Former NCCU scholarship recipient Cops three award at this year’s University of the Virgin Island (UVI) Academic Awards and Dean’s List Ceremony.

Joseph Joshua Williams, NCCU’s 2009 scholarship recipient for merit, and Dominica’s GNAT island scholar, received the faculty of Science and Mathematics Outstanding Student Award for Mathematics, at this year’s University of the Virgin Island’sAcademic Awards and Dean’s List Ceremony. At that ceremony on April 8th, 2018, he was also bestowed with two Dean’s List Awards.

One week later, this aspiring young man was inducted into the prestigious Golden Key International Honour Society, the world’s largest Collegiate Honour Society for the top 15 % of Junior, Sophomore and Senior students. His professors describe him as being “intelligent, creative and thoughtful, with a passion for science and mathematics, and whose positive presence and attitude on campus, benefits all those around him”.

It has not been all work for Joshua and involvement in extracurricular activities provided needed experience and motivation. These included:

• Tutoring Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics at the Centre for Student Success, a service that earned him a certificate for being the most trustworthy (reliable, timely and loyal) tutor in the Mathematics and Science Department.
• Playing soccer for UVI team
• Vice President: National Society of Black Engineers
• Student Researcher: Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Peer-Led Team Learning Leader
• Worship team member and guitarist

This focused, dedicated and spiritually charged young man completes his undergraduate degree in Applied Mathematics in May.

Parents Joseph and Paula Williams are proud of their son’s achievements and continue to pray for God’s everlasting and abundant blessings upon him.

Joshua expresses deepest gratitude to the Management of NCCU for their valuable investment in his secondary education.

What comes to mind when you think of preschoolers? --  Love, warmth, excitement, curiosity, honesty, energy.  All this and more was in the air when we hosted 108 pre-schoolers from the Social Centre Model Pre-School at headquarters on May 3, 2018.

Miss NCCU and Miss Dominica 2018, Jade Romain, was present and fueled the excitement during a lively interaction with the little ones.  "Pepper Pig" was in the house as well.

NCCU staff Ms. Cedella Popo, hands over cheque to the secretary of the Dominica Handball Association, Mr. Ainsworth Irish to assist with the purchase of branded t-shirts for use by the Junior Team representing  Dominica at the World Qualifier Competition scheduled to take place in Europe.