The Union has tonight awarded Colours to those who have contributed towards ICU during the year.

Imperial College Union has tonight held its annual Colours Presentation Ceremony in the Union Dining Hall, following the approval of the list of awardees at Council on Monday evening.

The decision about whish members of the Union receive colours is made by the "Colours Committee", who look at each nomination and discuss whether or not that person has met the criteria laid out in the colours policy. Out of 106 nominees, 74 were deemed to have met these criteria and were recognised with an award.

Half Colours (43)

To be awarded Half Colours you need to have made a "positive contribution to the general life of the Union in an extraordinary fashion".

This year, Half Colours were awarded to:

• Gilead Amit
• Charlotte Atteck
• Christoph Aymanns
• Chris Birkett
• Karl Bonney
• Rahul Bose
• Richard Butler
• Afonso Campos
• Kok Yean Chooi
• Alessandro Ciucci
• Erika Cule
• Naida Dzigal
• Nikita Gandhi
• Omar Hafeez-Bore
• Tom Haywood
• Ian Hill
• Christopher Hopper
• Joe Illingworth
• Heather Jones
• Sammy Jones
• Amirah Kassim
• David Kwek
• Richard Lai
• Strachan Mackenzie
• Jad Marrouche
• Ben Moorhouse
• Charles Murdoch
• Fumiyo Nakagawa
• Ravi Pall
• Stef Piatek
• Edward Poynton
• Oliver Rogers
• Alice Rowlands
• James Skeen
• Claire Stanley
• James Tibbott
• Seb Turner
• Moazzam Ullah
• Katya yani Vyas
• Rich Waldie
• Peter Welsby
• Grace Yip
• Jessica Monya Zard

Full Colours (20)

To be awarded Full Colours you have to "repeatedly, through outstanding achievements, over the course of the year, have made a significant contribution to the life of the Union".

This year, Full Colours were awarded to:

• Najette Ayadi O'Donnell
• Adam Baldwin
• Alexander Balikhin
• Nathaniel Bottrell
• Phin Chooi
• David Clements
• Jack Cornish
• Luke Dhanoa
• Jon Downing
• Inger Eriksson
• Sam Furse
• Margaret Holme
• Rupert Levy
• Tim Moran
• Ali Mozaffari
• Chris Namih
• Stefan Nubert
• Kirsty Patterson
• Kadhim Shubber
• Ben Stubbens

Outstanding Service Award (7)

For an Outstanding Service Award "you will have displayed continuous outstanding achievement across a broad spectrum of Union activities". According to the Union website, few of these are given out, only five a year at most. This year, seven OSAs were awarded.

Eugene Chang

Eugene has taken on the difficult task of Chairing the OSC and has done an excellent job. He has changed a barely functional CSC, which almost never communicated either with its clubs or with the central Union and has been historically poorly managed, into a well-run and efficient one, which represents its clubs and stands up for them at places like Council and CSB, raising important issues which have not been frequently heard before. Of course, this is what all CSCs should do, but the outstanding aspect of Eugene?s role is that the OSC had not done these things for as long as anyone can remember, until now.

Eugene has also led his Exec well under difficult starting circumstances. A testament to his dedication to the Union is that he has done all this after having previously decided to cut down his time commitments in Union officer posts, and on top of his considerable duties as a Halls Sub-warden and while remaining a dedicated member of numerous clubs and societies.

David Charles

David has been the RCSU President this year, the RCSU Vice President of Operations last year and the RCSU Sports Officer they year before that. He has been deeply involved with union, the welfare of students, and has been at the forefront of the numerous activities within the Union. David has worked hard at creating new ideas and getting the money to turn them into a reality. He has also been deeply involved in raising money and awareness for charity and has always given his best. David has been an outstanding individual for many years always giving 100% and that means a great deal to the students that he supports.

Rachel D'oliveiro

Rachel has been an invaluable part of the Union this year. She has been a very active and dedicated A&E Chair, with a really good understanding and sympathy for the interests of all her clubs. She has pushed for greater collaboration with the Blyth Centre and has helped to develop Arts Imperial. In all her duties as a CSC Chair she has been incredibly helpful and hardworking ? often beyond the call of duty. On top of all this, she has been one of the unsung heroes in the organisation of things like the ICSM Vision Outreach Conference! Rachel has also been an important contributor to the first ICSM Careers magazine, as well as one of the co-editors of the What?s On section in Felix. On top of all this, she has remained very active in numerous clubs and societies, often acting as informal adviser to several of their committees and has managed all this on top of never being in the South Kensington campus due to 5th Year Medicine.

