Philipsburg:---The St. Maarten Study Finance Students, their Parents and Country St. Maarten have reasons to be proud of their students huge accomplishments during the E.P.I. College Graduation Nights July 4 & 5, 2010. YES, the Study Finance STUDENTS TOOK IT ALL!
Academic Year 2009/2010 - Technical & Science Section:
MAYNARD, Bako Ato – Grandson of the late Rupert MAYNARD
1. Student of the Year for the Entire Technical & Science Section:
2. Outstanding Accomplishment: Architectural & Construction 2006/2010
3. Highest ranking student : Architectural class of 2010
JANSEN, Edel
1. Outstanding Accomplishments: Electrical engineering 2006/2010
2. Highest ranking student : Electrical engineering class of 2010
Monday July 5th. 2010
Academic Year 2009/2010 – Culinary Arts/ Hospitality & Tourism Management
WHITTER, Maybeline A.
1. Outstanding Accomplishments: Culinary Arts
2. Highest ranking student Award Friendliness class of 2010
Parents, relatives and friends came from St. Maarten to celebrate this wonderful graduation night.
EPI Hospitality & Tourism Unit, is a fully government-accredited institution of higher learning, granting an Associate of Science degree in Hospitality Management and an Associate of Applied Science degree in Culinary Arts.
Those students who want to further pursue a Bachelor's Degree, should have no trouble getting into U.S. schools, such as the Florida International University in Miami, University of Nevada in Las Vegas, University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida Institute of Technology, Webber International University, New York Institute of Technology, Cornell University, University of New Orleans, Northern Arizona University, Hotel Management School Leeuwarden in the Netherlands, or the University Of Aruba, and many others. In almost all cases, as many as 68 credits are accepted for transfer, placing the student in the junior year towards graduation with the Bachelor's Degree. EPI Hospitality & Tourism has established a working relationship with several of the previously mentioned schools.
Formal matriculation agreements for transfer exists with: Florida International University in Miami, University of Northern Arizona, University of Nevada in Las Vegas, University of Central Florida in Orlando, Hotel Management School Leeuwarden in the Netherlands, and with the Universidad di Aruba.
EPI Hospitality & Tourism is not a vocational school, nor an upper level high school; it is a full fledged two to three year of college education comparable to the first two years of U.S. colleges.