Jamaican Ambassador Addresses NCU Commencement

Mandeville, Jamaica….[Byron Buckley] Dr. Earl Carr, Jamaica’s Ambassador to Japan, returns to his alma mater, Northern Caribbean University (NCU) in Mandeville, gave the keynote address at the August 10 graduation ceremonies for the school.

Carr, a 1962 graduate, has had a 26-year career in Jamaica’s foreign service. His postings included non-resident ambassador to the Republics of Korea, China and Indonesia; non-resident high commissioner to the Federation of Malaysia and the Republic of Singapore; and deputy chief of mission at Jamaica’s embassy in Washington. He also represented Jamaica at the United Nations in New York.

Ambassador Carr addressed some 800 students who have successfully completed programs ranging from certificate to doctoral levels at NCU, which is a liberal arts institution operated and fully funded by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The University, formerly West Indies College, has a current enrollment in excess of 4,500 students.

Parchment Joins Headquarters Staff

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States….[ANN Staff] A new assistant to Seventh-day Adventist Church world president Dr. Jan Paulson has arrived at the headquarters to replace Larry Colburn, who retired in July. Pastor Orville Parchment, former president of the Adventist Church in Arizona, and a past president of the Church in Canada arrived Aug. 5 to assume his new responsibilities. A native of Jamaica and a graduate of Northern Caribbean University, he holds a master’s of divinity from Andrews University and a master of public health from Loma Linda University. Pastor Parchment and his wife have two sons, Norville, who resides in San Diego, California and Dion, of Toronto, Canada.