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NCU Cops First Place in inaugural Blackberry Developers Competition

Four students from NCU were crowned champions in the inaugural Blackberry Developers Competition on December 9, 2011 at the Rex Nettleford Hall Multipurpose Room, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. The team, consisting of Ricardo Thompson, Carlene Stewart, Terrence Sterling, Rhodrey Shaw and mentor Henry Osbourne, created an Application called Mathberry that assists students at the CSEC level. The UWI and the University of Technology, Jamaica, were placed second and third respectively. The competition was coordinated by the Ministry of Education, and was sponsored by Digicel, The Jamaica Observer, Researchers in Motion (RIM) and Sangster’s Bookstore.
Thompson, Sterling, Shaw, Romario Hall and mentor Damion Mitchell also outclassed competitors in the EduVision Conference Competition held on December 1 and 2. The conference included a technology competition where teams were charged to create a Library Management System in approximately 27 hours.
NCU has once again proven that it is the information technology mecca in education. The university wishes to congratulate the team and the Department of Computer and Information Sciences.