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• Thera Edwards and Aleem Mahabir received Certificates of Completion with Merit for the course Research Writing in the Social Sciences on October 7, 2022. Certificates of Participation in three additional Modules, Academic Writing Skills, Proposal Writing with Impact – Part 1, and Proposal Writ- ing with Impact – Part 2 were also awarded. The course was offered by the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) and AuthorAID. Their participation was sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society (RGS). • Roshaun Brown has been invited and sponsored to participate in the Interna- tional Seabed Authority/Geosciences and natural resources (ISA/BRG) at sea training programme for 6 weeks, March 28–May 14, 2023. Two weeks at sea to survey north-eastern Clarion – Clipperton Zone assessing and sampling of polymetallic manganese nodules along with sediments from the sea floor. Four weeks at the Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Hannover, Germany (BGR) for geochemical analyses of sediments and polymetallic nodules. The following students received R&P grants to attend international conferences: − Jorjan Dolphy, MPhil Candidate, Geology
− Romario Anderson, MPhil Candidate, Geography − Shaughna-Lee Steele, PhD Candidate, Geography − Lance Scott, PhD Candidate, Geography − Kristinia Doughorty, PhD Candidate, Geography − Aleem Mahabir, PhD Candidate, Geography
Undergraduate The following students received awards from the Geological Society of Jamaica • Kemala Alexander – The Charles Alfred Matley Award (Level 1 prize) for Academic Performance. • Brianna Alexis-Marie Walker – The Verners A. Zans Award (Level 2 prize) for the Best Field Map. • Kimoy-Marie Douglas – The Trevor Jackson Award (level 2 prize) for Best Performance in Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology • Isabelle Chen – The Raymond Wright Award (Level 3 prize) for Best Geology Project. • The 2022 CCRIF Undergraduate Scholarship recipient was Duvania Evans (Geography Major, Tourism Management Minor)
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