NCU hosts 102nd Commencement on August 10

More than 600 members of the graduating class of 2025 will be conferred with degrees and diplomas during Northern Caribbean University’s (NCU) 102nd Commencement exercise scheduled for this Sunday at its main campus in Mandeville, Manchester.

The university administration will also issue honorary degrees and special awards to several people. Among them is prominent civil engineer Desmond Young, who will be conferred with the Honorary Doctor of Science degree. United States-based medical doctor Simone Wildes will deliver the keynote address at the morning commencement session.

Kenneth Fearn, chairman of the US-based National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators and Developers, will be conferred with the honorary Doctor of Commerce degree and he will address the second commencement session. Jerry Butler, former director of the Inter-American Development Bank, will also receive an Honorary Doctor of Commerce degree.

In addition, two people will be awarded the 2025 President’s Medallion. They are Raul Webster, US-based urologist and philanthropist; and Dexter Frederick, medical doctor, founder and chief executive officer of Brain Expansions Scholastic Training, Inc, located in Florida.

Two alumni have been recognised as the Product Samples for 2025. They are Pastor Howard Henderson Holmes and Tishauna Mullings, social development practitioner.

The theme for this year’s commencement is ‘Rooted in Christ: Empowered for Service, Destined for Excellence’.