Efforts to bolster research at the University of Guyana (UG) recently were boosted by Caribbean Airlines [CAL] which underwrote attendance by several UG computer scientists at the 2018 Caribbean Academic of Sciences conference, which was held in Jamaica.
– Says UG’s Director of Strategic Initiatives
THERE are factors which push and pull persons to migrate and as a result Director of Strategic Initiatives at the University of Guyana (UG) Dr. Fitzgerald Yaw has said that policies should be developed in Guyana so that migration can be made more rational.
Eagles and University of Guyana [UG] Trojans, secured easy wins in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association [GABA] ‘League Championship’, on Wednesday at the Burnham Court, Middle and Carmichael streets.
Eagles soared past Vikings 66-57. The combination of Sherland Gillis and Shamar Huntley led the way for the victor with 20 and 18 points respectively.
Adding seven and six points each were Kheon Evans and Dequan Wray respectively. On the other side, Osafa Johnson and Eon Meredith top scored with 11 points apiece.
Photograph of Dr. Fitzgerald Yaw's visit to Niagara Community College on November 13, 2018. He participated in the 2018 Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program Collaboration Mission.
The leaders were from Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Guyana, Barbados, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Mexico.
Director of the Foreign Service Institute, Ambassador Ronald Austin has applauded past and present diplomats for their sterling contribution to Guyana on the international stage. The Ambassador made the commendation at the University of Guyana (UG) Tenth Vice Chancellor’s Renaissance Lecture.
The University of Guyana (UG) and almost a dozen post-secondary education partners yesterday signed an agreement for the formation of the Higher Education Consortium on Engineering and Mining (HECEM), which is intended to guide education and professional development training for Guyana’s energy and extractive industries, including the oil and gas sector.
– three Superintendents, four Constables included
“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet” – Aristotle
During the University of Guyana 52nd Convocation and Conferral of Honorary Doctorate Degrees which was held at the National Cultural Centre on Saturday November 10, 2018, a total of twenty-nine ranks of the Guyana Police Force graduated with Masters, Degrees and Diplomas in various disciplines.
Recently retired Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud DSM also graduated with a Commonwealth Masters of Public Administration.
The second annual Diaspora and Entrepreneurial Conference is set for June 16-20, 2019 at the Ramada Hotel, Providence, East Bank Demerara.
The focus will be on enhancing understanding of the ways in which skills within the Diaspora can contribute to the development of Guyana and the wider Caribbean.
The University of Guyana, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, officially launched the Institute for Food and Nutrition Security (IFANS) with a symposium yesterday at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre.