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Alumni Links - March 2008
University NewsMessage from the Vice President
Appointment of Professor Jim Browne as University President
Gala Banquet & Alumni Awards 2008
St Patrick’s Day in Beijing
Law Faculty Annual Distinguished Lecture
Cumann Caoga Bliain
Midlands Reunion
Tri-State Alumni Chapter Celebrates the Return of Druid
Reunion BBQ - June 2008
Engineering Class of 1983 Reunion
New England Chapter News
Arts & Media Branch Launch
Christmas Gathering
Message from the Vice President
Fáilte chuig eagrán an Earraigh de e-nuachtlitir na gcéimithe, bhí an bhliain acadúil seo chaite níos gnóthaí ná riamh agus tá cur síos ar chuid de na heachtraí san eagrán seo. Welcome to the spring edition of Alumni Links. The academic year just passed has been busier than ever and this edition has an update on some of the activities.
Professor Jim Browne became the twelfth President of NUI Galway on March 6th, 2008. President Browne has been a regular attendee at alumni events and we look forward to working with him. Best Wishes to Dr Iognáid Ó Muircheartaigh, who has completed his successful tenure as President.
The recent Gala Banquet and Alumni Awards Ceremony was a huge success and show-cased the excellence of our graduates. Please feel free to nominate graduates whom you feel are worthy of an alumni award.
The reunion season is upon us; please mark the dates in your calendar. I hope you will join us to meet your former classmates and renew your connections to your alma mater. I recently had the honour of meeting our oldest graduate Mr Joseph Madden who is pictured above. He graduated in 1932 with a BA degree, at the time when Alexander Anderson, our fifth President was in office.
Prof W Gerard Hurley (PhD 1988)
Vice President for Strategic Initiatives & External Affairs
Appointment of Professor Jim Browne as University President
The Governing Authority (Údarás na hOllscoile) of National University of Ireland, Galway has announced the appointment of Professor Jim Browne (55) as the new President of the University. Formerly Registrar and Deputy-President at NUI Galway, Professor Browne’s appointment came into effect on 6 March 2008. Professor Browne is the twelfth President of the University and his term will be for ten years.
More.
Gala Banquet & Alumni Awards
The Ninth Annual NUI Galway Gala Banquet, featuring the presentation of Alumni Awards to eight distinguished graduates, took place at the Radisson SAS Hotel on Saturday 1st March 2008. Over 650 alumni, state dignitaries, notable sportspersons and friends of the University attended this prestigious event. This year’s Gala Banquet theme was NUI Galway’s sporting legacy and Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, one of Ireland’s best known sports commentators, was the guest speaker.
Eight alumni, representing all University faculties and for the first time recognising leadership and achievement in sport, were honoured by their alma mater through the presentation of alumni awards. Click here for full details of the award recipients.
To view photographs from this year's event please visit http://www.mcmphoto.com/
St Patrick's Day in Beijing
The NUI Galway Beijing Alumni Chapter is taking part in the St. Patrick's Day parade in Beijing. The parade is part of the Irish Cultural Festival organised by the Irish Embassy and will start on Wangfujing Street at 2:00pm on 16th March. The Beijing Chapter are the only group representing their University by marching in this parade! A reception will be held by the Chapter following the parade.
For further information please contact Professor Yu Ming, Chairman of the Beijing Chapter on
mingyu
tsinghua.edu.cn or Betty Liao, Secretary of the Beijing Chapter on
liaoyedongtsinghua.org.cn
Law Faculty Annual Distinguished Lecture 2008
The Law Faculty Annual Distinguished Lecture for 2008 will take place on
Friday 11th April at 7pm in Aras Moyola (opposite St. Anthony’s), North Campus, NUI Galway.
This year the title of the lecture is: Family Law in Ireland and the UK: Common Threads and Divergent Perspectives. There will be two speakers: Mrs. Justice Catherine McGuinness, President of the Law Reform Commission and Adjunct Professor of Law at NUI Galway and The Right Honourable Baroness Hale of Richmond, one of the foremost internationally recognised experts in the area of Family Law. The event will be chaired by a distinguished alumnus of the Law Faculty and member of the Alumni Association Board, Mr. Geoffrey Shannon.
The lecture will be followed by a reception (in Aras Moyola) sponsored by the NUI Galway Alumni Association. The event is open to all staff, students and alumni of NUI Galway.
For further information on this event, with biographical details of speakers, please go to:
www.nuigalway.ie/law or telephone the Law Faculty Secretariat: 091-492752/492389.
Cumann Caoga Bliain ~ Fifty Year Club
The seventh annual Cumann Caoga Bliain lunch will be held on
Thursday 17th April in the Aula Maxima, NUI Galway for all pre-1958 graduates. If you require further information or would like to reserve your place at this year’s event please contact Sheila Gorham on +353 (0)91 493750 or email sheila.gorhamnuigalway.ie
Midlands Reunion
An alumni event for all NUI Galway graduates based in Athlone will be held in April in the Custume Barracks, Grace Road, Athlone, Co Westmeath. Details are currently being confirmed but the night will include food, refreshments and music! If you are interested in attending please contact the Alumni Office on
alumninuigalway.ie or phone Sheila Gorham on +353 (0)91 492721. Visit
www.nuigalway.ie/alumni for updates on this event.