Mary Harrington

During the 2008-9 academic year, Mary Harrington was the ICSMSU Faculty Union treasurer ? and an absolutely indispensible help for the President and all the club treasurers. Despite having a turnaround of over £1M, and usually an entire book of cheques to write each week, she was always completely on top of all the Union?s and clubs? finances. So reliable that you can expect her at work all day every Wednesday, she was always found replying to enquiries late into the night and never seemed reluctant to pick up the phone at odd time to a club treasurer. As well as making sure we never spent any money we didn?t have with her ruthless budgeting, she was a great officer to bounce ideas and plans off. She would always go out of her way to help even at the last minute, and did so incredibly efficiently. ICSMSU Treasurer is often thankless and very tedious at time, but Mary never once showed this, and so is a fantastically deserving person to be awarded an ICU OSA for her enormous contribution to the ICSMSU Faculty Union.

Soumaya Mauthoor

Soumaya's relentless altruism has endeared her to both students and staff across the College during her time here as a PhD student. She has been involved in a wide range of projects from the cross-society Peace Wall, Green Week and volunteering projects with the IC Volunteer Centre. As a Postgraduate Representative for Engineering she has tirelessly represented her students on both College and Union committees, making sure they have a strong voice at College level. Notably, her enthusiasm and efforts have been instrumental in the Prayer Room extension and in her contribution towards the ISoc Charity Week.

Dan Wagner

Daniel has been a truly exceptional member of the Union. During his time as Kendo Chair, he has reinvigorated the club from a position of near-dormancy to a very stable, exciting and thriving club, even holding several highly successful national Kendo competitions. However, what makes Daniel?s contribution to the life of the Union truly outstanding, is the work he has done outside of any official committee position, which will benefit many more clubs than purely his own. Despite not holding any position on the ACC Exec, Daniel has voluntarily rewritten the ACC website and has been in the forefront of developing projects to better integrate the ACC clubs. He has organised several Martial Arts events aimed to get the whole of the ACC to socialise together, has always contributed sensibly and imaginatively at ACC meetings, has dedicated his time in trying new things to benefit the whole of the ACC and has also taken a keen interest in wider Union issues.

Jenny Wilson

Jenny, in her capacity as RCC chair this year has displayed all of the requisite skills of a CSC chair, but above and beyond this, she has shown real leadership, a determination and a willingness to go above and beyond her role as chair and is always happy to help out anyone, from an ordinary club member to treasurer or chair in all club and society-related issues. Jenny has been a wonderful presence in the Student Activities Centre, making club officers? lives a lot easier. On top of this, Jenny has been an exemplary ?new club? Chair, raising a supposedly niche club such as Knitsock to a position where almost all senior Union officers are now partaking in its activities.

Imperial College Union Fellowship (4)

To receive a Union Fellowship award you need to "have continuously served the Union in an exceptional manner". Very few of these are given out. This year, four were awarded.

Hamish Common

Hamish has spent the last 4 years tirelessly working as the Chairman for the Union Court. He has rewritten more constitutions, a greater number of times than I care to think about. He sits on a number of councils and committees all in the name of the Union. In return he receives nothing at all, except the ebb and flow of Union politics, from which he deciphers new disciplinary and code of conduct rulings, to name but a few. Hamish?s continued commitment, fervour and enthusiasm to Imperial College Union and its students is truly exemplary; without him the Union Court would simply have died out in its infancy. There is no-one else I can think of who deserves this more than him.

Alex Grisman

Over the years as Academic Affairs Officer for the City and Guilds Union, Alex has made significant contributions to the academic representation work of the Union. As well as diligently representing engineering students on both College and Union committees, Alex has played a significant role in the preparation of presentations to the College's Strategic Education Committee on issues ranging from Assessment and Feedback, Personal Tutors and the Value of an Imperial Degree. He was well-respected by College staff and Union members and his work will continue to have a positive impact on students long after he has left.

Peter Mabbott

Peter has done an excellent job as SCC and SciFi Chair this year. As SCC Chair he always has the time to help out one of his Club Chairs/Treasurers with whatever the issue of the day is. He has dedicated a huge amount of time to his clubs, whether it be in the Student Activities Centre, attending meetings or discussing Union policy in detail ? even at the height of his exams. He has ensured that SCC clubs have had the help needed to work inside the union rules and helped them to bring their issues to higher levels of authority. Peter has also put an exceptionally large amount of time and effort into issues which affect more than just the SCC. In addition, Peter has been a very active and forward-thinking SciFi Chair and continues to have enthusiasm for getting things done next year even though he will be graduating.

Ellin Saunders

Ellin's passion for science ethics saw her set up the College's first Ethical Careers Fair, which was attended by many students from across London. This keen interest also saw her represent the Union on the College's newly-formed Research Ethics Committee. In recent years, Ellin's involvement in the Women in Science, Engineering and Technology society has been invaluable in raising its profile. This year she helped organise the 100 women, 100 visions photo project which was featured in the College's main entrance and will contribute to the College's Outreach efforts to encourage more young women's involvement in Science, Engineering and Technology for years to come.

