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A Collection of work I have done in the field of Media and Communication.
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Creative Note
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes; art is knowing which
ones tokeep.”- Scott Adams (American Cartoonist).
As I journey through life, I have gained a lot of
experience to assist me to move to the next level
and to deal with the challenges that life has to
throw my way. This portfolio is not just a
collection of work I have done, but an
indication of the lessons I have learnt. Each
item is an embodiment of my talent, my
creativity and my passion which I hope will
inspire.
-Tsahai Thomas
Content
News Releases
A Prized Memory: Research Day Highlights
UWI Students Respond to Blood Bank’s Appeal
Feature Articles
Patty: A Delicacy Often Imitated but Never Duplicated
Are You Blooming With The Pouis?
希望 Kibou: A Lesson in Hope
Secrets Project
Secrets Logo
Secrets Newsletter
Secrets Website
CARIMAC Students Society (CSS)
Induction Ceremony Save the Date
Induction Ceremony Banner
CSS Brochure
FRASS Health and Wellness Expo
FRASS Event Plan
FRASS Newsletter
FRASS Logo
FRASS Banner
FRASS T-Shirt
UWI Counseling Unit Strategic Communication Project
Posters
Counselling Unit Bookmark
Peer Counselor T-Shirts
Miscellaneous
Desktop Wallpaper
Birthday Card
News Releases
The University of the West Indies
Mona, Jamaica
Tel: (876) 927-1660-9 | Fax: (876) 927-2765
Website: http://www.mona.uwi.edu/
January 31, 2011
News Release
A PRIZED MEMORY: RESEARCH DAY HIGHLIGHTS
The lawns of the Undercroft were almost unrecognizable as students and exhibits mingled in a
flurry of intellectual exchange. Hundreds of students across the island journeyed to the UWI,
Mona campus to participate in its annual Research Day on January 27-28, 2011. This year
Research Day was hosted under the theme “Supporting the agricultural sector through teaching,
research and entrepreneurship”. The two day expo was aimed at highlighting the University’s
research efforts as well as enhancing the learning experience of Jamaican students.
This year’s focus was on educating students of the importance of agriculture to the Jamaican
society. Speaking at the opening ceremony on January 27, Agricultural Minister Dr. Christopher
Tufton noted that there has not been enough applied research to transform agricultural products
into more value added commodities. Dr. Tufton however explained that “Agriculture has an
important place in research, and with the assistance of the University it will get the attention it
deserves!” The Minister stated that a main duty of the University will be to foster an attitude and
perception change about agriculture in the minds of its students.
The efforts to change perceptions of agriculture began during Research Day as several
agricultural research projects were exhibited on the lawns of the University. Students also had
the opportunity to interact with University lecturers during the various demonstrations and
exhibitions as well as tour the campus.
Some major Research Day attractions included the heart surgery simulator developed by Dr
Daniel Coore, lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science; the
Environmental Management Unit’s Plastic Bottle Recycling Project; and the nuclear reactor
developed by the International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences.
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And of course who can forget the waterfall oasis created within the expo tent, tempting everyone
to a scenic photo shoot?
Students were also kept busy during lectures held at the Undercroft, the first of which was the
annual American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ)/ Cobb Family Lecture titled “Ganja: Legalize or Not
Legalize.” This was delivered by Dr. Wendel Abel, Lecturer, Department of Community Health
and Psychiatry, UWI, Mona. The second entitled, “Violence and the Jamaican Child: A Call to
Action”, was delivered by Dr. Claudette Crawford-Brown, Lecturer, Department of Sociology,
Psychology and Social Work, UWI, Mona.
Summing up the two day event, one Vere Technical High student concluded, “I really enjoyed
research day, I got to see the halls and everything. I especially liked the Math booth because I
won a prize!” And indeed, all who took part in the Research Day activities can attest that they in
fact won a prized memory to take home.
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Tsahai Thomas (Ms.)
Campus Beat Writer
University of the West Indies, Mona
Tel: (876) 345-2418
Email: [email protected]
Rex Nettleford Hall
University of the West Indies, Mona Kingston 7, Jamaica
Tel: (876)926-4718 | (876)926-4719
Website: rexnettlefordhall.uwimona.edu.jm
March 11, 2011
News Release
UWI STUDENTS RESPOND TO BLOOD BANK’S APPEAL
Kingston, Jamaica: Students of the Rex Nettleford Hall, University of the West Indies, Mona,
responded to the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), Blood Bank’s appeal for donors
on Thursday, March 10, 2011 during the Hall’s blood drive. The drive was organized by the
Hall’s External Affairs Committee (EAC) in efforts to assist the Blood Bank in sourcing
volunteers to replenish constantly depleting supplies.
