Voices Magazine Vol3-Issue 1

13 April - June 2019 | VOICES Bi-Monthly Magazine of the University of Technology, Jamaica O On April 29, 2019 the University hosted a delegation fom the World Bank, headed by Mr Axel Van Trotsenburg, the Bank’s Regional Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean Region. Ms Galina Sotirova, World Bank Country Manager for Jamaica and Ms Tahseen Sayed, Country Director for the Bank, and Ms Karlene Francis, Operations Officer at the Bank were also among the other Bank representatives present. The World Bank team visited the Animation Lab in the School of Computing and Information Technology (SCIT) and were briefed by Ms Nadine Maitland, Programme Director, B.Sc. in Animation Production and Development, as well as by various students on aspects of the Animation programme at the University. President, Professor Stephen Vasciannie welcomed the World Bank team and thanked the Bank for its significant sponsorship of animation at the University valued at over J$45 million. Later in the afternoon, the World Bank hosted a youth forum on “Jamaica’s Economic and Social Progress: Challenges and Opportunities for Jamaican Youths” at the Shared Facilities Building. World Bank at UTech, Jamaica Professor Nilza Aples presents Mr Axel Van Trotsenburg, the World Bank’s Regional Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean Region with a gift following his tour of the Animation Lab, School of Computing and Information Technology (SCIT). Sharing in the occasion (L-R) are Nicholas Wellington, student, BSc in Animation Production and Development, Professor Stephen Vasciannie, President, Ms Nadine Maitland, Programme Director, BSc in Animation Production and Development, Professor Colin Gyles, Deputy President and Ms Karlene Francis, Operations Officer, World Bank. Second year BSc in Animation Production and Development Student Selena Collington, wearing the motion capture suit, demonstrates how the technology is used to record the movement of people or objects for animation, much to the keen interest of Mr. Axel Van Trotsenburg (right) and members of the visiting team and UTech, Jamaica. Panellists (l-r) Mr Jerome Cowans, HOPE Project Manager, Office of the Prime Minister, Ms Ashley Ann Foster, Attorney-At-Law, Ms Kemesha Kelly, Assistant Lecturer, UWI, Mr Axel Van Trotsenburg, Regional Vice President, Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank, Mr Tyrone Wilson, Founder, President and CEO, EMEDIA Interactive and Mr Kahlil Hutchinson, President, UTech, Jamaica Students’ Union.