In a rare show of academic assist and cultural celebration, Southern College, represented by its President-Chancellor, Dennis J. Shields, awarded a full tuition scholarship to Desnarine Hanley, the newly-crowned Miss St. Kitts and Nevis Queen. This announcement was made on the Miss St Kitts and Nevis Queen Pageant on Thursday, December 28.
President-Chancellor Shields, expressing his delight on the occasion, acknowledged, “It’s my pleasure to announce that the winner tonight will take pleasure in a full tuition scholarship to finish her research on the Southern College.”
The scholarship cheque and a plaque was introduced to Hanley by President-Chancellor Shields supported by Myron Ok. Lawson, Chairman of the SU Board of Supervisors, and Dr. Orlando F. McMeans. The scholarship, valued at EC$108,000.00, emphasises the college’s funding in native college students.
This scholarship is a part of a broader initiative below the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Authorities of St. Kitts and Nevis and Southern College in Louisiana, USA. The MOU, formally authorized by the college’s Board of Supervisors in September 2023, goals to deliver important advantages to the Federation in larger training and agriculture.
Laid within the Nationwide Meeting by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Training Dr. Geoffrey Hanley, in September 2023, the settlement gives college students from St. Kitts and Nevis the chance to pursue undergraduate and graduate research at diminished tuition charges of below US$4,200 per semester for on-campus examine. These reductions lengthen to Graduate (Grasp’s) diploma programmes, on-line diploma programmes, and certification programmes, thereby enhancing entry to high quality training for a lot of.
Southern College is a premier establishment of upper studying, famend for its tutorial excellence and dedication to producing industry-ready graduates. The college regularly strives to increase its academic attain past borders, fostering international partnerships and cultural alternate.
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