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NUI Galway Alumni
Contents
Alumni News
Message from the Vice President
Reunion 2006
London Alumni Club Cruise
Medical Reunion for the Class of 1966
Medical Reunion for the Class of 1981
Denis Headon Reunion
Cumann Caoga Bliain Celebrations
Expertise Ireland
University News
Bachelor of Commerce delivered by blended learning
MSc in Software and Information Systems (MScSIS)
MSc in Technology Management
Giving Back!
Get your NUI Galway visa card
Alumni News
Message from the Vice President
Fáilte chuig eagrán eile de e-nuachtlitir na gcéimithe. Mar a druidimuid le deireadh na bliana acadúla, tá réimse mar scéalta san eagrán seo.
Welcome to the last edition of Alumni Links before the summer. As we come to the end of a very busy year there are plenty of stories to share with you.
The reunion season is upon us and the numbers participating in our reunion activities keeps growing year by year. The recent Cumann Caoga Bliain Reunion was attended by graduates from as far back as 1940. Reunion 2006 promises to be the biggest ever with the classes of 1956, 1966, 1976, 1981 and 1996 coming together on June 10.
The University’s research activity continues to grow. Research income has grown from € 10million in 2000 and will reach € 50million this year. The government has announced plans to double the number of PhD students and all Irish universities are collaborating in the formation of graduate schools and the government is expected to announce major investments in research over the coming months.
I would like to thank the Alumni Association Board and its Chairperson Dr Fidelma Dunne, for their dedication, enthusiasm and hard work. I would like to sincerely thank the outgoing members – Pat May, Fintan Maher, Don O’Donovan and Paddy Reilly - who have provided sterling service to the University and its alumni.
The 2006 edition of Cois Coiribe is with the printers and will be mailed shortly. Feedback on this or any other matter relating to alumni affairs is welcome.
My best wishes for the summer.
Prof W Gerard Hurley (PhD 1988)
Vice President for Strategic Initiatives & External Affairs
Reunion Weekend 2006
This year those classes celebrating their 50th, 40th, 30th, 25th, and 10th Anniversaries have been invited to celebrate their special milestones at Reunion events planned for 9th-11th of June 2006. Click here for the
Reunion Journal
, or if you will be celebrating your Golden Jubilee please click here for the Cumann Caoga Bliain
Souvenir Journal
.
'Through the Years' Reunion BBQ - 10th June 2006 at 7:00pm in Moffetts Restaurant, Orbsen Building, NUI Galway
(
please see map
). Moffetts Restaurant overlooks the Corrib river. This is a wonderful location for the Reunion BBQ event!
All alumni celebrating their 50th, 40th, 30th , 25th and 10th Anniversaries have been invited to attend this event.
Your Reunion is a wonderful excuse to return to college, so pick up the phone, ring around your friends (don't leave it to others!) and reserve your spot at Reunion today.
For further information contact the NUI Galway Alumni Office or visit the Reunion Website .
Irish Universities Alumni in London - Summer Boat Cruise
Join NUI Galway and other Irish alumni based in London for a boat cruise on the Thames.
Date: Thursday 6th July
Time: 7:15 pm
Venue: Miyuki Maru Boat, Swan Pier,
London Bridge, London EC4R 3TN
Cost: £35.00
Please order your tickets from Sheila Gorham on 353 (0)91 493750 or email Alumni Office by Friday 26th May.
Medical Reunion for the Class of 1966
The Medical Class of 1966 have organised a reunion to take place from Wednesday 20th to Friday 22nd September in the Abbeyglen Castle Hotel, Clifden, Co Galway. Please click here for reservations and hotel information.
The itinerary for the reunion is as follows:
Wednesday 20th September:- Arrive Abbeyglen Castle Hotel, Clifden
- Clifden Community Arts Week (brochure at front desk of hotel)
- Dinner – Abbeyglen
- Evening of traditional Irish music
- Golf in the Connemara Golf Club, Ballyconneely (for tee time phone 353 (0)95 23502
- Swimming in the indoor pool in Abbeyglen
- Anyone for tennis? Noon – Abbeyglen
- Clifden Community Arts Week – All Day
- Lunch in Clifden. There are several multicultural restaurants from which to choose.
- Dinner in the Abbeyglen
- NUI Galway Campus Tour & Reception
- Time 1:30 pm
- Venue: The Archway, NUI Galway
For further information on this event please contact the Alumni Office on 353 (0)91 493750.
Medical Class of 1981 Reunion
The Medical Class of 1981 are organising a reunion in Galway from Wednesday 18th to Friday 20th October. If anyone is interested in attending please contact the Alumni Office on 091 493750.
