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# Society Individual of the Year
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Page: https://cp.ulwolves.ie/committee/awards/2025/s_person
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## 1. Detail your involvement with a society/societies this year? How have you helped the society/societies you're involved in develop and grow this year? (Max 1500 words)
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Brendan Golden is the president/system administrator of UL Computer Society.
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He helped forge connections with Games, Games Development, and the Anime & Manga societies,
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directly helping the latter two in setting up.
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He was instrumental in the development of the UL Computer Society,
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coordinating committee members in preparing several unique events each week for both the
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Fall and Spring semesters over his final year. He also set up Skynet, and is responsible for
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most, if not all, of UL Computer Society's server infrastructure.
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## 2. What are your THREE proudest achievements with societies this year?
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### — Achievement 1 (5 Marks) (Max 250 words)
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* Brendan upgraded and revitalized Skynet and has singlehandedly given regular training sessions to others on how to use it. His hands-on training has helped our members learn and utilize subjects such as Git, CI/CD
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pipelines, and server infrastructure outside an academic environment without all the stressors and potential fallout that a proffesional environment would add. The training also helped enthusiasts find their passions and niches within the field of computing.
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### — Achievement 2 (5 Marks) (Max 250 words)
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* Brendan was instrumental in the development of the Inter-Soc Committee member Discord server,
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building a common space for all committee members of all participating societies to coordinate and network with one another. This has helped ease discussions and collaborations between societies.
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### — Achievement 3 (5 Marks) (Max 250 words)
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* Brendan was responsible for providing a common space for all students in the Computer
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Science and Information Systems Department to socialize and interact with their preferred subject
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in an open and friendly environment. This has improved the social lives of many students in the
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department, and better prepared them for a good post-college life.
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## 3. What significant contribution have you made to the society/societies you were involved in during previous years of college? (Max 500 words)
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* Brendan's most significant contribution made to UL Computer Society was the development of
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Skynet, the society's in-house server infrastructure. Using it, he was able to host minecraft
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servers for multiple societies, such as Games Society. Additionally, he helped build Open
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Governance, which allows the public to access information regarding decision making, event information, and other important insights into current and past Committees. This fosters a culture of
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openness and transparency regarding why certain decisions were made within the society.
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## 4. Explain the top 2 challenges you encountered in your society work this year?
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### — Challenge 1 (5 Marks) (Max 200 words)
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* One of the biggest challenges Brendan faced was implementing GDPR regulations while setting up
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the Inter-Society Networking Server. This was a challenge because it required a lot of back and
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forth with the C&S office to ensure that the server was compliant with GDPR regulations while
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also automating the process of adding and removing members from the server.
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### — Challenge 2 (5 Marks) (Max 200 words)
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* Another challenge he encountered was organizing multiple events of different types every week,
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which required a lot of coordination between committee members and society members. He, and by
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extension, the committee, decided to adopt a model of making a unique event every week instead
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of having regular weekly events like most other societies to keep things fresh and help alternate
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between having technical and social events. Due to this however, more time was needed to arrange
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events and Brendan had to coordinate committee members to ensure that events were prepared in time.
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## 5. How have you worked as part of a team and how have you motivated others within the society this year? (Max 400 words) 10 points
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His contribution to the UL Computer Society's committee has been invaluable. He acted as the
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leader of the committee, coordinating members towards contributing towards given goals like
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preparing budgets, organizing events, and ensuring that the society's server infrastructure
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worked well. He also regularly checked in on Committee members and offered help wherever needed, often going beyond the call of duty to do so.
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His actions helped motivate a sense of responsibility among committee members and helped us create
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a friendly atmosphere in the committee and the society at large.
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## 6. How has your societies' work impacted campus life in your college this year? (Max 200 words) 5 points
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The UL Computer Society's work has had a significant impact on campus life, by providing students
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studying in Computer Science and similar subjects a common area to socialize and interact with
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each other in a friendly and open environment. It helps people engage with their passions in a
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positive way outside of academia. Allowing students to meet other like-minded people and foster
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connections that help them grow as individuals and prepare them for a post-college life.
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Additionally, we've offered many students a place to find respite from events like fresher's week,
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allowing people who don't participate in those events to still have a place to socialize and not
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feel left out.
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## 7. Please describe two skills that you have developed as part of your society work that have prepared you for your post-college life.
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### — Skill 1 (5 Marks) (Max 250 words)
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* The main skill Brendan said he learned during his time as president of the UL Computer Society
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was leadership skills, which would be instrumental in his career and future development. These
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leadership skills contributed to him being a great leader and manager of people, which would
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surely help him greatly in his post-college life
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### — Skill 2 (5 Marks) (Max 250 words)
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* He also learnt other important soft skills like communication, networking, and teamwork, which
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are essential in maintaining a good life both during and after college. These skills were developed
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from being in a leadership role in the UL Computer Society for several years.
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