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VC Receives Global Community Healer Award
The UWI Assists Dominica
Diplomacy Finds A New Home At UWI, St. Augustice
FROM THEEDITOR’S DESK
During his inaugural address as UWI Vice Chancellor, Sir Hilary Beckles said that one of his main goals was to re-establish the institution as one integrated university. “Our UWI must more than ever function and operate as one; not four separate universities but one indivisible academy”. I know that this will resonate among the alumni population as this is a concern that I have often heard expressed – the need for unity, to operate as one institution, one brand. Many of you will be pleased to hear that he also said “To this restoration of the singularity of our university, my colleagues and I are committed.” Our tagline “One UWI, One Alumni Family” was developed over ten years ago to reflect this objective. I am happy that the alumni population stands ready to assist its alma mater in “uniting” so that it will become ever greater in the future. Another key priority of the Vice Chancellor is the “Globalisation of The UWI” and he will be developing partnerships in education, research and development – all imperatives to the achievement of sustainable development in the Caribbean region. Do enjoy this issue, which looks back at the news and events that took place from July – September 2015.
EDITORIAL TEAM:Celia Davidson Francis (Editor-in-Chief ), Stephanie Alleyne-Bishop,Elizabeth Buchanan-Hind, Marcia Erskine, Yvonne Graham, Camile Wilson, AileenStandard-Goldson, Nicole Nation and Candice York
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Celia Davidson Francis, Director of Alumni RealtionsUWI Editor- in-Chief
CONTENTSNews From The UWI RHQ 3
Graduate Focus 5
BFUWI 6
UWIMMA News 7
Diplomacy Reigns 8
Happenings 9
A Pelican Soaring 11
UWI Grads On The Move 12
UWI Visa Card 13
Tribute 14
News 15
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A Day In History
UWI Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles was specially honoured at the US Congressional Black Caucus Conference in
Washington DC on September 17, 2015. He received the Global Community Healer Award, a humanitarian award from the Community
Healing Network (CHN) – a global grassroots movement aimed at uplifting black communities. Sir Hilary is the second recipient of the
award, the first was Maya Angelou, who was also the founding chair of CHN’s Board of Advisors. Vice-Chancellor Beckles visited the
USA from September 13 to 19 in order to strengthen the UWI’s global presence and impact. He met with the Board of Directors of the
American Foundation for The University of the West Indies (AFUWI) in New York, as well as American foundations and corporations
with Caribbean business interests or Caribbean markets. He also met, accompanied by Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal (Ag.) Open
Campus, Dr Luz Longsworth, Executive Director Central Office of Regional and International Affairs, Dr David Rampersad, and Honorary
Distinguished Fellow of The UWI and former Chancellor of the New York Department of Education Mr Dennis Walcott, with Chairman
H. Carl McCall, Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher and other lead members of the State University of New York (SUNY), the largest
comprehensive university system in the United States to advance dialogue on new and ongoing areas of collaboration with The UWI.
He was also a guest of honour at AFUWI’s Golf and Tennis benefit, hosted at the Hampshire Country Club, in collaboration with New
York Giants Legend and Super Bowl Champion, Sean Landeta to raise scholarship funds for UWI students. He also conducted a series of
interviews with print and broadcast media in New York and Washington DC.
NEWS FROM THE UWI RHQ
In July 2015, Caribbean leaders endorsed a three-day meeting to
discuss the development of education in the region. The UWI’s
Vice Chancellor, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles made a stimulating
major presentation to regional leaders on education during their
annual summit and impressed them, highlighting the need to
leverage our knowledge regionally and internationally. They have
endorsed a three-day meeting, headed by the UWI, supported
by the CARICOM Secretariat and regional heads to discuss the
development of education in the region and the role of the UWI
in advancing this goal. Additionally, the meeting is to include
sporting organisations because the UWI Vice Chancellor outlined
the role of UWI in developing Caribbean sporting activities.
