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University of Belize INSIGHTS
UB Celebrates June Commencement Season
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he University of Belize marked its Twentieth Commencement Exercise with a total of 458 students graduating from the various faculties. On Saturday June 13th 424 students celebrated their achievement in ceremonies held at the Central Campus in Belmopan. Similarly on Sunday 21st June, the Punta Gorda Campus held their graduation ceremony. The keynote address was delivered by, distinguished educator, Dr. Joseph Orlando Palacio. The University of Belize Graduate School (UBGS) awarded one student with a Masters MSc. Degree in Biodiversity, Conservation, and Sustainable Development in the Caribbean. The remainder were conferred diplomas at the Bachelor, Associate, and Certificate levels from the Faculty of Education and Arts, (FEA) - 108, the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences (FMSS) - 168, the Faculty of Science and Technology, (FST) 128, and the Faculty of Nursing, Allied Health and Social Work (FNAHSW) - 54. Of the total number of graduates 296 are females and 162 are males representing 64 and 35 percent respectively.
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During the ceremony, students who distinguished themselves received UB official honour chords. The tri-cable white honour chords recognise those graduating with Cum Laude/Honour (3.50 - 3.64); gold honour chords designate Magna Cum Laude/ Great Honour (3.65 - 3.84) graduates; and purple honour chords identify Summa Cum Laude/ Highest Honour (3.85 - 4.00) graduates. The Board of Trustees, Management, Faculty and Staff of the University of Belize take this opportunity to congratulate all graduates on their achievement based on hard work and dedication. As a UB community, we extend best wishes as they spread their wings to become catalysts of change and examples of the institution fulfilling its mission to provide students with knowledge, skills and attitudes to become leaders in our country. The University of Belize is the National University, autonomous and multi-location with campuses at Central Farm, Belize City, Belmopan and Punta Gorda.
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President’s Address
President’s Graduation Remarks
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irst, let me start by congratulating you the graduating students for the very substantial achievement of satisfying the University that you have obtained the required level of knowledge and capacity, through your study and hard work. And not just to be able to graduate, but now to start making the really important contribution to the development of this country, which should be one of the two key purposes in your lives, the other one being contributing to your own economic and social well-being and development, the happiness and comfort of your families, and especially the well-being of your parents and your guardians who made all of this possible. What do you expect from your education? What should you expect from education? You have to live in the world, with its many challenges and unpleasant surprises; and it takes knowledge, planning, substantial effort, and sacrifice (ie, giving up something now, in order to achieve something more valuable later on) in order to obtain the resources which are absolutely required if you are to get through today and have a reasonable chance of doing better tomorrow. One important role of education is to help you develop within yourself the knowledge, the focus and the capacity and willingness to plan and to make the effort required to generate the resources that you need to better yourself in the future. So that one very important purpose of education and training is to help you to make money on a sustained and continuing basis, without breaking the law. Two things here are very important. The first is that you can’t acquire the knowledge and capacity that you need unless YOU make the effort. Lecturers and teachers can suggest to you what you need to know, and point you to where you can find it, but you have to do the work, just as they had to, in the past. The second is even more important, and it is that your acquisition of knowledge and capacity through education and learning must never stop. The reason is quite simple: education and training are intended to help you to make your way successfully in the world. But the world is in a continuous process of change, so that knowledge and information about how the world works now and how one can extract value and resources from
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it equally continuously, become obsolete and outdated. You don’t want to become obsolete and outdated, because such things are discarded. So that one must keep one’s knowledge and capacity current, and that can only happen if one engages in a process of conscious and continuous lifelong learning. Consider, for example, what has been happening in the area of information and its management. Typewriters now exist as curiosities, and are functional only in technologically backward environments; modern automobiles are really mobile computers and if your mechanic does not have the right knowledge, equipment and diagnostic software, I am really sorry about what he is going to do to your car. Do you have a Facebook page? Are you on Twitter? Notice that I did not even bother to ask if you have some version of a computer, tablet or smartphone. And the transistor, which has made all of this possible, is younger than I am (although I am willing to admit that I am kind of on the old side now). With the equipment that you have you can keep yourself completely up-to-date with what is going on in the world, and you are in a better position than at anytime in the past to participate in the political and social dialogue in Belize, and elsewhere, and to make your voice heard on any matter that interests you. I would like to close these brief remarks by sharing with you the second thing you should expect from education (you would recall that the first thing is to improve your economic circumstances so that you and your family can live more comfortably in physical terms, and so that you can look forward to a reasonably comfortable old age - yes, your hair is going to turn the colour of mine, sooner or later). And that most important second thing is the capacity and willingness to develop yourself in intellectual and spiritual terms, to be able to gain an increasing understanding of your immediate and wider environment, and of the world, and of your place in them, and of the role that you should be playing in the different communities in which you live. The main point of improving the quality of your physical existence is to free you from the daily drudgery of providing the basics so that you can devote time and effort to the improvement of your mind and of your soul. And those are the two things you should expect from the education that only you can provide to yourself. I thank you for your indulgence.
