Civic Engagement Festival 2025

Civic Engagement Festival

Week 1 Schedule – April 7th – 11th

Thursday 3rd April

All Day – SU Elections
9.00 a.m. – 1.30 p.m. – Taster Day: A Day in The Life Of An Arts & Humanities Student

Friday 4th April

All Day – SU Elections

Tuesday 8th April

1.00 p.m. – Conversation with Activists
Dr. Sarah Otten will host a panel discussion with Antonia Kenny (Disability Activist), Steph Hanlon (Political Activist), and Ned Byrne (Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Carlow Branch)
Location: James Doyle Room

Wednesday 9th April

1.00 p.m. – Naming of room in honour of Eavan Boland, followed by Poetry Workshop
Location: Eavan Boland Creative Space

Thursday 10th April

11.30 a.m. – Pop Up Talk: ‘Kierkegaard and Cary Grant?: Existential Identity Recontextualised through Hollywood and the American Dream’
Location: Raymond Farrell, Library Lobby

1.00 p.m. – VISUAL Tour
Location: Meet at College Main Door

Fringe Events

• Le Gouvre: Students and Staff Art Exhibition – Main Corridor

• Pop-up Games – O’Meara Corridor, Students’ Union, and Dining Hall

Civic Engagement Festival

Week 2 Schedule – April 14th – 17th

Monday 14th April

12.45 p.m. – Pop Up Talk: ‘The Myth of Spiderman’ – Jay Kenny
Location: O’Meara Gallery

7.30 p.m. – 9.30 p.m. – Annual Literary Awards
Location: VISUAL Carlow

Wednesday 16th April

10.30 a.m. – 11.30 a.m. – SPCS Class of 2025 Forum
Location: James Doyle Room

12.00 p.m. – Naming of room in honour of Traveller Activist Nan Joyce
Location: Nan Joyce Room

Thursday 17th April

11.15 a.m. – Pop Up Talk: ‘The Psychology of Faith, a Positive Mind Governed by Christ’ – Aaron O’Neill
Location: South Wing Ground Floor

1.00 p.m. – Student Vs Staff CEH Cup Match
Location: College Pitch

8.00 p.m. – End of Year Party
Location: The Terrace, Dinn Rí

Fringe Events

• Le Gouvre: Students and Staff Art Exhibition – Main Corridor

• Pop-up Games – O’Meara Corridor, Students’ Union, and Dining Hall