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Portrush golfer Graeme McDowell will today receive an honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) degree from the University of Ulster in recognition of his services to golf.
It follows his success at last year’s US Open at Pebble Beach when he became the first professional golfer from Northern Ireland to win a major title in 63 years.
Graduations continued at the university’s Coleraine campus today when students from the Faculty of Computing and Engineering and the Ulster Business School received their degrees and certificates.
Among those celebrating is Christina Finlay from Bangor who set up an award-winning business, which she plans to launch in America.
She recently came second in the Enterprise Ireland Think Outside the Box Awards, winning €3,000 for her business Cordou, which has developed a series of apps that can provide technical support and information to sufferers of health conditions such as autism and their carers.
Christina will graduate with French with Business BA Hons degree.
She said: “Cordou is a social enterprise with the ultimate outlook of providing a service to enable autistic sufferers and people with learning disabilities to lead an independent lifestyle.
“The ‘Walk with me’ app series is a range of simple personal guides for an autistic person to carry with them as a visual step by step guide on a range of social journeys. These apps will instill confidence in the user and enable them to lead a more independent and self sufficient life.
“After graduation I plan to use the prize money to travel to America and Canada to promote Cordou and attend a number of autism conferences later this year.
“I thoroughly enjoyed my course at Coleraine, especially the New Venture Creation module which was extremely useful for me as a springboard from my studies into the business world.”
Her lecturer Fred Scharf added: “Christina has moved on from the concept stage towards commercialisation and the fact that she has already set up her own company, Cordou, shows she means business.”
University of Ulster, Coleraine Graduations, 28 June 2011
FACULTY OF COMPUTING AND ENGINEERING
Doctor of Philosophy
Pass
James William Burke
Christopher James Hanna
Master of Science in Telecommunications and |Internet Systems
Pass
Michael Onyemaeze Onyebuchi
Postgraduate Diploma in Telecommunications and Internet Systems
Pass
Christopher Patrick Stewart Graham
Bachelor of Science with |Honours in Computing and Diploma in Industrial |Studies
With First Class Honours
Colin William Campbell
Kelly-Anne Glenn
Adam Makhfoudi
Simon Christopher Shevlin
With Second Class Honours Upper Division
Adam Robert Brady
Daniel Downey
Richard Flaherty
Lee Keery
Christopher McCaul
Sarah Louise McManus
Richard William Primrose
Darren John Taggart
With Second Class Honours Lower Division
James William Silas Dempsey
Norman James Donaldson
David Francey
Aidan Johnston
Richard William Francis McCrudden
Samuel Taylor
Bachelor of Science with |Honours in Computing |Artificial Intelligence and Diploma in Industrial |Studies
With Second Class Honours Lower Division
Mark Lawson
Bachelor of Science with |Honours in Computing (Game Development) and Diploma in Industrial |Studies
With First Class Honours
Jonathan David Crozier
Jonathan Paul Hughes
Jason Christopher Mitchell
With Second Class Honours Upper Division
Nathanuel Mills
Niamh Scullion
James Steele
Bachelor of Science with |Honours in Computing with Business and Diploma in |Industrial Studies
With Second Class Honours Upper Division
Claire Elizabeth Lyttle
With Second Class Honours Lower Division
Conail Maguire
Bachelor of Science with |Honours in Computing with Education and Diploma in Industrial Studies
With Second Class Honours Upper Division
Emma Mc Macken
With Second Class Honours Lower Division
Karen Denise Ferguson
Bachelor of Science with Honours in Computing with History and Diploma in Industrial Studies
With First Class Honours
Nikita Armstrong
Bachelor of Science with |Honours in Computing with Psychology and Diploma in Industrial Studies
With Second Class Honours Lower Division
Laura Elizabeth McLean
Bachelor of Science with |Honours in Computing
With Second Class Honours Upper Division
Philip James Corkin
Jonathan Crooks
Leanne Jeffrey
Donal Ruari Macdiarmid
With Second Class Honours Lower Division
Denise Marian Donnellan
Stacey Sinclair
With Third Class Honours
Colin Forsythe
Bachelor of Science with |Honours in Computing (Game Development)
With First Class Honours
Michael James Fredrick Macartney
With Second Class Honours Lower Division
Anthony Fenton
Bachelor of Science with Honours in Computing with Business
With Third Class Honours
David McCullough
Bachelor of Science with |Honours in Computing with Education
With Second Class Honours Lower Division
Darren Archer
Christine Elizabeth Donnellan
Mahaa Ibrahim
Associate Bachelor’s Degree in Computing and Diploma in Industrial Studies
Pass
David Barr
Philip David James Doherty
Associate Bachelor’s Degree in Computing (Game |Development) and Diploma in Industrial Studies
Pass
Kevin McNamee
Associate Bachelor’s Degree in Computing
Pass
Aaron Kelly
Associate Bachelor’s Degree in Computing (Game |Development)
Pass
Andrew Patrick Mc Carney
