when the parade was cancelled due to Foot and Mouth. Some of them are pictured here practising in the Sports Centre in UCD prior to one of the indoor events which took place for the St Patrick’s Day Festival.

The first Engineering Society Careers Fair was held in February in the auditorium of the new Student Centre building.

The event began with an official opening with speeches by Paula Gahan, auditor of the Engineering Society; Professor Vincent Dodd, dean of Engineering and Colm Tobin, Careers & Appointments Officer.

The Fair was organised by the Engineering Society Committee to create a forum where prospective engineering students could interact informally with a wide variety of engineering firms. Companies which took part included ARUP, Sisk, MC O’Sullivan, Institute of Engineers of Ireland, CPL, Coillte, Eircell, Ericsson, FLS, Buro Happold, Irish Cement, O’Connor Sutton Cronin, Atkins McCarthy and Lake Communications.

Each company also made a 15-minute presentation.

Pictured are (top) Marcelino Sherlock of the FLS and Grace Grennan and Bart Leclercq of ARUP.

Bovis Lend Lease, one of the world's largest project management and construction services companies, and recently established in Ireland, have agreed to extend their well-established Undergraduate Sponsorship Programme to include the Department of Chemical Engineering in UCD. Under this programme, a selected 2nd year student will receive a monthly bursary during their time at university. Salaried work experience will also be provided during summer vacations. The first recipient of this award is Mr Conor Foley. It is hoped to continue the programme into the future. Pictured are Dr Fearghal Downey of Bovis Lend Lease and Mr Conor Foley during a recent award ceremony