EDINBURGH, Scotland – Jamaica’s Honorary Consul to Scotland, Professor Sir Geoff Palmer, has been named the new Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Miami, Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has appointed Ismare Monreal to the Miami Dade College (MDC) District Board of Trustees. Trustee Monreal, a proud MDC alumna, was sworn in at today’s monthly board meeting.

School Board Member Luisa Santos proposed an item acknowledging the urgency of achieving 100% clean energy use by 2030 during yesterday’s school board meeting.

NEW ORLEANS, LA – STEM NOLA is proud to partner with Obatala Sciences and CellSpring to engage at least a dozen high school students from the greater New Orleans area in a series of courses that will expose teens to careers in biotechnology startup companies. This extraordinary program focuses on providing high school students with exposure-rich, hands-on opportunities to engage deeply in work in the realm of STEM.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) in-person graduation ceremonies, scheduled for June 1-9, will adhere to recommendations and protocols prioritizing health and safety guidelines established by the CDC and local health experts. This will allow families the opportunity to celebrate this resilient class of future leaders.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada,– Thirteen months after thousands of its students departed for the United States and other parts of the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, St George’s University (SGU),  has announced that its campus will be reopening for in-person classes for the August 2021 semester.

A new, technology-rich media center was unveiled at Kinloch Park Middle School this morning, complete with virtual reality (VR) equipment, roaming desks, a robotics section, a new Promethean board and more than a dozen computer stations.

Miami,–Nearly 14,000 graduates from Miami Dade College's (MDC) eight campuses will earn degrees for the 2020-21 academic school year,continuing to demonstrate steady resolution and hard work despite the pandemic.Due to physical distancing requirements, only aportion of this year’s graduates will receive their diplomas at three Commencement Ceremonies on Saturday, May 1, at Marlins Park.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada,– Students attending public schools in Grenada will be attending classes in the format established before the ministries of education and health adopted and enforced physical distancing protocol as measures to contain and control the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

MDC’s School of Science hosted a White Coat Ceremony to welcome a new class of Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences students on April 15 at North Campus. Dr. Nwadiuto Esiobu, U.S. Department of State Jefferson Science Fellow was keynote speaker. MDC President Madeline Pumariega and alumna Latonya Leshawn Gibbs also delivered remarks.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada,  – Students in the School of Arts and Science at St George’s University are planning a protest at the main entrance of the building to formally object to a decision made by the institution which stipulates that all students , faculty, staff and vendors must be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to be on the compound ahead of the start of classes in August.  

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,– For the first time since its founding 24 years ago, the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Scholarship Foundation will fund a scholarship for studies in agro/gastronomy-related subjects.