DCU Voices

2021 EDITION 81 #LoveDCU proves there’s still romance in business 2020 saw our Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty emerge as the most romantic faculty in DCU in a special #LoveDCU St Valentine’s Day event. However, 2021 saw the DCU Business School take the title, closely followed by the Science and Health! Here are some of our favourite #LoveDCU stories shared by our graduate couples on our social media for Valentine’s Week 2021. AOIFE & NATHAN Aoife Mullen (BA Journalism, 2014) was news editor with The College View and a mutual friend introduced her to Nathan (BCL, 2013) for a story. “That friend is our best man when we get married later this year.” SAOIRSE & CORMAC Saoirse Treacy (BSc Analytical Science, 2017) and Cormac Hughes (Science Education, 2017) met at the Science & Health Ball and began their relationship with many of their first dates in the library canteen on study breaks. CILLIAN & ISSABELE Cillian Byrne (BEng, Mechatronic Engineering, 2016) and Issabele Pulcherio (Nursing, 2016) met through the DCU Archery society in 2014 and have since spent two years in a long distance relationship between Brazil and Ireland, before recently moving in together near DCU. CONALL & ANNIE Conall and Annie Ó Breacháin met on the St Patrick’s Campus in 2000 as students, were married ten years later, had two children, and are now back in the corridors of the St Patrick’s campus as lecturers. DCU Clubs and Societies Awards go online The annual DCU Clubs and Societies Awards for 2020/21 took place online for two Alumni categories. The 2020/21 recipient for ‘Graduate Contribution to a Club or Society’ was Sinead McMullen (BA Communication Studies, 2020) of DCU Drama. Sinead was a cast member for the society’s Semester One show, as well as the Director of the Semester Two virtual musical, Little Shop of Horrors . Her role in the latter involved auditioning almost 30 people over Zoom, running bi-weekly rehearsals, assisting with PR and budgets, spending over 20 hours recording the show and much more. It was her first production or committee role within the society and Sinead was praised for overcoming “many personal doubts about her own abilities”, and for her “work ethic, determination, creativity, and enthusiasm”, which had an incredible impact on the society. The 2020/21 recipient for ‘Alumni Engagement Award’ for Best Club or Society event engaging DCU Alumni, was the DCU Law Society for their ‘(Virtual) Legal Speed Meet’. The event took place on February 1st, 2021 and hosted representatives from various Irish law firms and related legal companies. Current students had the opportunity to speak with legal professionals on a one-to-one basis. DCU Alumna and PhD candidate, Beatrice Monciunskaite (BCL, 2018) said: “The sense of community DCU Law Society has created through their hosting of career and skill development events has always been indispensable for students. The Legal Speed Meet is an event that opens the door for students to diverse employers, giving them the insight and confidence to proceed in their legal careers.” SineadMcMullen (BACommunication Studies, 2020); Graduate Contribution to a Club or Society Awardee