Tri-State Alumni Chapter Celebrates the Return of Druid
A little bit of Galway is again coming to New York in the form of the Druid Theatre Group. The Druid will this time bring The Walworth Farce to St. Ann’s Warehouse, Brooklyn in April and May. All Galway alumni and friends are invited to attend a pre-performance reception, sponsored by the Alumni Association, on Saturday May 3rd from 7pm in the Water Street Lounge and Restaurant on Water Street, Brooklyn.
http://www.waterstreetrestaurant.com/. RSVP for numbers John Dolan,
johnpcdolanyahoo.com
Discounted tickets for the 8pm show (on May 3rd) can be purchased by calling Marilynn at 718-834-8794 x17 and quoting NUI Galway group rate. Tickets $42.75 including discount.
All alumni celebrating their 50th, 40th, 30th, 25th, 20th and 10th anniversaries have been invited to attend this event. Your reunion is the best excuse you’ll ever have for returning to college, so pick up the phone, ring around your friends (don't leave it to others!) and
reserve your spot at Reunion today.
The closing date for receipt of registration is 30th May.
Your reunion is taking place in the Students' Union Bar, Áras na Mac Léinn located on the site of the old IMI factory overlooking the Corrib River. This has proven to be a wonderful venue for the annual Reunion BBQ event.
Please see map.
At the 2008 NUI Galway Reunion BBQ you will find many ways to reconnect with your
alma mater including:
. Catching up with your friends and former classmates as you listen
to your
song requests.
. Seeing your
photo submissions
on the big screen throughout the night.
. Seeing the many developments made to the NUI Galway campus.
. Getting reacquainted with your former lecturers and academic staff.
Please visit the Reunion 2008 website for futher information.
ENGINEERING CLASS OF 1983 ~ REUNION WEEKEND 3rd/4th Oct ’08
A Reunion for the Engineering class of 1983 (and for all those who crossed paths with this group) will take place on the weekend of 3rd/4th October 2008. The Friday night will be spent at an informal gathering in Wards Hotel, Lower Salthill. The following night a Reunion Dinner will be held in the Ardilaun Hotel, Taylors Hill with music and craic. A major secretive coup to see the return to the disc deck by the one and only Big G (King of the Beach Hotel disco scene in the 70’s & 80’s) is being planned. A variety of Saturday afternoon activities is also being scheduled. There has been great interest in this event already and a large number of the class are planning to attend. The committee would appreciate early commitment to ensure that the facilities are pitched at the right group size.
50 guest rooms are being held for the group in the Ardilaun Hotel at a rate of €150 per person sharing for two nights B&B. The reference number for these rooms is 85512.
The contact details for booking are: Kate Coleman–
kcolemantheardilaunhotel.ie / 091 519708 or Catherine Boyd –
cboydtheardilaunhotel.ie / 091 519773.
The tickets for the Saturday night dinner/ knees up are expected to be approx €90 per person. Details of the event are posted on a dedicated website
http://www.ucgeng.com/ or are available from:
Cormac McDonncha +353-87 2568490
cormac_macdonnchairco.com
John Hanahoe +353-87-2604262
johnhanahoeeircom.net
Paddy McDermott +353-86-2595350
mcdermotttransitions.ie
Dermot Tynan +353-86-2613325
dtynankalopa.com
Ta suil againn sibh go leir a fheiceail ann!
New England Chapter News
News from a recent meeting of the fledgling New England Alumni Chapter – the group has established a Google Groups page so that they can co-ordinate and record their activities as well as post blogs and photos.
The newly formed NEGGs (New England Galway Grads!) are soon holding Committee Officer elections so if you are interested in getting involved and are not yet on their radar please contact them via the their Google page. Already in the pipeline are plans to join a set dancing group, a hospitality tent and picnic at ICONS Irish festival, a theatre night, an AGM, as well as a Fall hike in the Berkshires (Western Massachusetts), and/or a Winter fun day.
Arts and Media Alumni Branch Launch
The NUI Galway Arts & Media Alumni (Dublin) Branch was launched in the Shelbourne Hotel in February by RTÉ's Seán O'Rourke BA 1977. Gráinne Seoige BA 1995, HDip Applied Communications 1996 introduced University President, Dr Iognáid Ó Muircheartaigh to over 50 alumni who attended to hear him in conversation with Patsy McGarry BA 1975, HDip in Education 1976 of
The Irish Times.
Click here to view photos from the event.
Dr Ó Muircheartaigh was later interviewed by Marion Finucane on her Saturday morning radio programme which can be heard here
http://www.rte.ie/radio1/podcast/podcast_marianfinucane.xml
Pictured above are Seán O'Rourke,
Dr Iognáid Ó Muircheartaigh,
Patsy McGarry & Gráinne Seoige.
Christmas Gathering
The NUI Galway Alumni Association hosted its third annual Alumni Christmas Gathering on Thursday 20 December in the Aula Maxima, The Quadrangle, NUI Galway. Over 60 alumni, students, staff and friends of the University joined together for mulled wine and mince pies and entertainment provided by the Orbsen Choir.
Facebook Group for NUI Galway Alumni
A facebook group for NUI Galway alumni has been created and already has 260 members!
Join here to find your former classmates, keep in touch with friends and see what's happening at your
alma mater.
Keep up-to-date with all NUI Galway alumni news by visiting
www.nuigalway.ie/alumni. If you would like to unsubscribe from
Alumni Links please email
alumninuigalway.ie with 'unsubscribe' in the subject box.
The Gate Lodge, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
Phone: +353 (0) 91 493750, Fax: +353 (0) 91 494579, E-mail: Alumni Association
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