Over 300 students participated in the blood drive, says Christine McLean, the Hall’s EAC
Chairman. Ms. McLean noted that, “The Rex Nettleford Hall through its various outreach
programmes has always tried to give back to the community. A blood drive of this magnitude
has, however, never been done.”
Representative from the Blood Blank, Ms. Charlene Hyatt lauded the Hall’s initiative, “I
am very happy to see young people so willing to give not only of their blood but their time. The
patience of the students throughout the process as well as their cooperation is commendable.”
First year Law student, Malike Kellier, describes his experience, “It was not painful. The
total process, from registration through to giving blood and the resting phase took about 45
minutes. After we donated blood, we were provided with lunch and told to rest for 15 minutes
before leaving.” He implores other students to visit the blood centres and donate as well as.
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Volunteering to give blood is an act of public responsibility, says Ms. Charlene Hyatt,
Blood Bank representative, as blood cannot be manufactured, it has to be donated. The Jamaican
population is, therefore, encouraged to donate. All Public hospitals across the island are blood
collection centres.
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Tsahai Thomas (Ms.)
Communications Officer
Rex Nettleford Hall
University of the West Indies, Mona
Kingston 7, Jamaica
Tel: (876)926-4718 | (876)926-4719
Website: rexnettlefordhall.uwimona.edu.jm
Feature Articles
PATTY: A DELICACY OFTEN IMITATED BUT NEVER DUPLICATED
If you have taken a walk over to the Pure and Applied faculty you
might have noticed some changes to one of our favourite watering
holes as students, the Juicy Patties restaurant. Over the past school year
the building has gone through much structural change, both inside and
out. No longer do you pay for your order then wait, hot and perplexed
in a pushing crowd, to hear your number called. Now you call out your
order over the pushing crowd, and then join a line to pay for your meal. Then came the clincher;
the new NO REFILL policy on cup sodas! We were devastated.
A great outcry resonated throughout the campus. Many vowed never to buy another crumb from
the restaurant! Months after, hungry students are still flocking the building. Despite the
disgruntlement with the changes, one factor keeps us all going back, the very essence on which
the restaurant was built, the Jamaican patty.
The history of the Jamaican patty is a disputed one. Some say it has its roots in colonialism,
developed after the introduction of the English turnover to the Caribbean. Others argue that it is
fashioned after the Spanish empanada. Whatever the case, the flaky texture and savoury flavour
of the Jamaican patty are just that, uniquely Jamaican.
Many older folks are loyalist to what they call the real patty, that is, the beef patty. The beauty,
they say, is found in its scrumptious simplicity, filled only with spicy grounded Jamaican beef.
The new age generation of rebels and adventurers, however, now enjoys a wide variety of
delicacies ranging from the shrimp and lobster patty, to the newly introduced soy patty.
Of all the Jamaican dishes sold abroad whether ackee and salt fish breakfasts, or rice and peas
lunches, the Jamaican patty remains the one that is just not the same unless eaten on home soil.
One Jamaican student currently continuing studies in Barbados at the University of the West
Indies, Cave Hill Campus declared, “The first thing I longed for when I came back to Jamaica
for the holidays was a patty. While we could get jerk chicken or fry fish during our Jamaica
week celebrations, the one thing we just could not duplicate was the patty.”
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In their quest for flavour, many members of the Diaspora, after a trip home to Jamaica, have to
take back a frozen box of Jamaican patties alongside their aluminium foil wrapped roasted
breadfruits and bottles of scotch bonnet pepper sauce. While many cook shops and restaurants in
the New York Metropolitan area with high West Indian populations such as Jamaica Queens or
parts of Brooklyn, may profess to sell the Jamaican patty, those who have tasted a patty made in
Jamaica are the wiser.
The morale of the story: the buildings may transform but the Jamaican patty, tasty, juicy and
made like mother’s home cooking, remains a stalwart of Jamaican cuisine. So go out and have a
bite today!
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Tsahai Thomas (Ms.)
Campus Beat Writer
University of the West Indies, Mona
Tel: (876) 345-2418
Email: [email protected]
ARE YOU BLOOMING WITH THE POUIS?
It is March and the poui trees have bloomed early this year. The poui tree (Telebuia Serratifolia)
is but one of the natural beauties of the Caribbean, originating from the tropical forests of South
America. These masterpieces are most awe inspiring when in full bloom, usually between the
months of April and May. The deciduous tree sprouts gorgeous clusters of sunshine-yellow bell
shaped flowers when the tree is devoid of foliage and leaves.
