NCU honours 2,000 students for academic excellence

MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Northern Caribbean University (NCU) recognised 2,080 students for academic achievement across the 2024–2025 and 2025–2026 academic years at a combined Honours Convocation on the Mandeville Main Campus last Thursday, with five students earning grade point averages of 4.0.

The ceremony combined two years of recognition after Hurricane Melissa prevented the previous year’s event. For 2024–2025 academic year, 983 students were honoured, while 1,097 received recognition for 2025–2026. Across both academic years, 40 students earned summa cum laude honours, 225 received magna cum laude distinctions, 540 graduated cum laude, and 1,275 were recognised in the honours category.

Among the outstanding achievers were Niakay Thompson, Raheem Swaby, and Samantha Auld who each recorded a grade point average of 3.97 for 2024–2025. The Foster triplets, Malika, Mahari and Mikaili, along with Natasha Downer and Thravena Chin, were among the students who achieved perfect 4.0 GPAs for 2025–2026. Swaby was also recognised for a second consecutive year after maintaining a 3.97 GPA.