On Friday last, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) donated equipment for the print and television studios at the University of Guyana’s (UG) Centre for Communication Studies (CCS).The simple ceremony attracted representatives from the university, the Government, the diplomatic corps, and media owners and some of their staff members. At the same time,Wholesale Adidas Hockey Jerseys, the university took the chance to present certificates to the participants of the Multi Media Workshop which has been ongoing on the campus for a number of weeks.Dr Michael Scott, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences,NFL Jerseys Cheap, spoke of the collaborative engagement with USAID, and said that it was possible to build strong networks. He added that the university would look to build stronger relations with USAID in the future.He also said that the gift from USAID provides good opportunity for UG and CCS in particular to reflect and think on where they came from.With that, he recalled the birth of the Phoenix Project, and said that, like the proverbial phoenix, CCS had risen from its own ashes.Dr. Scott noted that, at that time, the university was thinking of closing CCS.While there were students to which CCS had a legal obligation, who needed to complete their course, Scott noted that UG also had numerous friends, both locally and overseas, who advocated for the university’s communications programme.Many persons who had promised to return, Scott said, returned to the university when the communications programme was at its worst.To those who returned and showed their immense support for the communications programme, and were instrumental in the rebirth of CCS like a phoenix from its own ashes, Scott expressed his thanks.Peter Hubbard, the Mission Director of USAID in Guyana,Wholesale NHL Jerseys, spoke about the ongoing commitment USAID has with UG to promote excellence and to heighten the importance of communication and media in an open and free democracy.The Centre, Hubbard said, is the pinnacle of the efforts of USAID’s Democracy and Governance Programmes and support to the university’s programmes.He highlighted that USAID had supported the development of CCS over the last few years through numerous workshops with the aim of strengthening media in Guyana. The said workshops have trained over 100 print and media specialists and enhanced and improved their capacity to analyse and report on issues in Guyana in a fair, reasonable, truthful and balanced manner.Hubbard also noted USAID’s contribution to CCS in the form of equipment.Noting that USAID would continue supporting UG, he spoke of a three-year partnership between Ohio University and the CCS in UG.The partnership,Cheap NFL Jerseys China Wholesale, Hubbard said, would strengthen the centre’s effectiveness in preparing students to meet workforce demands in the media and communications industry. It would also lead to the capability of media professionals in Guyana to report responsibly and effectively.He highlighted that the total funding of the project would be more than US$300,000.He said that it was the hope that CCS would become the standard of excellence in journalism and communication throughout the region.Dr David Chanderbally,Cheap Jerseys, the Registrar of UG, issued a challenge to the communication students of UG.He told those gathered of a university in Florida that owns and operates an entire television station. He explained that the television station provided the student a tremendous opportunity to really be a part of the life of the state and of the country.He spoke of the new life which seemed to have taken over the communications programme, and expressed his thanks to USAID for their ‘tremendous contribution,’ on behalf of the university.Prime Minister Samuel Hinds thanked the United States Government for the donations to Guyana and to UG.He reminded everyone that, just because Guyana was such a small country,Cheap China Jerseys Authentic, it did not mean that Guyana was not able to contribute or lend assistance to larger countries like the United States of America.He reminisced about his days in the University of New Brunswick and said that the equipment donated to UG by USAID would aid in the training of the students at UG.