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Amanda Barton is responsible for supporting UCD Foundation's stewardship and donor relations programme and the communications of the Development team.
Amanda Barton, Stewardship and Communications Officer
amanda.barton@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1-716 1298
Tara Belford is responsible for the research and record keeping of major giving campaigns.
Tara Belford, Advancement Officer
tara.belford@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1-716 1297
Nicole Black is responsible for creating and overseeing the implementation of a strategic approach to Regular Giving Fundraising and Alumni Relations activity of UCD.
Nicole Black, Director of Alumni Development
nicole.black@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1-716 1474
Jennie Blake is responsible for communicating with alumni, and engaging them in a number of alumni events throughout the year.
Jennie Blake, Associate Director, Alumni Relations
jennie.blake@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1-716 1237
Cathy Brooks is responsible for developing strategic Donor partnerships and executing Major Gift Campaigns.
Cathy Brooks, Development Manager
cathy.brooks@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1-716-1495
Jude Canniffe is responsible for supporting affinity group engagement and the event activity of the Alumni Relations Department.
Jude Canniffe, Alumni Relations Events & Affinity Engagement Officer
jude.canniffe@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1-716-1079
Kim Carroll is responsible for co-ordinating and reporting on marketing and engagement efforts across digital channels at UCD Alumni. She also maintains the websites for UCD Alumni, UCD Alumni Awards and UCD Festival.
Kim Carroll, Digital Engagement Officer
kim.carroll@ucd.ie
353-1-716 1411
Ryan Cassidy is responsible for the implementation of the Foundation’s moves management programme, developing strategies to identify donors with an affinity to our Major Gift Campaigns.
Ryan Cassidy
ryan.cassidy@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1-716-1412
Patrick Clarke is responsible for coordinating the fundraising and stewardship activity of the Regular Giving Team.
Patrick Clarke, Regular Giving Coordinator
patrick.clarke@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1-716-1478
Kate Conroy is responsible for supporting the communications and event activity of the Alumni Relations Department.
Kate Conroy, Alumni Relations Coordinator
kate.conroy@ucd.ie
353-1-716-1414
Sinéad Dolan is responsible for strengthening the relationship between UCD and its alumni through a varied programme of reunions, events, communications and membership benefits.
Sinéad Dolan, Associate Director, Alumni Relations
sinead.dolan@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1-716 1698
Elizabeth Duffy is responsible for the strategic creation and implementation of UCD Foundation's stewardship and donor relations programme.
Elizabeth Duffy, Associate Director, Stewardship
elizabeth.duffy@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1-716 1496
Ria Flom is responsible for the Alumni Voluntering programme and supports groups, associations and events.
Ria Flom, Alumni Relations Officer
ria.flom@ucd.ie
353-1-716 1232
Yiru Huang is responsible for updating and maintaining the alumni database.
Yiru Huang, Database Administrator
yiru.huang@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1-716 1452
Jessica Kavanagh is responsible for developing UCD's relationship with trusts and foundations and for securing funding for the Newman Fellowship Programme, academic research, and UCD's strategic priorities.
Jessica Kavanagh, Head of Trusts and Major Gifts
jessica.kavanagh@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1-716 1268
Niamh Lyndon is responsible for updating and maintaining the alumni database and supporting the Alumni Relations team.
Niamh Lyndon, Database Administrative Officer
niamh.lyndon@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1- 716 1410
Rebecca Lyne provides support to the Development team and assists in the fulfillment of fundraising and stewardship plans.
Rebecca Lyne, Fundraising Assistant
rebecca.lyne@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1-716 1324
Jacqueline Mahon is responsible for supporting the fundraising campaigns in UCD Foundation.
Jacqueline Mahon, Fundraising Campaigns Officer
jacqueline.mahon@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1-716 1247
Mark McDonnell is responsible for the strategic planning and implementation of UCD Foundation's regular giving fundraising activity.
Mark McDonnell, Associate Director, Regular Giving
mark.mcdonnell@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1-716 1286
Liz McFeely is responsible for securing funding for the Newman Fellowship Programme
Liz McFeely, Newman Fellowship Programme Coordinator
liz.mcfeely@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1-716 1287
Nicola Mernagh is responsible for developing relationships with donors and strengthening UCD through donations to the UCD Foundation.
Nicola Mernagh, Associate Director Major Gifts
nicola.mernagh@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1-716 1289
Sheila Morris is responsible for strengthening the relationship between UCD and our alumni by supporting our colleges and units to offer a varied calendar of activities.
Sheila Morris, Associate Director, Alumni Relations
sheila.morris@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1-716-1414
Michelle Power is responsible for coordination of all global alumni events.
Michelle Power, Global Alumni Relations Coordinator
michelle.power@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1-716 1078
Sylvia Roddie is responsible for providing administrative and secretarial support to the Director of UCD Foundation. She also assists with various Foundation events and deals with Board administration.
Sylvia Roddie, P.A. to Director
sylvia.roddie@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1-716 1393
Leila Shaddadi is responsible for communicating and engaging with Engineering and Architecture Alumni.
Leila Shaddadi, Alumni Relations Coordinator, College of Engineering & Architecture
leila.shaddadi@ucd.ie
353-1-716 1238
Orla Tighe is responsible for securing philanthropic funding to support UCD's strategic principles.
Orla Tighe, Director of Development
orla.tighe@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1-716 1292
Peter Williamson is responsible for providing administrative support for the fundraising activity of the Regular Giving Team.
Peter Williamson, Donor Development Assistant
peter.williamson@ucdfoundation.ie
353-1-716 1406
There is no better training for students than in Richview, the home of architecture in UCD. This space includes design studios, a well-equipped workshop and building laboratory, exhibition spaces and the most extensive architectural library in the country.
Newman is a multi-storey mixture of the arts and social sciences. With lecture theatres that can house up to 500 students as well as smaller spaces for tutorials, students can share ideas with both their peers and their tutors. Whether it be current politics, history or literature there are a wide array of topics up for debate and discussion.
The UCD Student Centre is home to the UCD Student Union which aims to promote student wellbeing on campus be it mental health, disability rights, mature students or accommodation support. The UCDSU provides free counselling services as well as running life skills courses for students suffering from depression or anxiety.
The James Joyce Library receives on average one million visits per year. Behind these doors there is vast study space amongst hundreds of books and academic journals. The library’s special collections houses the first documentation of the Flight of the Earls, a letter written to Éamon de Valera as well as numerous manuscripts by some of Ireland’s most celebrated writers such as Frank McGuinness, Edna O’Brien, and Maeve Binchy.
Each of the seven schools in the UCD College of Science engages in exciting and internationally recognised research. Research includes drug discovery, development and delivery which aim to identify biomarkers, novel therapeutic targets to guide drug development and target medicines toward specific populations.