Koyonnor Williams with her aunt Madeline Nwaorgu from Dundalk Over 1,300 students recently marked a major milestone as they became the newest graduates of Over 1,300 students recently marked a major milestone as they became the newest graduates of Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT). Institute of Technology (DkIT). The students received their parchments across six separate graduation ceremonies on the DkIT campus on the 30th and 31st October. Students from all four academic schools—Business & Humanities, Engineering, Informatics & Creative Arts, and Health & Science—graduated with awards ranging from certificates to PhDs. Among the prize winners from Dundalk and the surrounding areas were Roman Dovhan from Dundalk, winner of the President’s Prize for the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Rebecca Lambe Fagan from Dundalk, who received the HIAB Ireland Female Engineering Graduate 2025 Award. Leah Glass from Ardee won the President’s Prize for the Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering, and Karen Kearney from Cooley received the President’s Prize for the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Care. Radka Valna from Dundalk earned the President’s Prize for the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in International Tourism Management, while Shane Gray, also from Dundalk, was honoured with the President’s Prize for Enterprising Student of the Year 2025. Pauraic Cleary from Dundalk won the President’s Prize for the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Audio and Music Production, while Leon Smyth from Ravensdale received the President’s Prize for the Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Data Science, and Fionan O’Brien from Blackrock won the President’s Prize for the Higher Diploma in Science in Networking and Systems. Other prize winners from Dundalk included Dominik Hampejs, who was the winner of the President’s Prize for the Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computing in Games Development, Naoise Gray, who was awarded the President’s Prize for the
GALLERY: Dundalk Institute of Technology celebrates latest cohort of graduates
The students received their parchments across six separate graduation ceremonies
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Pauraic Cleary from Dundalk, winner of the President’s Prize for the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Audio and Music Production pictured with his mum Elizabeth Flanagan
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Tara Mackle from Dundalk with her parents Louise and Paul
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Elizabeth Awosanya & Denise Burns, past participants of the Headstart and Pathways Programmes with lecturer Johdi Quinn
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Rebecca Lambe Fagan from Dundalk, winner of the HIAB Award
