We have such a fantastic range of students and staff getting involved in everything we do and working hard to support their teams and make life better for students at Bucks. Sometimes, these people go unnoticed and we just don't think that's fair.
So, each month we will be celebrating our members and their achievements, and need your help. You can nominate the following for an award:
- Committee Member
- Community Volunteer
- Best Performance
- Innovative Idea
- Student Rep
- Staff Member
We'll showcase what they do, who they are and write all about them on our website, social media channels, and student newspaper.
If you know someone who deserves to be on next month's Celebration Station, nominate them below.
Celebration Station Winners Archive
Committee Member of the Month Winners
Awarded to the committee members who have gone above and beyond with their efforts towards their club or society
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Jess Leach | February 2025
Jess is a committee member for 2 societies, Baking and Bucks Tabletop and Gaming and has played a huge part in the success of both of these during the month February. For BTAG she was the spearhead for their 24-hour Game-a-thon fundraiser event where they raised £300 split between the society and One Can Trust, for which they are going to use the money to purchase food to donate to the value. Onto Baking and she has set the society up, did a lot of baking to collaborate with BTAG at their fundraiser as well as gaining a consistent membership base with a different Baking challenge each week. Well done!
Harriet Kozlowski | January 2025
Hattie has worked tirelessly on preparing the Dance club for their comp season and has been instrumental in the organising Bucks dance comp, coming up on the 15th Feb. In addition, she also offered to help men’s futsal with a minibus driver for their away fixture.
Jaydon Wheeler | December 2024
Jaydon played a pivotal role in the organisation and running of Musical Theatre’s panto shows in collaboration with Hughenden Garden Village. He wrote, organised and produced the show as well as ensuring that both showings went without a hiccup. Alongside this, he has effectively led the Comic Society as Chair, from being a brand-new society to having a strong regular attendance.
Jean Marc Amagoua | November 2024
Jean Marc has been instrumental in the running of Men’s Rugby, communicating consistently with SU staff and student members alike. Setting an example to freshers with enthusiasm and determination to see his club succeed.
Gemma Finch | October 2024
Gemma has gone above and beyond during October. Helping to organise cheers comp entries, logging volunteering hours and communicating effectively with staff and her members. Doing this alongside her coaching role for cheer shows her dedication and passion to her sport.
Community Volunteer of the Month Winners
For individuals who have gone above and beyond in volunteering.
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Podcast | March 2025
Podcast set up a 12 hour fundraiser for war child, they streamed live bring in the elected officers and other clubs and societies to support alongside. The podcast society raised £157.00.
Lily Wood | February 2025
Lily deserves community volunteer as she has excelled in volunteering whilst being at the university for her first year. She has helped out whenever she can with RAG opportunities with the RAG Ambassadors and recently completed Boycott Your Bed and raising £65 as sponsors whilst doing so, supporting Wycombe Homeless Connection. She has planned future volunteering planned as she goes to Get Free Books in High Wycombe town centre as she is determined to contribute to Musical Theatre's green initiative goal.
Izzy Eastham | January 2025
Izzy has been doing a lot of community volunteering behind the scenes throughout her whole time at Uni. She makes and donates quilts, under Project Linus, which provides quilts to children in hospital. Before she was aware that this was something she could log as community volunteering she was doing this and has logged barely half of the hours as it’s something she loves doing. She also has been working closely with the Refresh Shop to provide Sewing lessons, under the green initiative and community.
Adriana Karaszova | December 2024
Adriana is a first year student who has embraced volunteering. Adriana has been involved with the community attending The One Can Trust, becoming a regular volunteer. She has also joined Bucks Mind as a volunteer, attending training and starting her role.
Shannan Vale | November 2024
Shannan has been awarded community volunteer of the month for the amazing work Shannan has been doing. Shannan has been working with the One Can Trust to sort donations, performed with both BNU Dance and Musical Theatre to switch on the Christmas Lights in the town centre, is performing with Musical Theatre to provide a panto with a care home and is a leader in the Sea Cadets.
Philip Newland | October 2024
Phillip has been volunteering over the summer with race cars earning over 270 community volunteer hours and has now added to his community volunteer experience by volunteering with the Cub Scouts.
Best Performance of the Month Winners
If a club, society or individuals have performed well collectively regarding accreditation, or an individual has stood out with their performance.
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The Athletic Union | March 2025
We have decided to give this award to the whole of the AU this month to celebrate not only the victory over Roehampton but the teamwork, respect, sportsmanship and support shown to each other both on and off the pitch, court or stage.
