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August - September 2017

| VOICES Bi-Monthly Magazine of the University of Technology, Jamaica

M

s. Patrice Reid, Programme Director of the Child and Adolescent

Development Course of Study, College of Health Sciences, has been

awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship from the Government of the

United Kingdom to pursue the doctorate in Psychological Medicine at the

University of Glasgow, United Kingdom commencing in October 2017.

The University congratulates Ms. Reid on her award of the prestigious

Commonwealth Scholarship.

T

en students and Faculty from the University of Technology, Jamaica

have been selected for study and developmental opportunities in

Canada for the 2017/2018 Academic Year under the International

Opportunities Programs of the Government of Canada – Emerging Leaders

in the Americas Program (ELAP), Canada/CARICOM Leadership Program

and the Canada/CARICOM Faculty Leadership Program (CCFLP). All

programs are funded by the Government of Canada.

The ten awards are tenable at five Canadian post-secondary institutions:

Brandon University, Ryerson University, Humber College Institute of

Advanced Technology and Learning, University of Prince Edward Island and

the University of Waterloo.

Eight students were selected from the College of Business and Management.

They are Romaine Fagan, Nicola Atkinson, Jenelle Taylor, Gedeisha Gordon

and Davion Williams who will attend Brandon University for four months.

Adera Williams will attend University of Prince Edward Island for four months

and Tena-Kay Gilling and David Pringle will take up their scholarships at

Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning for four

months.

Faculty member Dr. Andrea Pusey-Murray, Programme Director, College of

Nursing will be International Liaison Officer at Ryerson University for two to

three weeks. Dr. Aneisha Collins-Fairclough, Lecturer, and Head of Division

for Research and Graduate Studies, Faculty of Science and Sport (FOSS)

will be a member of Faculty at the University of Waterloo for five to six

months.The Exit Workshop examined the issues and challenges as well as

successes and lessons learnt from the implementation of the Project.

Ten UTech, Jamaica Students and Faculty

Awarded Scholarships to Canadian Universities

COHS Lecturer awarded

Commonwealth Scholarship

for Doctoral Studies

Damian Kotzev (3rd Row, first left) Second Secretary (Management) and Vice-

Consul, High Commission of Canada in Jamaica poses for a group photograph with

students and faculty from the University of Technology, Jamaica and the University

of the West Indies, Mona who have been selected for study and developmental

opportunities in Canada for the 2017/2018 Academic Year under the International

Opportunities Programs of the Government of Canada – Emerging Leaders in

the Americas Program (ELAP), Canada/CARICOM Leadership Program and the

Canada/CARICOM Faculty Leadership Program (CCFLP). The occasion was an

orientation and information session hosted by the High Commission at its Kingston

offices on Thursday, July 6, 2017.

Ms. Patricia Reid, Lecturer, COHS