Three local students secure DCU Intel awards
THREE local students were among the scholarship winners who were presented with their awards by Intel Ireland at Dublic City University.
Keith Carroll, Shane Cheshire and Shane Tuite from Dundalk were among the 29 students from Undergraduate and Master’s disciplines receiving awards and scholarships sponsored by Intel.
The programme forms part of an ongoing strategic partnership between Intel and DCU which was further strengthened following the signing of a memorandum of understanding by the head of Intel’s Irish operations, Eamonn Sinnott, and DCU President, Professor Brian MacCraith, in 2017.
As part of the programme the DCU students selected to receive Masters scholarships will receive a monetary grant as well as ongoing support and mentor provision by Intel. The scholarship programme provides each participant with €3000 to support their academic studies and also ensures that students have the opportunity to experience practical learning which is aligned to the needs of industry.
The students receiving Undergraduate awards each receive a monetary prize of €500. The award recipients are selected based on academic achievement and this year, for the first time, these achievements were assessed at both a group and individual level.
They were presented with the awards on Monday January 2h at a special event held at the DCU campus. The presentations on the evening were made by DCU Vice President of External Affairs, Trevor Holmes, and Bernie Capraro, Intel Research and Higher Education Programme Manager