$1m in scholarships to NCU

The five NCU recipients of the Chinese Ambassador’s Scholarship for 20222023 are seated from left: Nataliia Ricketts,

Jylissa C Hartley, Shanise Roye, Terica Drysdale and Jhordaine Gordon. Sharing the moment (standing from left) are Ambassador Chen Daojiang, NCU President Professor Lincoln Edwards, Dr Michael Harvey (former NCU director of training and empowerment), Donna Fraser (director of scholarships and student aid), Michael Henry (education director – Jamaica Union of SDA), Dr Merylyn Campbell-flinch (director of Chaplaincy Services), Dr Vivienne

Quarrie (vice president – academic administration), and Carolyn Smith (interim vice president – Student Services). predecessor. Professor Edwards noted that the donation from China enabled the institution to continue its historic mission of helping students with scarce financial resources to access quality education. He invited other charitable individuals and organisations to play their part in enabling students to attain higher education to improve their quality of life.

Expressing gratitude on behalf of fellow scholarship recipients, Terica Drysdale said the gift of $200,000 for each student will lighten their financial burden, while acknowledging that they were being assisted so they can help others in the future in the quest to improve the human condition in Jamaica and abroad.

Meanwhile, noting that this year’s scholarships benefited students studying STEM disciplines, Professor Edwards said this would contribute to NCU’S prowess in innovation. This is evidenced by the multiplicity of science, technology and business innovation competitions that students from NCU have won.

These include, but are not limited to, the Microsoft

Imagine Cup held in Poland in 2010, the International Business Model Competition held in Utah in 2018, fourtime winner of the National Business Competition, multiple winners of the Girls in ICT Caribbean Hackathon Competition, and multiple winners of the Scientific Research Council’s National Science and Technology Fair.