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UC celebrates excellence of over 100 colleagues

01 December 2022

Te Whare W膩nanga o Waitaha | the University of mini传媒 (UC) celebrated the success of more than 100 academic and professional staff members on Wednesday.

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Every year, high-achieving UC staff are celebrated with a range of awards for development and success across research, teaching, sustainability, UC鈥檚 values, academic promotions, long service, national recognition, and health, safety and wellbeing.

This year, over 100 staff members were acknowledged for their talents and contributions towards the UC community at a special gathering, Hui Whakam膩nawa | Celebrating Excellence.

After introducing UC鈥檚听听last year, the Ng膩 Uara | Our Values Awards were awarded for the first time this year.

Kaihaut奴 Matua P奴manawa Tangata | Executive Director of People, Culture and Campus Life Paul O鈥橣laherty said he was pleased to announce the first winners of the new values awards: 鈥渨ho have been doing incredible mahi and lived our values of maanakitanga, tiakitanga and whanaungatanga鈥.

鈥淭oday鈥檚 event just illustrates the diversity and capability of our university community. Congratulations to all the winners and thank you for all your hard work for our UC community,鈥 鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧婳鈥橣laherty says.

Congratulations to all those awarded and acknowledged at Hui Whakam膩nawa.

SDG 4 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 - Quality Education

Ng膩 Uara | Our Values Awards:

  • Manaakitanga (extending care and empowering others) 鈥 Katie Mills and George Haswell
  • Tiakitanga (enhancing and nurturing our resources) 鈥 Breeze Robertson
  • Whanaungatanga (valuing people and their differences) 鈥 R墨peka Tamanui-Hurunui and Will Shannon

Katie Mills and George Haswell led the entire institutional response to Covid-19 contact tracing and the delivery of over 2000 care packs for isolating students. Read more about their mahi听here.

People鈥檚 Choice:

  • Rachel Rogers, for her positive attitude and generosity of spirit generating wellbeing and embodying the principles of Te Pae M膩hutonga wellbeing model.

Sustainability Awards:

  • Advancing Sustainability Research Award
    • Winner:听Distinguished Professor Steven Ratuva
    • Highly Commended: Dr Joya Kemper
  • Advancing Sustainability Knowledge Award
    • Winner: Primary Science and Technology team
    • Highly Commended: The Environmental Science Programme
  • Protecting our Planet Award
    • Winner:听Jessica Saul
    • Highly Commended: Professor Don Hine
  • Protecting our Planet Award
    • Winner:听Professor Bronwyn Hayward

Read about Distinguished Professor Steven Ratuva鈥檚 mahi on the听Pacific Ocean and Climate Crisis Assessment听and Jessica Saul鈥檚 engagement at听Te Rua | Makerspace.

Health, Safety and Wellbeing Awards:

  • Health, Safety and Wellbeing Recognition Award 鈥 Grounds team
  • Health, Safety and Wellbeing Innovation Award 鈥 Matthew Cowan

Read more about the 2022 Health, Safety and Wellbeing Recognition Award听here.

Capability Awards:

  • Tracy Anderson, Social Media Editor, Marketing
  • Aleisha Blake, Senior Communications Advisor, Communications and Events
  • Sarah Petersen, Academic Services Manager, Faculty of Education

Professorial appointments:

  • Misty Sato
  • Alex Yip
  • Matthias Galster
  • Michael Hayes
  • Rua Murray
  • Paul Docherty
  • Hazel Chapman
  • Tammy Steeves
  • Travis Horton
  • Wolfgang Rack
  • Sarah Masters
  • Virginia McIntosh
  • Laura-Lee McLay
  • Christopher Akroyd听(in absentia)
  • Jeremy Clark
  • Tom Coupe
  • J枚rg Finsterwalder

Read more about the newly appointed professors听here.

UC Early and Emerging Career:

  • Dr Matt Hobbs听鈥撎齠or his efforts to help New Zealander鈥檚 stay healthy
  • Dr Sarah Flanagan听鈥撎齠or her study on the native pipefish

UC Teaching Awards:

  • General Teaching Award 鈥撎鼶r Christian Walsh听and听Dr Susannah Stevens
  • Outstanding Teaching and Learning Transformation Award 鈥撎鼶r Erin Harrington听and听Dr Zita Joyce
  • Hapori Community of Practice Award 鈥撎

听Read more about the UC Teaching Awards听here.

Teaching Development Scholarship:

  • Associate Professor Ann-Marie Kennedy听鈥 Incorporating student voice in student engagement with online learning
  • Dr Nicola Dunham听鈥 Story globe: Immersive narratives for teaching and learning.
  • Associate Professor Arindam Basu听鈥 Building the "Metaversity" of mini传媒.
  • Associate Professor Darren Gravely听(in absentia) &听Associate Professor Billy O鈥橲teen听鈥 Blending field science education with social entrepreneurship and environmental conservation through a virtual zipline.
  • Hilary Kingston听and听Nikki Tod听鈥 Building authentic partnerships to inform using narrative pedagogy in ITE programmes.

Read more about the scholars.

Long Service Awards:

Engineering

  • Neville Watson
  • Alan Poynter
  • Timothy Bell
  • Michael Shurety
  • Frank Weerts
  • David van Leeuwen
  • Jeanette Allen
  • Allen Witt
  • John Maley
  • Catherine O'Shaughnessy
  • Mark Milke
  • Julian Murphy
  • Gunter Steinke

Arts

  • Susan Bouterey
  • James Ockey

Science

  • Diane Caddick
  • John Dalrymple-Alford
  • Ainsley Gardiner
  • Steven Graham
  • John Davis
  • David Conder
  • David Schiel
  • Wayne Mackay
  • Robyn Daly
  • Robert Spiers

Research

  • Jennifer Owens
  • Peter Kennedy
  • Timothy O'Sullivan
  • Alison Whitla

Planning, Finance & Digital

  • Christine Rodd
  • John Edwards
  • Margaret Adam

People, Culture and Campus

  • Terry O'Brien
  • Paul Cooper
  • Shelley Nicholson
  • Warwick Findlay

Royal Society Te Ap膩rangi Awards 2022:

  • Professor Paul Millar听鈥 2022 Pou Aronui Award, for distinguished service to aronui humanities over a sustained period of time.听Read more
  • Professor Ann Brower听鈥 2022 Charles Fleming Award for Environmental Achievement, for the protection of the New Zealand environment.听More here.

The Higher Education Academy (HEA) Fellowship recipients

  • Associate Professor Debra Wilson
  • Dr Toni Collins
  • Associate Professor Natalie Baird
  • Dr Miguel Morales
  • Associate Professor Laura Revell
  • Hilary Kingston
  • Professor Matthias Galster
  • Dr Shea Esterling
  • Professor Tom Coupe

Te Whatu KairangiAKO Award 2022 recipient:

  • Associate Professor Eileen Britt
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