There is a time for everything, and for me, it is a time to retire after 45 years as a graduate student teaching undergraduate students or as a full time college teacher. I have been blessed to have mentored thousands of students students in the basic and life sciences - chemistry, biology, human anatomy, and human physiology.. Here, I share an article published by the marketing and public relations department in my honor.
My journey started as a teenage high school instructor at Harmon High School in my island home of Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago. After leaving sixth form at Bishop’s High School I taught at Harmon High School, a Seventh-day Adventist high school, for two years before entering the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad. I completed a BSc. in Botany/Applied Botany before spending another three years teaching, first at Southern Academy, an SDA high school in San Fernando, Trinidad, before joining the faculty at Caribbean Union College (now University of the Southern Caribbean).
As a teenager, I had developed an intense love of music and participated in numerous musical events. Born with extraordinary vocal talent, I became a member of an elite choral group, Music Amateurs, and a vocal quartet, the Archer Quartet. My desire migrate to the United States was strongly influenced by my desire to further my education but forged by my desire to join the other members of the quartet who had one year earlier began their graduate degree programs at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan. After graduating from Andrews University in 1983, I was awarded a graduate fellowship to complete a PhD program in microbiology at Indiana State University. After spending almost 30 years at AdventHealth University, I retired as the Vice-President for Academic Administration and Academic Dean of Undergraduate Programs.
My journey started as a teenage high school instructor at Harmon High School in my island home of Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago. After leaving sixth form at Bishop’s High School I taught at Harmon High School, a Seventh-day Adventist high school, for two years before entering the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad. I completed a BSc. in Botany/Applied Botany before spending another three years teaching, first at Southern Academy, an SDA high school in San Fernando, Trinidad, before joining the faculty at Caribbean Union College (now University of the Southern Caribbean).
As a teenager, I had developed an intense love of music and participated in numerous musical events. Born with extraordinary vocal talent, I became a member of an elite choral group, Music Amateurs, and a vocal quartet, the Archer Quartet. My desire migrate to the United States was strongly influenced by my desire to further my education but forged by my desire to join the other members of the quartet who had one year earlier began their graduate degree programs at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan. After graduating from Andrews University in 1983, I was awarded a graduate fellowship to complete a PhD program in microbiology at Indiana State University. After spending almost 30 years at AdventHealth University, I retired as the Vice-President for Academic Administration and Academic Dean of Undergraduate Programs.
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