Scholarships
EY names 2016 scholarship winners
(CNS): EY has awarded scholarships to Amanda Alexander and Dylan Bostock following a highly competitive application and review process. Alexander is a graduate of Cayman Prep and High School and will be attending Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. Bostock, a graduate of Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, formerly interned at EY and has been accepted […]
Appleby names law scholarship recipients
(CNS): Aspiring legal students Aliana Dodds and Oneka Thompson have been awarded the 2016 Appleby Legal Scholarship Programme. In addition to having excellent grades, these two young people demonstrated to the interview panel that they are driven, mature and dedicated. “On behalf of Appleby, I would like to extend our congratulations to Aliana and Oneka,” […]
Applications open for tourism scholarship
(CNS): The application period has opened for the annual Ministry of Tourism scholarship which, for the last. 20 years, has assisted more than 200 Caymanian students in furthering their education both locally and abroad. This year, for the first time, students who apply to attend Johnston and Wales University can receive up to $15,000 towards tuition, […]
UCCI students off to study in Spain
(CNS): Two Caymanian students from the University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI) are heading to Malaga, Spain in July for a three-week language programme at the eSPEAK Academy. Funding for the trip was arranged through the Honorary Consulate of Spain. Lacey Quesada and Lydia Ebanks were selected as recipients of the consulate scholarship to […]
UWC names 2016 Caymanian scholars
(CNS): The United World Colleges (UWC) global educational movement will enrol three more Caymanian students in August, with the local national committee selecting Ayanda Jones, Julian Menko and Chanelle Scott as its 2016 scholars. During the two-year pre-university International Baccalaureate diploma programme, they will live and study alongside young people from diverse cultures and backgrounds […]
Local shooting club aims to improve literacy
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Sport Shooting Association (CISSA) used its annual Christmas fundraising effort to support local tutoring centre, I Read for Life (IRFL), donating CI$2,375 towards the organisation’s scholarship fund. For the past two years the CISSA membership has focused on contributing to causes within the community including toy drives and fundraising events for […]
Ministry offers scholarships for medical specialisation
(CNS): The scholarship application process for the doctors’ specialisation program is now open and will run through 31 January 2016. The Seafarer’s Association is funding two doctors to obtain specialty training overseas for four years and the Education Council is also offering a limited number of scholarships for doctors’ specialisation with an increased scholarship allowance of […]
Law firm names 2015 scholarship winner
(CNS): Law firm Ogier has awarded its 2015 scholarship to Tania Smith, who recently completed her LL.B (honours) degree in law from the University of Liverpool. She has also undertaken two internships, with Ogier and Beretta Godoy, gaining practical experience in private offshore financial and legal practices.
Law firm awards scholarships to six local students
(CNS): Maples and Calder has granted scholarships to six young Caymanians, pursuing both legal and non-legal degrees at varying levels. The students are Ciara Henry, Hailee Robinson, Louis Solomon, Andrea Bodden, Loshana Lopez-Francis and Duane Thompson. Paul Lumsden, managing partner of Maples and Calder’s Cayman office, said, “The recipients of this year’s scholarships have exhibited […]
Campbells names scholarship recipients
(CNS): Two Caymanian students have been awarded undergraduate scholarships from Campbells for 2015. Kira March is entering her first year at St Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia and will pursue a bachelor of science in human kinetics. Zachary Powery, a three-time Campbells scholarship recipient, is entering his fourth year at Edinburgh Napier University, […]
Grants assist 11 students with university studies
(CNS): A grant programme, funded by the National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), is helping to support 11 students in studying overseas for their first tertiary degrees. Of the recipients of the John Gray Memorial Fund grants, seven are receiving the assistance for the first time. The NCVO will continue to support these first-time awardees […]
Zak Quappé scholarship fuels another pilot’s dream
(CNS): The recipient of the 2014 Zak Quappé Flight Scholarship, Samuel Hale Whitney, has just earned his private pilot’s licence. Without the scholarship, Whitney, 19, would not have been able to afford the training and achieve his dream of flying. His eventual goal is to become a commercial pilot. From South Sound, the new pilot received […]
Scholarship winner reaching for the sky
(CNS): Leanni Tibbetts, the 2015 recipient of the Butterfield Bank Undergraduate Scholarship, began her freshman year at the Florida Institute of Technology this month. The graduate of Triple C School will be studying for a bachelor’s degree in aviation management and flight. Once she finishes her degree, Leanni hopes to return home to work as […]
Caymanian 2015 UWC scholars chosen
(CNS): Gabriella Castillo and Haley Willkom are the newest Caymanian scholars selected by the local national committee of the global United World Colleges (UWC) movement. Following a rigorous application and interview process, the two young women were nominated on the basis of their passion for the UWC mission and values, impressive academic records and references, […]