Netball | February 2025
Netball 1's are this month’s performance of the month award winners. Starting with their semifinal win 57-56 vs Royal Holloway, they then went to Roehampton the next day and won, to cementing a top 2 finish in the league and giving them a wonderful opportunity to complete a league and cup double.
Women's Football | January 2025
Women’s football has become the first sports team to win a trophy this year. Gaining promotion, crowning themselves as champions, and winning the league with a 12-0 comprehensive victory over Reading. Duly awarding them performance of the month.
Musical Theatre Society | December 2024
Musical Theatre Society have been working with Hughenden Garden Village since the beginning of the year to put on a pantomime for the residents. In December, this came to fruition with 2 shows being performed with very positive reviews from everyone as well as earning themselves £350 towards their fundraising account.
Bucks Men's Rugby | November 2024
Rugby have been heavily involved across the Union during November. Including logging volunteering hours consistently, ticking off a large amount of their accreditation, participating in Smile and being the front runners in highlighting the importance of Movember.
Bucks Men's Hockey | October 2024
Men's Hockey recorded a massive 16-0 win over Kings College. This was Men's Hockey's biggest win that many connected to Bucks can remember. Dominating their opponents and making a statement in the league.
Innovative Idea of the Month Winners
For the clubs, societies or individuals who have come up with a unique and innovative idea. This idea could be for fundraising, volunteering, or different ideas for engaging with new members, to name a few.
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Baking Society | March 2025
Baking society came up with the idea of holding a bake sale for varsity, baking throughout the night to supply all the players and spectators with sweet treats for their long varsity day.
Men’s Hockey | February 2025
Hockey organised a charity match raising £600 for Wycombe Mind. They successfully collaborated with Women’s hockey and Cheer to make a whole day of fun and performance. They organised the charity game with Wycombe Hockey Club allowing the community to get involved and be a part of the university community.
Women’s Hockey | January 2025
Baking Society have set back up again and for their first point of call, they used their initiative and collaborated with Monthly Monday Meals for December, providing a recipe for a Chocolate Mug Cake.
Baking Society | December 2024
Baking Society have set back up again and for their first point of call, they used their initiative and collaborated with Monthly Monday Meals for December, providing a recipe for a Chocolate Mug Cake.
Paramedicine Society | November 2024
Paramedicine completed a 12 hour CPR a thon for our RAG Charity Wycombe Mind. Raising £225.00, not only did they endure the 12 hours, but was also teaching other students and staff how to complete CPR correctly and understand the mental and physical strength needed to get through a length of time doing a life saving activity.
Musical Theatre | October 2024
Musical Theatre hosted a welcome picnic at the beginning for all returning and new members to enjoy the last of the summer sun and completed a litter pick completing their green initiative for accreditation.
Student Rep of the Month Winners
Each month, a student rep who has significantly improved the student experience by effectively representing their peers is rewarded for their work.
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Emily Perry L6 Music Strands: Audio, Sound and Technology | March 2025
Emily has been active as a rep, talking to students all year around about issues they are facing with their course. She has been quick to deal with situations and get them resolved without waiting for the next PCM. For example, with regards to issues that happened in a live sound module, she was quick to raise the concerns of students. Along with this, she has spoken to other courses she is not a representative of but who collaborate with the courses she is for their concerns too. Emily has also been really approachable and helped when a student came to her with a concern regarding something outside of lectures with employment, and she was able to direct them to where they could get help instead and helped take the issue further when needed while offering support at a level she could.
Donna Langston | February 2025
Donna has been sharing feedback on behalf of her peers and is a real asset to supporting her own and her peers' experience whilst studying. She is a delight to speak to and work with. She is always looking for new ways to raise feedback and engage her peers and ensuring that they get the support they need. Donna has raised feedback in many areas, a few examples regarding placements, heating and resources at the Aylesbury campus. When providing feedback, she suggests ideas and also support the feedback loop, by keeping her peers updated with any progress of these issues raised. With her feedback, we were able to act on improving the experience of taught sessions by working with the university's estates team to secure temperature controls at the campus. This is just one example of the work Donna supports to do, alongside supporting her peers within her taught sessions too, using her rep training to signpost to relevant services etc. More recently at her school’s PCM she raised concerns around her course and also provided input into other areas where feedback was similar.
She is passionate about her studies and wants to ensure the support and experience for herself and her peers. She looks for ways to get involved and will encourage her peers too!"
