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« Killian Stokes B.A. (1995)
Graduating from BESS in 1995, Killian worked internationally in telecoms until 2002 when he joined Concern in Dublin as a corporate fundraiser. In 2009, he co-founded MyGoodPoints. org, an online charity which allows donors gather their unused loyalty points and air-miles online and donate these directly as cash to fund charity projects of their choice at home and overseas. Over the past year MyGoodPoints.org has gathered almost €1 million in pro bono support - free software, consulting, engineering time, sponsorship and graphics etc from corporates including Google Ireland, Vodafone, KPMG, Microsoft, Salesforce and the NDRC. To learn more or lend your support visit www.mygoodpoints.org.
Fiona Dowling B.Sc. (Physio.), M.B.A. (1994) Jeffrey C Crosbie B.A. (1996).
Europe. She is joint leader of the BC alumni group in Ireland and also volunteers with a project which works to inspire new young immigrants to Ireland to reach their educational potential. She was a participant at the inaugural Ireland Funds Global Young Leaders Forum held in Farmleigh in June. Paul Kenny B.A. (1996) Dr Kenny has recently had a major piece of research published. The findings which confirmed the 'addictive' properties of junk food, were published in Nature Neuroscience.
1980s Charles J. Dorman Ph.D. (1984) Charles was one of 78 microbiologists elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology (Academy). Fellows of the Academy are elected annually through a highly selective, peer-review process, based on their records of scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced microbiology. There are now over 2,000 Fellows representing all subspecialties of microbiology, including basic and applied research, teaching, public health, industry, and government service. Yvonne Mary Bruton Miller B.Sc. (Rem.Ling.) (1987) Yvonne and her colleague Amada Rees formed The Baby Sign Factory Ltd in 2008. They have won several major nursery industry awards for their launch product 'Bamba’s First Comforts'− a toy kit which promotes early communication in young babies. Their experience as Specialist Speech and Language Therapists led to the development of the kit which is now being sold internationally and is in line for more awards this year. Previous awards received are BACRA Playtime Product of the Year 2008, British Female Inventors and Innovators −Special Recognition Award 2008, Talking Tots Great Toy Guide
Award 2008, Practical Pre-School Silver Award 2008. For more information visit www.babysignfactory.com. ESS Reunion – Class of ’89 When you are a 20 year old student looking forward to the future, 20 years seems like such a long time. However as a 40 something year old graduate looking back on those years it’s as if they disappeared in the blink of an eye. And in October 2009 that’s just what happened when the ESS class of 1989 met. Nearly 20 years to the day since graduation almost 100 members of the class of ’89 came together to celebrate those special years spent in Trinity College. And as former classmates re-ignited old friendships and struck up new ones the years just rolled away. For one night only it was a privilege to be back in Trinity College, with the elegant surroundings of the Dining Hall lending a regal sophistication to the occasion. It was an even bigger privilege to be able to meet once again all the fantastic people we shared our lectures and our lives with for those four short but life affirming years. The night itself was a real trip down memory lane with a photo-slide show, from the '80s making us laugh and cringe in equal measure. Lecturer, Dr Gerard McHugh M.A. (j.o.) (1990), in his welcoming speech brought us up-to-date with how much college life has changed since the days of dodgy perms and shoulder pads. One night was not enough to fill in all the gaps over the last 20 years so the wheels are now in motion to ensure regular hookups and many more reunions! – Submitted by Sharon Cooney B.B.S. (1989)
1970s Michael J. O’Connor M.B.A. (1978) Michael is a board certified commercial and consumer bankruptcy specialist (American Bankruptcy Board of
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