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University of Belize INSIGHTS
Top Achievers Robin Simone Gray
AWARD OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN BACHELOR DEGREE PROGRAM AND TOP OVERALL ACHIEVER
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his year’s top achiever is a prime example of a resilient soul. On July 24th 1992 Mr. Richard Gray and Ms. Aloma MCcoon welcomed a bouncing baby girl born in Belize City. Along with her brothers Dembigh and Reginald, Robin spent her early years in Georgeville Village where the family resided. She was an avid reader and ever the conversationalist loving to debate with her family members. In fact she spent more time conversing with the adults than playing with children her own age. But life for Robin would become challenging. Her family dynamics would change. Her mother would raise her on her own and would have to resort to working two minimum wage jobs to support them. Of Aloma’s three children Robin was the one most conscious of her mother’s efforts and hard work. From a very early age Robin practiced making sacrifices so as to ease her mother’s burden. Robin was a child who got by with very little and rarely asked for anything. In 2005 she graduated from Independence Primary School with honors. She then went on to Independence Junior College where she majored in Environmental Science and Tourism. Her dedication and commitment were rewarded and she finished with top honors and proudly delivered the Valedictory address. Robin was unable to secure a scholarship and decided to work so she would be able to continue her education. Robin worked at Royal Maya Shrimp farm and saved her money for her studies at the University of Belize. Her UB journey has been very difficult and there were times when Robin was unsure where the money would come from to complete her studies. Many sleepless nights, sweat and tears later, Robin is here today. In her own words “one goal has been realized.” She has obtained a GPA of 3.96 and is graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from the Faculty of Science and Technology.
Elmer Ortiz AWARD OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN CERTIFICATE AND DIPLOMA PROGRAM
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n January 4, 1976, the youngest of four children to Teresa de Jesus Ortiz and Luis Alberto Ortiz was born. Elmer attended Grace Primary School, Saint John’s College High School, St. John’s Junior College and then the University College of Belize, where he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration in the year 1997. In January of 1999, Elmer began his teaching career at St. John’s College High School, where he’s currently still an educator teaching the business subjects of Principles of Accounting and Principles of Business. Elmer has been a CXC marker for the past four years, and has facilitated Ministry of
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Daniel Hung AWARD OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAM
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ighteen year old Daniel Hung was brought into this world by parents Tony and Judy Hung at the La Loma Linda Hospital in San Ignacio. Strangely enough he might be the only person in the world with two birthdates as his parents, to this day, are unsure if it was on the 13th or 14th of December that he came into this world. David decided that he would celebrate December 14th 1996 as his birthday. Later on in his childhood his parents moved to Belmopan. In his early years he showed an affinity for music. At the tender age of 6, he took up the piano, an instrument he continues to play today. Daniel graduated from Our Lady of Guadalupe (OLOG) Primary School. He also attended Our Lady of Guadalupe R.C. High School as well. He continues to enjoy music and has received many musical awards from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM). At age 15 he decided he wanted to play the violin and began giving himself lessons. Daniel’s character is one that allows him to empathize with people and even with strangers. He is often busy offering voluntary service to this community. For instance, he has worked as an assistant teacher in the OLOG primary school infant division and loved being able to work with children. Daniel has also assisted the Ministry of Education in data entry as well as data organization. He also offers tutoring classes, especially in the area of mathematics. UB undoubtedly has had an impact on young Daniel and his parents speak of his change since enrolling in the University. He has blossomed from a shy introvert into an outgoing and expressive young person. He has obtained a GPA of 3.93 and is graduating with an Associate’s Degree in Biology and Chemistry from the Faculty of Science and Technology.
