Trinity Business Student of the Year 2011 – Daniel Philbin Bowman
The ‘Student of the Year’ award is a long-established feature on the TBA calendar – it is one mechanism by which the outstanding achievement of Trinity College students in their studies and extracurricular activities is recognised and celebrated. This year’s ceremony was held in the Bank of Ireland House of Lords on Tuesday 29th March 2011.
Please join us in congratulating Daniel Philbin Bowman, who is this year’s TBA Student of the Year.
The finalists were interview by Stephen Murnane (of the Bank of Ireland), Fiona Hayes (TCD Careers Advisor) and Robert Smyth (Accenture). Thanks to all of them for taking the time out of their busy schedules to interview the canidates.
Special thanks to those without whom this award would not have been possible. Firstly, the TBA would like to thank Richie, Stephen and all the team at the Bank of Ireland for their continuing sponsorship of this award and for hosting the ceremony. Even in these tough times, this continued sponsorship is recognition that we as a country must continue to invest in the leaders of tomorrow.
TBA also wish to thank Dr. Gerard McHugh, Dr. Jim Quinn, Ms. Mary Keating and all the team at the School of Business for their continuing support of this award – the fruits of their world-class tuition was evident in abundance as we interviewed the candidates.
The six candidates were short-listed by Dr. Jim Quinn and the team at the School of Business. Each of the candidates should feel very proud at their nomination for ‘Student of the Year’, an extraordinary accolade in its own right. Each candidate excelled in different ways in the criteria we assessed. Their academic records, combined with interpersonal skills, business acumen and extracurricular achievement left us in no doubt but that the future of Ireland is bright in their hands.
Thank you to the Provost, Dr. John Hegarty, who presented the gold medal to our winner Daniel Philbin Bowman for the last time, we wish you every success in the future.
Daniel Philbin Bowman (Winner)
Daniel began his life in Trinity College as a BESS student, now preparing to complete a B.A. in Business and Political Science. Daniel has shown both an entrepreneurial and a civic spirit from an early age. Whilst in Transition Year, he founded and directed the “Be Not Afraid” charity wrist campaign in response to Pope John Paul II’s call to the youth of the world. In his time in College, he founded a marketing consultancy which boasts ‘Surf Seeds’, a recent Dragon’s Den winner among its clients. Daniel has been instrumental in the establishment of the Student Managed Fund and recently set up a website – telluswhy.ie – to offer a non-partisan and non-profit platform for the public to scrutinise election candidates. Daniel has maintained a solid first-class-honours academic record in College, including a competitive Erasums exchange in Uppsala Universitet in Sweden.
Amandine Lobelle
Amandine is a Scholar of Trinity College and an ambassador for the ‘Trinity Experience’. Having moved to Ireland from Belgium three and half years ago, she quickly established herself as a key member of the College community — in the Dublin University Boat Club, on the editorial committee of the Trinity College Social and Political Review, as an active committee member of the Trinity Cancer and Trinity Politics Societies, as a mentor in the Student-to-Student Counselling Service and more recently as Convenor of the Trinity College School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, General Manager of the Trinity College Student Economic Review and Chairperson of the Trinity College Foresight Business Group. Amandine never lost sight of her academic commitments and has achieved first class honours in first second and second year.
Polo Crosbie
Polo, originally from Cork, is in his final year of the Bachelor in Business Studies Degree. Polo has a keen interest in the media and public relations, and has interned in The Communications Clinic, learning from such leaders in the field as Terry Prone, Tom Savage and Anton Savage. Polo plays an active role in College society, having raced with Dublin University Boat Club, ran the Dublin Marathon for Trinity Takes to the Streets and now training regularly with the Trinity Triathlon and Athletics clubs. Polo has a keen interest in music playing with his own band in Cork from his teens and has an excellent academic track record, achieving a first class honours last year.
Éadaoin Queenan
Eadaoin is also a Bachelor of Business Studies student and has just returned from a year on Erasmus in Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada. Éadaoin is an accomplished pianist – those of you who enjoy afternoon tea on occasion at the Westbury may well have enjoyed her talent. Éadaoin is now the coordinator the ‘Buddy System’ in Trinity College on her return from Erasmus – this scheme pairs incoming exchange students with local Trinity students to act as guides and a source of local knowledge. Éadaoin has volunteered with the Trinity St. Vincent de Paul Society, volunteered with the Suas Volunteer Programme in Nairobi and all the while maintaining an excellent academic record, achieving first class honours last year.
Jennifer Nora Flynn
Jennifer began studying the B.E.S.S. degree and has since progressed to specialise in a B.A. in Business and Economics. Jennifer plays an active role in the life of the College – as Business Manager of Trinity News, Treasurer of Trinity Publications, and as a tutor in the Trinity Voluntary Tuition Programme to name but a few of her achievements. Jennifer recently had her paper ‘Economic Theory and its Capacity to Comprehensively Explain the Presence of Non-Profit Organisations in Society’ published in the Student Economic Review. She has run the Flora Women’s Mini Marathon and all the while worked tirelessly to maintain an excellent academic record in College.
Tish Sheehan
Originally from Australia, Tish is a mature student in the Bachelor of Business Studies degree programme, juggling a day-job in a leading law firm with a full-time degree. Tish plays an active role in the life of the College. She has a keen interest in the arts and is the current chairperson of the Trinity Arts Workshop. Tish teaches a class of eight-year-olds for five weeks every year as part of the Junior Achievement Ireland programme.