6 January 2021
Jamaica minister of tourism,
Edmund Bartlett, has led a series of heartfelt tributes to Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, founder of Sandals Resorts International, who died earlier this week.
Stewart died in the United States at the age of 79 after a short illness.
Bartlett expressed his deep sadness at the passing and said: “Butch was truly an icon and innovator, philanthropist and perhaps the greatest marketer tourism has ever seen.
“Sandals is indeed the largest and most enduring brand created by a Caribbean entrepreneur in tourism and arguably the world today and the standard by which luxury all-inclusive is judged.
“I hail him as a father, leader, benefactor, and the greatest tourism entrepreneur of our time.
Chamber President & CEO Norma Lansing Announces Retirement Published on December 31 2020 9:50 am Last Updated on December 31 2020 5:03 pm Written by Matt Robinson
The Effingham County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors announces the upcoming retirement of President & CEO Norma Lansing, effective April 30, 2021.
Lansing has served as President & CEO since 1988. During her tenure, the Chamber has nearly doubled in membership size, became a county-wide chamber, and introduced many key programs including the Chamber Community Scholarship Program that has awarded over $200,000 to local students, the Business Outreach Center which serves local entrepreneurs and business owners with counseling, services, and the Cooperative Energy Buying Program, offering business savings on their commercial energy needs.
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Xue Liu named Distinguished Member of ACM
The William Dawson Professor at the School of Computer Science received the recognition from the world s largest and most prestigious society of computing professionals.
By François Shalom
Prof. Xue (Steve) Liu of McGill’s School of Computer Science has been recognized as a 2020 Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery, which describes itself as “the world’s largest computing society” with a mandate to “raise awareness of computing’s important technical, educational, and social issues.” The ACM has 100,000 members around the world, representing universities, research institutions and the private sector.
In 2017, Prof. Liu was awarded the Mitacs Professor Award for Outstanding Leadership.
Community engagement champions awarded
December 14, 2020NEWS
Every year Rhodes University Community Engagement (RUCE) holds community engagement awards to recognise the hard work done by student volunteers, community partners, staff and donors. On Thursday evening, 26 November 2020, the University management, students, volunteers and community partners converged virtually to honour and celebrate the community engagement champions. Among the attendees was the Vice-Chancellor, Dr Sizwe Mabizela, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Academic and Student Affairs, Dr ‘Mabokang Monnapula-Mapesela, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation, Dr Peter Clayton, Dean of Faculty of Education, Professor Di Wilmot and RUCE Director, Ms Di Hornby.
Welcoming the guests, Professor Wilmot said: “It is in the context of a state of a national disaster that we meet virtually and celebrate different community engagement activities, partnerships and accomplishments of 2020. We recognise and appl