Institute of Technology Tralee

Students Union

Hello, you are very welcome to the The IT Tralee Students’ Union!!!!

We are made up of three full time officers and six part time officers, who will serve a term of 1 year. All officers have been elected by the students of the Institute. This means that we have gone through many of the same experiences you all will go through so you should feel comfortable to come to us with any query at all. And hopefully we can make your experience here as enjoyable as possible.

Who do we work for?

It’s very simple; we work for the students of IT Tralee on all levels.

What do we do?

As a Union we work to:

Represent Students’ on and off Campus at all times.

Ensure the safety of all students.

We act as effective communication between the students, the Institute, the press and the local community of Tralee of which the students are a big part of.

We organize all Entertainment throughout the year on and off campus for students.

We provide students with the opportunity to purchase IT Tralee Merchandise.

Who are we?

David Scott (Scotty)-President

Mike Thompson-Education officer

Katie Ní Shíthigh-Welfare officer

We also have 5 part time officers and a secretary

Aisling Hickman Fitzpatrick-Societies officer

Aisling will be attending societies meetings throughout the year. Any issues which students bring to her will be brought to the college societies officer.New ideas for fundraising for societies can also be brought to Aisling and she will also help societies in any way she can.Aisling will link closely with all societies to ensure they are running effectively.

Ciara O'Connor-Entertainments officer

Ciara is a fourth year health and leisure student. Ciara is hugely involved with the three full time officers in organising entertainments throughout the year.Ciara is also greatly involved in assisting class reps's to organise class parties throughout the year.So if your planning a party,talk to Ciara!

Kenneth Reynolds-Communications officer

Kenneth is a fourth year interactive multimedia student.Kenneth will assist the union in communicating with the student body.Kenneth will assist in ensuring that the SU website is kept up to date and well maintained.Kenneth will also be present at all class rep meetings and will document all matters which arise.He is also heavily involved in the promotion of SU events throughout the year.

Ann Marie Prendergast-Equalities officer

Ann Marie is a fourth year health and leisure student.She is involved in ensuring that all the interests of the students union are being represented as to promote equality and fair treatment to all and to always ensure such members are not being discriminated against. Ann Marie will work very closely with Katie in relation to equalities.

Cathal O'Reilly-Sports Officer

Cathal is a fourth year health and leisure student.Cathals main role is to assist the college Sports officer, Jennifer Healy, throughout the year with the organization of sport events and assistance in the running all the sports clubs.Cathal will liase closely with all captains and chairpersons of clubs to ensure all clubs are being run in an effective manner.He will assist all clubs with any enqueries about protocal including sports passes.Cathal can also assist any clubs who wish to fundraise during the year.

Gerard Collins-Mature Students Officer

Gerard is a second year social care student. Gers job in the union is to ensure the well-being of all mature students. As we have an increasing number of mature students attending I.T Tralee the role of Mature Student Officer was introduced following the new constitution. This makes Ger I.T Tralees first ever Mature student officer.

Mary McCoy-Administrator

Mary handles all secretarial matters within the union.She is often the first point of contact with the union. Mary works very closely with the full and part time officers on a daily basis.This close working relationship with the officers gives her a great ability to direct any student queries to the relevant union member. Mary also acts as a very strong link between the students union and the student services team which is vital as the year progresses. Mary works on a full time basis with the students union throughout the year and has an office in both the north and south campus.

IT Tralee is an amazing Institute with a wide range of Clubs and Societies to choose from. We organize loads of events throughout the year both on and off campus. So please make the most of your time here and become involved with all aspects of college life. You are in I.T Tralee in a very exciting time. Last year a new Library Building opened in the North Campus which can facilitate a much larger number of students. And also has many more facilities which all students can and should avail of. One of our more popular facilities is the créche based in North Campus. This is exclusive to the students of I.T.Tralee and their children.

A bit of advice that I would give to all students is to join a club or society. By becoming a member you will meet new people you may not have been given the opportunity to meet otherwise. You don’t need any past experience to join either a club and society and they are the ideal way to try something new or just develop your skills further.

There is so much going on around college, such as nights out, matches etc. But the main reason that you’re here is for your Education. And don’t lose sight of that. Make sure you get on top of things straight away. Keep all your notes organized and try and do revision at some stage each week. This will avoid you panicking when your are coming close to final exams.

All year we’ll be running different events and campaigns and they will all be advertised on this site. So make sure you know what’s going on by logging onto www.ittraleesu.ie to check out all the latest events around I.T Tralee