Trinity’s 2018 Global Engagement Award Winners Announced

Posted on: 17 May 2018

This year’s recipients of Trinity’s Global Engagement Awards were: Professor Zuleika Rodgers as Programme Director for the Dual Degree programme with Columbia University and a joint award for Professor Charles Patterson and Professor Hongzhou Zhang to recognise their work in the development of a partnership with University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB).

The Awards were hosted by the Provost on the 15th of May, 2018 in recognition of outstanding contributions to Trinity’s Global Engagement activities.

The Global Engagement Awards are designed to recognise the exceptional contribution made by staff to global education and research, cultural understanding and global experiences that directly benefits the Trinity community, raising the University’s profile and supporting the development of students into global citizens.  

The Vice President for Global Relations, Professor Juliette Hussey, commented: “This is the fourth year of the Global Engagement Awards and as Vice President for Global Relations I was delighted to see such strong applications for the Awards. It is wonderful to see the level of global engagement throughout Trinity and in particular in the area of university partnerships.  All three awardees this year were involved in developing partnerships with universities in US and China leading to both a dual degree and an articulation programme.”

The winners were chosen following a detailed assessment by the adjudication panel, comprising representatives of academic and administrative staff and an external reviewer.  The panel examined each candidate across four categories that included global engagement, international education and outreach activities, international relationship building and leadership in global fundraising.

The range of Trinity’s Global Engagement activities cover areas such as: development of Trinity’s academic partnerships; contributing significantly to Global research areas – working to solve real world problems; supporting international students’ integration on campus; expanding the range of study areas available to students; developing exchange programmes and raising Trinity’s global awareness.