 ug berbice campus english graduate publishes eight fulllength academic articles in the last six months of her final year ug berbice campus english graduate publishes eight fulllength academic articles in the last six months of her final year andydindial tue 1182022 1527 ms ashwannie harripersaud bachelor of education juggling family a fulltime job publishing academic articles dealing with a host of other personal and professional commitments all while being a final year student at the university of guyana is certainly not an easy feat but 36yearold ashwannie harripersaud an educator by profession has proven that she has what it takes to be resilient and make her mark in the education sector harripersaud a senior assistant mistress at the canje secondary school in berbice will be one of over 22oo graduands who will walk the virtual graduation stage when the university of guyana hosts its series of virtual graduation ceremonies beginning february 4 the proud mother of two has successfully completed the requirements for a bachelor s degree in education she explained that even though the final year of her studies was extremely demanding yet she managed to publish eight fulllength academic articles in international scholarly refereed journals she also coauthored a scholarly book on west indian literature which was accepted for publication by austin macauley press in the united kingdom the book entitled wholeness and home in west indian literature  will be available in february 2022 some of the articles that were published during her final semester at ug include the classroom reimagined and redesigned the pandemicready teaching and learning station the quadratic equation concept matrices concepts and real world contexts dueling banjos classroom contrapuntal creole versus english a review of daizal samad s the mirror tells its tale  history through place names psychological perceptual inhibitors to the teaching learning of mathematics and the west indian emerges george lamming s in the castle of my skin  ashwannie also has several other articles on language and culture under consideration by international journals she insists  the intent of my publications effort was to be demonstrably multidisciplinary in approach my thinking no single academic discipline can establish the interconnectedness of things  according to harripersaud one of the most challenging periods of studying at the university of guyana ug was having to shift gears from having physical classes to online learning  online learning defied real interaction with other students and with lecturers   she shared despite the challenges of online learning and not being able to physically communicate with peers and lecturers she praised the university for the role it played in helping her to become a wellrounded and more confident individual  i am more thoughtful and selfaware rather than being selfserious and arrogant   she said there were lecturers who were driven to truly teach by example and to involve themselves in unheralded scholarly accomplishments these were the people who drove me to think deeply about this noble profession called teaching to understand that t0 teach well needs a philosophical substructure that original scholarship is both a moral and professional obligation the proud ug graduand explained reflecting on her days on campus harripersaud noted that if she were to go back in time she would tell herself to shut out the noise and ignore the gossip i would aspire to be lofty in scholarly ways and be more selfcritical she remarked when asked about her experience as a student at ug the young educator responded  my most fond memory was sitting in a class where we were encouraged to think about things far beyond our limited individual experiences a class that conveyed information with ease while allowing us students to learn more about ourselves why do we think the way we think why do we see what we see while neglecting to see other things why do we behave the way we do and act the way we do why do we speak as we do and relate to others in ways that we do this was joyous and refreshing indeed to leave a class knowing a bit more about myself my country and my world   this is the 55th convocation for the turkeyen campus and the 20th for the berbice campus the graduation dates are as follows  friday february 4 2022  faculty of agriculture and forestry faculty of engineering and technology school of entrepreneurship business innovation  saturday february 5 2022  college of medical sciences behavioural sciences research faculty of natural sciences  friday february 11 2022  faculty of social sciences  saturday february 12 2022  faculty of earth and environmental sciences faculty of education and humanities institute of distance and continuing education degree and diploma programmes only members of the public can celebrate graduands and view this year s ceremonies on the university of guyana s facebook page uniofguyana this year several new academic programmes will see graduates for the first time these include disciplines such as associate of science petroleum engineering bachelor of science accountancy bachelor of science entrepreneurship bachelor of science marketing bachelor of science supply chain management and bachelor of science environmental science among several others like the march 2021 convocation events this year will be even more special since the university administration is consistently underscoring that the great resilience displayed by students to complete their degrees in very difficult circumstances of covid19 deserves to be richly applauded and celebrated a record number of attendees are expected this year since due to the online nature of the event there will be no limit to the number of invitees who can join the proceedings ug help desk numbers for clarity on any matter relating to the graduation ceremonies are now open as follows turkeyen 6231941 6231867 6231869 6231871 6231924 6231868 6231942 6241943 6231944 6231945 6231946 6231948 berbice tain 6231943 or 6231949 and idce 6427009 6230359 6427007 6241269 prospective graduands can also check the faqs on the university s website at  https uogedugy convocation2021  the annual graduation exercises are a highlight on the university s calendar of institutional events since it provides not only an opportunity for celebrating the efforts of students lecturers families and supporters but for stirring graduation speeches from valedictorians and highprofile keynote speakers the university of guyana has graduated upwards of 50000 graduates in its 58year existence many of whom have gone on to serve at the highest levels nationally and internationally    ug in brief the university of guyana is the 58 th year state university of guyana it offers 136 programmes in over 60 disciplines online and facetoface in 8 campuses across guyana with a student population of now 10000 ug has provided education learning and research for over 50000 alumni the mission of the university is to discover generate disseminate and apply knowledge of the highest standard for the service of the community the nation and of all mankind within an atmosphere of academic freedom that allows for free and critical inquiry ug s forwardthinking blueprint 2040 is currently setting the course for the university s future design and institutional response to the changing needs of guyana contact ms krest cummings public relations officer department of events conferences and communications decc 5926235104 ug berbice campus english graduate publishes eight fulllength academic articles in the last six months of her final year  