Jamaica Press Praises Local Adventist University Leader

The Jamaica Obverser editorial board writes:

Dr Herbert J Thompson’s tenure as president of the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) is a perfect example of the difference which outstanding leadership makes, and a potent illustration of the point we are trying to make.

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We have since witnessed the dramatic transformation of the institution to university status granted by the Government of Jamaica in 1999. [It has an enrollment of 5,300 students and a faculty and staff of 453.]

It is a Seventh-day Adventist-owned institution and takes seriously the spiritual development of young people as part of becoming well-rounded citizens. The university is open to persons of all religious faiths and has students from 35 countries.

The Jamaica Observer lists several recent accomplishments, including:

• the recently opened multimillion-dollar building for the training of nurses.
• a software grant valued at US$118,286,184.00 or approximately J$10.7 billion by Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. The grant, the largest ever made to a university in Jamaica, will serve to strengthen the teaching and research of the engineering faculty.