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Letterfrack S Potligh T The National Centre for Excellence in Furniture Design and Technology Welcome to the 3rd Newsletter for GMIT Letterfr:c<. This newsletter c:ptures just : few of the events th:t h:ve t:<en pl:ce during the :c:demic ;e:r of 2018-2019 th:t highlights NEWSLETTER 2018/2019 coll:bor:tions :nd opportunities th:t the students of GMIT Letterfr:c< h:ve been involved with. JAMES & MARY ELLIS AWARD K ws presented with her wrd t the opening of the student exhibition on 19th June. Awrd for A 5-person judging panel used to the following criteria to select a winner: • Demonstrated an elevated level of attention to detail Excellence • Commitment to task and programme • A completed example of resolution in making • An established good character among staff, peers in Ming and public, coherent with the embodied spirit of The James and Mary Ellis Award. Congratulations to second year BSc in Furniture Design and Manufacture student K Woodcoc who has been In addition to Kay’s project, Conor Cremin’s Elm Stool selected as the winner of the inaugural GMIT was highly commended by the judges. Letterfrack Spotlight Letterfrack Letterfrack James and Mary Ellis Award for Excellence in Making for her chair project. This award is generously Also shortlisted for judging were the following pieces: supported by The Quaker Friendly Society and kin to • Roscoe Holt (Ch"ir) the Ellis', Joan and Roger Johnson and a plaque which • Phillip C"re$ (Ch"ir) has been designed and made by Benson Russell, a • Aodh Cunningh"m (Longue Ch"ir) relation of the Ellis, which is mounted on campus • Freddie Be"sle$ (T"ble) recording each future winner. A cash prize was also • Se#n Brenn"n (T"ble) kindly sponsored by MJM Marine. This Award is also • A"ron Bl"c%burn (Ste"mbent t"ble) designed to re-enforce the importance of quality and good craftsmanship in all the work that is undertaken at Well done to everyone who was considered. GMIT Letterfrack. GMIT Letterfrack, Co Galway Letterfrack | 2016/17 T 091 742650 E [email protected] W www.gmit.ie AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS Co Leitrim. GMIT Letterfrack students have had significant success both in the national and international skills competitions over the past decade and this year’s students prepared for an intense few days in the RDS. The GMIT IrelandSkills co-ordinator and WorldSkills Ireland Expert for Carpentry, lecturer Anthony Clare, says: “It is a fantastic achievement for so many of our students to be involved in this national competition. It will be a demanding yet unforgettable experience for them. GMIT Letterfrack students have a very proud history in IrelandSkills and the three previous competitors selected to represent Ireland in Cabinetmaking at the WorldSkills competition all hail from IRELAND SKILLS our programmes.” " Competing at this year’s Ireland and Carpentry in an event that saw It was most certainly an amazing Skills Live Event at the RDS in 28 different skills being represented few days in the RDS, with all Dublin from 21st to 23rd March were under the one roof. students competing at the highest Six students from GMIT’s National level in what was an intense The students competing were Centre for Excellence atmosphere. We were delighted to Shane McLoughlin, Co Mayo, in Furniture Design & Technology in announce that Jack Lynch from Co. Jack Lynch, Co Cavan, Lauren Letterfrack. Cavan came out as the winner of Casey, Co Longford, Aidan Devine, the Cabinet Making Competition. The students competed in skills Co Roscommon, Brian Dillon, areas of Cabinetmaking, Joinery Co Dublin, and Benen Lynch, Well done to all the students! WORLD SKILLS GMIT Letterfrack are delighted that Jack Lynch was then selected to represent Ireland at the 45th WorldSkills Competition which is taking place in Kazan, Russia from 22nd to 27th August. The selection process was based on Jack’s performance in the IrelandSkills and at the Danish National Skills Competition in April followed by an interview. This is the 3rd WorldSkills competition in a row that a GMIT ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP Letterfrack student will have Congratulations to GMIT Letterfrack 1st Year student Luke O Connor who represented Ireland. An amazing is studying a BSc. Hons. in Furniture Design & Manufacture who received achievement for the campus. his Academic Achievement Award from Dr Michael Hannon, Acting Details of this competition will be President of GMIT at an awards ceremony. Luke, from Mallow, Co Cork, covered in next years newsletter. received an Academic Scholarship Award prize of €500 for one of the highest leaving cert points. Well done Luke! INTERNATIONAL AWARDS YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR PROGRAMME (YEP!) Jack Cavanagh, 3rd year Furniture Design & Manufacture student was awarded a certificate of Special Acknowledgement in the recent Halabala International Furniture