STUDENTS EXPRESS THANKS
MONEAGUE, St Ann, Sept. 21, 2024
The visiting group of Batch 19 from Moneague College has provided scholarships that recipients say they greatly appreciate.
The presentation of the scholarships was part of activities celebrating the reunion of members of Batch 19 who entered the college in 1974.
The group handed over $200,000 to help with the expenses of deserving students. The college administration told the North Coast Times that at least two students would benefit from this year’s funds.
EMOTIONAL RETURN FOR ALUMNI OF MONEAGUE COLLEGE
Marva Small a Year 2 teacher education student was one of those identified. She said she was proud to be a part of Moneague College. She said she was encouraged and would not let down the donors.
(Marva Small, 3rd left being presented with scholarship funds, by Michael Spence on Behalf of Batch 19. Hope Harris, co-ordinator of the reunion cheers, at left, and vice principal of academics at Moneague College Kenee Senior looks on)
The other scholarship presented came from Laur Nevers Wilson who works at Howard University, Washington DC. Ms Nevers recounted how she was drawn to and impressed by Moneague College, as a child long before the time she could attend.
According to Ms Nevers, when she was a child, in the early mornings before Christmas Moneague Teachers’ College students came through the neighbourhood with candles and singing carols. “They sounded like angels and l really wanted to be part of that someday.”
She said her father, a farmer was involved in supplying farm produce to the college, and her mother often provided meals for students who were friends of her sister Shirley James who was also a student at the time.
(Laur Nevers Wilson presents a replica cheque representing scholarship funds for the Enos Nevers Agriculture scholarship to Year 1 student Lishaugle Abbott)
The scholarship for US$1,000 is in the memory of her late father Enos Nevers and is to be made to the child of a farmer. The first recipient is of the Enos Nevers Agriculture Scholarship is Lishaugle Abbott, Year 1 Teacher Education student. Ms Abbott expressed her delight at being chosen. She said the funds were welcomed and would be well used.
The scholarships were presented at a gathering in the Aubrey Phillips Lecture Theatre on the Main campus of The Moneague College, Moneague, St Ann, on Friday morning September 20, 2024.
(Jodian Lalloo in a special song to Batch 19).
A special item was rendered by Jodian Lalloo with musical accompaniment by Daniel Wallace, Batch President.
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Here is Marva Small saying thanks in an interview with the North Coast Times:
