The 2008 Fall Semester at Northern Caribbean University (NCU) has officially begun. Classes resumed on Monday, August 25, following on the heels of the process of registration for freshmen and returning students and two exciting days of orientation.

President of Northern Caribbean University, Dr. Herbert Thompson has announced that the university will no longer have a Manual Development programme; instead, that programme will be replaced by the introduction of Service Learning. The announcement was made at Colloquium 2008, held at the university’s main campus in Mandeville from Sunday, August 17 to Tuesday, August 19, 2008.

Northern Caribbean University’s (NCU’s) Colloquium 2008 was held under the theme, NCU 101 – Going Back to Basics. This year’s staging of the annual event took place over a three-day period, Sunday, August 17 to Tuesday, August 19 and focussed on how to transform the university ‘from good to great’. Colloquium is an event hosted by the NCU Administration with the aim of getting faculty and staff refocused on the mission and objectives of the institution.

Sabbath, August 9, 2008 was, indeed, a day of worship, reflection and praise. The Baccalaureate Service, one of the events of the much anticipated graduation weekend at Northern Caribbean University, provided spiritual refreshing, an opportunity for self-analysis and most importantly a moment of total praise and worship to God.

NCU alumnus calls for tax reform to induce individual giving
published by the Gleaner on Wednesday, August 13, 2008

With the nation facing harsh economic times and charities to schools and other 'in-need' institutions dwindling, a call has been made for Government to introduce tax reform to induce greater individual charitable giving.

On Sunday, August 10, 2008, six hundred and ninety seven (697) of the one thousand and ten (1010) Northern Caribbean University (NCU) candidates for graduation donned their regalia and took final strides as students, at the university’s 2008 commencement exercises.

Sunday August 10, 2008 marked a new beginning for the 1010 candidates who officially graduated from Northern Caribbean University. Graduation at NCU is a three-day affair (Friday through Sunday), with the final day, Sunday, being the day that degrees are conferred.  This final day of conferral of degrees is known as the Commencement.  For some it had been just a dream, but before they knew it, it had become a wonderful reality.  Though many had to overcome adversity to get to this day in their lives, the battle was now over and the victory was a sweet one.  On this day they were rewarded for all their hard work.