NAME OF FEATURE | THE GLEANER | SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2025 7 STC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 100TH ANNIVERSARY FEATURE THE SHORTWOOD Teachers’ College family congratulates Shortwood Teachers’ College Alumni Association on its 100th Anniversary. As your association celebrates this significant milestone, your college family acknowledges and applauds your continued dedication to your Alma Mater. The college is grateful for your support through scholarships, mentorships and involvement in students’ welfare. Your contributions have positively transformed the lives of countless ‘Shortwoodites’ who have served and continue to serve in diverse capacities of distinction both locally and overseas. Additionally, your dedication, achievements and invaluable contributions have assisted the college in maintaining its position of excellence reflecting our enduring legacy of our institutions’ commitment to academic excellence and community building in the education landscape Jamaica. As we celebrate with you this historic Your college family salutes you in this your centenary year! PLEASE SEE FAMILY, 8 IT IS a distinct honour to extend heartiest congratulations to the Shortwood Teachers’ College Alumni Association on the occasion of your centennial celebration. This is a major milestone and a potent signal of your unwavering commitment to the college; your dedication has endured for the greater part of the college’s existence, with the Association being formed some 40 years after Shortwood’s establishment. The Alumni Association has remained consistent in its vision and drive to be a channel for good to the college. It is always worthy of the highest commendation when past students pay it forward and invest in the very institution that nurtured them on their path to success. Educational institutions are always boosted by active and engaged alumni associations that have their best interest at heart, and that embrace their mandate of delivering quality education that underpins student’s growth and enlightenment. The embodiment of a loyal ally, you have partnered with the college to ensure it is equipped and modernised to meet global standards in order to remain a beacon of excellence in an increasingly competitive educational landscape locally and internationally. Importantly, past and present students have benefitted from your generosity through scholarships, social support and other mechanisms to make educational opportunities more affordable and accessible. Through your provision of mentorship, you are instilling in young teachers, positive values and the life skills necessary to succeed in the demanding teaching profession. The Shortwood Teachers’ College Alumni Association remains the strong bond that is helping to shape the college for the future while remaining anchored to the storied legacy of this great institution that has positively impacted so many lives. Congratulations on 100 years of making a difference; wishing you many more centuries! GRANTLEY STEPHENSON, CD, JP, DSC HON Chairman Congratulations on 100 years of making a difference
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