VC RECEIVES GLOBAL COMMUNITY HEALER AWARD
NEWS FROM THE UWI RHQ
Prof. Sir Hilary BecklesUWI Vice Chancellor
EMANCIPATION LECTURES FOCUS ON REPARATORY JUSTICE
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NEWS FROM THE UWI RHQ
THE UWI ASSISTS DOMINICA
THE UNIVERSITY OF the West Indies is assisting Dominica
to recover from the damage sustained by the impact of Tropical
Storm Erika. A cross-functional task force led by University Pro
Vice-Chancellor of Research, Professor Wayne Hunte, went to
the island to provide technical disaster management support. The
UWI team of experts comprising geo-technical engineers, public
health and environmental and water resource will work closely
with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
(CDEMA). Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Hilary Beckles wrote
Prime Minister, the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit indicating that
in addition to deploying two of The University’s top persons in
each of these fields, The UWI is prepared to lend the resources of
research fellow Jeremy Collymore who is also a former executive
director of the CDEMA. The storm, which first hit the island of
Dominica on August 27, resulted in severe flooding, landslides
and widespread damage across the island. The following day, 20
persons were confirmed dead and more have been reported
missing. Director of The UWI’s Open Campus country sites in
Dominica, Dr Francis Severin noted that both staff and students
are happy to know that “their UWI has their back”.
The traditional Emancipation Lectures, organised by the Jamaica Council of
Churches,this year had the theme reparatory justice and were delivered on July 26 in
Kingston and in Mandeville, by two outstanding Caribbean historians at the forefront of
the campaign for reparations. UWI Vice Chancellor, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, delivered
the Kingston lecture, with the title The Case for Reparations for Slavery in the Caribbean.
Professor Verene Shepherd, who heads the Jamaican National Commission on Reparations
and is Vice-Chairperson of the CARICOM Commission,delivered the Mandeville lecture,
with the title ‘From Montego Bay to Morant Bay: Making the case for Reparatory Justice’.
Prof. Sir Hilary Beckles
Prof. V. Shepherd
VIP - VERY IMPORTANT PELICAN
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Graduate Focus
Dr. Herbert Ho Ping Kong completed his first degree at the
University College of the West Indies that became the University
of the West Indies in 1948. After studying in England, he returned
to Jamaica and taught at UWI for about two years before migrating
to Canada in 1973. He is glad that he was able to contribute to
his alma mater. He joined McGill University 42 years ago as a full-
time staff member and founded the division of general internal
medicine at the university’s Royal Victoria Hospital. In 1984, after
a decade in Montreal where he learned to speak French, he went
to Toronto and was promoted to full professor six years later by
the University of Toronto (U of T.) and was appointed physician-
in-chief at Toronto Hospital in 1992 with particular emphasis in
the education portfolio. In 2004, he became the inaugural holder
of the Gladstone and Maisie Chang endowed chair in internal
medicine teaching at the University Health Network (UHN) and
the U of T.
Ho Ping Kong created an evidence-based curriculum in
core internal medicine programme for resident trainees and was
instrumental in redefining the role of general internists on the
clinical teaching units. He used his extensive dossier of personal
cases and five decades as a clinician to examine the core principles
of a patient-centred approach to diagnosis and treatment and
co-authored a book with Michael Posner called The Art of
Medicine: Healing and the Limits of Technology. He acknowledges
the invaluable innovations in medical technology but believes that
physicians must learn to develop an arsenal of basic skills, actively
using the arts of seeing, hearing, palpation, empathy and advocacy
to provide a more humane and holistic form of care.
His contributions are stellar. He co-founded the Toronto
Western Hospital Centre of Excellence for Education & Practice
which bears his name and has trained thousands of physicians.
He spearheaded a program for Jamaican doctors to receive
specialist training at the UHN, a contribution that has had a
positive multiplier effect on Jamaica’s health care system. His most
recent recognition is the national Order of Distinction by the
Government of Jamaica. He has been the guest speaker at the
Medical Association of Jamaica gala and awards banquet, has been
honoured by the Jamaican-Canadian Chinese community and
awarded the Vice Chancellor’s Award at the UWI Toronto Gala.