and Interior Design Competition in the Czech Republic for his ‘Glide Desk’. The competition is in memory of Jindřich Halabala, an important proponent of modernist, industrially manufactured furniture in the post-war period in the Czech Republic. There were more than 250 pieces entered in the competition, which is coordinated by Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic." Well done on a great achievement! This FREE summer school is funded by the HEA and was delivered by IRISH MADE AWARDS 2019 GMIT Letterfrack during June this year. This programme is aimed at Congratulations to Conor Cremins Irish oak. Now armed with a degree TY and senior cycle students to (Éalú), second year BSc in Furniture in furniture design and bridge the gap between secondary Design and Manufacture student for manufacturing, he hopes to gain and third level education, an being shortlisted for his Stool in the further experience in the opportunity for students to get a Furniture Section for the woodworking industry over the taste of college life. The Irish Made Awards next few years, and one day, programme is fun and is focused 2019. The winners to set up his own around entrepreneurship, business and runners-up furniture business. and leadership/teamwork skills will be along with some really interesting announced in practical work in the Digital September and Laboratory using computer aided will feature in a drawings with the Laser cutter and special edition 3D printers. of Irish Country Magazine in YEP! would really suit students who October. The have any interest in Business and Overall Winner will /or Technology who would like an have an opportunity to opportunity to explore their attend Showcase 2020 in creativity and to gain a practical the RDS thanks to the Design & insight into the programmes in Crafts Council of Ireland; and GMIT Letterfrack. Here are some of receive an advertising package the comments from participants on from Irish Country Magazine. last year’s programme. In addition to this, also featuring “What I enjoyed the most is how in Image Magazine is MACIEJ we were treated as adults and DUBIEL a recent GMIT graduate getting to learn about Maciej Dubiel’s work caught their entrepreneurs and what they do eye for his interesting along with making new friends” combination of birch ply and “Good introductory course for young inspiring entrepreneurs in a FUTURE MAKERS 2019 fun learning environment” All students of GMIT Letterfrack are encouraged to enter student “Coming up with a product that competitions and the Future Makers Awards are a great opportunity to realistically could make money and win prizes which can include cash awards or materials supports to it’s didn’t feel like school” develop their work. “Totally awesome.” Future Makers is a Design & Crafts Council of Ireland (DCCoI) initiative which recognises talent, potential and creativity. Its aim is to support the next generation of makers, designers and craftspeople to take the step from training into enterprise. Future Makers supports students and emerging makers and is one of the largest prize-funded award programmes in Europe. Keelan Bancroft, 2nd year Furniture, Design & Manufacture student was shortlisted for a prize. Why not give it a go! it fun, its challenging and it’s FREE! More information can be found here: www.futuremakers.ie STUDENT NEWS POP UP SHOP 4th year FDM students were busy making items to sell at their Christmas pop up shop which took place in the GMIT Letterfrack and Galway campuses where students, staff and members of the community were all invited. All money raised from the sale of these items was put towards the Student Study trip to Cologne that took place in January. WELCOME PROGRAMME SHUT UP & WRITE The 2018 Welcome programme kicked off on Tuesday 4th September A weekly session of ‘shut up and when GMIT Letterfrack welcomed 67 students and their families to the write’ took place in the campus campus for the welcome evening to meet the staff and to help the new library aimed at 4th year students students settle in. and lecturers, encouraging them to This was followed by a range of activities over the following days to help get into a routine of writing and the new students to familiarise themselves with the campus and the providing an opportunity to discuss surrounding area. A visit took place to the beautiful Kylemore Abbey & and share ideas and problems. The Gardens where the students were welcomed with a full historic tour of the concept is simple… Abbey, Gothic Church and the Gardens. A team building creative activity • Meet at a given time every took place on the ‘White Strand’ which is one of our beautiful beaches in fortnight. Renvyle, the tide was out which allowed the students to show off their creative skills by working in teams to create some fantastic works of art • Write for 40 minutes. using the natural materials found on the beach.
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