Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Community Engagement - 2007

The Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Community Engagement for 2007 was awarded to Daniel Saffioti from the Faculty of Informatics.

Citation for Daniel Saffioti

Daniel Saffioti receives this year’s award for Excellence in Community Engagement for his significant and sustained commitment to community engagement.

Through programs such as the High Schools Enrichment Program Daniel has extended the University’s partnerships with local high schools and fueled his passion for developing school students’ interested in informatics disciplines.

His colleagues speak of his genuine enthusiasm and readiness to volunteer his services to assist across faculties at the University. He assisted the Faculty of Education with its Sun Centre of Excellence and presented a program within the Faculty of Science’s Siemens Science Experience. He has also raised funding through his role with the Apple University Consortium to send staff from across the campus to training events and conferences and he has invested a significant amount of his own funds into the University Art Collection to purchase indigenous artworks to be placed in the Informatics Faculty corridor for the enjoyment of staff and students.

Daniel is well respected for both his technical abilities and personal attributes which reflect his philosophical belief that the University, and its employees, have a fundamental duty to engage with the community in which they operate.

Highly Commended – The Centre for Social Marketing Research Team from the Faculty of Commerce

Dr Gary Noble
Professor Gerard Hastings
Dr Elias Kyriazis
Dr Jenny Algie
Mr Alan Pomering
Ms Mary Papakosmas
Ms Alison Lamb
Mr John Cantrell

The Centre for Social Marketing Research (CSMR) receives a special commendation for this year’s award for Excellence in Community Engagement in recognition of the work and commitment by the members of the team to community collaboration and service.

Since the team’s inception in 2004, members have worked to assist and support a wide variety of community organisations such as The Disability Trust and local councils, to bring about positive social development, and in so doing, enhance the reputation of the University.

The CSMR team members show a belief that an academic’s role includes using their skills and knowledge to improve society and to be active contributors to the well being of the community in which they live and work.

Related Links:

• Recipient 2006

• About the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Community Engagement

• Vice-Chancellor's Awards page

• Ethel Hayton Award

Daniel Saffioti is pictured with University of Wollongong Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gerard Sutton.

Highly Commended Certificate: The Centre for Social Marketing Research Team - Dr Gary Noble (holding certificate), Dr Elias Kyriazis, Dr Jenny Algie, Mr Alan Pomering, Ms Mary Papakosmas, Ms Alison Lamb and Mr John Cantrell (absent from photo: Professor Gerard Hastings) – pictured with University of Wollongong Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gerard Sutton.