Voices Magazine Vol2-Issue-6

5 February - March 2019 | VOICES Bi-Monthly Magazine of the University of Technology, Jamaica N ineteen (19) alumni of the institution received the Outstanding Alumni Award in the three categories of Service to the University, Service to the Country, and Service to the University and Country. Mr Hector Wheeler, Associate Vice President, Advancement provided an overview of the Outstanding Alumni Award. He explained that UTech, Jamaica issued a call for nominations for the award in celebration of the University’s 60th Anniversary. “The submissions were reviewed by a special Outstanding Alumni Awards Committee which carefully and rigorously examined the recommendations,” he reported. To be eligible in the three award categories nominees must be a past student of the University; may be living or deceased; must not nominate or serve as supporter for him/herself and must not be a member of the Awards selection committee. In addition, the criteria for selection also required nominees to be “deemed to be a person of integrity” with a “profile which can be emulated by other members of the Alumni Community, and current student body of the University.” University President, Professor Stephen Vasciannie congratulated all the evening’s awardees for their “significant contribution to this University and to the wider Jamaica and beyond.” Responding on behalf of fellow alumni awardees, Mr Oral McCook, Managing Director, OGM Integrated Communications Limited expressed gratitude for the “great honour that has been extended to the awardees.” He added that, “we benefited from the core belief of the institution that education is not an abstract concept but is about educating and equipping persons to realise their full potential and to achieve their personal ambition, whilst contributing to national development.” Professor Stephen Vasciannie, President, UTech, Jamaica presents the Outstanding Alumni Award for Service to the University to the recipients below. Outstanding Alumni Award Service to University Ms. Karlene Black Dr. Eugenie Brown-Myrie Cont’d on page 6 Prof. Vernon Buchanan Mr. Michael Gonzales