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Ross University Bahamas celebrates 1 year anniversary
By The Bahamas Weekly News Team
Jan 8, 2010 - 4:54:39 AM

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Freeport, Grand Bahama Island - Ross University celebrated the one year anniversary of their Bahamas clinical site recently. The site opened for its first day of school on January 12th, 2009.  
 
The staff and faculty held a celebration dinner in December at Seahorse Plaza and remarks were made by the Dean of the Ross University School of Medicine, Dr. Mary Coleman.  Mrs. Anne Bergen-Taylor Ross University's internal consultant/regional director, DeVry University handed out the certificates and gifts to staff and faculty who had been there at least one full year, and the evening ended with cake and a Power Point presentation of photographs highlighting their past year.


Ross University wishes to congratulate the following:

Mary Cooper, September 2008 start date
LaVerne Gardiner, October 2008
Londell Albury, October 2008
Subir DasGupta, October 2008
Alyvonnetta Levarity, October 2008
Meg Osman, November 2008
Leanne Key, November 2008
Bianca Seymour, November 2008
Jacqueline Thompson, November 2008
Raymond Wright, November 2008
Antoine Brooks, November 2008
Rinthea Williams Carey, December 2008
Dr. Charles Seidel, December 2008
Dr. Michael Robinson, December 2008
Mardene Carr, December 2008
Dr. Desiree Cox, December 2008
Dr. Harriet Myers, December 2008
Mykhaylo Yakubovsky, December 2008
Lyudmyla Golub, December 2008
Dr. Veerabhadra Gowda, December 2008
Nichole Spence, December 2008

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Dean of the Ross University School of Medicine, Dr. Mary Coleman was on hand to offer remarks at the occasion.



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The longest standing employee at Ross Bahamas is Mary Cooper, Business Operations Manager, who was hired in September 2008. Her certificate was handed out by Ann Bergen-Taylor.



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Londell Albury, Director of I.T. started in October 2008



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La’Verne Gardiner – Student Advocate



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Charlaine Claxton



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Alyvonnetta Levarity – Human Resources Administrator



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Nichole Spence – Director of Curricular & Faculty Affairs



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Antoine Brooks, Housing Coordinator began in November 2008



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Subir DasGupta, Director of Finance started in October 2008



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Raymond Wright,I.T. Support



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Rinthea Williams - Carey – Staff Accountant



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Meg Osman, Student Services Director began in November 2008



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Veerabhadra Gowda – Associate Professor, Foundations of Medicine



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Jacqueline Thompson, Administrative Asst. (right) with Dr. Harriet Myers (left)



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Bianca Seymour - Administrative Asst.



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Leanne Key - Administrative Asst.



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Dr. Harriet Myers, Associate Dean-Student Affairs (left)presented to by Ann Bergen-Taylor. Dr. Myers began in December 2008









Ross University was founded in 1978 and is a provider of medical and veterinary education offering doctor of medicine and doctor of veterinary medicine degree programs. The School of Medicine is located in Dominica, West Indies, and the Freeport, Grand Bahama campus recently opened in January 2009. The School of Veterinary Medicine is located in St. Kitts. Ross University's administrative offices are located in North Brunswick, NJ.  Ross University has more than 9,000 alumni with M.D. and D.V.M. degrees. http://www.rossu.edu/



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