2020 Alumni Awardees
2020 DCU Alumni Awards Ceremony
The annual DCU Alumni Awards took place on Wednesday, 8th July 2020. The virtual ceremony, hosted by Zainab Boladale (BA Journalism, 2017), celebrated the wonderful achievements of our alumni across the world. With eleven awardees added to the Alumni Wall and six awardees for outstanding achievement, we had a fantastic evening of celebration, entertainment and recognition of our DCU community.
Universities choose their Mission Statements very carefully. At DCU we are dedicated to 'Transforming Lives and Society'. Each year the Alumni Awards provide us with an opportunity to honour our extraordinary graduates who have done that through their profession and passion. In honouring them we renew the commitment to our great mission, and we celebrate our graduates as an inspiration to students, staff, and supporters.
- Professor Dáire Keogh, President
Please relive our virtual Alumni Awards ceremony by watching the broadcast below.
2020 Alumni Awards Booklet
2020 Alumni Awards Recipients
Alumni Wall
The Alumni Wall Awards are dedicated to role models for current students due to success in a field of importance for the university and are selected by their respective Faculty of study.
DCU Business School
Caoimhe de Barra
CEO of Trócaire
BA International Marketing and Languages, DCU, 1992
Daire Browne
COO Global Research for Bank of America
MSc Investment and Treasury, DCU, 1994
DCU Institute of Education
Dr Michael Finneran
Head of Department, Drama and Theatre Studies, Mary Immaculate College, (University of Limerick)
BEd, St Patrick’s College, 1996
Prof Dympna Devine
Full Professor of Education and Director of the PhD in Children and Youth Studies, University College Dublin
BEd, St Patrick’s College, 1984
Faculty of Engineering and Computing
Eleanor Hayes Meritt
Senior Vice President at Oracle
BSc Computer Applications, DCU, 1990
John Martin
President, The Cavan Group
BEng Electronic Engineering, DCU, 1986
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Colonel Mark Hearns
Director of Logistics and Court Martials Administrator, Irish Defence Forces
MA International Relations, DCU, 2002
Áine Kerr
Co-Founder and COO, Kinzen
BEd, St Patrick's College, 2002 and MA Journalism, DCU, 2005
Faculty of Science and Health
Angela Okemena Unufe-Kennedy
Founder of Migrant and Minority Disability Network Europe (MMDNE)
BSc Nursing (Intellectual Disability), DCU, 2013
Conor Burke
Director of Innovation and Systems Engineering, Global Device Engineering at Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
BSc Physics with French, DCU,1999 and PhD Physics (Research), DCU, 2004
DCU Connected
Anthony Bolton
CIO and CTO Global Telecommunications, End User Services and Infrastructure in General Motors
BA Humanities, DCU, 2007 and MSc Internet Systems, DCU, 2010 (Oscail)
Outstanding Achievement Awards
The Achievement Awards recognise outstanding achievement at a national or international level in a thematic area and are selected by the President and the Alumni Office.
Arts, Culture and Creativity
Pat McCabe
Author
BEd, St Patrick’s College, 1974
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Daráine Mulvihill
Reporter / Researcher, Radió Teilifís Éireann
BA Communication Studies, DCU, 2005
Innovation and Technology
Sinéad Strain
Head of Global Markets Trading Platform and Marquee Engineering, Goldman Sachs
BSc Computer Applications, DCU, 1992
Leadership
David Lloyd
Vice-Chancellor and President at University of South Australia
BSc Applied Chemistry, DCU, 1995 and PhD Chemistry (Research), DCU, 1999
Societal Impact
Mary Mulvihill, 1959-2015 (posthumously)
Science writer and broadcaster, Founder of Women in Technology and Science.
Graduate Diploma in Journalism, DCU, 1988
Sport
Tadhg Furlong
Professional Rugby Player (British and Irish Lions, Ireland and Leinster)
Bachelor of Business Studies, DCU, 2014