DCU in the Community
Civic Engagement Forum
Terms of Reference Civic Engagement Forum
- To network and organise across the different facets of civic engagement at DCU, creating synergies and showcasing existing work;
- To develop knowledge/expertise about civic engagement across campus and help embed CE principles in teaching and learning;
- To source and allocate resources to strategic initiatives around the civic engagement strategy;
- To act as a forum for communication and drive creative alignment across the broad area of engagement at DCU, civic, social and enterprise;
- To advise and act as sounding board for the Head of Civic Engagement in developing and delivering a rolling plan for civic engagement;
- To consider and develop the ideas and suggestions coming from the external panel of the Civic Engagement Forum;
- To organise the restructured annual President's Award for Engagement and seek to build its profile across the institution;
- To develop a media presence for the strategic area of civic engagement through the Office of Civic Engagement website, the DCU home page and other relevant outlets;
- To act as champions of civic engagement in our respective schools and units and seek out new CE practitioners and leaders;
- To meet on a quarterly basis and submit minutes and recommendations to the relevant management and strategy structures.
Civic Engagement Forum Members
| Office of Civic Engagement | |
| Deiric Ó Broin (Chairperson) | Head of Civic Engagement |
| Natalja Matease | Office of Civic Engagement |
| Luke Quinlan | Community Engagement Officer |
| Meadhbh Hannon | Student Volunteer Coordinator |
| Office of the Executive Director of External Engagement | |
| Laura Mahoney | Executive Director |
| Marcella Bannon | Arts and Culture |
| Paula Chute | Office of the Executive Director |
| Emma O’Brien | Arts and Culture |
| Sinéad Rock | Office of the Executive Director |
| Michael Mullooly | Office of the Executive Director |
| Faculty of Science and Health | |
| School of Biotechnology | |
| School of Chemical Sciences | |
| Hannah Goss | School of Health and Human Performance |
| Eabhnat Ní Fhloinn | School of Mathematical Sciences |
| Caitriona Murphy/Liam MacGabhann | School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health |
| Maria Chernyakova | School of Physical Sciences |
| Aine Travers | School of Psychology |
| Institute of Education | |
| Una McCabe | School of Arts Education and Movement |
| Paul Downes/Majella McSharry | School of Human Development |
| Shaun O'Boyle/Rosie Savage | School of Inclusive and Special Education |
| Carol Ann O'Síoráin | School of Language, Literacy & Early Childhood Education |
| Trudy Corrigan | School of Policy and Practice |
| Manuel Fernández López | School of STEM Education, Innovation & Global Studies |
| DCU Business School | |
| Work, Psychology and Strategy Group | |
| Rob Gillanders | Enterprise and Innovation |
| Financial and Operational Performance | |
| Faculty of Engineering and Computing | |
| School of Computing | |
| School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering | |
| Leah Ridgway | School of Electronic Engineering |
| Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | |
| School of Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies | |
| Padraig Murphy | School of Communications |
| School of English | |
| Emer Ní Bhrádaigh | Fiontar agus Scoil na Gaeilge |
| Darren Clarke | School of History and Geography |
| Maura Conway | School of Law and Government |
| Peter Admirand/Roisin Blunnie | School of Theology, Philosophy and Music |
| Research Centres and Institutes | |
| Laura Grehan | ADAPT |
| Cliona Murphy | CASTeL |
| Naadiya Carrim | Insight |
| DCU Institute for Business and Society | |
| DCU Support | |
| Aisling McKenna | DCU Quality Promotion Office |
| Trevor Boland | DCU Disability and Learning Support Service |
| Laurence van der Haegen | DCU Access Service - Community Outreach |
| Aidan O’Driscoll | DCU Access Service - Schools Outreach |
| Samantha Fahy | DCU Office of Sustainability |
| Emily Cathcart | DCU Students Union - VP Community and Citizenship |
| Shane Murphy | DCU Students Union - President |
| Una Redmond | DCU Office of Student Life |
| Padraig Sheehan | DCU Office of Student Life |
| Christine O’Kelly/Grainne Reddy | DCU AFU |
| Siobhán Seoighe | Irish Language Office |
| Recipients of the DCU President’s Award for Engagement | |
| Sylwia Kazmierczak-Murray | 2024 | President’s Award for Engagement |
| Mark Dunne | 2024 | President’s Award for Engagement |
| Ishita Gupta | 2024 | President’s Award for Engagement |
| Kathryn O'Mahony | 2024 | President’s Award for Engagement |
| Eileen Culloty | 2025 | President’s Award for Engagement |
| Malha Muhammed | 2025 | President’s Award for Engagement |
| Shivaun O'Brien | 2025 | President’s Award for Engagement |
| Carol Ann O'Síoráin | 2025 | President’s Award for Engagement |
| Tara Concannon-Gibney | 2025 | President’s Award for Engagement |
| Sarah O'Grady | 2025 | President’s Award for Engagement |
| Jane O'Kelly | 2025 | President’s Award for Engagement |
| Susan Dwyer | 2025 | President’s Award for Engagement |
| Caitríona Ní Mhurchú | 2025 | President’s Award for Engagement |
| Conor Sullivan | 2025 | President’s Award for Engagement |
| Niall Ashfield | 2025 | President’s Award for Engagement |