 university of guyana receives gift of microscopes from university of toronto university of guyana receives gift of microscopes from university of toronto webmaster mon 3252019 905  140 students in petroleum mining geology and engineering programmes to benefit dpi guyana friday march 22 2019 over 140 students of the faculty of engineering and technology fet of the university of guyana ug who are involved in the petroleum mining geology and engineering programmes are slated to benefit from new microscopes donated by the university of toronto the 23 leitz polarizing microscopes valued 31m usd 150000 were gifted to fet at the university s turkeyen campus where vice chancellor and 10th principal of ug professor ivelaw griffith cited the importance of partnerships for the development of the university we have the wonderful opportunity at our university of strengthening what we do and how we do it but we also know that that opportunity presents occasions for partnerships partnerships that are tangible demonstrations of the interest in the university in the interest of our nation noting the department s gratitude for the equipment head of the department of geology dr andrew chater stated that it will be used for the junior students attached to the programmes i think this is the way to go because we do need microscopes that we can use this is good for the petroleum engineers and it s good for mining engineers so it will have a long term use it is a basic microscope that we can use in junior years it was disclosed that the guyana geology and mines commission ggmc a government agency that employs a large number of graduates from the departments of geological engineering and petroleum recently began using improved quality microscopes niossi alsopp a student of the fet s geological engineering programme noted that this would mean that students graduating from the university must be better equipped and adequately trained in the use of the microscopes to be able to function well in the professional environment in this regard she further noted that this would now be possible through the gift by the university of toronto the handing over ceremony was held at the faculty of engineering and technology s new lecture room it saw the attendance of the deputy vicechancellor paloma mohamed and dean of the faculty of technology elena trim along with professor daniel schulze from the university of toronto the ggmc as a longstanding partner of the university of guyana s faculty of technology had made available a grant valued upwards to 100m for the 20172018 academic year the grant was meant to provide the faculty of technology with muchneeded equipment for its geology laboratories and with envelopes earmarked for curriculum development training outreach and field research a portion of the grant was used to cover transportation and other costs associated with securing the microscopes nateshia isaacs images ameer sattaur  newscource  https dpigovgy universityofguyanareceivesgiftofmicroscopesfr   university of guyana receives gift of microscopes from university of toronto  