 ug s ceremonial opening for the academic year 20212022 ug s ceremonial opening for the academic year 20212022 webmaster mon 10252021 1144  let not your destiny and your promise be stolen from you by any small or great thing ug s vc tells students at ceremonial opening for new academic year 202122 the university of guyana ug on friday october 22 2021 extended a warm welcome to over nine thousand new and continuing students who are scheduled to commence classes on monday october 25 2021 with various speakers urging them to work diligently and remain focussed as they continue in their quest to achieve academic success approximately 65 of the university s classes will remain online for the first semester from october 2021 to january 2022 due to prevailing covid19 conditions as well as major building works arising from recent extreme weather conditions the remaining 35 mostly consisting of laboratory and field exercises are expected to be blended and facetoface delivered at the various campuses for specific courses or parts of courses only in the first semester students will be notified directly of the schedule as well as safety measures they are expected to comply with if any of their courses are to be held facetoface schedules will also be posted on faculty websites during the university s commencement ceremony which was held virtually chancellor of the university of guyana prof edward greene expounded that despite the unique circumstances ug is thrilled to be welcoming the students and expressed confidence that the university s management team led by prof paloma mohamed martin will do all that is necessary to ensure students are successful according to prof greene during these unprecedented times where learning is blended that is facetoface and online ug has not diminished in its commitment to educating its future entrepreneurs scientists historians engineers doctors teachers writers poets artists and leaders and citizens as a whole we look forward to the day when full oncampus and classroom interactions can be restored this is important because paramount to academic achievement and excellence is experiencing and contributing to the diversity equity and inclusion of your academic community prof greene expressed i am also pleased that the vicechancellor and her staff aspire to foster an environment where we learn from each other where we encourage one another where we foster a community free of intolerance and discrimination and where we promote a climate in which ideas and ideologies compete as we push frontiers of knowledge and learning in an environment that is respectful civil supportive and safe prof greene added in delivering the keynote address vicechancellor xi prof paloma mohamed martin told the students that this is a continuation and or beginning of one of the most significant journeys of their adult life it is lifechanging because a university education distinguishes you in several ways and gives you a better outcome for earning and mobility the vc said it has long been proven that a university education is one of the best indicators of future economic and social mobility not only for the graduate but also for their families and the communities in which they find themselves it is therefore a highly competitive process and further intended to test and elicit your true mettle talents and abilities it is undoubtedly your privilege to be amongst the top 10 of this year s graduates from feeder institutions across guyana who have made it into university therefore take full advantage of this singular opportunity prof mohamed martin encouraged further vicechancellor prof mohamed martin took the opportunity to remind the students that they are a part of a proud and powerful community of around ten thousand present students and one thousand staff of the university this means you have special access to a community with more than 40000 alumni all over this planet despite the ongoing disruption of covid and its effects you are entering the university at a very exciting time you are continuing at a time when ug is now 58 years and is fast approaching its 60th year in 2023 the vc added prof mohamed martin noted that ug is currently in the early stages of rolling out its blueprint 2040 she explained that ug s blueprint 2040 has four important aspirational goals and they are all centered around students who are the bearers leaders and architects of the future registrar of the university of guyana dr nigel gravesande also shared words of encouragement with the students the moment you are enrolled the university of guyana regards you as a young adult as 80 of you are under the age of twentythree we hope that you will learn to be independent and take responsibility for your decisions and may you tap into your interest to grow with ug s community and environment university of guyana students society ugss representative mr delroy marks urged the students to take this new journey one step at a time and you will see the true version of yourself after you would have finished ug you are on a journey to greatness and you are on a journey to change our country for the better and ugss is here to support you on that journey he added announcements were delivered by the deputy registrar of the ug dr theodosius velloza there were cultural renditions performed by mr hanani lewi ms moudy zhu mr al creighton mr aditya persaud and mr keon heywood the ceremonial opening was eloquently chaired by the assistant registrarstudents welfare ms daniella king the full ceremonial opening proceedings can be viewed by clicking the link here  https zoomus rec share a1skbl1spye9miergpeyptq62zntx6ohietdkpjog2miqqtxmm university of guyana chancellor prof edward greene university of guyana xi vicechancellor prof paloma mohamed martin drumming medley performed by l r mr al creighton and mr aditya persaud   programmes offered for a list of all university of guyana s graduate programmes please click on the following link  https fehuogedugy srms departments 191 programmes  for a full list of ug s programme offerings kindly visit the following website  https wwwturkeyenonlineuogedugy srms student prospective aboutapplying offeredprogsphp  prospective students can also find their programme of choice by exploring the following links college of medical sciences  https fhsuogedugy srms departments faculty of agriculture and forestry  https fafuogedugy srms departments faculty of education and humanities  https fehuogedugy srms departments faculty of earth and environmental sciences  https feesuogedugy srms departments faculty of engineering and technology  https fotuogedugy srms departments faculty of natural sciences  https fnsuogedugy srms departments faculty of social sciences  https fssuogedugy srms departments institute of distance and continuing education idce  https idceuogedugy programmesoffered   ug in brief the university of guyana is the 58thyear 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 ug s ceremonial opening for the academic year 20212022  