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Community Learning Achievements Recognised in DCU

16 December 2010

A special graduation event was held in DCU today to celebrate the achievements of the first group of students to graduate from DCU in the Community, the university’s community-based learning centre, since its opening in August 2010. 19 students received their certificates from Professor Maria Slowey, Director of Higher Education Research and Development at DCU.

Pictured (from left to right) are the students who graduated: Shauna Doyle, Ksenija Archipova, Celine Greene, Mary McQuillan, Melissa Langan, Tammy McDaid, Michelle Boylan, Prof Maria Slowey, Sean O’Donoghue, Anthony Dunne, Nadine Bell, Kevin Powney, Denise Keating, Louise Finnegan, Aistis Cijunksis and Janet Nolan,

Theresa Gillen, an experienced tutor based in the centre, remarked on the extraordinary achievement of the students graduating today, many of whom are mature students returning to education.