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Next BHS talk to feature Patricia Glinton-Meicholas
By Bahamas Historical Society
Sep 7, 2016 - 4:13:11 PM

Nassau, Bahamas - The Bahamas Historical Society will hold their next talk, "First Rat in the Hole Tail Cover: Roots of Psychocultural Obstacles to National Development" by Patricia Glinton-Meicholas on Thursday September 29th, 2016 at 6pm.

Patricia Glinton-Meicholas is a graduate of the University of the West Indies and the University of Miami. She is an educator, author, poet, cultural critic and avid researcher of Bahamian history, culture and arts. She was the first woman to present the Sir Lynden Pindling Memorial Lecture and the first Bahamian writer to win the Bahamas Cacique Award for Writing.
 
A veteran educator, Glinton-Meicholas spent an aggregate of 17 years at The College of The Bahamas, where she served variously as a lecturer, divisional head, academic dean, Council Secretary and most recently, Vice President, Communications.
 
Dedicated to community development, Glinton-Meicholas was a founding member of the Boards of the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas and of the Antiquities, Monuments and Museums Corporation. She is founding member of the Cable Bahamas Cares Foundation and a judge of the Templeton Laws of Life Essay Competition.

The Bahamas Historical Society (BHS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to stimulating interest in Bahamian History and to the collection and preservation of material relating thereto. Its Headquarters, the former IODE Hall, was a gift from the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (IODE). BHS is on Shirley Street and Elizabeth Avenue in Nassau. (242) 322-4231 weekdays 10:30a.m. to 3:30p.m. Parking for evening events only kindly allowed by CIBC Shirley Street www.bahamashistoricalsociety. com