Twenty-seven students receive ATU Faculty of Business Awards

Thursday, May 16, 2024
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The annual Faculty of Business Awards & Spring Prize Giving event took place on Thursday, 18 April on the Donegal Letterkenny campus.

During the awards ceremony, twenty-seven students from across the four departments within the Faculty; Department of Business Studies, Design & Creative Media, Tourism and Sport & Department of Law, Public Service & Education were presented with awards.

Michael Margey, Head of Faculty of Business comments ‘’The Faculty of Business and Spring Prize Giving is a tremendous event every year and is designed to celebrate student success and also our partnership between our faculty staff and students, and everyone involved in building a university education as a stepping stone to the future.”

The awards ceremony is highly valued within the faculty and looks to foster positive attitudes towards student endeavours during their studies and presents an opportunity for staff and students to celebrate this success.

The award winners on the evening were as follows:

Department of Business Studies;

Best 1st Year Student 2022/23, Conor Dunne

Best 2nd Year Student 2022/23,Lina Borske

Best Student in Accounting, Lina Borske

Best Final Year Student in Marketing and Management, Niamh Conaghan

Best Final Year Student in BBus (Hons), Tiffany Marley

Enterprise Development Award, Orla McManus

Department of Tourism and Sport;

Best 1st Year Sport Student 2022/23, Dervla Dunnion

Best 2nd Year Sport Student 2022/23, Arielle McDevitt

Best PE Student, Jack McSharry

Best Personal Fitness Instructor, Conor McGlynn

Best Sports Volunteer, Arielle McDevitt

Best Student Chef of the Year, Alfredo Campas

Best Pastry & Baking Chef of the Year, Brian Breslin

Best Front of House - Student Hospitality, Laura Grant

Department of Design and Creative Media;

Best 1st Year Student 2022/23, Daria Hres

Best 2nd Year Student 2022/23, Ceara Daly

Best Competition Submission, Hazel Gibbons

Best International Competition Submission, Farahnaz Sharifi Doherty

Best Student in Design Theory, Daria Hres

Best Design Project, Emma McKinney

Best Collaborative Project, Ciara McElroy

Department of Law, Public Service & Education;

Best Overall Academic Performance in 1st Year, Greta Baronaite

Best Overall Academic Performance in 2nd Year, Teresa Germaine

Best Advocate, Greta Baronaite

Award for Collegiality & Cooperation; Aaron Fitzgerald, Muhammad Memon, Cian McCollum Gallagher and Thomas Gallagher

Contribution to Student Engagement, Edward Reid

Best Writing & Research, Dovydas Aleliunas

Overall Outstanding Student for Excellence – Faculty Of Business - Nisha McDonagh