Biochemistry Reunion for students of Professor Denis Headon
Dr Denis Headon, (featured here with NUI Galway Alumni Award winners Professor Donald McDonnell BSc 1983 and Professor Orla Conneely BSc 1977), graduated with a PhD Degree in Biochemistry from University College Dublin in 1972. He worked for 25 years as a faculty member at the University Colleges in Cork and Galway and was Professor of Biochemistry at University College, Galway from 1985-1995. He spent sabbatical periods in the USA, at the University of Minnesota (1977) and at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston (1983). From June 2003 Denis has served as president of BioLink USA - Ireland, an association of scientists, technologists and engineers in the USA connecting with Ireland to further the development of science and technology in Ireland.
Dr Headon is well-regarded internationally and his former postgraduate students who worked in his lab at NUI Galway organised a reunion to thank him for mentoring them. More than twenty graduates were present to catch up with both Denis and each other.
Cumann Caoga Bliain Reunion
The fourth annual Cumann Caoga Bliain Celebrations took place on
Thursday 6th April at NUI Galway
. This event was open to all pre-1956 graduates especially those who have not previously returned for their 50th Reunion.
Over 70 alumni and friends returned to NUI Galway to reminisce and catch up on each other and on all the changes that have been made to NUI Galway since the 1940s and 1950s. They were hosted to lunch by the Alumni Office and Prof Ger Hurley, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives & External Affairs who presented Cumann Caoga Bliain newcomers with a commemorative certificate.
View photos from this year's event.
The Cumann Caoga Bliain Souvenir Journal is now online
Expertise Ireland
expertiseireland.com is the all island research portal, with more than 4,500 expert profiles from the third level institutes in Ireland, North and South. The expert profiles contain information on research interests, projects, publications, conference proceedings, patents and consultancy history. It has a searchable database of funding information on a local, National and EU level. Technologies available for licensing from the third level sector are presented, as is commercial expertise. The portal has been primarily designed to facilitate the identification of expertise and to serve as the first point of contact between those who create new ideas and those who can exploit them. It creates enhanced collaborative opportunities and helps the business and academic communities to avail of the world-class expertise and intellectual capital on the island of Ireland.
The portal is being expanded to include expertise from the Irish diaspora. Would you be interested in contributing?
For further information please contact Dr Celia Gallagher at
celia.gallagher
expertiseireland.com or on 353 87 614 1523.
University News
Bachelor of Commerce delivered by blended learning
The Commerce Faculty will deliver the sixth cycle of the part-time Bachelor of Commerce in September 2006 by blended learning. The programme has been revamped and updated to reflect changes in business, management and the economy.
Blended learning combines face-to-face classroom lectures/tutorials, self-instructional learning materials, online discussions and activities, e-mail and telephone support. This innovative method of delivery will allow mature students, with work and family commitments, to study at times that suit their needs.
Closing date: 23rd June 2006
Click here for further information
MSc in Software and Information Systems (MScSIS)
The MSc in Software and Information Systems (MScSIS) in NUI Galway is now recruiting for its third intake of students commencing 28th August 2006. This two-year, part-time programme is delivered entirely on-line and is open to honours degree graduates in Science, Engineering or other relevant disciplines, and to other graduates with three or more years of relevant experience.
The MScSIS has been developed in partnership with Regis University, Denver, USA, in response to the rapid pace of change in the techniques and technologies employed within the ICT industry and the need for employee skills to remain up-to-date with these changes.
'The MScSIS is designed for people wishing to update their ICT skills with a specific emphasis on software development and/ or databases, and who require the flexibility offered by online learning' explains Dr. Catherine Cronin, Programme Academic Director.
Click here for further information.
MSc in Technology Management
The Atlantic University Alliance (AUA), a consortium of the three Universities on the Atlantic coast of Ireland - NUI Galway, the University of Limerick (UL) and University College Cork (UCC), is now recruiting for its highly successful and innovative MSc in Technology Management by distance education due to start on 26th August 2006. Developed with the assistance of funding from Enterprise Ireland’s Innovation Management Innovative, the programme recognises the strong link between investment in the research and innovation base of the economy and sustained economic growth.
This 2-year, part-time Master’s programme is geared towards the next generation of managers, R&D personnel and other professionals within SMEs and larger organisations who are interested in introducing new technology into their businesses or in developing new products and processes.
'It is anticipated that graduates of the programme will be in a position to guide their companies to exploit technology effectively in the short, medium and long term', explains Dr Rachel Hilliard, Programme Academic Director, NUI Galway.
Click here for further information.
Giving Back
The NUI Galway/AIB credit card benefits both you and your alma mater. The attractive card depicting the clock tower is a visible sign of your ties with your University and every time a card is issued or used AIB will make a donation to support a range of University priority projects. The card also offers several special features and benefits including a preferential APR of 16.9% (Standard) or 14.25% (Gold) and a 0% balance transfer rate.
For more information or an application form please contact the
Alumni Office, telephone 353 (0)91 492721. You can also contact your local AIB branch.
Remember you do not have to be an existing AIB customer to apply for the NUI Galway Affinity Card.
This page was last updated Friday, October 07, 2011