Anthropology Society Wins Award

Anthropology Society Wins National Society Award

The NUI Maynooth Anthropology Society have been awarded both the 2012 Most Improved Society by the Board of Irish College Societies (BICS).

With a membership of nearly 200 students and a following of a further 100 on their online forums (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin), the Anthropology Society is proving to be a society worthwhile to their members and to the academic enhancement of anthropology in NUI Maynooth.

The society have held 20 events in a 24 week period ranging from invited academics to talk about their experience in becoming anthropologists, viewings of ethnographic films, guest speakers from cultural communities to talk about their community from an insiders point of view, and also social evenings to encourage greater opportunities for networking and community bonding.

Their hard work and effort was justly rewarded by NUIM at their Student Union Clubs and Society awards held in March 2011 by awarding them the 'Most Improved Society of 2012' and now the Board of Irish College Societies (BICS) have recognised the NUIM Anthropology Society as the Most Improved Society in Ireland for 2012. This is an astounding achievement for a society that was not in operation one year ago. They also received feedback on the high quality of their nomination application from both NUIM and BICS further proving the strong calibre of the society today.

Further details can be found by emailing anthropologynuim@gmail.com or by following the following forums:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NUIMAnthroSoc

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/NUIMAnthroSoc

Linkedin: http://ie.linkedin.com/in/nuimanthrosoc

Pictured with the judges are Tara Walsh (Assistant PRO), Jennifer McConnell (President) and Nicola Reynolds (Treasurer).

About the NUIM Anthropology Society

The society had been dormant in recent years so in the summer of 2011 a small group of 1^st year mature students: Jennifer McConnell, Thomas Kehoe, Nicola Reynolds and Dominica Tracz, were determined to revive the society and make it a worthwhile forum to enhance the drive to learn more about anthropology, complement the studies being provided by NUIM in anthropology and also to create an active community to support students in their desire to engage further with anthropology.

The aim, in setting up the newly revived Anthropology Society, is to encourage anthropology students to come together and learn more about the world around us. By engaging with experts in the anthropological field, practitioners of cultural communities, post-graduates to learn about the research they all carry out and also from engaging with each other this society has created a community to share experiences in learning about anthropology. Their overall goal is to be an active, worthwhile society to ensure that, as NUIM is the only university in the Republic of Ireland to offer anthropology as a discipline of study, the NUIM Anthropology Society will be the key integral community for all anthropology students to take part in to help them develop their career and interests as budding anthropologists.

The Anthropology Society Committee are as follows:

Jennifer McConnell (President)

Thomas Kehoe (Vice-President)

Nicola Reynolds (Treasurer)

Dominica Tracz (Public Relations Officer)

Stephanie Aprilliano (Secretary)

Tara Walsh (Assistant PRO)

Eoin Cullen (Events Co-ordinator)

Eamonn Keaveney (3rd Year Rep)

John Cahill (2nd Year Rep)

John Ryan (1st Year Rep)

Michael Donohoe (Mature Student Rep)

Anthony Kelly (Honorary President)

About BICS

BICS is a national organisation, constituted in 1995, dedicated to providing a national forum for the societies in Ireland's Universities, Colleges and Institutes of Education. The Board is responsible for the promotion of interest in the activities of Irish college societies and of contact and co-operation between them.

During the course of the past eleven years, the Board has met many of its objectives, in particular the exchange of information, and most successfully, the inauguration of the National Society of the Year Awards. BICS also acts as an information resource and support mechanism for society administrators throughout the country promoting the sharing of ideas and the implementation of best practice.

Further Queries

Jennifer McConnell, President, NUI Maynooth Anthropology Society. Email: anthropologynuim@gmail.com, Telephone: 087-6303756

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