Maynooth University (MU) celebrated the 2025 President’s Awards ceremony in the Iontas Lecture Theatre on the North Campus on Friday, 6 June.
Professor Eeva Leinonen, President of MU, welcomed staff to the awards ceremony to mark key achievements of colleagues across Academic, Administrative, Technical, Professional and Support Services.
MU has more than 1,400 staff across campus working in academic, research and professional capacities to support students, the community and the wider public.
The three award categories were Teaching, Public Engagement, and Service Excellence and Innovation.
*****
MU President’s Awards 2025
Teaching and Learning Awards
Individual Awards:
Mid to Late Career Award: Dr Michael Potterton, Department of History
Early Career Award: Dr Lorraine Crean, Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education
Team Award: MU Virtual Labs Team, Department of Chemistry – Professor Denise Rooney, Professor Frances Heaney and Professor Carmel Breslin
*****
Public Engagement Awards
Individual Award: Prof John O’Brennan, Department of Sociology
Team Award: RENEW team – Prof Fabiano Pallonetto, IRESI, School of Business, Dr Amy Fahy, IRESI, School of Business, Carrie Anne Barry, Centre for Ocean Energy Research, Dept of Electronic Engineering, Peter Hamilton, Kildare County Council
Vice President's Award: Maynooth Through the Ages Team – Dr Ciarán Reilly, Department of History, Elaine Bean, Maynooth University Library
 |
 |
Pictured with MU President Prof Leinonen are Teaching and Learning Early Career Award winner Dr Lorraine Crean and the Vice President's Public Engagement Award winners, the Maynooth Through the Ages Team of Dr Ciarán Reilly and Elaine Bean
*****
Service Excellence and Innovation Awards
Outstanding Contribution: Ivan Griffin, Campus and Commercial Services
Living the MU Values: Sam Blanckensee, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Office
Leadership in Supporting the University’s Strategic Plan: Arqus Alliance Team, International Office – Ben Finnegan (Project Lead), Philippa Harper and Desree Efemuai
Service Excellence: Declan Curran, IT Services
Service Innovation: Dentons Legal Insights Project Team (Cross-departmental) – Dr Elaine Burroughs (Project Lead) and Marie Therese Ward, Law and Criminology, Máire Buckley and Rebecca Boyle, Student Skills and Success/Careers, and Martha Brandes, Gerard Gallagher, Gemma Lynch and Bridget Gormley, Access Office
 |
 |
Pictured with MU President Prof Leinonen are 'Living the MU Values' Award winner Sam Blanckensee and 'Service Innovation' Award winners Dentons Legal Insights Project Team
*****
25-year Service Recipients:
· Grainne Colgan, Human Resources
· Carole Connolly, Library
· Fiona Cummins, School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures
· Prof Michael Dunne, Department of Philosophy
· Dr Marcin Gradziel, Department Physics
· Prof Frances Heaney, Department of Chemistry
· Stephanie Malone, Finance
· Michael Monaghan, Department of Computer Science
· Prof Rosemary Monahan, Department of Computer Science
· Ann O’Shea, Student Records Office
· Dr Joseph Timoney, International Engineering College
· David Watson, Department of Physics
