Aoife McAuliffe (Murrintown, Wexford) was one of two winners of the annual WIT 'Marketing Student of the Year' awards held recently in the Granville Hotel, Waterford
Aoife is a Bachelor of Business (Hons) – Marketing specialisation student at WIT.
A number of Wexford students also received Commendation Awards. Award recipients were chosen based on their academic results, presentation skills and overall contribution to class.
Wexford commendation winners were:
Kacey Maher (Wexford) and Kelly Lawless (Rosslare, Wexford)
Ann and Liam Cusack, proprietors of the Granville Hotel have been sponsoring these awards for the past 26 years. In his address to the students Dr Thomas O’Toole (Head of WIT School of Business) stated that “WIT Business School is delighted that Liam and Ann Cusack, Proprietors of the Granville Hotel have been involved in honouring the best of our Marketing graduates particularly given that their own expertise in Marketing is a shining example to our students here today. There is also a strong emphasis in WIT on developing the students’ Digital Marketing skills that are essential in the current marketplace”.
Chloe and Aoife each spoke individually on acceptance of their awards paying tribute to family, friends and their Marketing lecturers at WIT for their help and support over the past number of years.