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15/10/2014 With Compliments. 155 students from the University of Limerick were honoured today at the annual PresidentŐs Volunteer Award (PVA) ceremony held at UL. The PresidentŐs Volunteer Award Programme was established in 2010 to encourage students to engage with their communities and become lifelong believers in social responsibility. The 155 students, which represent the largest number to participate in the programme to date, included all elements of the student body, undergraduate, postgraduate, international and Erasmus students. Among the awardees were Mitchelstown, Cork twins Michelle and Clodagh O'Brien. Michelle was a student counsellor at Kemmy Business School and Clodagh a team leader at Pay It Forward.
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Press Release: UL Honours Student Volunteers as Numbers Continue to Rise
155 students from the University of Limerick were honoured today at the annual PresidentŐs Volunteer Award (PVA) ceremony held at UL. The PresidentŐs Volunteer Award Programme was established in 2010 to encourage students to engage with their communities and become lifelong believers in social responsibility. The 155 students, which represent the largest number to participate in the programme to date, included all elements of the student body, undergraduate, postgraduate, international and Erasmus students.
Speaking at the event, UL President, Professor Don Barry said; "In the past year, UL students have given in excess of 11,000 hours of volunteer service to a range of organisations involved in local, national and international causes. Student volunteering continues to be the largest civic engagement activity on campus. This year the number of PVA recipients has again increased as has the volume of volunteering activity.Ó
The activities of volunteers ranged from countless hours volunteering with the Order of Malta, working with homework clubs and developing exciting new teaching programmes to make science fun or setting up new clubs and socie
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