Education workshops in Principles of Accounting. Elmer is well rounded as he also contributes to the many extracurricular activities offered at the institution he teaches including being Student Council Moderator in 1999-2005, Jug Master in 20022004, and Football Coach in 1999. When Elmer had the opportunity to return to school to attain his pedagogical certification, he embraced it wholeheartedly. Although a veteran of sixteen years in the teaching profession, Elmer appreciated his UB experience. He says “I found the courses at UB to be valuable and instrumental in attaining a new perspective of education in this changing era. I am thankful to the lecturers and professors for imparting their knowledge in a manner that I found relatable to the current education system in our country.” A father of three boys, Elmer is content and believes he is serving his purpose in life to teach and help our Belizean youths to become successful citizens. He has obtained a GPA of 3.85 and is graduating with a Diploma in Education Methodology from the Faculty of Education and Arts.
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Faculty Highlights
he Essential distinctiveness of an effervescent population is education and healthcare. The tripod elements of higher education is teaching, research and service. To that end, FNAHSW continues to foster partnerships locally with institutions such as K.H.M.H, Central Medical Laboratory, high schools, pharmacies as well as other non-governmental organizations/entities. FNAHSW has maintained its collaboration with the University of Technology, and the University of the West Indies, Mona in the development of the Bachelors in Pharmacy and revised Bachelors in nursing programmes both scheduled to commence inAugust 2016. Internationally, FNAHSW continues to collaborate with the University of Alberta Canada in building nursing capacity and in improving nursing education and nursing practice standards as well as Indiana University School of Social Work in the development of the Bachelors in Social Work program slated for commencement in August 2016. Similarly work continues in the development of the Bachelors in Medical Laboratory Science program scheduled for commencement as well in August 2016.
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FNAHSW prides itself on community outreach programmes that ensure a healthy Belizean population through the provision of healthcare services to different communities. Of note FNAHSW has established a partnership with living independently for full existence (LIFE), a non-profit charitable organization through the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Belize in affirming the worth of senior citizens on the south-side community of Belize City. In addition, through the collaborative efforts of Mr. Danladi Chiroma, Pharmacy lecturer with Body and Soul Ministries, the UB community was able to access free medical, ophthalmic and dental services. Research In the area of research lecturers and students were also actively engaged in the research process; research studies focused on the development of antibiotic from soil specimen, road safety management, sanitary levels of public swimming pools in Belize City, the prevalence/pattern of intestinal parasites in hospital attendees among other areas.
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Management & Social Sciences
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MSS commenced its first ever Lecture Series. The lecture series featured topics of national interest discussed by a featured speaker. Topics included an analysis of the Government of Belize’s national budget and the Caribbean Single market & Economy. The lecture series is in addition to the faculty’s Annual Research conference. The fifth such conference was held this year. In response to concerns from our stakeholders about the flooding of the labour market with graduates in general management, we are developing two new majors. In the near future one can earn a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a major in Marketing, Finance or Management.
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FMSS continues to be proud of its internship program. This year 75% of our interns where offered permanent placements with the organizations. This speaks good for the quality of our students as they leave the University. As Dean Palacio transition back to the classroom after five years as the head of the FMSS, he wishes to express his gratitude to the faculty and staff of his hard working team. He also wants to thank his colleague Deans and the senior management team of the University for their support along the way.
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Education & Arts
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s the largest teacher training institution in Belize, the Faculty of Education and Arts has embarked on a total overhaul of the curriculum and syllabi of all its programs. This ambitious program review and revision is in response to the continued challenges facing teaching and learning at all levels of the Belize education system. Aimed at enhancing teacher formation and quality
educational experience in general, the primary goal of the Program Review is to seek a balance between theory and practice, and between content and pedagogy. Besides the integrated approach to teacher formation, FEA aims to introduce e-learning platform to increase access and equity in the areas of teaching, research and service.
