 renaissance vol 2 no 3 renaissance vol 2 no 3 renaissance vol 2 no 3 webmaster tue 4182017 738 the collaboration between the office of the vicechancellor and the centre for communication studies ccs of the university of guyana brings to you this volume 2 no 3 edition of renaissance a monthly newsletter renaissance is the vicechancellor s medium of sharing with you our university s developments the month of march was filled with activities held in observance of international women s day ms audrey benn lecturer in the women studies unit has written an important message on the importance of celebrating women and our own deputy vicechancellor academic engagement dr michael scott shared an impacting poem both of which we hope you will reflect on in this edition you will also read about a number of lecture series hosted by ug turkeyen and tain talks vi and the vc s renaissance lecture series ii ug recently launched its very own press as a publishing arm in collaboration with ian randle of jamaica s ian randle publishers this is truly an historic move by our university the renaissance team had an opportunity to profile the new director of the centre for biodiversity dr gyanpriya maharaj additionally in march the winners of the turkeyen campus open career day were announced we congratulate the faculty of earth and environmental sciences on winning the first place vicechancellor s cup in this event our alumni around the world have certainly made us proud we feature in this edition of renaissance the story of ms sonnel davidlonge s 2017 ridding reading prize from the girton college of the university of cambridge in the uk as you read be inspired to join us as we celebrate ug s renaissance  renaissance uog newsletter alumni uog update 