NUI Galway Alumni, NUI Galway

NUI Galway has been named 'University of the Year 2009' in the Sunday Times University Guide, securing this prestigious accolade for a second time. The citation read "NUI Galway is the epitome of what third level education should be about...it provides a first-rate student experience... the NUI Galway name is synonymous with high quality". Read on.

Cois Coiribe 2009 - now available online!

Cois Coiribe is the magazine for alumni and friends of NUI Galway.

Click here to read Cois Coiribe 2009.

If you wish to receive a hardcopy of the magazine please email alumninuigalway.ie.

New Postgraduate Programmes in Medical Science

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Book celebrates 60th anniversary of AmNESTY

Former Dean of Law, Donncha O’Connell BA 1988, LLB 1990, has recently edited a book to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) for Amnesty International.

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Pictured left are: (l to r): Claire Byrne of Newstalk FM and The Sunday Tribune, Donncha O'Connell and Colm O'Gorman, Executive Director of Amnesty International Ireland.

Galway Alumni Group presents…

The NUI Galway Alumni Group invites you to attend Olive Loughnane in conversation with RTÉ’s Evanne Ní Chuilinn on Thursday 12th November in the Staff Club, Quadrangle, NUI Galway at 6.30pm .

Click here to register for this event online.

For further information please contact Colm O'Dwyer, Alumni Office, NUI Galway on 091 493750 or email alumninuigalway.ie.

Galway Alumni Group Presents...A Christmas Gathering

The NUI Galway Alumni Group invites all alumni to attend a Christmas Gathering on the evening of Friday 18th December in the Staff Club, Quadrangle Building, NUI Galway. The reception will include mulled wine, mince pies and song.

RSVP by 12th December to Colm O’Dwyer on 091 493750 or email alumninuigalway.ie.

Dublin Group Presents ... A Night at the Dogs

Save-the-Date: Thursday 19th November

The NUI Galway Dublin Group invites you to attend a Night at the Dogs Alumni Special in Shelbourne Park, Thursday 19th November from 6.30pm. Tickets are priced at €20.00 per alumni and guests (4 guest limit per graduate) and €40.00 per non-NUI Galway alumni and include:

€5.00 Tote and Private Tipster
3 Course Dinner
Drink Voucher
Admission and Programme
Private Suite

Dinner will be served at 7.00pm and racing will commence at 8.00pm and finish at 10.30pm.

Click here to register by Wednesday 4th November. For further information please contact Colm O'Dwyer on 091 493750 or email alumninuigalway.ie.

When Michael D. met Marlon

Alumni and friends packed into the Davenport in October to see local legend, NUI Galway Alumni Award winner and Chairman of the Labour Party, Michael D. Higgins T.D. speak about his life and times with fellow alumnus Harry McGee of the Irish Times. The event was the first of the new season by the prodigious Dublin Alumni Club.

Pictured left are Eamon Gilmore BA 1976, Michael D Higgins BComm 1965, BA 1966 and Harry McGee BA 1987, HDip in Applied Communications 1989, LLB 1993.

Pictures from the event.

Media Clippings:
http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/michaels-memoirs-draw-a-mass-crowd-1923460.html
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2009/1024/1224257356368.html
http://www.tribune.ie/news/article/2009/oct/18/when-marlon-made-michael-d-an-offer-he-couldnt-ref/

NUI Galway Film Seminar in London

The NUI Galway Alumni Association, in conjunction with the Department of Management, King’s College London, recently hosted a seminar on film in the Irish Club London. Mr Rod Stoneman, Director of the Huston School of Film and Digital Media at NUI Galway, and Dr Seán Crossan Course Co-ordindator of the MA in Film Studies in the Huston School addressed over 40 NUI Galway graduates who attended the event. Read on.

GAlway University Foundation New York Gala Dinner

Save-the-Date: Wednesday 18th November 18th

The NUI Galway New York Gala Dinner will take place in the Metropolitan Club, New York City on Wednesday 18th November from 6.30pm. With a special performance by 2009 Honoree Paul Brady, this promises to be a wonderful evening in keeping with the success of our 2007 and 2008 events. Proceeds from Gala Dinner 2009 will support NUI Galway's academic programs and campus development plans. Read on.

