  allclear given for the turkeyen campus after bomb threat  allclear given for the turkeyen campus after bomb threat allclear given for the turkeyen campus after bomb threat webmaster wed 2062019 727 on tuesday february 5 2019 the university of guyana turkeyen campus was evacuated due to an anonymous call that was received at the alberttown police station georgetown at 1240 that a bomb was planted on the campus the campus was evacuated as a precaution and a search of the premises was conducted by officers of the police force and fire service all classes for the rest of the day were cancelled and staff were sent home according to vicechancellor ivelaw lloyd griffith the action was deemed necessary as a precaution and out of safety concerns for the students and staff members who would use the facility during this time police officers and ranks from the fire service completed a search of buildings and surrounding areas the search revealed no explosives of any kind nor were any suspicious packages or items located during the search following the thorough sweep of the campus the allclear was given as a result full operations classes and work will resume on wednesday february 6 2019 anyone with information regarding the bomb threat is encouraged to contact the university safety and security officer on 6239979 or the nearest police station  this includes sightings of packages vehicles or any situations which seemed suspicious the university administration is appreciative of the full cooperation received from students faculty and staff during the search exercise and thank the officers from the police force and fire service for their prompt response and the high level of professionalism displayed during the sweep of the campus with a current enrollment of some 8000 students the university of guyana ug has graduated more than 20000 students who have gone on to successful careers locally regionally and internationally the university is also a major contributor to the national economy and to business and industry established in 1963 on a parttime basis with shared space at queens college ug moved to its own campus at turkeyen in 1970 and expanded in 2000 with the addition of the tain campus it now offers more 116 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes including the natural sciences engineering environmental studies forestry urban planning and management tourism studies education creative arts economics law medicine business optometry and nursing several online programmes are available and the ug also offers extramural classes at four locations through its institute of distance and continuing education idce the ug also offers the opportunity for student engagement in debating sports and cultural religious and professional activities public relations division february 5 2019  