Prof. Ho Ping KongUWI Vice Chancellor
Prof. Ho Ping Kong with students
Prof. Ho Ping Kong with his Jamaican relative and current UWI Medical Student, Jessica Yap, who is also a well recognised violinist and performer.
Dr. Herbert Ho Ping Kong with the UWI Hon. Graduate, Dr. the Hon. Raymond Chang, son of Gladstone and Maisie Chang
Dr Mark Richards has Caribbean roots and is a Trustee of
the British Foundation for The University of the West Indies.
He is a Senior Teaching Fellow in Physics and leads outreach
activities in the Imperial College, Westminster, London. He is
also a technology entrepreneur. He was recently presented with a
special recognition award from the Amos Bursary, which supports
young men of British African and Caribbean heritage from schools
and sixth form colleges across London to gain entry into university.
The scheme facilitates access to a range of opportunities including
internships, work experience and networking, as well as financial
assistance. In their recognition of Mark as a scientist mentor, the
Amos organisation noted the 6 week programme of physics
‘master classes’ he set up to help bring A-level students to a level
from which they could apply to top universities. Interestingly, in
his youth, he was known as DJ Kemist and later founded Xtremix
Records, an independent label that provides a remixing service to
the music industry.
GET TO KNOW BFUWI TRUSTEEDR MARK RICHARDS
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BFUWI
Dr Mark Richards
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UWIMMA - MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
According to Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal of the UWI, Mona, Professor Archibald McDonald, the UWI will expand from 500 to 1000 beds, the current hospital facility at Mona and make it into a modern facility with more clinical space and modern operating theatres to serve Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. There will also be other major projects on the campus that will transform the university. This projected $40-billion reconstruction project is part of a $70-billion memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed recently by the UWI and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC). The Principal notes that this project is really close to his heart and will enhance clinical training to support his vision of delivering a medical programme which is able to compete with the very best programmes in the world. The portfolio of infrastructural projects include the development of a student centre, a residential complex, a new hotel, the redevelopment and rebuilding of the UHWI, and a co-generation plant. The MOU also incorporates the total reconstruction of the existing residential complex for faculty members. This could include various classes of housing, including stand-alone houses, townhouses and apartments which could be offered to junior and senior staff as well as to members of the diplomatic community and any other activities as agreed by the parties. The UWI Mona has commenced the process of constructing a co-generation plant, with the cooling component of the plant already being operational. The university has spent to date US$6 million on the plant with the aim of the campus benefiting from lower electricity bills.
MEDICAL TRAINING EXPANDS AT THE UWI, ST. AUGUSTINE
UWIMMA News
The Jamaican Minister of Health, Dr. Fenton Ferguson (centre- back row ) looks on with Lui Lei, Economic Counsellor at the Chinese Embassy in Jamaica (left) and Professor Ishenkumba Kahwa, Deputy Principal of the UWI, Mona (standing - right) while ( front row left ) Qiwu Yang, Deputy General Manager, China Harbour Engineering Company, Americas Division and Pro- Vice Chancellor Archibald McDonald, Principal of the UWI, Mona sign the MOU amounting to some J$70 billion., on Sept 2, 2015
A Department for the UWI’s teaching and training facility was officially handed over to the UWI, St. Augustine, by the South West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA). The ceremony took place at the San Fernando Teaching Hospital where levels two and three will be used by the university and hospital officials in training. The SWRHA’s Chief Executive Officer, Anil Gosine and the UWI Principal Professor Clement Sankat noted that programmes have been ongoing at the San Fernando General Hospital. More medical students can be accommodated with the new state-of-the-art facility, an extension of the San Fernando General Hospital, which is equipped with modern lecture halls, seminar rooms, laboratories, conference rooms and library.
DIPLOMACY FINDS A NEW HOME AT UWI, ST. AUGUSTINE
The Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean hosted an evening reception on August 21, 2015 to celebrate one year of achievements
since its 2014 launch in Trinidad and Tobago. Guests included the Diplomatic Corps, current and past students of the Academy, and
friends in the local diplomatic community. The evening’s highlight was the official opening of the Academy’s new building at The UWI St
Augustine Campus.
