{"id":46019,"date":"2016-10-28T21:44:31","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T21:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=46019"},"modified":"2016-10-28T21:44:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T21:44:31","slug":"fourteen-graduate-from-uvi-celldiageo-hospitality-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=46019","title":{"rendered":"Fourteen Graduate From UVI Cell\/Diageo Hospitality Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">ST. CROIX &#8212; A partnership between the UVICELL Center, Diageo USVI and balter St. Croix culminated this past Friday with a graduation ceremony on St. Croix, UVI Cell announced today. Fourteen students completed the Learning Skills for Life \u2122 program which prepared them to work in the hospitality industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">The Learning Skills for Life \u2122 program is a global training initiative introduced by Diageo, USVI, makers of Captain Morgan rum products. This year\u2019s class is the fourth to complete the program since its inception to the territory in 2010, according to the release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">The eight week program consisted of Project Culinary \u2122 and Project Bartender\u2122 and exposed students to life skills training and hospitality education. The training included critical components such as communication, business etiquette, customer service and job readiness skills, coupled with the technical hospitality skills. The bartending component was taught by Patrick Kralik, Owner\/General Manager of balter and the culinary component was conducted by Digby Stridiron, Owner\/Executive Chef of balter. The course wrapped up with a 40-hour internship.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u201cThanks to our corporate partners, we were able to provide a wonderful avenue to grow and nurture our future generation,\u201d said Ilene Garner, director of the UVICELL Center. &#8220;We are extremely appreciative to both Diageo and balter for their time, resources and dedication to ensuring our local residents are appropriately prepared to enter industry.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Graduates of the Culinary Arts program are Je\u2019Quon Benjamin, Jared Finch-Sheen, Kaliya Illis, Kiddisha King and Chrislyn Simmonds.\u00a0 Graduates of the Bartending program are Aquilla Buntin, Gregg Encarnacion, Jr. Jahmani Johnson, Savannah Lyons-Anthony, Angel Madrigal, Yhioshinna Morton, Arielle Rames, Shena Stanislas and Quianna Walters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">For more information, contact the UVICELL Center at (340) 693-1100. <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/cell.uvi.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/cell.uvi.edu<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. 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