All who have come across a poui when in bloom knows there is no greater joy than frolicking on
the golden carpet of petals as the flowery fragrance perfumes the air.
For us students, however, the presence of these golden bells ominously ring in the sitting of our
Final Examinations. As Jamaican popular saying has it, a student’s study routine has to bloom
with the poui or they will be in trouble when sitting their papers. It is, therefore, each student’s
aim to become an early bloomer.
BECOMING AN EARLY BLOOMER
The first stage of blooming is the shedding of foliage and leaves. If we desire to be early
bloomers this year, like our picturesque mentors, we have to shed some our excess activities. The
frequent late night parties have to be released from our time-tables before our budding A’s can
begin to sprout.
According to Dr Michael Oatham, lecturer in Plant Science working in the department of Life
Sciences in the Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine,
“The unusual bouts of rain in the dry season have contributed to the rapid early blooming of poui
trees across the region.” As aspiring early bloomers, we need to provide our minds with the
suitable climatic conditions for bloom. It is, therefore, time we water our minds with more than
its usual diet of Facebook and read that article we have been avoiding since the start of the
semester.
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As early bloomers we also have to remember to remain steadfast and strong. Poui trees are
notable not only for their beautiful flowers, but also for their durability as timber trees. The
Ecology Society of America (ESA) Journal explains that, “The Poui is prized for its stability,
durability, strength and natural resistance to decay, wet conditions, and infestation by termites
and borers.” The ESA Journal also states that the poui has a Class A fire rating, the same rating
given to concrete and steel. We too need steely determination to stick to our study schedules
even when pressured to do otherwise.
A final interesting fact about the lovely poui tree mentioned in the ESA Journal, is that in some
countries such as Suriname, in traditional medicine, the inner lining of the bark is boiled and a
tea is made that is used for anaemia, malaria, colds, cough, flu and ulcer. The poui once again
reminds us that as early bloomers, we ought not to only think of ourselves, but to help all those
we can by providing a small ray of sunshine-yellow to light the way.
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Tsahai Thomas (Ms.)
University of the West Indies, Mona
Campus Beat Writer
Tel: (876) 345-2418
Email: [email protected]
希望 KIBOU: A LESSON IN HOPE
The world waits with bated breath as the search for survivors continues in Japan. In a nation
short on good news, each discovery of life sparks new hope. But how important is hope in times
such as these?
Hope, or kibou as it is translated in Japanese, is the belief in a positive outcome related to events
and circumstances in one's life. It is a feeling that things will turn out for the best.In Christian
theology, it is one of the three main virtues, which are spiritual gifts from God. The other two
being faith and love.
In times of great adversity, destruction and distress, hope is the driving force for life. The belief
that something positive is about to happen pushes a people to continue to fight and inevitably to
overcome.
Listening to the miraculous stories emerging from Japan, we realise the importance of hope. One
story in particular of a four-month old baby found unharmed among rubbles, stands out.
According to the Times news report, on March 14 soldiers from the Japanese Defence Force
were going door-to-door, pulling bodies from homes flattened by the earthquake and tsunami in
Ishinomaki City, a coastal town northeast of Senda, when they heard the tiny cry.
As the Times puts it, the soldiers, having gotten used to the crunching of rubble and the sloshing
of mud than to the sound of life, at first dismissed the baby's cry as a mistake. After hearing the
cry again, however, they began their search, hope being renewed. The baby had been washed
away from her parents’ arms during the tsunami on March 11. How she survived drowning and
being crushed by falling buildings remains a mystery, but that is the audacity of hope.
As soldiers and air rescuers diligently continue their search for survivors, it is hope that will
move them to stretch themselves to the extreme. Hope will make them search longer, listen more
keenly, and dig deeper among rubble for the tiniest signs of life.
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HOPE FOR JAMAICA
Jamaica has faced much hardship over the years. The man-made disaster of crime and violence is
one that has been causing tidal waves of death and despair to sweep the nation. The rescue
efforts of the government, however, seem to be turning out little results.
One of our major problems is that we have lost hope. Many do not believe that there is any
possibility for change. Hope is confidence that good is going to happen. As our national hero
Marcus Garvey said, “If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of
life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.” If we have lost our
confidence, our hope, we have already lost the battle.
We can, however, look to situations such as the one in Japan, and rekindle the fires of hope. If
this past week has taught us something, it should be the power of banding together as a people,
never losing sight of hope. Charles Allen reminds us, “When we say a situation or person is
hopeless, we are slamming the door in the face of God.”
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Tsahai Thomas (Ms.)
University of the West Indies, Mona
Tel: (876) 437-2443
Email: [email protected]
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