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development of the “University Town”, following the

completion of the concept document. Collaboration

with Hope Estate Educational Partners (HEEP),

continued as HEEP worked towards enhancing the

well-being of persons with disabilities.

The “Saturday University” initiative for community

GSAT, GNAT, and CSEC students was held and the

annual summer “Teach the Youth” programme of

the Students Union was completed. Both of these

programmes benefitted students in the Papine

Development Area of East Rural St Andrew, Highlight

View, Hope Tavern, Kintyre and August Town.

Business/Culture/Study Tour to China

During the reporting period, the VP who is also

Professor in the Scotiabank Chair in Entrepreneurship

and Development led a small team on a Business/

Study/Culture Tour to China. The team comprised

educators, representatives from the private sector /

business community, as well as representatives from

the music and cultural industry.

The aim of the tour was to facilitate greater

understanding of the Chinese business, education and

cultural environments, highlight opportunities for the

University in particular and by extension, the country,

for closer cooperation and exchanges in culture,

education, economy and trade.

A post-tour debriefing was made to the UTech,

Jamaica, Ja. community and a second was held for

the external community. For the latter, the Scotiabank

Chair partnered with JAMPRO, LASCO, WorldNet,

and CPTC to stage a debriefing on July 29, 2014, at

the JAMPRO auditorium to over 150 persons. Guests

included representatives from the Ministries of Industry,

Investment and Commerce, Education, Foreign

Affairs, and Culture, as well as representatives from

the Chinese Embassy, the Jamaica-China Friendship

Association, and the Chinese Benevolent Association.

The major outcome of the tour for the University

centred on collaboration activities with Sias International

University.

Professor Rosalea Hamilton, Vice President - Community Service and

Development, shares an overview of the outcomes of the visit to China

at a special debriefing session on Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at the JAMPRO

Business Auditorium, Kingston.

THE UTECH, JAMAICA “THINK TANK”

In October 2014 the Office of Community Service

and Development established a Think Tank Group to

organise and encourage public debate on important

issues of national interest Appropriately, since it was

at the height of the chikingunya epidemic, the Think

Tank’s first activity was to host a panel discussion

entitled “ChikV and Ebola - What you should know”

in collaboration with the College of Health Sciences.

This discussion took place during the Nationwide

radio outside broadcast on Friday, October 17, 2014.

Following this initiative, the Think Tank spearheaded

the establishment of a Chik-V Hotline operational

through the Poison Information Network, College of

Health Sciences in association with Nationwide News

Network.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Community service is provided by students, individual

members of staff, academic units and administrative

units. Projects range from long-standing and perennial

outreach initiatives to bring cheer and caring to the

less privileged, to those involving donation or transfer

of professional skills. Below are highlights of campus

wide community service projects pursued during the

reporting period.

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University of Technology, Jamaica

• ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015

DIVISION OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND DEVELOPMENT

CONT’D