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NUI Galway Alumni Links
CONTENTS:
ALUMNI NEWS
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Message from the Vice President
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Gala Banquet & Alumni Awards 2007
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Alumni Newsletter
Cairde – now on-line
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Welcome Class of 2006
UPCOMING ALUMNI EVENTS
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London-based Irish Alumni
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Melbourne-based Irish Alumni
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Cumann Caoga Bliain ~ Fifty Year Club
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Reunion 2007
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Choral Society Reunion
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NUI Galway Graduate Takes Play on Tour
RECENT ALUMNI EVENTS
OTHER NEWS
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London Irish Network St Patrick's Day Party
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GOAL
ALUMNI news
Message from the Vice President
Fáilte chuig an céad eagrán de e-nuachtlitir na gcéimithe de 2007.
Welcome to the first Alumni Links of 2007. We can look forward to an exciting year.
The annual Alumni Awards take place on Saturday, March 3rd at the University's Gala Banquet. This year's awardees are listed below. The Gala celebrates the excellence of our graduates. Through the presentation of the annual Alumni Awards Programme, we celebrate the achievements of the many generations of students who remain connected to their alma mater as distinguished alumni. The NUI Galway Alumni Awards recognise the many Galway alumni who are leaders in their professions and excel in their pursuits at national and international levels.
The theme of this year's Gala is ALIVE(A Learning Initiative & Volunteering Experience). The theme is chosen to represent a campus-wide activity that reflects the University's strategic priorities. ALIVE with its emphasis on student volunteering and community engagement is a very natural choice.
The annual reunion is now just a few months away and I hope you will be able to join us for this increasingly popular event, to meet your former classmates and renew your connections to your alma mater.
Professor Ger Hurley, PhD 1988
Vice President for Strategic Initiatives & External Affairs
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Gala Banquet & Alumni Awards 2007
NUI Galway’s eighth annual Gala Banquet is taking place at the Radisson SAS Hotel on Saturday 3rd March 2007, with proceeds from this event going towards the University's
ALIVE programme.
The centre piece of the Gala Banquet is the presentation of the University's Alumni Awards. Many Galway alumni are leaders in their professions and excel in their pursuits. The Association celebrates this excellence through an Alumni Awards Programme. If you know a graduate deserving of an Alumni Award please contact the
Alumni Office on 353 (0)91 492721.
This year's Alumni Award Winners are:
TBD Award for Engineering, IT and Mathematics
Tom & Paddy Coffey BE 1969/1967
Directors of the Coffey Group
Bank of Ireland Award for Business and Commerce
Irial Finan BComm 1977
Executive Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company and President of Bottling Investments
Medtronic Vascular Award for Health Care and Medical Science
Professor Pat Gullane MB, BCh, BAO 1970
Professor Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto
AIB Award for Literature, Communications and the Arts
Seán O'Rourke BA 1977
Broadcaster and Presenter with RTÉ
NUI Galway Award for Law, Public Service and Government
Brian O'Donnell BA 1974, LLB 1976
Founding Partner of Brian O'Donnell & Partners, Solicitors
Duais Hewlett-Packard don Ghaeilge
Mairéad Ní Nuadháin BA 1974
Commissioning Editor Education Irish Language, Multiculture and Education with RTÉ
Seavite Award for Natural Science
Dr Reg Shaw BSc 1971, PhD 1974
Managing Director of the Wyeth BioPharma Campus in Dublin
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Alumni Newsletter Cairde – Now On-Line
The new publication
Cairde (January 2007) is a newsletter for graduates and friends of NUI Galway.
Please click here to read the current issue of
Cairde.
This publication is also available in Irish.
Please click here to read
Cairde as Gaeilge.
If you would like to receive a hardcopy of this year’s newsletter, please contact Sheila on
sheila.gorham
nuigalway.ie or phone 353 (0)91 493750.
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CLASS OF 2006
Congratulations to the graduating Class of 2006! A record number (4,698) of graduates were conferred with their degrees last year and to mark this, Alumni Packs* were distributed to the new entrants to the Alumni Association. If you graduated last year, and didn’t received your pack, please contact Sheila on
sheila.gorhamnuigalway.ie or phone 353 (0)91 493750.
*Each pack contained a copy of the Alumni Magazine, Cois Coiribe, a commemorative Class of 2006 pen, a Class of 2006 fridge magnet and an update your address postcard.
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UPCOMING ALUMNI EVENTS
London-Based Irish Alumni Event
Alumni from NUI Galway are invited to the annual New Year’s party for graduates from Irish universities and colleges living or working in London. The event will be informal, with the chance to meet new friends and catch up with old ones.
