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UWI Pelicans Continue to Excel

BFUWI Inspires Young Law Enthusiasts

FROM THEEDITOR’S DESK

UWI: The Caribbean Crucible of Regionality and Learning, was showcased during a historic visit to Jamaica by the US President Obama on April 9, 2015. Our young alumni took part in a historic Town Hall meeting with President Obama held at the UWI, Mona Campus and the UWI Regional Headquarters was chosen for the site of a CARICOM Heads of Government meeting which President Obama also attended on that date. Jermaine Case, who was representing the Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network, the University of the West Indies Students Today Alumni Tomorrow Vice Chancellor’s Ambassadors and the Inter-American Development Bank Civil Society Group, said that he was impressed with the level of eloquence and the views shared by President Obama. He noted that he addressed some very critical questions which will benefit Jamaica/Caribbean - US relations. Much Pelican Pride was evident on that day and many of the youth celebrated the moment with the popular phrase, saying “Up Up UWI!” Enjoy a pictorial of this historic visit courtesy of the Official White House photographers. This issue will highlight events and activities across the regional institution from April - June 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

SOURCES:IAD - UWI Regional Headquarters, Campus and University Marketing andCommunications Offices; Faculties; Departments; UWIAA; UWIMAA; Office ofAdministration; UWI STAT Corps, alumni and others

PHOTOGRAPHY:Campus & Official Whitehouse Photographers

PUBLISHING:Point Global Marketing Limited

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of The University of the West Indies.

UWI Connect is The University of the West

Indies magazine, published quarterly for Alumni, Parents and Friends of the UWI by the

Institutional Advancement Division, UWI Regional

Headquarters. Reproduction, republication or distribution of content

is strictly prohibited without prior written

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Celia Davidson Francis, Director of Alumni RealtionsUWI Editor- in-Chief

CONTENTSUWI Visa Card 4

A Day In History 5

News From The RHQ 6

Pelicans Soaring 8

Happenings 9

UWI Grads On The Move 10

V I P - Very Important Pelican 12

Alumni News 13

BFUWI Workshop 14

UWIMMA 16

UWI STAT 17

Books And Publication 17

In Celebration Of Their Lives 18

PICTORIAL OF THE HISTORIC TOWN HALL MEETING WITH US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

HELD AT THE UWI, MONA CAMPUS ON APRIL 9, 2015

President Obama delivers remarks during a “Young Leaders of the Americas Initiaitve” Town Hall meeting at the UWI (Official White House photo by Amanda Lucidon)

President Obama signed the UWI Guest Book

With CARICOM leaders and the outgoing Vice Chancellor Professor E Nigel Harris (2nd right)

and incoming Vice Chancellor, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles (right) at the UWI Regional Headquarters

Building

The President greets audience members following the Town Hall (Official White House Photo by Pete

Souza)

Audience members raise their hand in hopes of being chosen to ask a question at the town hall

(Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon)

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A Day In History

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UWI Visa Card

The Guyana Government has named the former Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Professor E.Nigel

Harris for the post of Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG).The Guyanese-born academic, served as UWI Vice Chancellor from

2004 to 2015. Prior to his appointment at UWI, he served as Dean and Senior Vice-President for Academic Affairs at the Morehouse

School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia and held several leadership posts, including Chairman of Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations

Council and Chairman of the Association of Commonwealth Universities.

A FINAL MESSAGE FROM UWI VICE CHANCELLOR EMERITUS HARRIS

Dear Fellow Alumni,

As I demit office after a wonderful ten years and change as Vice-Chancellor, I wish to place on record my sincere appreciation for all that our

alumni have done and continue to do for our alma mater. Our graduates are the most visible and quantifiable contribution that we have made to

development over these past 60 years and more. We serve in all professions across the world and at the highest levels. We are thought leaders,

practitioners, advocates and provocateurs. Ours is a proud tradition of excellence and with your assistance and continued involvement in our

University and the current and future student body, our future graduates will continue to do their institution, countries and region proud.

Thank you for all that you have done for me personally – your words of advice and encouragement through the years have made a difference

to the journey. Yvette and I have enjoyed immensely our second sojourn in Jamaica, we shall remain in the Caribbean and as we, I, enter the happy

state of “retirement,” I look forward to seeing many of you “on the road!”

