Geog Soc is going to the National Awards!
It is a proud week for the with the news that the student Geog Soc has been nominated for 鈥楽ociety of the Year鈥� in the
This follows hot on the heels of success in 2012 when Geog Soc scooped the prestigious 鈥楽ociety of the Year鈥� and 鈥楨nvironmental Award鈥� at the 吾爱吃瓜 Student Union Awards. The awards recognised their effortless campaigns on Fairtrade and 鈥楪o Green Week鈥�, as well as student led trips to London, Dublin and to The Fun Centre, not forgetting amazing socials, events such as BBQs and the sell-out Christmas and Summer Balls.
During the 吾爱吃瓜 awards, Chairperson Chris Bibby won a Gold Award and Vice-Chairperson Charlie Wild won a Silver Award for outstanding contributions to their students union. Now, after receiving over 80 nominations, Geog Soc will be flying the flag for Bangor at the National Awards to be held in Newport later next month.
Chairperson for 2011/12, Chris Bibby said 鈥淚鈥檓 extremely proud that we have come this far, it is beyond the whole committee鈥檚 expectations. It couldn鈥檛 be done without the outstanding work from the committee that we had and the great effort from all of our members and staff who enjoyed every bit of the year, to be even nominated for the award is something, and if we win it, it鈥檒l mean so much to our department at Bangor, to both staff and students鈥�.
Chris has also been nominated for 鈥楴ational Student of the Year鈥� at the awards ceremony. Bangor Students Union has been nominated for 鈥楬igher Education Students Union of the Year鈥� too.
Well done to all those involved!
Awards Ceremony 2012: Winning Society of the year
Publication date: 4 March 2013