Tess Verheij: “Important that children engage in creative activities”
By Hilbert Haar GREAT BAY – With a grant from the Prince Bernhard Fund, artcraft café and art school owner Tess Verheij thought she had it made for at least fifteen underprivileged but talented local children: a weekly art class for a whole year. The funding is there and Verheij is ready to begin but there is one stumbling block: no children. Verheij More...
NIPA signs internship deal with SHTA
GREAT BAY – The National Institute for Professional Advancement (NIPA) signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday with the St. Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA) that opens the door for NIPA-students More...
“All students have to pay back their study debts”
Education Minister Jet Bussemaker: “All students have to pay back their study debts” GREAT BAY – Dutch Education Minister Jet Bussemaker said yesterday that she does not know how much local students owe in More...
Guadeloupe and Wolthuis rethink multiculturalism
GREAT BAY – Dr. Francio Guadeloupe and Drs. Erwin Wolthuis, respectively the president of the University of St. Martin and the division head of its hospitality program, have written a theoretical essay on More...
Jacinth Hunkins wins FCCA essay contest
GREAT BAY – Jacinth Hunkins, a 15-year-old student of the St. Maarten Academy School, won the senior division of the annual Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) essay contest. This year’s essay competition More...
Dr. Gittens gives reason for sudden departure from USM-SCELL
Dr. Natasha Gittens about her departure from Scell: ”I weep quietly inside” By Terrance Rey GREAT BAY – The business community in St. Maarten was set alight on Friday with the announcement that Dr. Natasha More...
C-TEC attracts more than one thousand participants
GREAT BAY – From October 23 to 25, the Hillside Christian School and the adjoining NIPA were the scene of an array of lectures and workshops on applying twenty-first century technology in education, constituting More...
Pre-USM students graduate
GREAT BAY – The University of St. Martin hosted the USM Preparatory Program (PRE-USM) class of 2016 Graduation Ceremony in the presence of Minister Silveria Jacobs (Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Affairs). More...