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he Faculty of Science & Technology (FST) is committed to meeting the scientific and technological needs of Belize that will strengthen national development by way of producing innovative, confident, entrepreneurial lifelong learners. Today FST proudly graduates 120 who will continue the science revolution in Belize. For this academic year FST worked actively in promoting Science and Technology with our partners; This year we collaborated with Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) to successfully execute a Mobile App Development Course that introduces computer programming to 20 students from Belmopan Comprehensive School and Belmopan Methodist
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High school, coordinated by Mr. Dalwin Lewis and Mr. Manuel Medina and their colleagues within the Information Technology Unit. We partnered with the Belize Federation of Fisherfolks, to provide fisheries management training to local fishermen, throughout the Belize fishing communities coordinated by Ms. Cecy Castillo. We also collaborated with WWF and IDB in developing and delivering training aimed at preparing shrimp farms to obtain Aquaculture Stewardship Council Certification, coordinated by Dr. Abel Carrias. The Faculty of Science and Technology has taken a bold step in the area of Nuclear Analytics led by Dr. Aaron Lewis. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), awarded a project to the University
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Faculty Highlights
of Belize to establishment a Nuclear Lab at University of Belize (UB). The project focuses on Geological Applications and Environmental Monitoring and will bolster the research capacity of FST, in the areas such as health, agriculture, oil and manufacturing, archaeology, forensic science and environmental science alike. In our efforts to inform our primary stakeholders, UB Students, and the wider Belizean community, FST held seminars and symposiums on 1: “Insect Vectors of Disease in Belize.” Organized by Dr. Latha Thomas and Dr. Caroline Herron in collaboration, the University of Notre Dame and The Ministry of Health. 2: “2nd Annual BiologyChemistry Symposium 2015, Highlighting Student and Faculty Achievements in Research”, 3. “Annual Math Symposium: Show me the data” and “Management of Information Systems”. This year we celebrate four publications of 3 peer reviewed journal articles from FST, 2 articles from the Science Department, co-authored by Ms. Karen Waight, Mr. Josue Ake, Ms. Joselyn Romero (Biology Student), and Dr. Thippi Thiagarajan; and 2 article from Mathematic Physics and Information Technology Department, authored separately by Mr. Yudel Arbella, in Information Technology and Mr. Domingo Augustine, in Mathematics. FST is currently awaiting the final approval of the project submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for funding of $500,000.00, on “Strengthening national capacity for measuring
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and monitoring marine pollution, and for studying the effects of ocean acidification on marine ecosystems of Belize”, with Dr. Abel Carrias as Principal Investigator of the Science Department. We also envision the realization of Geospatial Node at the Faculty of Science and Technology. To date we have established and strengthened our partnership with Georgia State University, with the goal of developing a stellar Geographical Information Systems program. To that end, we thank Georgia State University for donating to FST a Drone Parrot 2.0 device that will be used to collect topographical spatial data. We have already engaged Ya’ax Che Conservation Trust in the successful mapping of Cohune palm in the Golden Stream Corridor Preserve and Belmopan City in a rapid Ecological Assessment of the Mount Pleasant Creek. This year we celebrated our First GIS day, led by Mr. Antonio Cano, from the Science Department. The Faculty of Science and Technology is strongly committed to academic services and community outreach. We will continue to disseminate information to our stakeholders through our Annual Earth Day activities, Science Fairs and Academic Symposia. These new engagements ensure that our teaching, research and services are relevant to the knowledge base of our students and to the development of our country.
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University of Belize INSIGHTS
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University of Belize INSIGHTS
Reflections on Belizeanness and Multiculturalism Keynote Address by Dr. Joseph Palacio that you have received at the University of Belize. With this dedication to the highest form of excellence I want to share with you a basic concern to myself as well as to several persons with whom I talk in various parts of this great country of ours. It is that we are being bombarded by assaults on things that are most precious to us, such as our territory and our multicultural identity. This in turn has led to a general feeling of powerlessness that we are losing our beloved Jewel as we know it; and furthermore that we don’t know how to bring it back. In your pursuit of excellence at UB you have inevitably adopted certain qualities at least at the subconscious level. For example, you have learned that every problem can be solved; and that success in this world comes from maintaining a vision of eternal optimism in confronting any problem that comes your way. I am on your side in maintaining this mission and vision.
