Some years ago, a now retired professor was on sabbatical from her Associate Dean position at the Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Agriculture and Food Sciences (CAFS) and she travelled to Guyana where she birthed a new programme at the University of Guyana.
That was back in 2017.
Fast forward to Novem-ber 2023, Professor Emerita Verian Thomas, who retired in 2021, returned to Guyana on a trip partially funded by UG to witness the first 13 food science graduates accept their degrees.
“Talk about experiencing a great sense of accomplishment upon seeing those graduates walk across the stage! That was how I felt as I partially compared that feeling to giving birth to a child. It’s one of the highlights of my career,” Thomas was quoted as saying on the FAMU news website.