2008 Press Releases
10.12.2008
“University College Cork continues to attract students of the highest calibre” said UCC President, Dr Michael Murphy when he presented parchments to 78 Entrance Scholarship recipients at a special awards ceremony at the University on Tuesday, December 9th 2008.
Entrance scholarships up to €2000 are awarded each year to students based on their first Leaving Certificate results. All of the scholarship winners this year achieved 570 points or higher in the Leaving Certificate, across the Colleges of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, Business and Law, Science, Engineering and Food Science and Medicine and Health.
Dr Murphy said that the Leaving Certificate results attained by UCC students clearly demonstrates the University’s continuing ability to attract the brightest students to its campus. He said almost a quarter of UCC’s first year students had 500 plus points with 57 of these students achieving 600 points. He congratulated the scholarship holders on their outstanding achievements and paid tribute to the professionalism and commitment of their teachers and the support of their families.
The ceremony, with academic staff and students, took place in the Multifunctional Hall, Áras na Mac Léinn, UCC and was followed by a reception for the scholarship holders, their parents, school principals and guidance counsellors.
Entrance Scholarship Award recipients Sarah Ross, Aoife O'Sullivan and Emer O'Connell, St Angela's College, Cork, at the Entrance Scholarship Awards Ceremony last evening (December 9th 2008).
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