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The 2008 Program of Student Work Experience Scholarships operated by the Council
was celebrated at a luncheon in New York City.
Council President Michael J. Gibbons, presenting the scholarship awards at the June
12 event at The Metropolitan Club in Manhattan, said "The Council's Scholarship
Awards program provides opportunities to student undergraduates from universities
in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland to travel to the United States
and to work temporarily in American corporations. These scholarships provide project-
oriented, meaningful work assignments in U.S. business corporations of all sizes.
The assignments are linked to the fields of study and academic disciplines which
the undergraduate scholars are pursuing in Ireland."
Mr. Gibbons also noted "The Council has a strict rule in administering this program
that the chosen candidate scholars are selected by faculty in the participating
universities in Ireland. This year, as it happens, all five of this year's crop
of Council scholars are young women. The Council's participation in this program
reflects its interest in highlighting the excellent educational infrastructure which
has been developed throughout the island of Ireland."
The Council partners on this program with Fordham University for those Council Scholars
based in New York City - these are accommodated in the residence halls of the Lincoln
Center campus of the college during their time in Manhattan. In addition, the Council
works with Fordham University on a separate program of internship placements in
corporations in Ireland for U.S.-based postgraduate scholars.
Mr. Gibbons added "The Council, for its part, provides a cash award toward each
student's travel expenses. The project- oriented employment assignments, which the
Council arranges for the students, enhance their learning experiences in America,
linked as they are to their field of study. We are indebted to the Universities
in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland for their support and assistance
in mounting this program.
Students selected by their colleges as the Council's 2008 participating scholars
are:
 Nathalie Ennis is from Middleton,
County Cork who is enrolled at Trinity College Dublin studying for an Economics
Major in a four-year Business, Economics and Social Studies Degree. She will travel
to New York City to take up her appointment to work at Mutual of America in New
York.
Helena Keenan hails from Letterkenny,
County Donegal and has completed her third year in a four-year degree program to
graduate as a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and French at the School of Management
at Queen's University Belfast. Linda will work at Allied Irish Banks in New York.
Anne Byrne is a native of Naas, County
Kildare and is a student at Trinity College Dublin where she is pursuing a Bachelor
of Arts degree in Business and Political Science. She will work at the world headquarters
of News Corporation in New York.
Sarah Conmy, whose home is in Loughrea,
County Galway, has been chosen by NUI Galway to participate as a Council Scholar
this year. She is pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry and biochemistry
and will travel to New Jersey to take up her work assignment at Merck & Company.
Elaine Stack, from Youghal, County
Cork, is studying for a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry at University College
Cork. She has been selected to work with Pfizer, Inc. in New York City.
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