.Shauna Carmody, Alison Nolan, Amy Tearle, Petrina Comerford and Gavin Reidy, all Social Care graduates at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean
THE IT Tralee conferring continued on Friday morning and this time it was the students from the School of Health & Social Sciences receiving their just rewards.
The graduates received qualifications in a range of courses in Nursing & Health Care Studies and
Social Sciences.
The conferrings are the main highlight in the IT Tralee calendar with almost 1,000 students graduating on Thursday and Friday at the Brandon Hotel Conference Centre in Tralee.
Each of the 26 counties, in addition to a number of graduates from Northern Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe as well as students from as far away as China, Canada, Malaysia and India. In total over 30 nationalities were represented at the three conferring ceremonies.
President of the Institute, Dr. Oliver Murphy paid tribute to all of the graduates and their families for what they have achieved, whilst wishing all of those being conferred well in their future endeavours.
“I would like to congratulate all of our graduates, their families and friends. Graduation is a day to be cherished. It marks the beginning of a new chapter in our graduates’ lives. Employment opportunities are excellent, with a recent survey showing that 82% of our graduates securing work or pursuing further education opportunities such as Masters of PhDs within 6 months of graduating.” Scroll down for photos…
Amy Whooley and Doireann O’Shea (Early Childhood Care and Education) at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean.Alison Dorgan, Saoirse Redmond and Megan King (Early Childhood Care and Education) at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanRosemary Daly and Mairead Smiddy Healy (Certificate In Wound Care Management) at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean.Kevin O’Donovan, (Mental Health Nursing) Caroline Shanahan, Eve Spillane (General Nursing) and Gary Maher (Mental Health Nursing) at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanDianne O’Connor and Katie O’Sullivan (General Nursing) at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean.Aodán Bolustrom, Eunice Usifoh Ijiojbor, Michelle Farley and Aoife O’Connor (Social Care) at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanCiara Keating, Pamela Sheehy, Dee Lynch, Gintare Ibanovaite, (General Nursing) Joan Marie Pierse (Diploma in Leadership) at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean.Leonie Noonan, Fiona Leane and Jackie Sheehan (Early Childhood Care And Education) at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanPervinder Kaur, Hannah Coote and Karen McCarthy (Early Childhood Care and Education) at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanEmma Carmody, Amy Whooley, Michael Wrenn, Lisa Maher and Alanna Roll, (Early Childhood Care and Education) at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean.Edwina Nash and Lauren Treanor (Nursing) at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanSarah Jewitt and Aoife Mitchell (Early Childhood Care and Education) at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanNiamh O’Sullivan and Thomasena Stout (General Nursing) at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanShaun Harrington, Natalie Daly, Tara O’Shea, Rachel McElligott and Elaine Doody (General Nursing) at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanBachelor of Science Hons Mental Health Nursing graduates at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanCiara Kissane and Orla Quirke, (Masters Of Science By Research) at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanBachelor of Science Hons General Nursing graduates at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanChristine Leahy and Emma Murnane (Social Care) at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanBronagh McBreen, Dyane Shannon and Amy Walsh (General Nursing) at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanKatie O’Sullivan, Alana Poff and Dianne O’Connor (General Nursing) at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanDawn Norton, Polly O’Beirne, Andrew O’Reilly, Veronica O’Connor, Christina Anderson and Chloe Enright and Lauren Flynn (Youth and Community) at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanGodwin Jepdas (Masters In Nursing) Amanda Brolly (Masters of Science in Nursing), Geraldine Harnett, Head of Dept in Nursing and Rowell Villones (Masters in Nursing) at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanBachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Care and Education at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanBachelor of Arts Hons in Early Childhood Care and Education at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanDenise Gavin and Jennifer Lynch (Early Childhood Care and Education) at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanHead of School Health and Social Sciences Seamus O’Shea, Guest Speaker Billy Keane and Brendan O’Donnell, IT Tralee Registrar at the IT Tralee Conferring Ceremony on Friday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean
Sunday sees the last of our coverage with students from the School of Business, Computing & Humanities
