Reunited!
Alumni Reunion 2022 brings grads back to campus to reconnect and reminisce
On Saturday, 17th September more than 150 alumni and friends returned to campus to celebrate anniversary class reunions which were missed due to Covid-19. Joining Professor Eeva Leinonen, President of Maynooth University, alumni from the 1970s to 2017 enjoyed a pre-dinner drinks reception with live music, dinner and post-dinner entertainment from world-renowned mentalist and magician, Keith Barry. Later, alumni gathered in the Maynooth Students’ Union bar to continue the celebrations into the wee hours.
John Eves, Patricia Eves, Peter Finnegan, Treasa Finnegan, John Conaty, Evelyn Timoney-Conaty, Prof Leinonen, John Gallagher, Róisín Dockery and Mairead Martin
John Eves, Patricia Eves, Peter Finnegan, Treasa Finnegan, John Conaty, Evelyn Timoney-Conaty, Prof Leinonen, John Gallagher, Róisín Dockery and Mairead Martin
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The Development and Alumni Relations Office is planning several reunions in 2023. Keep an eye on mu.ie/alumnireunion for more news and updates. We look forward to celebrating with our alumni in Maynooth.
Class of 2001 Economics Grads Back L-R: Paul Brady, Gordon Barham, Jennifer Wulliamoz, Gráinne Mooney & Conor Keelin Front L-R: Jonathan Tully, Anthony Coogan, Eamon Clarke & Elaine Doyle
L-R: Prof Ronan Farrell, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering; Erin McLaughlin, Peamount Utd FC – Women’s National League, (Froebel); Mary Kate Lynch, Meath Senior All Ireland Winner (BA Psychology), Prof Peter McNamara, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences
New Sports & Business Degree available in 2023
Starting in 2023, a new degree in Business with Sport Science – Bachelor Science/Bachelor Business Administration – will be available for students who would like to work in a diverse range of businesses in sports, exercise, and well-being. It will provide students with a unique opportunity to combine a full business degree with sports science and it also offers students the opportunity to undertake a 12-month work placement in Ireland or abroad to put their learning into practice and significantly improve their employability when they graduate.
The sports, exercise and well-being sector is one of the largest service industries in Ireland and globally. Many small to large enterprises are run by sports professionals in what is a rapidly growing sector with a strong demand for graduates.
Admission to the degree will be managed through the University’s undergraduate CAO process – course code MH412.
Further information on the new degree on www.mu.ie/level8
University welcomes Writers-in-Residence
Maynooth University, in partnership with Kildare County Council Library and Arts Services and the Arts Council, is delighted to announce the appointment of Fíona Scarlett and Catherine Talbot as Writers-in-Residence for 2022-23. Fíona and Catherine appeared at the Kildare Readers Festival in October and will work with MU students in the spring
Fíona Scarlett was awarded the Denis O’Driscoll Literary Bursary for an emerging writer through Kildare County Council 2019, and a Literature Bursary through the National Arts Council Ireland 2020. Her debut novel Boys Don’t Cry, published by Faber & Faber in May 2021, was an international bestseller.
Catherine Talbot is a recent graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, where she completed an MPhil in Creative Writing. She has had several short stories published in the Banshee Literary Journal and the anthology Still Worlds Turning. Her debut novel, A Good Father, was published in 2021.
