Northern Caribbean University
Encyclopedia
The Northern Caribbean University (NCU) is a tertiary level academic facility in Mandeville
, Manchester
, west-central Jamaica
run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church
. Founded in 1907 as the West Indian Training School, in Bog Walk
, St Catherine, it is the oldest private tertiary institution in Jamaica.
. The new Nurses School will be called the Hyacinth Chen Nursing School
, a separate school away from Northern Caribbean University but still owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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, including Rose Cottage and the school's chapel.
Mandeville, Jamaica
Mandeville is the capital and largest town in the parish of Manchester in the county of Middlesex, Jamaica. In 2005, the town had an estimated population of 50,000, and including the immediate suburbs within a radius of the total population is about 72,000. It is located on an inland plateau at an...
, Manchester
Manchester Parish, Jamaica
The parish of Manchester is located in west-central Jamaica, in the county of Middlesex. Its capital, Mandeville, is a major business centre, and the only parish capital not located on the coast or on a major river. The Right Excellent Norman Washington Manley The parish of Manchester is located in...
, west-central Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
. Founded in 1907 as the West Indian Training School, in Bog Walk
Bog Walk
Bog Walk is a town in the parish of Saint Catherine, Jamaica...
, St Catherine, it is the oldest private tertiary institution in Jamaica.
History
Northern Caribbean University is the oldest private tertiary institution in Jamaica. Founded in 1907 it was first known as West Indian Training School. Following a temporary closure in 1913 it moved from Bog Walk to Mandeville resuming operations in 1919 and offering courses up to the twelfth grade. In 1936 it was renamed West Indian Training College. As its offerings developed to include theology, teacher education, secretarial science, business, and natural sciences, it became a junior college. It achieved senior college status in the late 1950's when it began to offer the Bachelor's Degree in Theology and was renamed West Indies College in 1959. Since then, baccalaureate programmes in some twenty other disciplines have been added. In 1999 the college was granted university status by the Jamaican Government, and was renamed Northern Caribbean University. Currently the university offers graduate and post-graduate programs in the sciences, religion, business and education.Programme
The institution offers courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels in six colleges and schools. These are the Arts and General Studies, Natural and Applied Sciences, Graduate Education and Leadership, Business and Hospitality Management, Teacher Education and Behavioural Science and Religion and Theology.Hyacinth Chen Nursing School
There are plans to expand the nursing program, thanks to a donation by Jamaican billionaire Michael Lee-ChinMichael Lee-Chin
The Honourable Michael Lee-Chin, OJ is a Jamaican-Canadian investor. He is the founder and Chairman of Portland Holdings Inc., a privately held investment company which owns a collection of diversified operating companies in sectors that include media, tourism, health care telecommunications and...
. The new Nurses School will be called the Hyacinth Chen Nursing School
Hyacinth Chen Nursing School
The Hyacinth Chen School of Nursing was officially opened on the 10th of August 2008 on a location directly across from the Northern Caribbean University campus across from NCU's Dental Centre located in Mandeville, Jamaica....
, a separate school away from Northern Caribbean University but still owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Affiliations
NCU is a member of the Joint Committee for Tertiary Education (JCTE), and the Association of Caribbean Tertiary Institutions (ACTI).Awards
The university gained global exposure in the Microsoft Imagine Cup competition of 2007 where members of the school's Computer and Information Science department competing as Team CADI took 3rd place.Research
The university hosts a local research centre of the Ellen G. White EstateEllen G. White Estate
The Ellen G. White Estate, Incorporated, or simply the White Estate, is the official organization created by Ellen G. White to act as the custodian of her writings, which are of importance to the Seventh-day Adventist Church...
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Historic buildings
Several buildings on the NCU site have been declared as National Historic Sites by the Jamaica National Heritage TrustJamaica National Heritage Trust
The Jamaica National Heritage Trust is responsible for the promotion, preservation, and development of Jamaica's material cultural heritage .The organisation maintains a list of National Heritage Sites in Jamaica....
, including Rose Cottage and the school's chapel.
See also
- List of Seventh-day Adventist hospitals
- List of Seventh-day Adventist medical schools
- List of Seventh-day Adventist secondary schools
- List of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities