The School of Religion & Theology at Northern Caribbean University (NCU) hosted its annual KG Vaz Lecture Series on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at the university’s Main Auditorium in Mandeville. Professor in the School of Religion & Theology, Dr. Vassel Kerr was featured as the keynote speaker of the event which was guided by the theme, The Pauline Concept of Women: Androcentric or Christocentric? Here is a photographic highlight of the event.
Photographic Highlights- KG Vaz Lecture Series
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NCU alumna aiming to curb illiteracy
The matter of curbing illiteracy in our schools is a major concern in the education sector and the country at large. To address this problem, the Ministry of Education has been recruiting literacy specialist teachers from among the staff in these institutions.
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NCU USM CARES For Ex-Service Men and Woman
Students at Northern Caribbean University (NCU) embody the university’s core values of N.C.U. C.A.R.E.S. in their own volunteerism efforts beyond the halls of the campus. As the sun rose and smiled on the morning dewed grass, so too did it smile on the members of one NCU’s premier student service groups. Many of whom were up from 6:30 am ready to serve, bubbly with joyous anxiety.
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Vegetarian Diet Report Is Launched at Loma Linda University
A groundbreaking report on the benefits of a plant-based Mediterranean-style diet—news of which captured global headlines—was released at a scientific conference held at Loma Linda University.
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Photographic Highlights of NCU's Career Expo 2013
Northern Caribbean University, ‘the beacon on a hill’, is committed to providing its students with a “quality Christ-centred education achieved through academic excellence, social interaction, spiritual and physical development and a strong work ethic, thereby fitting each student for committed professional service to country and to God. Indeed, students are fitted with tools to help them make a difference in the world.
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In Pakistan, Mob Burns Homes in Anti-Christian Violence
Residents of a Christian community in eastern Pakistan, including Seventh-day Adventists, are reeling after a mob torched their homes and businesses in response to alleged insults against Islam’s prophet Muhammad.
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Drive Economic Growth through the Opportunities of the Internet
Jamaica and Jamaicans could make millions of dollars if we harnessed the power of research and technology, particularly the utility of the internet said Dr Michael Reid, Vice-President of Information Technology at Northern Caribbean University (NCU). Reid proffered this in his opening address at NCU’s Research Week( March 10-14), March 11 on the main campus in Mandeville.
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Church wants employees to determine flexi-week rest days
If the church gets its way, employees — and not their bosses — will be the ones to determine rest days under the proposed flexi-week arrangement.
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NCU Involved in Art Project
There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who, with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun, said Pablo Picasso, world-renowned Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer. A group of students from the School of Visual Arts (SVA) Textile Department, at Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMC), set out to transform their spots into the sun - dispelling the colours of the rainbow.
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Photographic Highlights: Social Work Day
Students, faculty and staff in the Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences at Northern Caribbean University (NCU) participated in Social Work Day on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. They convened in the Main Auditorium for the presentation which featured Retired Inspector of Police, Inspector Wesley Christie as guest speaker. The day was recognised under the theme, Weaving Threads of Resilience and Advocacy: The Power of Social Work. Here are some photographic highlights.
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Jesus is the Way Home – 1 Chronicles 2 (RBHW)
I grew up not knowing my father (he died when I was 2 years old; no recollection of him). Imagine my delight when last December when my travelling a few hours with my eldest brother, who'd come home visiting, he told me things about my dad I was hearing for the first time. I would have liked him... a lot. He also told me about the original members of my paternal forebears who first came to Jamaica.
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One Project Draws Adventist Leaders to Chicago
“When we dreamed up the One Project, the love for Jesus was overwhelming. When we prepared for each gathering His love was overwhelming. When we experienced the gatherings we get to bask in the presence of His overwhelming love,” said Japhet De Oliveira, cochair of the One Project board. “Our gatherings follow a really simple process.
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The Pauline Concept of Women – Androcentric or Christocentric? The Sequel
Androcentricity, as defined by the Dictionary of Human Geography is “the structuring of all life and narrative around the experiences of men.” The term Christocentrism is defined by P. c. Lai as, “an approach towards the doctrine of revelation in which the person and work of Christ plays a determining or central role.”
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Photographic Highlights of MMS Mandeville Opening Office
Northern Caribbean University (NCU) administrators on Thursday, joined the United States of America (USA) Ambassador to Jamaica Pamela E. Bridgewater, and the staff and directors of the Audrey Hinchcliffe operated Manpower Maintenance Services Ltd (MMS) as they opened their Mandeville office.
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Week in Review
Week in Review is a compilation of news and events at Northern Caribbean University.
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Beyond Belief
Picture a Seventh-day Adventist church somewhere with 200 members attending. Over time, 100 of these members will leave the church and in a sense be replaced by 100 new members—and then some. (The Adventist Church is one of the fastest-growing denominations in the world, and the fastest in the United States.1)
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Inter-America: Health Leaders Focus on Promoting a Balanced Health Ministry
Health directors from across the church in Inter-America attend a presentation by Dr. Fred Hardinge, associate health ministries director for the Adventist world church during day two of Inter-America’s Health Summit, in Orlando, Florida, Mar. 21, 2013.
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Melissa Rogers New Head of White House Faith-based Office
Church-state expert Melissa Rogers will be the new director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
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Photographic Highlights of The Drive at Stewart's Hardware Opening
The Northern Caribbean University (NCU) Media Group NCU FM radio show, The Drive, partnered with the 40 year old Hardware giants Stewarts’ Hardware and Home Centre as they opened the Manchester branch at the intersection of Winston Jones highway and Ward Avenue on Thursday March 21, 2013.
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Photographic Highlights of NCU's ADVANCE Programme 2013
Northern Caribbean University, (NCU) through its Academic Development and Viable Approaches to Nurturing Collegiate Endeavours (A.D.V.A.N.C.E) programme hosted 37 students from seven Seventh-day Adventist high schools on its Mandeville campus from March 20-24, 2013. The students were housed at the Cedar and Jamaica Halls of residence for four days and were exposed to the NCU culture through their interaction with university faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
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