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CASE’s Senior Management Team Undergoes Customer
Service Training
As part of a deliberate strategy to engender a “Student-First
Culture” at the College of Agriculture, Science &
Education (CASE), all members of the senior
management team – president, vice president, deans,
registrar, librarians, and directors – were trained
in customer service at a workshop held at the Rio
Vista Resorts, St. Margaret’s Bay, Portland, on
Tuesday, December 06, 2005.
Topics covered during the interactive, all-day workshop
included: the primacy of the student-customer; the
different types of student-customers; fundamental
needs of student-customers; and strategies for
developing and maintaining a student-first culture
at CASE. At the end of the workshop, the
participants committed themselves to providing
within their respective units service of the highest
quality to Student-Customers of CASE.
The workshop is the first in a series of training
interventions in customer service that are planned
for ALL categories of staff at CASE.
College
of Agriculture, Science & Education News
Over Three Hundred
Students Graduate from CASE
Three hundred and forty-six (346) students
successfully completed their programs of study in
Academic Year 2006-2007, and were eligible for
presentation at our Annual Ceremony for the
Presentation of Graduates Ceremony, held on November
22, 2007, at the Thomas P. Lecky Hall here. Of this
number, 34 received Bachelor’s degrees,
132 received Associate of Science Degrees, and
180 received diplomas in agriculture,
business, education, hospitality management, and
natural and environmental sciences. The ceremony
was chaired by Mrs. Sybil Rendle, Vice Chairman of
the Board of Management; Guest Speaker was Mr. Luke
Lee, who graduated from CASE in 2001 with the
Associate of Science Degree in General Agriculture;
the Valedictorian was Mrs. Yvonne Nathan Burke, who
graduated with the Bachelor of Science Degree in
Business Studies, with Honours.
CASE Students Win
National Awards
Two of our students recently won majors awards. Mr.
Ricardo Bryan won the Governor General’s Youth Award
for Portland, and Ms. Veron Aldridge won the Marcus
Garvey & Sprit of Nanny Prizes at the Inaugural
National Heroes Summit.
Minister of
Agriculture & Lands Visits CASE
The Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, Minister of
Agriculture and Lands, Junior Minister, J.C.
Hutchinson, Permanent Secretary Donovan Stanberry,
the Executive Director of RADA, and representatives
of the ministry, visited CASE on September 27,
2007. The Minister toured the Farm and met with
officials of CASE, including the President, Prof.
Paul Ivey, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture,
Captain Johnathan Lamey, and the Director of
Property, Farms & Transport; he also interacted with
students pursuing programs in agriculture. Arising
from the visit, CASE and the Ministry will be
formalizing a Memorandum of Understanding setting
out the framework for greater partnership, to
transform the agricultural sector.
CASE Partners with
the Jamaica National Heritage Trust to host Lecture
As
part of the series of events by the Jamaica National
Bicentenary Committee to mark the 200th
anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic
trade in Africans, Lord Anthony Gifford, Q.C
delivered a lecture entitled “The Legal Basis for
Reparations” on October 25, 2007, to a capacity
audience in the Sybil Rendle Hall here. Lecturers
and Students of CASE and Teachers and Students from
schools in St. Thomas and Portland were in
attendance. At the end of his lecture, Lord Gifford
donated copies of his book, The Passionate Advocate,
to the CASE Library.
Food for the Poor
Makes Donation to CASE
CASE received a donation of items valued at
approximately $500,000 from Food for the Poor, to
enable the College to recover from the adverse
effects of Hurricane Dean. During the passage of
the hurricane, several buildings, including Halls of
Residence and classrooms, and their contents, were
extensively damaged. We are most grateful to Food
for the Poor for the items received, and will
continue our partnership in the implementation of
the Rural Economic Agricultural Programme (REAP).
One College, Many
Opportunities at Five Campuses Islandwide
As Jamaica’s premier multidisciplinary College, we
offer thirteen tertiary level programs: four (4)
Diplomas, five (5) Associate Degrees, and four (4)
Bachelors Degrees in agriculture, business,
education, hospitality management, and natural and
environmental sciences. In response to high demand,
we now offer selected programs part-time and on
weekends and evenings at four different locations
across the Island (Clarendon, St. Catherine, St.
Ann, and St. James), in addition to our main campus
at Passley Gardens in Portland. Prospective
Students are invited to take a Virtual Tour CASE on
the Internet at CASEOnline:www.case.edu.jm or call
our Office of Admissions at 993-5377 or 993-5558.
The Vision of CASE
Our vision is to be internationally recognized
for excellence in teaching, research, and
outreach in agriculture, science and education,
contributing significantly to national and regional
development.
College of
Agriculture, Science & Education
“The Smart Students’
Choice”
Passley Gardens,
Portland
Tel: 876-993-5436;
Fax: 876-993-5546
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