{"id":89996,"date":"2013-04-11T15:35:08","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T19:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=89996"},"modified":"2013-04-12T06:43:01","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T10:43:01","slug":"uwi-graduates-called-upon-to-be-agents-of-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/uwi-graduates-called-upon-to-be-agents-of-change\/","title":{"rendered":"UWI graduates called upon to be agents of change"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_89997\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89997\" style=\"width: 254px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-89997\" alt=\"Some of the graduates after receiving their certificates\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/graduates-300x254.jpg\" width=\"254\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/graduates-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/graduates-642x544.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/graduates-150x127.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/graduates.jpg 991w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the graduates after receiving their certificates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Consultant Gynecologist and Obstetrician, Dr. Ruby Blanc, has issued a challenge to graduates of the UWI Open Campus to be agents of change.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the recognition ceremony of 44 graduates at the Fort Young Hotel on Thursday, Dr. Blanc said she is worried by the negative influences that is currently plaguing the society.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Personally I am especially alarmed at the pervasiveness of materialism, negativity, laissez-faire attitudes, and acceptance of mediocrity, general inertia and laziness, promotion of dependency and get rich quick with as little work as possible attitude that is evident all around us,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>She told the graduates that as educated people, they can either choose to ignore the issues or be agents of change. &#8220;As educated persons we can choose to hide our heads in the sand or clouds as the case may be, and pretend that these serious and damaging problems do not exist,&#8221; she pointed out. &#8220;Yet I strongly believe and I challenge you that you should be agents of change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She argued that the graduates &#8220;need to be the ones that set the bar higher &#8230; to be the ones that work every day towards strengthening the moral fiber and social conscience of our homeland and by extension the region.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Blanc called on the graduates to be motivated by an utterance of Nelson Mandela when he said, &#8220;education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>First Class Honors BSc Accounting Graduate, Aneesa Dailey, told the ceremony that reaching her goal was not without its obstacles and self-sacrifices.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Getting towards this milestone was not without its challenges,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I am certain that we can all identify that the trials of effectively managing a full time life, for some of us that includes having a spouse and children with a full time job and being a student all in the same day. Some of us had to give up many of life\u2019s exciting pleasures and luxuries just to be able to make this happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The graduating class consisted of three men and 41 women, who received certificates at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Of the graduates two received certificates in Criminology, eight in Early Childhood Care and Education Administration, three in Early Childhood Care and Education (Teachers).<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, one received an Associate of Science Diploma, two received diplomas in book keeping while seven received a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Education.<\/p>\n<p>15 students also graduated with Bachelors of Science (Social Sciences) degrees, one received an executive diploma in Management(CHSB), two, Post Graduate Diplomas in Instructional Design, two received Masters of Arts(Teacher Education and Teacher Development) and one an Executive Masters in Business Administration (CHSB).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Consultant Gynecologist and Obstetrician, Dr. Ruby Blanc, has issued a challenge to graduates of the UWI Open Campus to be agents of change. 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