Their Excellencies, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen ON, GCMG, CD, Governor General of Jamaica and the Most Hon. Lady Allen, on Tuesday, August 31, feted the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) Microsoft Imagine Cup teams at their I Believe Appreciation Luncheon. Here are a few photos from the event.

Most parents get headaches when they think of sending their ‘little ones’ hundreds of miles away to study at a tertiary institution. Some even get lightheaded with flashbacks of the first day they sent little Tommy or Sue packed with lunchboxes to kindergarten. Parents are often concerned that their children will get lost in the whirlwind of university life leaving them frustrated and disheartened. After all parents do not want their children to fend for themselves with little or no guidance at the teritairy level.

Ask the average teenager if he or she would want to attend school in the United States and the answer would likely be in the affirmative. But not so for 17-year-old Winston Swaby who, after migrating to the US, returned to Jamaica to bag 12 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) subjects in a single sitting without doing any extra classes

Their Excellencies, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen ON, GCMG, CD, Governor General of Jamaica and the Most Hon. Lady Allen, on Tuesday, August 31, feted the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) Microsoft Imagine Cup teams at their I Believe Appreciation Luncheon.

SAY the name Jamaica and immediately images of fast athletes, pulsating reggae music and sparkling white sand beaches come to mind. But software design? Computer wiz kids? Not usually.

Mr. Robert Webster has been named Director of Loss Prevention and Risk Management. He comes to us from Lasco Distributors Ltd.

Mrs. Janet Walters has been appointed a Counsellor at the Community Counselling and Restorative Justice Centre (CCRJC). A graduate of Northern Caribbean University, she holds a Master of Science degree in Counselling Psychology.

Bereta Runcie, EdD, has been appointed Director of Quality Assurance. A graduate of Columbia University.

Mr. Delbert Robinson, has been appointed Clinical laboratory Technologist in the College of Allied Health & Nursing. He is a graduate of Northern Caribbean University.

Mr. McZiffon Marstin has been named Food Services Manager and he now joins the staff of University Business Services. He worked at Marshall’s –St. Kitts and Margarittaville where he served as an Executive Chef.