Commissioner Wescot reassured St. Maarten students to continue to receive instate tuition; Exchange programs with USM to be explored
Commissioner responsible for Education Affairs Sarah Wescot-Williams, says discussions with educational officials during her working visit to the Capital City of Florida, Tallahassee, have been successful.
On Thursday Commissioner Wescot-Williams and Head of Study Financing Calvin Mardenborough, met with Joe Nosari, Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs and Robert Reinhardt of the Florida State University (FSU) Registrars Office, where the latter reassured their commitment to doing everything necessary for St. Maarten students to continue to study there under the instate tuition program.
Admission to FSU will become even more competitive as a result of budget cuts affecting all universities and colleges in the United States, but Reinhardt and Nosari assured that they will continue to do all in their power to live up to their commitments of admitting St. Maarten students under the Sister City agreement.
Where the University of St. Martin (USM) is concerned, a renewed effort is to be made of FSU accepting credits of students from USM and the possibility of student and faculty exchange programs.
It was also decided that the Memorandum of Understanding signed 10-years ago would be reviewed to see if any adjustments would be necessary in light of St. Maarten’s country status.
At the end of the meeting Commissioner of Education Sarah Wescot-Williams thanked Robert Reinhardt for FSUs cooperation that has been given to Calvin Mardenborough throughout the years with regards to study financing recipients seeking admissions to FSU.
Also on Thursday St. Maarten’s Leader of Government Commissioner Sarah Wescot-Williams along with Mardenborough attended the monthly breakfast meeting organized by the Tallahassee City’s Economic Department.
The delegation was also given a tour of the largest Senior Citizens Center in Tallahassee.