Bahamas Oil Refining International Co. Ltd., dba as Vopak Terminal Bahamas, recently announced recipients for the 19th edition of its scholarship programme that affords Bahamian students educational opportunities at the College of The Bahamas and colleges and universities overseas.

The scholars pictured above are, 1st. row Amara Jones; 2nd row, Davon V.J. Edecombe and Korodo St. Cyr; 3rd row, Chanika R. Hanna, Sadera Rolle, and Barrack Stubbs; 4th row, Brooke M. Sherman and Samantha Munnings; and 5th row, Berrando A. Mackey, Ashleigh C. Lockhart, and Brendira Bannister, Not pictured are Ryan Woods and Infante Lowe-Grant.

Twelve students nationwide, and the child of a Vopak employees, were selected from 133 applications in the broad categories of Accounting, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Natural Science, and Business. Six students will study at the College of The Bahamas and seven overseas.

Raymond Jones, the new Managing Director at Vopak Terminal Bahamas said “Education today is as unique as is our students, and these thirteen new BORCO Scholars continue a tradition that began in 1991. Vopak Terminal Bahamas is happy to continue to award these educational opportunities to deserving Bahamian students.

Matriculating at the College of The Bahamas will be Brendira Banister of St. Augustine College, Nassau (Accounting); Chanika R. Hanna of Bishop Michael Eldon High, Freeport (Biology); Berrando A. Mackey of St.Ann’s High Nassau, (Business Administration); Sadera Rolle of Mt. Carmel Prepratory (Business/Accounting); and Brooke M. Sherman of Freeport (Tourism Management).

Awarded a four year oversea scholarship was Davon V.J. Edecombe of C.V. Bethel Senior High, Nassau, who will study Architectural Engineering at the New York Institute of Technology. Infante Lowe-Grant of Freeport was recommended to receive a four year Grant to pursue a degree in Industrial Engineering at Kettering Univesity.

Three years awards were granted to Amara Jones of Sunland Baptist High School, Freeport, to study Marine Science at Savannah State University, Georgia; Ashleigh C. Lockhart, Freeport, to study Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University; Barrack Stubbs of Freeport who will study towards a degree in Chemical Engineering at Kettering University.

Ryan Woods of Freeport was named as an alternate recipient on a needs basis for a Grant to study Mechanical Engineering at Florida A & M University, and Korodo St. Cyr of Nassau received a two year Grant to study Civil Engineering at the University of Arkansas.

Samantha Munnings, daughter of Sidwell and Margo Munnings received a scholarship to Nova Southeastern University, Florida as the child of a Vopak employee. She will study towards a degree in Anastiology.

Maxwell Sweeting, Executive Vice President said,

“Beginning this year Vopak Terminal Bahamas has upped the amounts of the annual scholarships offered to students going to the College of The Bahamas to $4000, and to $9000 to those matriculating overseas.
“Several of our students having completed their studies are now employees of BORCO, and we’re pleased that their areas of study allowed them to return to us,” said Mr. Sweeting.

The Scholarship programme began in 1991 with 10 scholarships to the College of The Bahamas and four international. Since its inception, The BORCO Scholarship programme has service an average of 20 scholarships annually with some 17 students currently studying on BORCO awarded scholarships.

Source: Bahamas Island Info