Food will be provided and there will be a cash bar.
Where:
The Sugar Reef (Marx Lounge)
42-44 Great Windmill Street
London W1D 7NB
(nearest Tube Piccadilly Circus)
When: Thursday 15 February 2007 from 6.30pm onwards
There is no charge, but please let us know if you will be attending so that we can order enough food! Please RSVP to Sheila on
sheila.gorhamnuigalway.ie or phone 353(0)91 493750.
Participating institutions include UU, QUB, UCD, DCU, CIT, UL and UCC
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Melbourne – Based Irish Alumni Event
St Patrick’s Night 2007
Where: Rosewitha & David Horgan’s Home
29 Wimba Avenue, Kew 3101, Victoria
When: Saturday 17th March 2007 from 7.30 pm
Tickets: $20 per head (BYO drinks)
R.S.V.P. By Thursday 8th March to Gerry O’Reilly (Tel. 9888 5065) or
goreillyiinet.net.au
Participating institutions include QUB, UCD, Trinity University, Royal College of Surgeons and UCC.
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Cumann Caoga Bliain ~ Fifty Year Club
The
Cumann Caoga Bliain Newsletter is now on-line
and contains information on the Cumann Caoga Bliain celebrations taking place on
Thursday 12 April 2007 for all pre-1957 graduates.
It also has details on the Class of 1957 Reunion Weekend, taking place from
Friday 8 - Sunday 10 June 2007. For information on either event please email Sheila on
sheila.gorhamnuigalway.ie or phone 353 (0)91 493 750.
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Reunion 2007
The 'Through the Years' Reunion Barbeque is taking place on the 9th June 2007. All alumni celebrating their 50th, 40th, 30th, 25th and 10th Anniversaries are invited to attend. If you are a graduate of
1957, 1967, 1977, 1982 or 1997 and are willing to assist the Alumni Office in identifying the whereabouts of your classmates please contact the Sheila on
sheila.gorhamnuigalway.ie or phone 353 (0)91 493 750.
If you would like further information on the 'Through the Years' Reunion BBQ please contact Sheila on
sheila.gorhamnuigalway.ie or phone 353 (0)91 493 750.
Click here to view photos from last year's event.
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Choral Society Reunion
A 40th Reunion is being planned for former Choral Society members. This reunion will take place over the weekend of 28 - 30 September 2007 on campus. If you are interested in taking part please contact Dr Brendan O'Connor (BSc 1973, PhD 1981) on
bocaquafact.ie or phone 353 (0)91 756812.
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NUI Galway Graduate Takes Play on Tour
Helen Brett, BA 1980, has written and directed
Three Women, True Life Tales of World War II, a play which she is now bringing on tour from Perth, Western Australia, to the West and Northwest of Ireland in May 2007.
’It’s a play that touches a chord with many people concerning the lives of real people, a girl growing up in Hitler’s Germany, a young Dutch woman interned by the Japanese in Java and an Australian woman in the Australian Women’s Army’. It deals with universal themes of love and family and difficult moral choices.
The Irish tour for Three Women commences with a gala opening in the Town Hall Theatre, Galway, on Friday 4 May, followed by performances in the Linen Hall, Castlebar, Ballinasloe Community Group. Details will be available in local press. Click here for further information.
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recent ALUMNI EVENTS
NUI Galway Alumni Christmas Gathering
The NUI Galway Alumni Association hosted the second annual Alumni Christmas Gathering on Thursday 21st December in the Aula Maxima, The Quadrangle, NUI Galway.
Alumni, students, staff and friends of the University joined together for mulled wine, mince pies, carols and some festive cheer.
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other news
London Irish Network St Patrick's Day Party
The London Irish Network invite you to their St Patrick's Day Party.
Where: Ye Olde London pub at St Pauls
42 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7DE
When: Saturday 17th March 2007 from 6.30PM – 12.30AM
Tickets: £12 (Members) / £13 (Guests).
Click here for further information.
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Boston Alumni support GOAL
GOAL is a humanitarian relief and development organization founded by former Irish sports journalist, John O'Shea, 30 years ago. John has led the organization for all of that 30 years working with the poorest of the poor. GOAL has spent over $510 million on humanitarian programmes worldwide and has 175 professionals working in the field.
Just last year GOAL started up in the Boston area and are holding their first Boston Ball on Friday, March 2nd 2007. John O'Shea will be travelling from Ireland to be the keynote speaker. For further information please contact Ann Marie Joyce MB, BCh, BAO 1997
annmarie_joyceyahoo.com or
click here.
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This page was last updated Friday, October 07, 2011