Dr Carmel Naughton receives the MIC Alumni Award
The inaugural MIC Alumna of the Year Award was presented to Dr Carmel Naughton in recognition of her outstanding contribution to society.
A graduate of MIC, Dr Naughton is a former Chairman of the Board of Cooperation Ireland. Together with her husband, Martin Naughton (founder of Glen Dimplex Ireland) Carmel has been a constant advocate for the advancement of educational opportunities, particularly in the arts, as well as in the disciplines of science, engineering and mathematics where the couple have actively promoted excellence in technological studies at higher level in Ireland through the Naughton Foundation, which they established in 1994. In 2016, the Community Foundation for Ireland named the couple National Philanthropists of the Year for their work in the Naughton Foundation.
This ceremony saw over 100 students and graduates from MIC being recognised for their academic and other notable achievements with over €100,000 presented in scholarships and bursaries, further enhancing the recipient’s studies at MIC.
