Editorial: In praise of NCU

Published in the Jamaica Observer | Monday, July 02, 2012 

THE recent formal installation of its new president, Dr Trevor Gardner, reminds us of the wonderful contribution Northern Caribbean University (NCU) is making to Jamaica and more particularly to the south central town of Mandeville, the parish of Manchester and the nation’s central region. 

A century ago — give or take a few years — when the initial training school was first started by the Seventh-day Adventists few would have envisioned its transformation to its pivotal place in modern Jamaica. 

Quietly, without fanfare, the institution evolved through the decades athletically embracing and adjusting to changing realities to achieve university status in 1999. 

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