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The
History
Mission
Statement
Founding
Members
Board
of Directors (1st)
Board
of Directors (current)
Scholarships
Administered
Initial
Donors
Aims
and Objectives
Achievements
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THE HISTORY (Revised October, 2003)
Founded: March 17, 1988. |
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MISSION
STATEMENT |
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To support
the development of Staff, Students,
Facilities, programmes and projects of UTech.
Simultaneously, to foster goodwill towards
The UTech community by inviting the interest and
Assistance of appropriate organizations
To act, at all times, in the best interest of UTech
conducting its business affairs with the highest
Integrity, thereby contributing to the development of Jamaica.
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Founding
Members:
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Keith Amiel
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Stephanie
Belcher
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Eric
Crawford
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Barry
Robinson
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Ralph M.
(Jim) Parkes
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Dr. Alfred
Sangster
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Mable Tenn
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Hector
Wynter
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(1st) Board of
Directors
| John D. Hall
(Chairman) |
Eric Crawford
(Secretary) |
| Mable Tenn |
Barry A. Wade |
| Howard Hamilton |
Sameer Younis |
| R.M (Jim) Parkes |
Keith Amiel
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| Barrington A.
Robinson |
Stephanie
Belcher |
| Hon. Hector Wynter |
Dr. Alfred
Sangster |
| Ken Christian |
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Board of
Directors (current)
| R.M.(Jim) Parkes:
(Chairman) |
Noel Smith:
(Secretary) |
| Eric Crawford |
Dr. Rae Davis
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| Dr. Blossom
O’meally-Nelson |
Barry
Robinson |
| Sameer Younis |
Harry A. J.
Smith |
| Kofi Nkrumah-Young |
Ande Francis
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| Valerie Juggan-Brown |
Juliet
McCarthy |
| Patrick Hylton
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Initial
Donors:
- Carreras Group Ltd
- Desnoes & Geddes Ltd.
- Eagle Merchant Bank
- Grace Kennedy & Co. Ltd.
- Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica Ltd.
- USAID
- Aubrey Grant
- Shell Co. W.I. Ltd.
- Victoria Mutual Building Society
- Nestle Jamaica Ltd.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:
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To foster the
growth and development of UTech as the leading tersary institution in
technical education. The University will operate through a flexible
educational delivery system which will cater to many different types of
programmes. A market-oriented strategy of taking education to the people
will feature heavily in the University’s plan of action. Approaches to
open learning systems will be developed.
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To assist
research and other special projects generated and approved by the relevant
authorities at UTECH and to encourage university and industry-linked
collaboration.
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To organise and
administer programmes of student aid, whether by prizes, bursaries,
scholarships, grants, fellowships and/or employment.
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To organize and
administer programmes for the development of the faculties and staff of
UTech generally.
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To organize and
administer projects for the purpose of improving and/or extending the
facilities of UTech.
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To promote
activities which will redound to the benefit of the institution and
encourage an overall commitment to excellence.
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To foster
goodwill toward the UTech community through the pursuance of partnerships
and collaborative arrangements with individual supporters, professional
associations, educational institutions, corporate entities, national
governments and international agencies.
The Foundation
manages funds for:-
- The Sara Frankel Memorial Scholarship
- The Aubrey Grant Jr. Memorial
Scholarship
- The Gloria Hamilton Scholarship
- The Alistair Thomson Scholarship
- Chicago Concerned Jamaicans Scholarship
- The Jamaica Developers Association Fund
- The Caribbean School of Architecture
Fund
Achievements:
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Students have
been assisted with Scholarships, Bursaries, Grants etc., to the value of
J$ 8.0M.
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Faculty members
were given assistance for post graduate studies in keeping with the
upgrading of the college to university status.
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The Foundation
contributed towards the inaugural lecture given by Mr. Bernard Gouviea A.A.
Diploma, Tropical Diploma A.A. R.I.B.A., at Jamaica Pegasus Hotel,
September 26, 1990.
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The UTech
Printery was provided with a Desktop Publisher.
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The Caribbean
School of Architecture was given a Computer.
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Special students
research projects in the science department.
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