VOICES MAGAZINE, Issue 5

VOICES Bi-Monthly Magazine of the University of Technology, Jamaica | October - November 2017 24 O rganisers of the MoBay City Run Scholarship Charity presented a cheque for $800,000.00 for the benefit of students of the University of Technology, Jamaica Western Campus at a presentation held at Dome Street, on Wednesday, November 15, 2017. Posing with the symbolic cheque (from left) Onieka Lawrence, student, Antoinette Smith, Campus Administrator, Kayon Brown, student, Emerson Whitley, Chairman, MoBay City Run Scholarship Committee, Sophia McIntosh, Campus Coordinator, students, Gail Spencer, Cassandra Stephenson, Shanique Patterson- Downer. Back row from left are Keisha Hitchman, Administrative Assistant, UTech, Jamaica Western Campus and Domanique Reid-Gordon, student. O n Thursday, November 2, 2017, three University of Technology, Jamaica students were awarded scholarships under the Jamaica Flour Mills Foundation and the Hart/Jacobs Scholarship Programme. The presentations were made at a special luncheon hosted at the Mona Visitor’s Lodge, UWI, Mona campus. The awardees are Deandre Lennon, first year Mechanical Engineering student, School of Engineering and School of Hospitality and Tourism Management students, Sophia Nelson and Renard Raymond, who are also recipients of the inaugural Baking Technology Scholarship. The Jamaica Flour Mills Foundation and the Hart/Jacobs Scholarship Programmes were established in 1988 to provide financial assistance to qualified students to pursue tertiary education. Mr. Derrick Nembhard, Managing Director, Jamaica Flour Mills, noted that the 2017/2018 scholarships are valued at $4.7 million for new and recurrent scholarship holders. This year ten scholarships were awarded under the programme. T he Norma Shirley Scholarship was first awarded in November 2011 with a grant of full tuition for four years. Tena Harrison the inaugural recipient successfully completed the programme of Bachelors of Arts in Food Service Management at the end of Academic Year 2014- 2015, and had the opportunity to spend two summers as an intern at Ortanique on the Mile, Delius’ up-scale restaurant in Miami, as part of her training. Candidates for the award must demonstrate strong financial need, a passion for food and a positive and outgoing personality, in keeping with the image of the person in whose honour the award is offered. This year’s presentation was held on October 25, 2017 at Technology and Innovation Centre. To date this donor has contributed a total of $2,646,510.00 to three recipients. Students Awarded Norma Shirley Scholarship Western Campus students benefit fromMoBay City Run Scholarship Students Awarded Jamaica Flour Mills Foundation Scholarships Felecia Forde, 3rd year Food Service Management (3rd from left), the current Norma Shirley Scholar, receives a cheque for $429,600.00 from Mr Delius Shirley to cover her tuition fees for Academic Year 2017-2018, with Karah McDeen 3rd year Food Service Management (2nd from left) and Tena Harrison (3rd from left) looking on. Delius, the son of Norma Shirley the celebrated Jamaican chef and restaurateur, who died in 2007, has pledged to continue the scholarship in his mother’s name and to contribute to the students’ exposure and development through practical experience in fine restaurants in Jamaica and elsewhere. Recipients of the Inaugural Baking Technology Scholarship Renard Raymond (left) and Sophia Nelson (3rd left) pose with their lecturers from left, Mrs. Marcia Fraser-Cummings (2nd left), Dr. Gaunette Sinclair-Maragh, Head, SHTM and Mr. Winston Piper.