McGahern Archive Toured to US

Dr James J. Browne is pictured in September in the American Irish Historical Society, New York, with former Junior Year Abroad student Tina Jones and her husband, alumnus and Galway University Foundation US Board member, Adrian Jones, at John McGahern in The New Yorker. The event, sponsored by Galway University Foundation, featured an illustrated talk by Dr John Kenny (pictured below) and an exhibition of the University’s archive of the work of John McGahern. The talk and archive also toured to the Boston Public Library and was similarly attended by alumni and friends of the University.

See pictures from these events.

San Francisco Alumni Club Launch

In September, President James J Browne attended the launch of a San Francisco Alumni Club in the Irish Consulate, San Francisco, upon requests from alumni in the area. The President and 80 guests were hosted by the Irish Consul General in San Francisco, Gerry Staunton.

Pictured at the launch are the “Mayo mafia”: Tom Joyce, Executive Director of Galway University Foundation; JP Walsh, Charles Schwab Inc.; Gerry Staunton, Consul General to San Francisco; Moyra Malone, Stanford Research Institute International; Máire P. Walsh, Next Steps Marketing; Martin Walsh, Howard Wright Construction; John Loftus, NUI Galway Alumni Association Board Chair.

See photos from this event.

Beijing Club celebrates PRC's 60th Birthday

In September over 20 alumni and friends gathered to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Read on.

Classes of 1984 & 1989 Reunion

Save-the-Date: Saturday 7th November

NUI Galway invites graduates from the classes of 1984 and 1989 to attend a 20th and 25th Reunion on Saturday 7th November. Over 240 have booked already. Read on.

Classes of 1978 & 1979 Reunion

Save-the-Date: Saturday 7th November

Due to the success of last year’s UCG 1978/79 Graduate (and friends!) Reunion, the organisers have decided to repeat the celebrations again this year on Saturday 7th November. The best of last year’s activities will be replicated and attendees can look forward to participating in the heckling of a lively ’Lit ’n’ Deb’ session and fully enjoy the witticisms of a Hubert McDermott lecture. Read on.

class of 1969 reunion

Over 60 alumni from the class of 1969 returned to campus to celebrate their 40th reunion in October. Graduates joined together for a reception in the Aula Maxima where they were welcomed back to their alma mater by University President Dr James Browne and enjoyed a bus tour of a radically developed campus.

The class gathered together again that evening for a reunion dinner in the Galway Bay Hotel with entertainment provided by Marc Roberts.

Engineering Class of 1974 Reunion

Over 30 alumni from the Engineering Class of 1974 returned to Galway to attend their 35th Reunion in October. The attendees, which included NUI Galway President, Dr Jim Browne, BE 1974, MEngSc 1978, PhD 1980, DSc 1990, enjoyed a tour of the University campus. Their celebrations culminated with a reunion dinner in the Radisson Blu Hotel.

Graduates triumph at ppi Awards

NUI Galway Alumni Award recipient Sean O'Rourke, BA 1977, and the News at One picked up two separate honours at the PPI Awards last month for Best News Programme and News Broadcaster of the Year. The PPI Awards recognise the art and skill in radio production and programming. This is Sean's second consecutive time to receive the award of News Broadcaster of the Year. Fellow alumnus Dr Gavin Jennings BSc 1997, MB, BCh, BAO 1999, took bronze in the News Reporter of the Year category.

Celebrating Three Generations at NUI Galway

At the conferring ceremonies in NUI Galway are three female generations of graduates of the University, l-r, Kitty Dowling nee Kyne BSc 1945 (Mountmellick, Co Laois), her daughter Breda Dowling BA 1978 (Castlebar, Co Mayo), and Breda's daughter Sally Ann Gannon BA 2009, pictured with University President Dr James J Browne.

All of grandmother Kitty’s seven children are alumni of NUI Galway and Sally Ann's father, Paul Gannon, is also an alumnus. Kitty taught all her life in Mountmellick, Co Laois and was one of the first female teachers to continue teaching after having children.

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This page was last updated Friday, October 07, 2011