Williams takes Award of Excellence

Cindy Williams is still in shock.The 28-year-old technology student at the Barbados Community College was announced as the winner of the 2010 Award of Excellence. Studying building and civil engineering, she received all As and a final GPA of 3.90.When contacted yesterday, Williams was shocked and lost for words.“Are you sure? Are you pulling my leg?” she asked.Williams, of Husbands Gardens, St James, is the daughter of Esther and Graham Broome-Webster.She said she was fortunate that her mother paid her tuition at the BCC for the last two years, but had no idea how she would fund further studies overseas and had not even applied to any universities since she had no money.Williams attended People’s Cathedral Primary and Queen’s College. (CT)