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Winners announced for Green Templeton’s Nautilus Awards 2022

Green Templeton is pleased to announce this year’s Nautilus Award winners, honouring students who have gone beyond the call of duty and responsibility to contribute to the college.

The annual awards are bestowed in three categories: College Citizenship, Academic and Sports. Congratulations to our three winners and all those highly commended!

Academic award

Winner: Emily Morris (Clinical Medicine, 2020)

Emily Morris with stethoscope around neck in gardens Emily’s commitment to the academic endeavours of GTC began last year with her role as the Richard Doll Society engagement and outreach officer. This year Emily has further continued to go ‘over and above’ in her role as the 2022 RDS President. Emily has independently taken upon herself to organise the new medic mentoring scheme, and a valuable series of activities which have significantly enhanced the academic support and community created by the RDS. If there is a gap identified (for instance in cardiovascular murmur teaching), Emily has been keen expand the activities or herself or the RDS to meet the needs of clinical students.

Highly commended: Francis Ayomoh and Davide Bilardi

Francis Ayomoh (DPhil Primary Health Care, 2021), as president of Oxford Global Health and Care Society, has revived this university-wide student group based at Green Templeton. The society has attracted notable persons, such as the CEO of Oxford University Hospitals, and Francis has made it a point to involve students from outside the medical/health sciences in the society to drive home the reality that healthcare is everybody’s business.

Davide Bilardi (DPhil Clinical Medicine, 2018) was the student lead for the mini-symposium on Global Child Health in April. He spent more than the 12 months coordinating this event, from the initial application to Academic Committee to delivering it on the day. He arranged the programme and speakers and then coordinated the write-up, while being consistently gracious and calm.

College Citizenship award

Winner: Daniele Cotton (DPhil Musculoskeletal Sciences, 2021)

Daniele Cotton headshot with greenery behindDaniele created new contact cards for all college members that have emergency contacts and student welfare contacts to make it easier for students to find support and reduce barriers to accessing welfare. He also made a new welfare items request service to make it easier for students to freely and discretely access feminine hygiene products, contraception and pregnancy tests. In addition, he started a new welfare video series for college students, containing short videos by expert lecturers on how to advance student wellbeing through a variety of topics, such as sleep, nutrition, mindfulness and expressive writing. Daniele has also created a new volunteering opportunity for students at Helen & Douglas House children’s hospice.

Highly commended: Josephine Agyeman-Duah, Elizabeth Baylis, Emily Hulse, Lisa-Marie Mail

Josephine Agyeman-Duah (DPhil in Women’s and Reproductive Health, 2018) established and has continued to champion the Black Students’ Society to serve as a safe space for Black students to provide support to each other. She spearheaded the first Black History Month Celebration at GTC in 2021, with enriching events including Sankofa, plus an exhibition night to showcase Black culture.

Elizabeth Baylis (DPhil Sociology, 2020) was a house supervisor during one of the most challenging years in college due to COVID. Beth went over and above to ensure the residents on the main site were kept informed, shared information and stayed safe. She was proactive in sorting out isolation event kits for households, when able to organising the pizza nights for the residents and she made suggestions on how to improve booking systems for communal areas.

Emily Hulse (DPhil Population Health, 2021) has done a great job in organising events and activities for our GTC community as Graduate Common Room Committee Vice President for Entertainment VP. Emily has had a wide range of new ideas for bar nights, BOPs, dinners and other activities in college that have been introduced.

Lisa-Marie Mail (MSc Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation, 2021) has created and championed Saturday Drop-in Playgroups and created the families ‘Household Items Library’; where with the financial help of the GCR and the College Office she has created a library of common household items that families use often, but not every day. Lisa has also arranged numerous family friendly outings for the families of GTC, to parks, the cinema and most recently a play at the Oxford Playhouse.

Sport award

Winner: Sasha Webb (Clinical Medicine, 2021)

Sasha Webb in Oxford ice hockey kit with ice behindSasha has co-captained the Women’s Blues for Ice Hockey this year. As well as leading the team at the annual Varsity Match, at the Oxford Alternative Ice Hockey Club, she has provided a safe environment for beginners to try the sport. Sasha championed for the inclusion of a blind player on the Women’s Blues Ice Hockey Team for the annual Varsity Match, consulting widely to ensure a period was played with a blind hockey puck. In addition to rowing for the Green Templeton Boat Club Women’s 1st boat Sasha also coxes the Green Templeton College Men’s 1st boat, leading them to winning blades in Torpids 2022.

Highly commended: Ana Alaris and Jacob Appelbaum

Ana Alaris (DPhil Migration Studies, 2020) rebuilt the Women’s rowing team following lockdowns. GTC had a strong reputation to live up to, but most of the senior rowers were no longer at college. During Michaelmas, she was on the river for hours a day introducing college members to rowing. She has personally taught over half of the current squad to row and has created a positive and inclusive culture

Jacob Appelbaum (MSc Global Governance and Diplomacy, 2021) has excelled in his role as Co-Captain of the Green Templeton Boat Club Men’s crew this year. He has recruited long-term coaches for the club and arranged the purchase of new boats that will benefit GTBC members for years to come. He has overseen great success with both the Men’s’ M1 and M2 teams winning blades in Torpids during Hilary term.

All-round highly-commended award

As an exception this year it was felt that Georgia King (Clinical Medicine, 2021) is worthy of being highly commended for her all-round contribution to the college community. Georgie has been the leader of the GCR welfare team. Drop-in welfare meetings have been held with snacks, chats and advice. There has been a ‘sober squad’ to improve safety at events, and several activities to help students connect to each other to foster personal support systems and an inclusive academic environment at GTC (such as a plant potting event, and regular brunches). She has helped many students work through the academic stresses of Oxford life, and has a reputation for providing a listening ear to all those who contact her.

The winners were invited to celebrate at a college dinner on Wednesday 15 June.

Created: 16 June 2022