First Alumni Association Meeting

I recently attended the first alumni association meeting for UCNH/STBH in Ft. Lauderdale, June 23. We had a very good turnout and lots of interest in what’s happening now and how they can help their alma mater. We hope this enthusiasm will translate into scholarships for students, endowments for professors and capital improvements.

One of the older students related an interesting story. He was at the 50th anniversary for the University in 1997 when Ivah Heneise took him aside and said, “Dumanie, this is where it’s all going to happen (the transformation of Haiti).” At that time he said he didn’t understand what Ivah was talking about. It was only now, he said, as he was listening to what was being said at this meeting that he realized what Ivah meant. UCNH is poised on the crest of the wave that is forming to transform Haiti and it will happen at this campus. The influence that will build this nation will come from this campus. That is why he said it is so important for all the alumni to really support this university!