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Dr. Joseph Palacio
efore preparing for this address I took time to reflect from my own experience what speakers at commencement exercises most often talk about. Many give advice as older more experienced persons do in talking to the younger. More often speakers seize the moment to share ideas about issues of concern to themselves. It is this latter perspective that I adopt in this presentation. I promise not to make it too long; I also promise to make it interesting enough, while not being overly academic. Here at UB you have had to listen to more lectures than you care to; and I do agree that at your graduation you should not be subjected to another long and boring treatise. The main theme that I cover is that education in and of itself has a value of excellence. Today you are getting diplomas that indicate a level of proficiency in several fields - such as education, natural resource management, and social sciences. In the field of education, for example, you have been given the tools to discern what is “good” from “poor” and “mediocre” education. In short, you have become dedicated and disciplined enough to appreciate what is excellence in your field and how to apply it every time. The pursuit of excellence at the highest level is the main training
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So, let us briefly examine some of these onslaughts on the core of our Belizeanness. The first is that we are losing our dedication to multiculturalism, a value that makes the Jewel one of the unique gems in our region as well as the rest of the world. Indeed, our founding peoples - the Maya, descendants of African slaves (namely the Kriol), the Garifuna, Mestizo, and East Indians - together with their myriad overlappings - have steadfastly forged this nation of ours. For several generations they have done so, living in their own communities and extending warm hospitality to others who come by. At the risk of sounding a little anecdotal, let us briefly review what these founding mothers and fathers contributed. In fleeing from the rapacious Spanish invaders, our Maya ancestors tactfully established the land boundaries of Belize as we know them today. Either coming directly from Africa or by way of Jamaica, our African ancestors shed their blood and lost their life by the hundreds in building the colonial economic livelihood of the then British Honduras. In seeking muñasu (the Garifuna word for shelter), our Garifuna ancestors were the first people to settle the coast during the colonial era from Belize City to the Sarstoon. Another group, coming in waves of refugees by the thousands, the Mestizos, settled
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Keynote Address in northern and western Belize bringing along the sugar industry and other forms of rural and urban enterprises. We cannot forget the East Indians – together with some Chinese - who came in slave like conditions as indentured labour to work in sugar plantations in northern and southern Belize. Taking advantage of the pioneering effort that our founders, whom I have listed, had consolidated, thousands came afterwards from the Middle East, Europe, and Asia to add to our multiculturalism. Among the latest group are thousands of refugees from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, who continue to add to our population. Of course, the different cultures themselves can be compared to the ingredients that combine to make the dough. The yeast that gave life to the welding of the ingredients was the independence movement from 1950 to 1981. This was the Belizean stamp that gave us our political and cultural identity as one people, one nation. Notwithstanding our grounded multiculturalism, there are doubting Thomases in our midst, who will use whatever opportunity to doubt the strength of the cohesion at the national level that we have forged and continue to do so. Some are saying, for example, that a vote against the participation of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in adjudicating the territorial dispute with Guatemala is not necessary. To my mind such an argument goes against the very fabric of nationhood and would relegate us back to the dreary days of impromptu adventurism and territorial fragmentation that colonial authorities wily nily carried out with no regard to us the local population. Unfortunately, as a nation-state Belize came into being with the original sin of the territorial dispute; and this dispute should be put to rest as quickly as possible. Another onslaught on our Belizeanness comes from detractors who are claiming that the recent decision of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in favour of Maya communal land rights will lead to the balkanization of the Toledo District. This allegation cannot be further from the truth. I see the CCJ decision as presenting a challenge to the Maya to do two things: (a) to manage and develop their natural resources responsibly and (b) to enter into dialogue with the government and the non-Maya of Toledo how both groups – the Maya and non-Maya - can work together for the benefit of our children and grandchildren in our great Toledo District. To a large extent the onslaughts to our Belizeanness
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that I have described have come not so much from the events themselves – the ICJ proposition and the CCJ decision – but more so from the overworked Belize City based mass media that keeps churning out overly biased information endlessly. It is most unfortunate that there are not other fora where there are intelligent discussions on such matters of very high importance to all us. It is even more sad that at this time in our intellectual growth there are no scholarly journals published in Belize that could provide the scope to analyze and discuss at length the kinds of topics that I have raised. Finally, I return to the topic of multiculturalism which I mentioned earlier. I do this in the firm belief that it is a trait that as a nation we have worked on and have done so successfully. But we need much contribution from our premier institution of higher learning to help us along. I am proposing to the Board as well as the hierarchy of the University of Belize that all its graduates should be fluent in writing and speaking English as well as Spanish. Secondly, I further add they should (a) spend at least one semester living in a community in Belize, where they did not grow up; and (b) and they become literate in more than one of our several national languages – Kriol, Maya Yucatec, Maya Mopan, Maya Q’ekchi, and Garifuna. In following up on these suggestions UB would be going further than lip service in adding its considerable intellectual capacity to furthering the goal of multiculturalism in Belize. It would also be widening its international appeal as several persons from abroad would come to UB to engage in its diversified language programme. Through our linkages with the Republic of China in Taiwan Mandarin should be another language to include within the complement of languages that Belizeans are increasingly using among themselves. There is a final recommendation that I am making to the authorities at UB. It is that there be urgent steps taken immediately to launch a scholarly journal without any delay. This address has taken its momentum, starting with the lead of academic excellence and proceeding to some focus on building and strengthening our Belizeanness. I congratulate the graduates, who truly deserve the accolades that are being showered upon them today. I also extend my congratulations to your family members, who have sacrificed along with you to reap the rewards of graduation. May God and the Spirits of our Ancestors bless you all! Mabuiga!
