VOICES Bi-Monthly Magazine of the University of Technology, Jamaica | January – March 2022 4 Cont’d from page 3...Medija Traditions Wins 9th UTech, Jamaica Business Model Competition University of Technology, Jamaica through its Caribbean School of Nursing (CSON), College of Health Sciences (COHS), celebrated its nursing and midwifery students at the 12th staging of the Annual Striping Ceremony on March 24, 2022. The ceremony, held via Zoom, was themed “Nursing & Midwifery Students Champion of the COVID-19 Pandemic Soaring to new Heights” and acknowledged the achievements of nursing and midwifery students who have been awarded the symbolic stripes, which signify that they have satisfied the academic and professional requirements of their respective levels of study and have displayed good behaviour and attitude towards their profession. Dr. Adella Campbell, Dean, COHS, in congratulating the nursing and midwifery students, praised them for facing and conquering the challenges of the pandemic by pivoting to online learning, and adapting to the fluctuating requirements of completing clinical and practical assessments. “Today is testament to your resilience and fortitude,” she noted, Nursing Students Earn Their Stripes at 12th Annual Striping Ceremony University of Technology, Jamaica Nursing and Midwifery students who achieved the highest GPA of their cohort in the Academic Year 2020/2021 display their trophies during a special presentation at the UTech, Jamaica Western Campus preceding the Annual Striping ceremony for Nursing and Midwifery students held via Zoom on Thursday, March 24, 2022. Front row, from left, are Bachelor of Science in Midwifery students Kayjanae Hines, 2nd Year, Ladane Thompson, 4th Year, Danessia Williams-Mellis, 2nd Year; Bachelor Science in Nursing students Trisha Goodlitt, 3rd Year, and Zaviah Ramlaal, 4th Year. Back row, from left, are Bachelor of Science in Midwifery students Shenelle Cope, 3rd Year, and Tishana Swaby-Clarke, 3rd Year and Bachelor of Nursing student Kereisha Smith-Morris, 3rd Year. Celebrating with the students, from left are Mrs. Keron JonesFraser, Acting Head, Caribbean School of Nursing (CSON), College of Health Sciences (COHS), Mr. Abubakar Usman, Programme Director, CSON, and Mrs. Marti McLeod, Programme Leader, BSc. Midwifery, UTech, Jamaica Western Campus. in 2021 indicated that 32% of university students plan to be entrepreneurs. He further noted that “this is also in alignment to our own studies at UTech, Jamaica that says that 49% of our students have an innovation that can be commercialized.” The Head of School also thanked sponsors, the JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation and the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), as well as the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) for their special endorsement of the UTech, Jamaica BMC. Dr. Carol Nathan, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies (FELS) and UTech, Ja BMC Chairperson, noted that the vision of the Business Model Competition is “to foster and facilitate strong entrepreneurial pursuits within the student body, as many excellent ideas and projects come from our students.” She pointed out that the competitive platform also provides students with training, as well as the opportunity to create linkages within the local and international business market. The top four teams from the competition will go on to the National Business Model Competition where they will face teams from The University of the West Indies, University of the Commonwealth Caribbean, the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts and the Northern Caribbean University. Cont’d on page 5
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