{"id":17371,"date":"2012-01-25T18:47:31","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T23:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=17371"},"modified":"2012-01-27T09:34:12","modified_gmt":"2012-01-27T14:34:12","slug":"bha-presents-business-education-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/01\/bha-presents-business-education-award","title":{"rendered":"BHA Presents Business-Education Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17373\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17373\" style=\"width: 486px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17373 \" title=\"bha-sharon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bha-sharon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bha-sharon.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bha-sharon-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bha-sharon-250x115.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ministry of Education Education Officer for Career and Technical Education Sharon Ferguson is presented with the Bahamas Hotel Association Business-Education Partnership Award by President Stuart Bowe and the Right Honourable Hubert A. Ingraham, Prime Minister.  They are joined by Ministry of Education Permanent Secretary Elma Garraway; Beverly Saunders, volunteer Chairperson for BHA\u2019s Workforce Development activities; and Bridget Murray, Workforce Development Manager for BHA. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Recognizing her longstanding support for programs which bring business and education together, Bahamas Hotel Association President Stuart Bowe, joined by the Prime Minister, recently presented Sharon Ferguson, Education Officer for Career and Technical Education for the Ministry of Education, with its annual Business-Education Partnership Award.\u00a0 The award was presented at BHA\u2019s Annual General Meeting luncheon earlier last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMs. Ferguson is most deserving of this recognition, having worked with our industry for many years on programs which have improved student and educator awareness about our dynamic industry, strengthened tourism-related school curriculum, built basic entry-level skills for students, advanced the culinary profession and promoted scholarship opportunities.\u00a0 She has been a key pillar in the bridge which connects education with industry and students to their future\u201d stated BHA President Stuart Bowe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish to underscore the critical importance of industry and education working together to improve opportunities for young people, better prepare them to seize those opportunities, and helping them to make a positive contribution to our economy and our nation.\u00a0\u00a0 Industry is motivated by individuals like Sharon Ferguson whose leadership and support has also inspired many other educators to embrace industry to the benefit of our young people\u201d stated President Bowe.<\/p>\n<p>In accepting the award, Ms. Ferguson thanked BHA and pledged to continue to support initiatives which prepare young people for careers in the industry.\u00a0 Joining in the award presentation was the Ministry\u2019s Permanent Secretary Elma Garraway, the first recipient of the BHA Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing her longstanding support for programs which bring business and education together, Bahamas Hotel Association presented Sharon Ferguson with the Business-Education Partnership Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[153,21,25,33],"class_list":["post-17371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-business-2","tag-educational","tag-hotels","tag-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}