Voices Magazine Vol3 Issue 5

VOICES Bi-Monthly Magazine of the University of Technology, Jamaica | May – August 2020 20 Darion Renford, Administrative Support from the Department of Community Service and Development, hands over phone cards to Ms. Millicent O’Connor, Vice-Principal of Papine High, while students look on. Students from the Papine High School received phone cards from the Department of Community Service and Development on June 22, 2020. The focus was placed on students who are sitting the CSEC exams in the summer and as such will need adequate support to facilitate the preparation. Each student received a phone card valued at $500 dollars. The phone cards were given in light of the challenges surrounding online learning and the urgent need for the students to continue their studies. Twenty students from Papine High received phone cards, while approximately 37 students in and around the UTech, Jamaica Papine Campus benefitted from the initiative. L- R: Lecturer and Faculty Liaison to the UTech, Jamaica Pharmaceutical Technology Students’ Association (UT-PTSA), Dadrian Black (Student and Community Service Coordinator of UT-PTSA); Janelle Wallace and Ethan Gayle – Students, BSc Pharmaceutical Technology Course of Study and Members of the UT-PTSA, Shantavia Reid – President of the UT-PTSA, Ms. Nadeen Waugh, Director, Jamaica National Children’s Home and Mrs. Tieca Harris Kidd , Programme Director, BSc Pharmaceutical Technology Course of Study, School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences pose with items donated to The Jamaica National Children’s Home on June 19, 2020. College of Health Sciences students and lecturers associated with the UTech, Jamaica Pharmaceutical Technology Students’ Association (UT- PTSA) on June 19, 2020 handed over well needed items to The Jamaica National Children’s Home to assist them with efforts to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The team donated sanitization and hygiene items including hand sanitizers, face masks and cleaning chemicals, as well as kitchen supplies, First Aid materials, personal care and laundry supplies estimated at a value of $75,000. Department of Community Service and Development Donates Phone Cards to Papine High School Students College of Health Sciences Students and Lecturers Donate Supplies to the Jamaica National Children’s Home during COVID-19 Pandemic