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Staff Honoured at 47th Annual Awards
LONG SERVICE AWARDS
35 YEARS
Members of faculty, staff
and specially invited guests
at the 47th annual University
Awards ceremony held
Friday, May 26, 2017 at the
Alfred Sangster auditorium,
Papine campus.
Pro-Chancellor, Mr Richard Powell presents awards for 35 years of service to a beaming Dr Eugenie Brown-Myrie,
Associate Professor, College of Health Sciences and Mr Ephriam Ramsay, Lab Assistant, Faculty of Education and
Liberal Studies.
Members of faculty, administrative, technical and ancillary staff were
honoured for long and dedicated service and commitment to the
development of the University at the 47th annual University Awards
ceremony held on Friday, May 26, 2017 at the Alfred Sangster auditorium,
Papine campus.
Awards were presented for long service in the categories of 10, 15, 20, 25,
30 and 35 years; for excellence in research, community service, customer
service, instructional excellence and innovation, as well as for excellence in
ancillary, technical and administrative categories.
In congratulating members of faculty and staff, President, Prof. Stephen
Vasciannie,CD reaffirmed the importance of teaching, research and service
to the Institution and thanked persons “who have devoted their careers to
the delivery in these core areas of the University.” The President specially
singled out members of staff who have given 35 years of long service – Dr.
Eugenie Brown-Myrie, Professor Vernon Buchanan and Mr. Ephraim
Ramsay to the University. Prof. Vasciannie further provided the large
gathering with updates on recent and pending changes in senior leadership,
infrastructural upgrades on the Papine campus, as well as updates on the
progress of the University’s application for Institutional Accreditation.
In pointing the way forward he urged staff to improve on student friendliness,
increase research and publications, increase productive partnerships
and increase on workplace productivity and the management of scarce
resources.
19 June 2017 | VOICES Bi-Monthly Magazine of the University of Technology, Jamaica