This year, 2004 marks the 10th Anniversary of the establishment of the Castlebar Campus of Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. The campus has gone from strength to strength in that time – with registered students increasing from 110 in our first year to nearly 1,800 currently, including 850 part-time learners enrolled in the accredited Lifelong Learning programme at the college. Since opening, GMIT@Castlebar has become a vital cog in the regeneration of the entire western region and takes its responsibilities of teaching and learning, research and community development very seriously.