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Farewell Message to Graduates from Student Government
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ach year, the University of Belize opens its doors to welcome a new set of students from a vast variety of schools around the country and from around the world. And as each school year winds down, that bitter sweet moment approaches where we have to say goodbye at graduation. I imagine that you are excited at graduating, a little scared of leaving, sad about saying goodbye to friends and teachers, and excited about the summer. Fortunately, that sadness at having to say goodbye is always mixed with a sincere sense of hope and pride. As the diplomas are handed out, we know that the world is a better place because of these talented young leaders who are now equipped with business skills and a commitment to use those skills to make a difference in the world. Your graduation is the beginning of one of the
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Fidel Kuk is the current President of the Association of Student Governments
most wonderful, memorable, exciting part of your lives . May you embrace growth and excellence, may you be generous, and may God watch over you. With this blessing, go forth and achieve your dreams. Beloved graduates, my congratulations!
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Honor Roll List
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SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Melissa Sue Forman Accounting Kristy Elaine Sharin Francis Accounting Anna Abigail Oliva Accounting Diandi Darvin Ramclam Accounting Pedro Mariano Choco Biology Joaquin Antonio Cruz Biology Chantal Cordelia Gardiner Biology Faith Sopuruchi Madubuko Biology Yaneli Jesseni Ulloa Biology Moises Randolfo Medina Biology Education Samantha Magda Mai English Shaneile Karen Kuylen English Education Omar David Tzalam English Education Jia Bao Zheng Information Technology Vanessa Argentina Awe Management Juanita Del Carmen Gamez Management Amelia Lara Management Daysi Diana Montero Bachelor Degree in Mathematics Deidra Simone Mahler Natural Resource Management Areli Ruby Perez Natural Resource Management Chelsye Yman Ashby Nursing Priscilla Eugenia Chimal Nursing Kesilyn Lizama Nursing Martha Ack Primary Education Ines Veronica Berry Primary Education Adriannie Marlene Canul Primary Education Edna Maribel Ramirez Primary Education Mae Beatrice Tillett Primary Education Rashida Shenise Guzman Social Work Vanna Shanice Petillo Social Work
Arifah Carissa Bautista Accounting Erica Jasmina Donaire Accounting Adair Azan Gongora Accounting Karina Kristine Heusner Accounting Kim Michelle Williams Accounting Javier Anselmo Alegria Biology Alexia Yvanne Alpuche Biology Dayna Cheng Biology Noel Lincoln Gillett Biology Cheryl Denise Jones Biology Donovan Kevin Leiva Biology Zeida Alexandra Montero Biology Mikayla Venesse Banner English Aisha Alima Garraway English Ginele Shanice Nembhard English Kadijah Nikenjee Marin English Education Vianney Alyssa Novelo History Kristin Anne Vernon Information Technology Swamy Madhu Babani Management Giselle S. Borland Management Adriane Zenaida Cawich Management Wesley Alexander Downs Management Lynette Dubon Management Tennille Natalie Middleton-Perera Management Neivi Leidi Pol Management Amber Renee’ Rivero Management Caramyn Joy Reid Nursing Rosa Dilia Ramirez Primary Education Gudiel Alfonso Melgar Primary Education Samantha Margaret Muùoz Nee Hyde Primary Education Maria Angelica Smith Primary Education Eleen Andrea Cansino Spanish Education Goni Obed Garcia Spanish Education Ashley Ann Gordon Tourism Management
Julia Vernice Penner Accounting Anna Petkau Accounting Robin Simone Gray Biology Jessica Jeanette Thompson History Chia-Wei Chang Management Chia-Yu Chang Management Giselle Rose Serano Primary Education
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The UB Song BY SIR COLVILLE YOUNG, PH.D. Students lift your voices To praise our Alma Mater Together we’re united, Each UB son and daughter. For your prize of knowledge Our hearts were ever yearning, Till sleepless nights of study Were well repaid with learning. And your torch, when we are gone, Burning bright will be carried on: UB this shall be our pledge! UB this shall be our pledge! Pyramid and temple Once soared like manmade mountain And in this land the people Drank deep of wisdom’s fountain Now we can recover The ancient pride and glory And our Belize’s future Shall tell the UB story. For the torch, when we are gone, Burning bright will be carried on: UB this shall be our pledge! UB this shall be our pledge!
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MOVING ON
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Partnerships
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