Posts Tagged: Jamaica

HC valedictorian is sharing good fortune with others

A lot of little kids in Jamaica love Joseph J. Issa and his Educate the Children Fund. Issa, valedictorian of this year’s graduating class at Holy Cross College, last year started the fund while serving his junior year abroad at…
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Holy Cross graduation set Friday

Holy Cross College will graduate 680 seniors and confer four honorary degrees at its 142nd graduation ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Filton Field football stadium. The ceremony will be held in Hart Center in case of rain. Art…
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Reggae reunion

Word around the Holy Cross campus is that this year’s graduating seniors are going to have the best reunions on record. Joe Issa, class valedictorian comes from Jamaica, where his family has had long involvement in the hotel and tourism…
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Govt to maintain Primary Textbook Project

The government is preparing itself to maintain the Primary School of Textbook Project in association with private sector entities in Jamaica, after the international donors have ceased their funding, said the Minister of Education, Dr. Neville Gallimore. Dr. Gallimore was…
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Issa receives Student Award

Joseph J. Issa was honoured recently by the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants, Inc. at their annual Student Awards Dinner. The dinner honours top senior and junior accounting majors of Massachusetts colleges and universities that offer accounting programmes. A…
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Joe Issa with Mark Zapatka and J.F. O’Connell

Mark Zapatka ’87 received the JD/ JF O’Connell award from the Holy Cross Economics Organization for his essay entitled “An Ounce of Preservation is worth a Pound of Cure: An Old Saying Makes a Present Day Comeback.” The essay appeared…
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