Professor W. Andy Knight, Director of the Institute of International Relations at The UWI greets the Honourable Winston Dookeran,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, outside the new Diplomatic Academy building before the reception.
L-R: His Excellency Marcelo Salviolo, Ambassador of the Republic of Argentina in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, The
Honourable Winston Dookeran, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Professor Clement Sankat, Pro Vice-
Chancellor and Campus Principal, UWI St Augustine, and Professor W. Andy Knight, Director of the Institute of International Relations
at The UWI.
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Diplomacy Reigns
UWI Mona will implement the controlled growing of specific
strains of marijuana as it attempts to identify the plants DNA
profiles. The initiative will provide cannabis plants which can then
be tested to determine how the different strains interact with
the human body, identify best practices for growing marijuana as
well as develop products for the treatment of varied illnesses and
diseases. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed
on July 1, 2015 between the UWI, Mona and a US-based company
Citiva Jamaica LLC, one of the largest marijuana growers and
dispensary owners in Colorado, USA. The MOU will develop the
medical cannabis industry in Jamaica and internationally through
the identification of the biological and chemical properties of
Medical cannabis (or medical marijuana) in order to determine
how the plant works to treat disease or alleviate the symptoms
of disease. The UWI, Mona will utilize its analytical botanical
chemistry and biological capabilities for small scale, controlled
research growth, focusing on all aspects of the strain, including
growing conditions and DNA sequencing.
MONA
CAVE HILL
Antigua and Barbuda will once again be the home of the Open
Campus Graduation Ceremony in 2015. The 7th Presentation of
Graduates Ceremony of The UWI Open Campus will be held
on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. Six hundred and fifty
(650) students (534 undergraduates and 116 postgraduates)
will officially graduate from the Open Campus with degrees,
certificates and diplomas in a wide range of subject areas. The
UWI Open Campus will confer an Honorary Doctorate on a
citizen from The Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Her Excellency
A. Missouri Sherman-Peter. Currently the CARICOM Permanent
Observer to the United Nations, Ambassador Sherman-Peter
has an outstanding and distinguished career as a diplomat,
provides singular service to The University of the West Indies,
and is a respected senior government representative in her native
Bahamas.
OPEN CAMPUS
UWI Cave Hill’s New Deputy Campus Principal is Professor
Clive Landis; former Director of the Chronic Disease Research
Centre (CDRC) at The University. Professor Landis, assumed
office on September 14th 2015, succeeding Professor Pedro
Welch who served from Aug 1, 2014 to July 31, 2015.
He is a Professor of Cardiovascular Research with nearly
12 years of academic service to The UWI, since relocating
from the Imperial College in London in 2004. His qualifications
include a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry which he earned at
Birmingham University in the United Kingdom in 1983, a Master of
Science in Microbiology from Loyola University, Chicago in 1986,
and a Doctor of Philosophy in Immunology from Loyola University,
Chicago in 1990. He joined The UWI as a Senior Lecturer at the
CDRC, and soon after, founded the Edmund Cohen Laboratory
for Vascular Research.
She has more than 38 years of experience in diplomacy, public
service, international organisations and executive management.
Her leadership positions have included Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary and Special Envoy; Chef de Cabinet to the
President of the 58th session of the United Nations General
Assembly; High Commissioner and Consul General. She also
served as Assistant Director/Special Adviser in the Political Affairs
Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat in London from 1994-
1997.
H.E. A. Missouri Sherman-Peter holds a Master’s Degree in
International Affairs from Columbia University in New York and a
Bachelor of Arts in History (Special Honours) from The University
of the West Indies. Her specialty areas include crime prevention
and criminal justice with a focus on international narcotics control
and gender affairs. In 2013 she was the recipient of the Pelican
Award from The UWI Alumni Association – New York Chapter,
in recognition of her outstanding career and accomplishments in
diplomacy and public service.
Her Excellency A. Missouri Sherman-Peter
Prof. Clive LandisDeputy Campus Principal
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Happenings
Three new deans have been appointed at the UWI, St. Augustine
Campus.
