Graduation Speech

 Your Excellency the Governor General – Sir Frederick Ballantyne
 Hon Dr. Douglas Slater – Minister of Health and the Environment
 Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education – Mrs. Laura Browne
 Chief Education Officer – Mrs. Susan Dougan
 Chairman of the Board of Governors, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College & Chief Nursing Officer - Mrs. Audrey Gilkes
 Chief Medical Officer – Dr St. Clair Thomas
 Deputy Chairman of the Board of Governors – Mr. Reuben Robinson and Members of the Board of Directors - St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College
 Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health & Environment - Mr. Lanceford Weekes
 Dean of the Division of Nursing Education - Sr. Susanna Providence
 Dean of the Division of Teacher Education – Mrs. Eula Adams
 Dean of the Division of Technical and Vocational Education – Mr. Joseph Mapp
 Dean of the Division of Arts, Science and General Studies – Mrs. Rosa Vanloo
 President of the Division of Nursing Education Students’ Association – Mr. Tian McNichols
 Senior Nurses, Retired and Practicing Nurses
 Other Specially invited guests
 Relatives, Friends and Well wishers
 Graduands
 Members of the Media
 Ladies and Gentlemen........Good afternoon.

I am humbled yet honored to have been given this opportunity to speak at this Annual Graduation and Prize Giving Ceremony this afternoon being aware that there are a lot of qualified and competent health officials in St.Vincent and the Grenadines who are sitting right before me. I remember that it was a few months ago when I visited this prestigious institution on the eve of regional exams. I can distinctly remember seeing faces of anxiety, fear and uncertainty due to the fact that many of you graduands thought that you were unprepared for such an unpredictable exam. I can recall emphasizing the point that with your sincere effort and God’s help, all things would be possible, and I am therefore elated to be able to