Kaitlin Pearce | January 2025
Kaitlin has been highly effective as both a Student Rep and School Officer this year. She is truly dedicated to both roles and has demonstrated this across various meetings and committees. Most recently, in her Programme Committee Meeting, she spoke with real care and detail about her cohort’s experience—highlighting what’s working well and suggesting practical improvements.
As a School Officer, she is committed to the student experience and has built a good working relationship with members of staff within Human and Social Sciences to help facilitate this. She is proactive and has truly excelled in both roles so far this academic year.
Evie Davies (L5 Photography) | December 2024
Evie has been a great rep since she started, she has always taken student feedback seriously and pushed for changes that have improved our course and made it more enjoyable. She provides us with a quick and easy way to make suggestions and provide feedback allowing for every students voice to be heard. She is constantly working in and out of lectures to make every day better and more enjoyable. Evie is also incredibly friendly and attentive making sure everyone feels included within the course and that their voices are being heard. Since starting, Evie has improved our course significantly and made it much more enjoyable for everyone involved and deserves to be rep of the month.
Jess Leach | November 2024
’Jess has shown strong dedication in their role as a student representative, working hard to improve the student experience for everyone they represent. They have organised and led meetings with various university staff, from teachers to top school management. Throughout their time in the role, Jess has consistently raised issues that affect the whole cohort, making sure the concerns of their peers are heard and addressed. Their commitment to making a positive difference has had a real impact on improving communication between students and staff, and heling students get what they deserve from their student experience’’.
Staff Celebration Winners
Staff Celebration is our way of acknowledging staff members who have gone above and beyond, inspired their students, and deserve recognition for their exceptional work.
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Ann-Marie Hippolyte | March 2025
As this year comes to an end, the lecturer that has helped with engagement and has supported all students is Ann-Marie. There has been many occasions she has gone above and beyond her role and duties to ensure that the student is supported. In particular there was an occasion that a student was really ill and she was really supportive and ensured that the student was able to safely return home. She continued to communicate with this student ensuring she was home safe. You could see how much she genuinely cared about the student. Ann-Marie also always delivers her classes in such a way that even the students with less confidence are able to engage and participate. She is respectful to all students and you can see that she really has put effort into how she delivers her classes. She wants you to be the best version of yourself. As an adult nursing tutor I know students from child have been signposted to her on placement and she stepped up and was able to further assist in putting them in touch with the right people and checking in with them to ensure they are ok. She may be a super busy person but she will always make time for you. Thank you Ann-Marie, never change as students need you!
Vytautas Kravcenka | February 2025
V was great about getting in touch early as to whether there was any support he could provide to help with opportunities for Games Development students and has been great about circulating information to his students and brought his whole lecture group to the NFTS Careers in Film, TV, and Gaming Panel during Strive Employability Festival. Although we had a few lecturers bring students to Damien Page's lecture, V was the standout in being proactive in offering support and heavily promoting to his students. He has been a standout this year for ensuring students are aware of all the support that the Students’ Union can offer to students and encouraging them to engage more widely.
Fiona Clarke | January 2024
Fiona have been a pillar of support, not just in academics but in personal struggles as well. Her guidance has fostered resilience, wisdom, and leadership in students. Through my grief and hardship, she has offered a compassionate ear, ensuring me or my peers didn’t feels alone. Her ability to listen without judgment and provide encouragement has made an immeasurable impact. Instead of simply instructing, they nurture growth, inspiring confidence, and strength. Her unwavering belief in her students cultivates success beyond the classroom. For her kindness, wisdom, and unwavering support, she deserves this award!
Borbala Kenez-Burns (Education and Childhood Studies) | December 2024
Borbala has supported all of the classes within her modules to the fullest! In seminars, she's always there to help out students in any way possible and will sit down with them to support a greater understanding of the material given. Her communication is amazing in emails and video calls as feedback is frequent and encouraging and helps students feel supported within the course.
Jessica Raban-Williams and Fiona Minors | November 2024
Nominations from Fashion Promotion and Communication students stated that Jessica and Fiona have had a significant impact on their journeys. From setting up one-to-one sessions to providing support during maternity leave, both Fiona and Jessica ensure that students are in a good position to continue with their studies. They give direct feedback which helps students to see things clearly and they feel that the valuable feedback they provide enables students to be better future ‘’fashionistas’’. Both Jessica and Fiona are outstanding individuals who have students respect and deserve recognition for everything they do, even the things students don’t see. They offer students guidance, presentations, feedback, and resources behind the scenes, which students are incredibly grateful for.