Effective August 1, 2015, Professor Stephan Gift assumed the
role of Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Professor Terence
Seemungal as Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences and
Professor Ann-Marie Bissessar as Dean of the Faculty of Social
Sciences.
ST. AUGUSTINE
Professor Gift is currently head of the department of
electrical and computer engineering in the faculty of engineering
and leader of the electronics system group. He has developed
several new electronic systems and in a series of papers has
challenged Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity. He is also the first
person in his department to be promoted to the rank of Professor.
Professor Bissessar is Professor of Political Science and
former Head of the Department of Behavioural Sciences. Among
her recent publications is Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana: Race
and Politics in Two Plural Societies which she co-authored with
Professor Emeritus John Gaffar La Guerre in 2013.
Professor Seemungal has made a significant contribution to
the study of lung health. His work with the academic group of
Professor Wedzicha in London contributed significantly to the
body of knowledge of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
NEW DEANSAPPOINTED
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HAPPENINGS
UN COMMITTEE AGAINST RACIAL DISCRIMINATION BENEFITS
FROM UWI’S EXPERTISE
The Director of the Institute for Gender & Development
Studies and Professor of Social History at the Mona
Campus, Professor Verene Shepherd has been appointed
to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of
Racial Discrimination (CERD). She was elected at the
twenty-sixth meeting of CERD’s States’ in New York.
She is the first national of the Caribbean Community
(CARICOM) to serve on the CERD. Candidates from
Burkina Faso, China, Colombia, Guatemala, Mauritania,
Russia, Spain and the United States of America were also
elected, however she received the most votes among
them.
The CERD is a body of independent experts charged with
monitoring the implementation of the Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by
its State parties. It is one of the eight human rights treaty
bodies which fall under the Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
Individuals are selected based on their moral character and
competence in the field of human rights. Professor Shepherd is a
fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Society. We are proud
to note that she is a graduate of the UWI where she pursued her
undergraduate degree. She obtained her PhD in History from the
University of Cambridge. She has published widely on her main
research interests of Jamaican economic history during slavery,
migration and Diasporas, and Caribbean women’s history. She is
a member of several international organisations and sits on the
Advisory/Editorial of several regional and international journals
including the Arts Journal, Caribbean Quarterly, Jamaica Journal,
Slavery and Abolition.
Professor Verene Shepherd
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A PELICAN SOARING
UWI GRADS ON THE MOVE
University of the West Indies graduate Rowena Kalloo participated in Miami University’s Earth Expeditions global field
course in Guyana during the summer of 2015. She studied traditional ecological knowledge of the Makushi and the potential
of local wisdom to guide conservation initiatives in the Caribbean country of Guyana. Rowena is an Assistant Professor at the
University of Trinidad and Tobago in Maracas Valley, St Joseph. she took the graduate course in pursuit of her master’s degree
from Miami University’s Global Field Programme.
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UWI GRADS ON THE MOVE
-UWIAA - Jamaica
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UWI VISA CARD
IN CELEBRATION OF THEIR LIVES
Charmaine AnnMarie Henry was a former student and
lecturer at the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication
(CARIMAC). She had a long and dedicated association with
CARIMAC and The University of the West Indies, Mona, where
she completed both her Bachelors and Masters degrees in
Communication. At the time of her death, she was in the process
of completing her Doctoral studies. She was an energetic and
engaging member of the CARIMAC community. In the course
of her academic interactions, as both student and lecturer, she
was equally loved by her colleagues as well as her many former
students for her warmth, sincerity, compassion and dynamism. The
Director of CARIMAC, Professor Hopeton Dunn, has expressed
the profound condolences of the Institute to Ms Henry’s family
and to all who mourn her untimely passing.
