Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Alumni Profile (3)






Name: Chantal ‘CJ’ Thompson

Degree Completed: B.Sc. Computer Information Science

Class of: 2008

Company/Employer: Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., (ACS/Xerox)

Position: Hardware Resell Support Manager

Memorable CIS Moment(s):
  • Every LAN party! I’m supposed to be the reigning Female Mortal Kombat champion (despite what Christine says, lol!)
  • When they finally sprung me (by giving me the piece of paper dem call degree)

Achievements (while enrolled and/or recent):
  • CHIPS Social Director
  • CHIPS Project Director
  • USM Sports Director
  • ACS/Xerox – Employee of the Month May, June, August, September, January, Employee of the Year 2010

Parting Words....
CIS & NCU taught me everything I know, most of the things weren’t taught in the classroom and one would get in trouble for divulging such info, but there are no regrets. Life in CIS was never easy, but no one can say it wasn’t interesting.

Alumni Profile (2)







Name: Trevoir ‘The Trev’ Williams
Degree Completed: BSc. Computer Science (Programming Emphasis)
Class of: 2010
Company/Employer: Northern Caribbean University (UNISS)
Position: Junior Software Engineer
Memorable CIS Moment(s):

Every moment was an adventure, and thus memorable

Achievements:

2007 – Silver Medalist – National Skills Web Design Category
2009 – Int'l Software Design Finalist in the Microsoft Imagine Cup (Cairo, Egypt)
2010 - Int'l Software Design Finalist in the Microsoft Imagine Cup (Warsaw, Poland)
2011 – Prime Minister’s Youth Award for International Achievement 

Parting words:
CIS for life!!!
Long live the Republic

Monday, September 12, 2011

Alumni Profile (1)



Name: Le-Vaughn Roper
Degree Completed: BSc. Information Science
Class of: 2009
Company/Employer: Harrison Memorial High School
Position: Information Technology Specialist
Memorable CIS Moment(s):

I would need a book to tell it all, and even if I got a book all the good stuff would be left out. Lol But as the great Barney Stinson would so eloquently put it, “THE LAN PARTIES ARE LEGEN……….DARY!!!!!!”

Achievements:
  • Honor roll for a couple semesters, if I remember correctly.
  • One of the I.T representatives for West Jamaica Conference at the 2011 Global Internet Evangelism Network (GIEN) Seminar held in Jamaica. More to come. :-)

Parting words....
To my remaining CIS colleagues, Viva la RĂ©sistance! And never forget that "Amidst adversity, God provides the ultimate solution." - L.A.R