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Who will be the next All Bahamas Merit Scholarship winner
Queen's College graduate Shannon Butler aspires to become a cardiothoracic surgeon. It will cost him approximately $60,000 per year to study in the medical program of his choosing at the University of St. Andrew's in Scotland. Butler, along with many other Bahamians who have graduated high school this year with impressive grade point averages, and are seeking to further their education post second...
100 percent of Aquinas graduates receive diplomas
100 percent of Aquinas graduates receive diplomas
Four years after relocating to its new Gladstone Road location, Aquinas College, has graduated one of its best classes in that period. One hundred percent of the 63-member class, graduated with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.30 and above and received diplomas.
Of the graduates, 25 graduated as honor students with grade point averages (GPA) above 3.00. And 42 members of the graduati...
Queen's College student named top technical cadet
Queen's College student named top technical cadet
After three years of hard work Queen's College (Q.C.) graduating senior Kerri Bascom snagged the coveted 2013 Technical Cadet of the Year award from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology's Technical Cadet Corps Programme (TCCP).
Kerri, a principal's list student (grade point average of 3.70 and higher) who aspires to be a civil engineer, was awarded a four-year scholarship by the Mini...
Academic brilliance honoured at COB awards ceremony
Academic brilliance honoured at COB awards ceremony
NASSAU, Bahamas -- Working mothers; a Family Island transplant; a veteran College of The Bahamas employee and students with triple honours all had one thing in common on Wednesday, May 29th. They were recognised as the brilliant leaders of the 2013 Commencement Class of The College of The Bahamas during a special Awards Ceremony held in advance of the Thirty-Ninth Commencement Ceremony.
When Myah...
Anatol Rodgers is First public School to capture Build-a-Bridge Challenge crown
What is the outcome when you combine 100 popsicle sticks, Elmer's glue and some ingenuity? A bridge that holds 212 pounds in weight, as discovered last week at the 6th Annual Build-a-Bridge Challenge.
The competition, hosted by Integrated Building Services (IBS), at The...
A Young Man To Emulate
A Young Man To Emulate
Barry Griffin Jr. had no reason not to excel academically. He is naturally ambitious with a go-getter personality. That coupled with his upbringing in a home with parents who were focused on education and gave him all the support he needed translated into a young man who was an honor student for the duration of his academic life.
Volta NY Ushers in Record-shattering Attendance
Volta NY Ushers in Record-shattering Attendance
Volta NY ushered in record-shattering attendance in its sixth edition and triumphant SoHo debut. Growing attendance may be a given as an art fair matures in its image, but the daily numbers surpassed even the fair's sanguine expectations.
Lyford Cay Academic Scholarships online application is open
Deadline to apply: March 31, 2013
Lyford Cay Foundation, Inc. and The Canadian Lyford Cay Foundation are now accepting online applications for academic and technical training and vocational scholarships for study at approved institutions in the U.S., Canada, the UK and the Caribbean.
A Young Man Worth Heralding
A Young Man Worth Heralding
Amidst the bad rap that young men today receive, Queen's College (QC) senior Shannon Butler, stands out as an example of a young man to be heralded. The high school senior snagged the coveted Best Overall Performance in the 2012 Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education in The Bahamas.
An Out Of This World Experience
An Out Of This World Experience
Eight weeks at a NASA summer experience have forever changed the lives of two young men -- one now has the confidence that he can get into the university of his choice, and the other believes the experience factored in heavily into him recently obtaining employment.