Imperial College Union Distinguished Fellowship (0)

To receive a Distinguished Fellowship you need to have "served the Union in a selfless and dedicated manner which is both exceptional and beyond reproach".

No Distinguished Fellowships were awarded this year.

Honorary Life Membership

On Monday evening, Council also awarded all sabbatical officers Honorary Life Membership, those officers being:

• Jenny Morgan, ICU President
• Christian Carter, ICU Deputy President (Finance & Services)
• Hannah Theodorou, ICU Deputy President (Education & Welfare)
• Lily Topham, ICU Deputy President (Clubs & Societies)
• Jovan Nedic, Felix Editor
• Mark Chamberlain, Medic President

President's Awards

ICU President, Jenny Morgan, awarded three President's awards:

Dave Charles (RCSU President)

David is perhaps the most dedicated and hardworking Union officer I have come across. Over the last three years he has been tremendous in all of the positions he has held in the RCSU as their President, Vice President of Operations and Sports Officer, but as well as this he is also an invaluable member of the student officer team within the Central Union. Some of the highlights of David's achievements include creating skills sessions, initiation of a communications development for the RCSU which has included a website redevelopment and creating new clubs leading to a doubling in size of RCSU CSC in a period of a year. He has also forged lasting relationships with businesses for the RCSU including Deloitte, BP, Ernst and Young, PWC, Nature and New Scientist whilst helping to create opportunities for graduate employment. Under his leadership the RCSU has gone from strength to strength, running more than one large scale event each week for the Autumn and Spring terms with record turnouts for events including the RAG Ball and the Science Challenge. David's enthusiasm and drive is infectious and he has always been a pleasure to work with and a strong pillar to lean on for which I thank him wholeheartedly.

Alexander McKee

Throughout his time so far at Imperial College Union, Alex has created a strong brand which is well known amongst the student body. He has been the driving force behind our redeveloped website, and is taking this project a stage further to make it even more outstanding. Alex can always be relied on to deliver brilliant results on whatever task he is asked to do, often picking up the pieces and supporting the sabbatical officers when they run behind schedule on projects (the Union email wouldn't never make it out without him!). His Autumn Careers Fair consistently raises large amounts of money for the Union and, through this and other projects, Alex has forged strong links with many external organisations. He is a pleasure to work with, always takes student's views on board and is happy to support student officers even when it is outside of his remit; many a handbook has been improved under his watchful eye. I have no doubt that the Union's brand will continue to go from strength to strength under Alex for many years to come.

Jovan Nedic (Felix Editor)

Since Jov started his sabbatical post as Felix Editor this year, he has been working closely with the College's Archive Department and extensively researching and contacting various companies in order to put all of the past 1,400 issues of Felix onto an enormous online digital archive, which would be the first of it's kind for a higher education institution in the UK. This digital archive will provide a comprehensive history of Imperial College London from the students' point of view and allow staff members and students alike to look back and search past events from Royal visits to mascotry debacles. With 200,000 graduates since 1949 it shan't be short of an audience! Jov is committed to finishing this project and to finding every penny to fund it, which is no mean feat at £55,000. It is on course to be complete in November 2009 and I have no doubt he shall go down in Imperial history for it.

Phil Power (Membership Services Manager)

Phil is one of the unsung heroes in the Union. For his sheer dedication, commitment and constant hard work he is long overdue for some thanks! There are so many areas of the Union that Phil plays a vital role in from helping to organise the Freshers' Fair, to maintaining the Union's minibus fleet as well as helping to develop and deliver club training. He has taken his ever-expanding Membership Services to heights which are unparalleled at any other students union and he works so hard for the benefit of the all the clubs and societies and the Union at large. Whenever anyone has a problem Phil will not only be there, but he will know what to do. On behalf of all the students who are in involved in Clubs & Societies, thank you.

President's Club & Society Award

Imperial College Fencing Club

Fencing has truly been an absolutely exceptional club. They have been consistently one of the highest performing Imperial clubs on a National level, not a mean feat considering that Imperial's performance overall has been steadily improving over the past few years, but have also been one of the best in terms of pure participation. The club has doubled their membership over the past years and has been a model in terms of club management, developing a training programme which suits so many people and allows the club to cater for some truly elite athletes, as well as building up the abilities of absolute novices.

Fencing is also one of the nicest clubs around - always in Felix for the right reasons! They have an exceptionally dedicated and hardworking committee and one of the best club Chairs the Union has ever seen, all of whom should be recognised for making this one of the most successful and flourishing clubs at Imperial. It is emblematic of this club's drive and enthusiasm that after their most successful season, they are looking ahead with excellent long-term plans and aspirations which will benefit not only the club, but the Union as a whole.

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