Welcome to Ulster Alumni Online

Ulster Alumni Online has been designed to enable us to keep in touch with our graduates, former staff members and friends.

Of course getting, and keeping, in touch with past classmates is something many graduates do all the time, but there is so much more we can offer.  We hope Ulster Alumni Online will be a vibrant, growing community.  Please take a moment to look around the site and see for yourself.

Alumni Association

As a former student of Ulster you are automatically a member of the Alumni Association, and entitled to enjoy the benefits and services that this provides.

There are over 150,000 Ulster alumni in 116 countries, so please help us keep in touch with you by visiting this site regularly and updating your contact details whenever you move house or your job.

Please contact us if you have any comments, suggestions or queries.  Ulster Alumni Online will grow and develop with your help and participation, so register now and get involved!

Best wishes

Sue Rees
Alumni Relations Manager   

Executive Committee

The work of the Alumni Relations Office is supported by an executive committee drawn from and elected by members of the Association, (i.e. you!). It meets on a regular basis and helps drive forward the activities designed to keep our graduates connected with the University. Why not get involved?

A programme of reunions, events and opportunities for networking extends to Ulster graduates worldwide and the website enables you to maintain lasting friendships. If you can suggest ways in which you would like the Association to develop, organise a reunion or make a donation to the University’s development fund please contact the Alumni Relations Office.

I look forward to meeting many of you during my term as Chair.

Best wishes,
Anne Rowe                   

Alumni Fund Awards 2011/12

The 7th Annual Alumni Fund Awards Presentation 2011-2012 took place in March. Since the inception of the Alumni Fund Awards in 2004, 83 students have received grants including 38 awards for academic excellence, 9 sports scholarships and 26 students have undertaken research and study visits abroad in countries as far afield as the USA, South Africa and China. Two sports teams have been given grants to assist in travel to international competition and the Alumni Fund has also provided 3 Developing World Scholarships enabling students from India, Malawi and Brazil to travel to Ulster to work with our academics.

Three categories of awards were presented to students by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Richard Barnett:

Academic Excellence Awards – presented to the student with the highest mark in each Faculty at the end of their first year. The recipients were

Patrick Young, BA Hons Irish Language and Literature (Faculty of Arts)
Ryan Young, BSc Hons Construction Engineering and Management (Faculty of Art, Design & Built Environment)
Mark Freebairn, BSc Hons Computing Science (Faculty of Computing & Engineering)
Fionnuala Cunningham, BSc Hons Community Youth Work (Faculty of Social Sciences)
Rachel Picken, BSc Hons Accounting (Ulster Business School)
Monika Laskowska, BSc Hons Podiatry (Faculty of Life & Health Sciences).

Alumni Fund Sports Scholarship – contributing to the development of student sporting excellence. The Scholarship was awarded to Carol Duffy (BSc Hons Sport & Exercise Sciences).

Boston Step-Up Scholarship – funded by the New England Alumni Association to a student from the University’s Step-Up programme. The Scholarship was awarded to Rebekah Bradford (BSc Hons Optometry).

The Vice-Chancellor congratulated the students on their outstanding achievements, highlighting the standard they set for others, before presenting the awards.

The Sports Scholar, Carol Duffy, spoke on behalf of the Scholars. In her inspirational speech she reminded those present of the value of alumni scholarships and awards, and how the philanthropic support of alumni and supporters has the capacity to really make a difference to our students and the wider world.

Development Manager Oonagh Kane outlined the development of the Alumni Fund as part of Ulster’s new fundraising challenge. The Alumni Fund is to be developed and the areas it supports expanded, so that in future it can provide support and assistance to a far greater number of students at Ulster. This support, provided through the generosity of our alumni, goes to the Library, Scholarships, Academic and University areas of excellence, and enhancing the wider student experience. In the current economic climate this support is becoming increasingly important to the personal achievement and life enhancing experiences of our students.

Find out how you can support the Alumni Fund and continue to support Ulster’s students.

Winners of the Academic Excellence Awards, Alumni Fund Sports Scholarship and Boston Step-Up Scholarship 2011/12:

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• From left, standing: Professor Richard Barnett, Vice-Chancellor, Carol Duffy, Mark Freebairn, Ryan Young, Patrick Daly, Rebekah Bradford.
  Sitting:  Rachel Picken, Fionnuala Cunningham, Maeve McCarron who collected the award on Monika Laskowska’s behalf.
  
  

University of Ulster Alumni on Facebook and LinkedIn

The University of Ulster Alumni now have a Fan page on Facebook and a profile on LinkedIn.