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Alexis CampbellFine ArtsAlexis Campbell came 2nd in the Bimex 2010 fashion designers challenge.
Antonio CumberbatchFine ArtsAntonio Cumberbatch designer of ‘Posh Punk’ designs recently graduated from Accademia Italiana which is affiliated with the University of Wales with 1st class honors. He also showcased his lingerie piece at the Triumph inspiration awards the Italy Milan Final.
Jillian SprottFine ArtsJillian Sprott won the Sun Style 3 day designers competition.
Kaye ApplewaiteFine ArtsKaye Applewaite won the Bimex 2010 fashion designers challenge.
Kellie CadoganFine ArtsKellie Cadogan performed in the 2010 St. Lucia Jazz Festival. Kellie was also a featured artiste in the 2010 Barbados Gospelfest.
Kirk LayneFine ArtsKirk Layne performed in the 2010 St. Lucia Jazz Festival.
Mistral BaldeoFine ArtsMistral Baldeo was one of only 12 persons worldwide gaining a Berklee College of Music Summer Scholarship to perform in virtuoso drummer Terri Lyne Carrington's Ensemble.
Rhea DrakesFine ArtsRhea Drakes performed in the 2010 St. Lucia Jazz Festival.
Shane ForresterFine ArtsShane Forrester was a featured artiste in the 2010 Barbados Gospelfest.
Shawn LayneFine ArtsShawn Layne produced the 2008 Crop Over Road March winning song 'Soca Jumbie'.
Sheena RoseFine ArtsSheena Rose graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2008. With the support of her family, she resisted the usual career path as an art teacher and instead decided to invest the next couple of years pursuing a career as a professional artist. Working as a model in the figure drawing classes at the college provided Sheena with some income but, more importantly, gave her the ongoing support of an ‘art community’ where she could benefit from the professional advice and guidance of her past tutors and serve as a role model for current students.

In a short time, Sheena has garnered significant critical attention for her animated videos which focus on her subjective experiences of urban spaces, notably Bridgetown. Her work has been shown at the “Black Diaspora Visual Arts” exhibition in Barbados and at “Rockstone & Bootheel: Contemporary West Indian Art” at Real Art Ways in Harford, Connecticut. She has participated in artists’ residencies at Alice Yard in Trinidad and Greatmore Studios in Cape Town, South Africa. She has also been invited to show her work at the 2010 British Film Festival in London and is currently working towards her first solo exhibition.
Stefan WalcottFine ArtsStefan Walcott created and directs the NIFCA award-winning '1688 Orchestra'.
Vallis JemmottFine ArtsVallis Jemmott created and manages 'Notes of Praise', the largest private music school on the island.
Tracy HinksonHospitality Institute“I was a student at the Hospitality Institute during the period 1996- 1998 and there I completed the program Tourism and Travel. I totally enjoyed those two years and I would definitely say that those two years had equipped me with the necessary skills for my first job directly after college at one of the islands’ prestigious hotels as a Front Desk Clerk.

I enjoyed the practical aspect of the program the best since I consider myself an outgoing friendly person. The skills I learnt from the Front Desk, Housekeeping and Food and Beverage areas prepared me for many jobs later in life. As I look at the economic situation the country is facing I know that I chose the most versatile field since after my studies I worked at Front Desk, Housekeeping and Food and Beverage Departments at different hotels.

I fondly remember the tutors and instructors to be nurturing and at times firm. I remembered one tutor’s encouragement at the beginning of my first (term) now semester, and that gave me the will- power to work diligently and complete the programme. Directly after completing the programme I worked in the tourism industry for four years and then I went on to the University of the West Indies to complete my Bachelors in Hospitality and Tourism Studies.

The skills and knowledge acquired from the Hospitality Institute benefited me greatly and for the last eight years I have shared some of that knowledge with the students at the Institute in the capacity of Part-time Tutor in the subject areas of Human Relations and Basic Housekeeping. I am also the owner and operator of a Day Care and Nursery School and manage a small staff complement of eight persons. The skills learnt from the Hospitality Institute such as customer service, marketing and accounting all assist me in the day to day operation of my small business.”
Heather BarkerLiberal ArtsHeather Nicolette Barker graduated from BCC in 1990 with an Associate Degree in Arts from the Division of Liberal Arts. She majored in History and English.

Heather went on to study at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica graduating in 1994 with an Upper 2nd Class Honours Degree in Mass Communications. In 2000 she graduated with an MSc in Electronic Publishing from City University in London, England.

Considerable experience in Corporate Communications
Heather has over 15 years’ experience spanning Corporate Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, Website Development, and Project Management consulting across the Caribbean and the United Kingdom.

She now provides Public Relations, Website Development and Editing through Clearly Content, the Communications consultancy she founded in 2004. Her clients include/have included the:
• Caribbean Export Development Agency (www.carib-export.com)
• Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (www.financialliteracycaribbean.com)
• Caribbean Congress of Labour (www.caribbeancongressoflabour.org)
• Barbados Tourism Authority (www.visitbarbados.org)

BCC is pleased to announce that as one of our alumni, Heather worked on the re-development of our website managing Content Development and Editing.

Award-winning fiction writer
In recent years Heather has pursued a passion in creative writing and in 2009 she took third place in Barbados’ foremost literary competition, the Frank Collymore Literary Endowment, for the short story collection The Millipede eats the Mongoose by Donna Ophelia Lynch. In 2008 she received the George Lamming Prize for Literary Excellence, in the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA), for the short story Letter to Dee.

Find out more: www.clearlycontent.net or e-mail info@clearlycontent.net
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