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The Alumni Relations Office continued to give direct

support to student events like Dorm Dinner, Annual

International Student Final Year Dinner, Annual Student

Leadership Conference.

Donations totaling US$5,500.00 was received from

the South Florida Chapter towards scholarships for

students.

THE CENTRE FOR THE ARTS (CFA)

The Centre for the Arts (CFA) was established in 1998

with a mandate to help individual students unleash their

creative energy towards developing their full potential.

It focuses on education in the Visual and Performing

Arts, cultural training and professional development

through elective and extracurricular programmes.

The Centre supports the cultural needs of the University

and wider populace through the staging of cultural

productions, presentations and consultation; providing

professional performances by the UTech, Jamaica

Art and Theatre Ensemble; and workshops in the

creative arts. The Centre is also responsible for rental

and guided tours of the Caribbean Sculpture Park, the

open-air museum which it created and in which it sits.

Visual and Performing Arts Programmes

Student Enrolment and Participation

The Centre for the Arts attracted over three hundred

(300) students to its Visual and Performing Arts

programmes, eighty-two (82) of whom were from the

Elective Programmes in Music, Drama and Dance. As

part of their overall assessment in the programmes

for the year, students performed at over 15 University

events, including the annual cultural showcase, long

service awards function and the annual graduation

ceremony.

Donation of Instruments for Music Programme

Chancellor, the Hon. Edward Seaga, ON, PC donated a

20-piece set of musical instruments from his personal

collection to the Centre at the 2014 Academic Induction

Ceremony held August 22nd. The gift included three (3)

clarinets, two (2) trumpets, a viola, two (2) trombones,

and a saxophone. The instruments have an estimated

value of USD $16,000 and will also be most valuable in

the development of CFA’s musical programme.

Arts and Culture Summer Programme

Following a 5-year hiatus, the Centre for the Arts

re-introduced its summer programme for participants

ranging in ages 7-12. They came from schools across

the island, including Glenmuir Prep in Clarendon, Mona

Prep and Hope Valley Experimental in St. Andrew,

Burnt Savannah Primary in St. Elizabeth, and from as

far away as Valley Primary in Anguilla. The camp aimed

to introduce participants to Jamaica’s cultural heritage,

and campers were enabled to explore both tangible

and intangible aspects of Caribbean culture. Activities

included visiting heritage sites, learning history through

drama and poetry, reviving traditional dance forms,

documenting personal and community histories through

basic animation and visual arts, as well as learning the

First year nursing student, Shevel Simms (centre) examines a saxophone

donated by UTech’s Chancellor, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, ON, PC (right)

to enrich the cultural programme at UTech. The donation was made at the

University’s annual Academic Induction Ceremony held on Friday, August 22,

2014 at the Alfred Sangster auditorium, UTech Papine campus. Participating

in the happy occasion is Ambassador the Hon. Burchell Whiteman, OJ,

Acting President.

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University of Technology, Jamaica

• ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015

ADVANCEMENT DIVISION

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