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Oklahoma State University, and Professor Hopeton

Dunn, Director of CARIMAC, UWI.

As team leader for GEM Jamaica, Dr Michelle

Black attended the GEM Annual General Meeting in

Monterrey, Mexico.

Dr. Paul Golding, (5

th

left) Dean, College of Business and Management

(COBAM) presents a copy of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor

2013 Jamaica Report to Hon. Anthony Hylton, MP, Minister of Industry,

Investment and Commerce who was keynote speaker on day one of the

2-day conference on entrepreneurship hosted by the College, June 25

and 26, 2014 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, Kingston. Sharing in the

occasion from left are Dr. Lois Stevenson, Director, Economic Framework

Policies Industry, Canada, Dr. Michelle Black, GEM Team Leader, Mr.

Orville Reid, Lecturer, COBAM, Dr. Girjanauth Boodraj, Lecturer, COBAM, Dr.

Claudette Williams Myers, Associate Dean, COBAM, Mr. Michael Steele,

Head, Joan Duncan School of Entrepreneurship, Ethics and Leadership

(JDSEEL) and Dr. Rodrigo Varela, Director, GEM Caribbean.

The annual Business Model Competition commenced

on September 29, 2014 with over 25 teams. Following

several elimination rounds six (6) teams entered the

finals. The competition received sponsorship to the

tune of $1,385,000.00. From the Business Model

Competition, the two top placed teams represented

UTech, Jamaica at the national finals of the Business

Model Competition held on March 24th and 25th,

2015 at the Jamaica Conference Centre. UTech,

Jamaica’s entrants placed second, and fourth.

Global Entrepreneurship Week was celebrated

from November 17 – 22, 2014. The School and the

Incubator showcased three events this year. They

included Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)

presentation; discover the Entrepreneur in You and

UTech, Jamaica Business Model Boot Camp.

Student Achievements

The 20th Annual Students’ Conference organized

and hosted by the final year students of the School

of Business Administration was held in both Kingston

and Montego Bay. This is the largest student

organized conference in the Caribbean.

Chris-Ann Thomas was awarded the JNBS

Foundation Legacy Scholarship to the University of

Birmingham to pursue postgraduate studies.

Renae Reid, a final year Marketing student was

the recipient of the 2014 George Phillips Memorial

Scholarship. She was honoured at Kings House on

Thursday, May 29, 2014 at the Jamaica Institute of

Management Awards Ceremony.

SHTM Culinary Major Graduate, Theo Smith

was among the twenty-three outstanding young

Jamaicans and two youth groups who were awarded

the 2013 Prime Minister’s Youth Award for Excellence

at a ceremony held at Jamaica House, Kingston, on

April 6, 2014 under the theme: ‘Celebrating Jamaican

Youth. The Courage of Perseverance’

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University of Technology, Jamaica

• ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

CONT’D