 several ug berbice campus students receive awards at 20th convocation ceremonies several ug berbice campus students receive awards at 20th convocation ceremonies andydindial fri 2252022 950 university of guyana greater georgetown guyana friday february 25 2022 several ug berbice campus students receive awards at 20 th convocation ceremonies    photo tomeshwor mohabir best graduating bachelor s degree student of the berbice campus receiving the award from his excellency president irfaan ali tomeshwor mohabir 30 years old of east canje berbice is basking in academic glory for being awarded the coveted prize of the best graduating bachelor s degree student of the university of guyana berbice campus ugbc mohabir an educator by profession completed the requirements for a bachelor s degree in education secondarymathematics concentration with a perfect gpa of 40 in recognition of his excellent performance he received that award from president irfaan ali during a simple ceremony held at the office of the president on january 31 2022 like many of his university colleagues mohabir experienced his fair share of challenges the two years had its fair shares of ups and downs but i learnt a lot and the challenges mainly for me was time management being a fulltime husband father a fulltime teacher and then having to deal with the ug work and so on the educator explained during a brief interview mohabir is currently employed at the new amsterdam multilateral school as a tvet teacher and has a strong interest in all things engineering he is a strong advocate for the advancing of technical education in schools throughout guyana meanwhile marissa foster a ugbc graduate has been awarded the council of the university prize for the graduating student who has attained at least a pass with credit and made the greatest contribution to other areas of university activities marissa has completed the requirements for a bachelor of social science social work with a 37 gpa the award recipient expressed thanks to her family friends and the faculty and admin staff of the university for the support she received during the course of her studies she also encouraged fellow students to stay the course and make the sacrifices necessary to be successful in the end marissa victoria foster receiving a certificate from the 11 th vicechancellor of the university of guyana professor paloma mohamed martin several of the awardees expressed that they were forced to endure many hardships during their studies but they were determined to stay the course and persevere we are well aware of the sacrifices our families make for us every day so that we could acquire a university education and we were determined that we will not disappoint them the obstacles were many but we did our best and today we are proud said one of the awardees all of the awardees expressed gratitude to the faculty and administrative staff of the ugbc for providing the support they needed in order to come out on top we could not have done it without them said another award recipient  other open prizes specific to ugbc ms alicia mentore  the prize for the secondbest graduating student at the university of guyana berbice campus for the student who has completed a bachelor s degree with the secondhighest gpa alicia is graduating with a bachelor of education secondarymathematics concentration she achieved a 39 gpa  ms christine roy  the prize for the best graduating studentfor the student who has completed a diploma certificate associate degree with the highest gpa christine is graduating with a diploma in accountancy she achieved a 39 gpa  ms rachel peters  the director ugbc prize for the best graduating student at the university of guyana berbice campus for the student who has completed a bachelor s degree with at least a pass with credit and has made the greatest contribution in other areas of university activities at the university of guyana berbice campus rachel is graduating with a bachelor of science management she achieved a 38 gpa  dimitri thom  the prize for the graduating student in the bachelor of science agriculture other than the best and secondbest graduating students who has attained the highest gpa dimitri achieved a 35 gpa  donnette tappin  the prize for the graduating student in the bachelor of education secondaryadministration other than the best and secondbest graduating students who has attained the highest gpa donette achieved a 37 gpa  leena doodnauth  the prize for the graduating student in the bachelor of education early childhood other than the best and secondbest graduating students who has attained the highest gpa leena achieved a 38 gpa  sunita ceres  the prize for the graduating student in the bachelor of education primary other than the best and secondbest graduating students who has attained the highest gpa sunita achieved a 36 gpa  basmattie singh  the prize for the best graduating student in the bachelor of education secondary social studies other than the best and secondbest graduating students who has attained the highest gpa basmattie achieved a 34 gpa  notoya alecia barth  the prize for the best graduating student in the bachelor of education secondaryenglish other than the best and secondbest graduating students who has attained the highest gpa natoya achieved a 36 gpa  vedyotama nandram  the prize for the best graduating student in the bachelor of education secondary mathematics concentration other than the best and secondbest graduating students who has attained the highest gpa vedyotama achieved a 39 gpa  dharsanie rampersaud  the prize for the best graduating student in the bachelor of education secondary science education other than the best and secondbest graduating students who has attained the highest gpa dharsanie achieved a 39 gpa  lakhnarayan kumar bhagarathi  the prize for best graduating student in the bachelor of science biology other than the best and secondbest graduating students who has attained the highest gpa lakhnarayan achieved a 35 gpa  reba ophia katia bisnauth  the prize for the best graduating student in the associate of science biology other than the best graduating student in the certificate diploma associate degree programme who has attained the highest gpa reba achieved a 39 gpa  yugeeta aaliyah kumar  the prize for the best graduating student in the associate of science chemistry other than the best graduating student in the certificate diploma associate degree programme who has attained the highest gpa yugeeta achieved a 38 gpa  vilinie divya singh  the prize for the best graduating student in the associate of science computer science other than the best graduating student in the certificate diploma associate degree programme who has attained the highest gpa vilinie achieved a 37 gpa  bina harpaul  the prize for best graduating student in the bachelor of social science public management other than the best and secondbest graduating students who has attained the highest gpa bina achieved a 33 gpa  neruddeen abzal  the prize for the best graduating student in the bachelor of social science social work other than the best and secondbest graduating students who has attained the highest gpa neruddeen achieved a 38 gpa  gaitrie devi tulsimuthan  the prize for the best graduating student in the diploma in public management other than the best graduating student in the certificate diploma associate degree programme who has attained the highest gpa gaitrie achieved a 38 gpa  shiron darlene reece  the prize for the best graduating student in the associate of social science social work other than the best graduating student in the certificate diploma associate degree programme who has attained the highest gpa shiron achieved a 37 gpa  shivnarine brijbahadur  the prize for the best graduating student in the diploma in accountancy other than the best graduating student in the certificate diploma associate degree programme who has attained the highest gpa shivnarine achieved a 34gpa  godwin melville  the prize for the best graduating student in the diploma in marketing other than the best graduating student in the certificate diploma associate degree programme who has attained the highest gpa godwin achieved a 35 gpa  ezekeil sam  the prize for the best graduating student in the bachelor of social science business management other than the best and secondbest graduating students who has attained the highest gpa ezekeil achieved a 32 gpa  janeisa johnsonsmith  the prize for the best graduating student in the bachelor of science nursing other than the best and secondbest graduating students who has attained the highest gpa janeisa achieved a 38 gpa  rachel peters  the prize for the best graduating student in the bachelor of science management other than the best and secondbest graduating students who has attained the highest gpa rachel achieved a 38 gpa    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  contact   ms krest cummings public relations officer department of events conferences and communications decc 5926235104 several ug berbice campus students receive awards at 20th convocation ceremonies  