How many people do you know or heard of who have failed at their first go at a tertiary education? How many people have wanted to give up because of the financial strains involved in acquiring a tertiary education? Do you want to be assured that you will finish successfully in the journey that you have embarked?
First Choice for a Second Chance
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What If Trees Disappeared?
While walking on the street one day in the summer sun, I empathised with Jonah when he asked God to kill him, when the sun got so hot he fainted. Relieved is an understatement for how I felt when I saw a tree providing a bit a shade ahead.
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Defeat of the Meat
Why not chicken though? Isn’t it just pork that Seventh-day Adventists (SDA) don’t eat? Well what about fish? Questions such as these are often asked in relation to the plant based diet which Northern Caribbean University (NCU) a SDA owned and operated tertiary institution practices.
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Home Sweet Home
Leaving your home, your family, you’re “life” behind to enter into a tertiary institution can be very hard for a people especially if they are young and have never been away from their families for a long period of time. Questions like “what if I get sick? How will I know what courses to choose? How will I be treated?” These are questions often asked especially by freshmen as they want to know that when they are told that they will be safe and comfortable it is not just a promise.
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NCU, Changing the World, One Life at a Time
Will I be able to have classes outside of a class setting? Do the teachers only teach large groups of students? How is the teaching at the institution? Not all students learn in the same setting. Methods have to be put in place to cater to every student’s special need, to ensure that each student is fulfilling their purpose of learning in a comfortable environment according to the student’s preference.
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JCF Members Receive Back to School Supplies From ACPO
“It may be a small step but it’s a step nevertheless” sentiments echoed by Rev. Carlton Tulloch, chief chaplain for the Area 3 police division in reference to the more than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) worth of school supplies presented to Eva Thompson-Williams by Dr. Grace Kelly.
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Back to School Blues Ease for JCF Members
It’s the back to school season and many parents facing major financial difficulties as the requirements and increasing and the funds are not available to fulfill those needs. The Association of Christian Police Officers (ACPO) is assisting the members within the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) with school aged children with back to school supplies.
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Did You Know We Shrink?
We lose a lot as we get older and our body deteriorates, and as it turns out height is one of those things. Being a 5ft 7inches girl I’ve always been an inch or two above the rest.
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Police Officers Reminded... Jamaicans Still Care
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has always had the duty of serving and protecting the Jamaican public. Unfortunately in recent times, some amount of corruption in JCF has been becoming more and more popular causing some members of the public to lose their trust that they had in the JCF.
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Make the Right Choice - Dean of SRT Shares
“As you come to Northern Caribbean University (NCU) you will become men and women of integrity,” sound advice echoed by Dr. Newton Cleghorne the Dean of the School of Religion and Theology at NCU. The scholar was addressing the University population at its weekly Chapel exercise at the University’s Gymnatorium on Monday September 7, 2015.
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Is Life a Game?
In many ways life could be seen as a game, which means that humans are players in this game. Even if some individuals are not aware that they are playing, they could be considered as players regardless of their approach to life. Furthermore, if life is a game then there are different arenas. This means that students score academic goals in the school arena.
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Create That Ripple Effect
It’s just a drop in the pond, what can that do? If I take this step now how can I be sure that it will go further? How can I make a difference? Am through and can’t get a job so what now?
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Hitch Your Wagon to a Star... NCU, Where Dreams Become Reality
“I am living my dreams through my children; they are my tickets to the good life.” What about me and what I want? What about what I want to become what I want to be? Parents who did not get a chance to become what they want to be often times try to live out their dreams through their children, “living out lost dreams” and causing their children to be an exact reflection of their parents.
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Don’t Choose To Lose
There are times in life when we encounter trials, tribulations, or problems, or whatever you choose to call it. Those are the times when the fear of what’s happening now, or how bad things can get, outweighs the fear of living an unlived life.
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Family Matters at NCU
Leaving the nest, growing up, becoming an adult, it is all scary isn’t it? Northern Caribbean University (NCU) is a place that teaches students step by step to become extraordinary scholars with fantastic leadership skills.
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Mandeville as a University Town - Closer to Reality
Mandeville, the capital of the central Jamaica parish of Manchester, was once driven by bauxite, real-estate development and commerce, but now stakeholders in the parish are looking to something vastly different to drive the economy.
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Earn Valuable Experience While You Study at NCU
So what of the students working full time for a year, what benefits do they receive, will they be treated equally? While students are working part time or full time to accumulate funds to start studying at Northern Caribbean University (NCU), the University ensures that these students are treated with respect and are supported and guided by the well trained members of staff.
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The Harvest is Ripe... NCU Students Told to be Prepared
“Northern Caribbean University (NCU) students stand out where ever they venture because they are leaders of society. These scholars are outstanding individuals moulded to make a positive impact in every place they serve,” posited Dr. Newton Cleghorne, Dean of the School of religion and Theology at a recent event on the NCU’s Mandeville campus.
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Smile... It's Healthy
Children smile approximately 400 times per day, while a happy adult smiles between 40-50 times per day, but the average person smiles only 20 times per day, this is tragic. We’re all aware that there are two classes of smiles; the fake and the genuine.
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It Takes a Village to Grow...
“I believe that if we are to effectively address some of the social problems that are facing us we will need to start looking at the factors that are affecting our children and youth,” sentiments echoed by Dr. Cheril Thompson, Associate Professor and Clinical Psychologist within the Behavioural Sciences department.
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