Dr. Barry Wade, Senior Lecturer in Zoology (1967-1982),
was born in Belize, and was a graduate of the UWI, Mona campus,
earning both his BSc. and a PhD. from the then Department of
Zoology. His doctoral supervisor was the late Professor Ivan
Goodbody and he studied the Donax or West Indian beach clam
resources of Green Bay, St. Catherine. He managed the UWI Port
Royal Marine Laboratory for a number of years and while there
in the 1970s undertook the first large-scale study of biology of
Kingston Harbour, establishing incontrovertibly and for the first
time, that large parts of it were lifeless due to serious long-term
sewerage and industrial pollution. Such findings were made public
and the government of the time advised of this situation. Many
subsequent harbour studies which continue to today, build on his
foundational data sets. His graduate students began some of the
first detailed pollution studies in Jamaica coastal waters. He also
headed in the early 1980s the pioneering CIDA/UWI Jamaican
Oysterculture Project which investigated the nation’s potential for
mariculture of mangrove oysters, the culture of which still continues
on a small scale today. He was an avid environmentalist. He
headed one of the first large Jamaican environmental consultancy
firms, which conducted varying biological and ecological studies
in the Caribbean region. He maintained contact with the UWI
and his company employed UWI Mona science faculty and
other graduates. He also worked for a number of years with the
Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica. He was a popular scientist and
a researcher of the highest standards.
Professor Emeritus Charles Cadogan was an
accomplished mathematician who gave over 30 years of service to
the UWI. After obtaining his PhD in mathematics at The University’s
Mona campus, he joined the staff of the Cave Hill campus in 1970,
becoming its first Professor of Mathematics. He served as Dean of
the Faculty of Science and Technology from 1987-1991, and was
also University Dean for the three physical UWI campuses, for the
last two of those years. He retired in 2001. He was instrumental
in the introduction of computers at the UWI, both as a subject to
be taught and a tool to improve administrative efficiency. He was
Chairman of the Computer Management Committee at Cave Hill
and the wider UWI Computer Committee. He led the process
of integrating the subjects of mathematics, physics and computer
science into a practical department for teaching and research.
Internationally, he was a highly regarded mathematics lecturer
and researcher who was respected for his contribution to one of
the most perplexing mathematical problems: the ‘3x+1 problem’,
which has baffled academics around the world since 1937.
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TRIBUTES
AFUWI Gala Save the Date – Feb 24, 2016
The UWI STAT Mona Corps served as the site coordinators
for the Y Knot Beach, Port Royal on September 19, 2015. This
was one of the ways they fulfilled their environmental and disaster
mitigation portfolio. After the Beach Cleanup exercise they went
back to the Alumni House at Mona for lunch and further activities.
To raise awareness about the importance of PELICAN PRIDE
and alumni loyalty among students, the St. Augustine Corps
held a Pelican Pride week under its Alumni Relations Portfolio and
Peli the Pelican led the charge.
BEACH CLEAN UP
UWI STAT ST.AUGUSTINE
Look out for news about the UWI STAT Cave Hill Corps
Week of Activities in the next issue.
2016 award recipients:
• Harold P. Freeman MD
• Phillip & Christine Gore
• Daphne Jones
• Liquid Soul
• Larry Miller
• Machel Montano
Once again, Hon. David N. Dinkins
will be the Honorary Dinner Chair and
Dr. the Hon. Harry Belafonte will be
returning as Honorary Patron with Danny
Glover as Honorary Chair.Proceeds in
aid of the scholarship programme for
Caribbean students who are in need of
financial assistance.
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NEWS
UWI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CHAPTERS
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman, Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Florida, Jamaica, Montserrat, New York, St.
Kitts and Nevis, Toronto, Trinidad and Tobago, Washington DC
UWI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CONTACTSAlberta, South East Asia, Grenada, Guangdong, Ottawa, Dominica, St. Vincent
and the Grenadines, United Kingdom, St. Lucia, Turks and Caicos Islands
ALUMNI REPRESENTATIONAlumnus Representative: Ms. Cecile Clayton – Jamaica
August 1, 2015 – July 31, 2017 Council Representative: Mr. Shavar Maloney – St. Vincent and the
Grenadines August 1, 2015 – July 31, 2016
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uwialumni@yahoo.com
Contact: Charmaine Wright
OPEN CAMPUSTel: 876-927-1201
alumni@open.uwi.edu
Contact: Karen Ford-Warner
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