Warm regards,

ENH

VICE CHANCELLOR EMERITUS HARRIS MOVES TO UNIVERSITY OF GUYANA CHANCELLORSHIP

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NEWS FROM THE UWI RHQ

Professor Sir Hilary Beckles signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a university located in the heart of the information

communication technology (ICT) district in China to set up a campus outpost of the UWI in Beijing, China. The MOU with the Global

Institute for Software Technology (GIST),proposes the establishment of a branch of the UWI in China, and in turn, the establishment of

a branch of GIST in UWI. GIST is the feeder university for the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park, which is China’s version of Silicon

Valley. The Suzhou UWI Institute of Software Technology is to be set up as early as next year. The Vice Chancellor also indicated that a

key aspect of the agreement is that each graduate will be entitled to a six-month internship with a company located in Suzhou Industrial

Park. It is envisaged that this would create a pathway for Caribbean citizens into the Chinese technology world. This MOU is an important

first step in the Vice Chancellor’s vision to have the UWI meet the needs of the region. It is his intention to have the university be more

entrepreneurial – to create a seamless relationship between the university and entrepreneurs, as it is done in China, where the model

already exists where vice-chancellors and entrepreneurs meet regularly. have daily meetings. This will enable the UWI to remain intensely

relevant to the Caribbean region.

UWI’S INTERNATIONALIZATION FIRST STOP CHINA

NEXT A CALL FOR A CARIBBEAN REVOLUTION

TO SPUR GROWTHUWI Vice Chancellor, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles called for a rekindling of the “Caribbean revolution” if the region is to make any

meaningful headway in developing new strategies for socio-economic growth in the future. He noted that all countries that have achieved

phenomenal economic development in the last 30 years they were driven by a desire to turn around the legacy of disrespect that their

citizens have experienced in the colonial period. We in the Caribbean have to use our historical experience as a source of energy to

drive our civilisations and our peoples out of “doubt and despair. In other words we have to rekindle the Caribbean revolution,” He

VICE CHANCELLOR BECKLES BEGINS... PROFESSOR SIR HILARY BECKLES TOOK OFFICE ON MAY 1, 2015

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NEWS FROM THE UWI RHQ

Young people across the Caribbean had the opportunity to directly state their concerns to the United Nations Secretary General

Ban Ki-moon on June 26, 2015 when UWI Cave Hill hosted a UN youth symposium at the Cave Hill campus. He was in Barbados for the

36th CARICOM Heads of Governments Summit and engaged university students and representatives of youth organizations across the

region under the theme, Caribbean Youth Speak: The World We Want Post -2015.

THE BAN KI-MOON VISIT

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

Hundreds of high school and tertiary level students attended with others assembled at The UWI’s Mona, St Augustine and Open

Campus sites via video conference. The 90-minute town-hall-styled meeting, was also broadcast on dozens of television channels to

regional countries and the Caribbean Diaspora and was streamed live via www.cavehill.uwi.edu/videos/livestream.asp.

Vice-Chancellor of The UWI, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, considered the symposium an historic occasion. Sir Hilary, who was

appointed to a UN Scientific Advisory Board in late 2013, said UWI’s hosting of the event underscored the close collaborative ties

between the two institutions and augurs well for future joint undertakings. He also noted the longstanding support and research funding

which the UN has provided to UWI enterprises such as the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies and the Sir

Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Studies.

was addressing delegates attending the second day of the Forum on the future of the Caribbean held in Port of Spain in May 2015. The

three-day event is being attended by academics, political leaders, non-government organisations as well as service leaders into what the

organisers said the sole purpose of which is “to shock the region into new ways of thinking and doing business”. Sir Hilary, a prominent

Caribbean historian and academic, said that the new Caribbean paradigm must begin with the process of reparatory justice for the region.

He also noted that an examination of all of the development models in which economic competition becomes a critical part, there are

three main sectors, competing at the level of prices, competition at the levels of quality and also creative innovation and said that the latter

is what that the Caribbean must confront. He also asked regional countries to invest more in education and praised Trinidad and Tobago

for developing a policy that makes it among the top countries in the hemisphere as it relates to the education of its citizens.

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NEWS FROM THE UWI RHQ

The Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA) awarded Dr. Carrol Pitters, a Harry Jerome Award on April 25, 2015.

The BBPA Harry Jerome Awards is recognized as the most prestigious national awards gala in the African-Canadian community and is a

coveted symbol of achievement. Dr. Pitters is the Chief of Staff and Chief Medical Officer at the Chikdren’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario

(CHEO). Dr. Pitters obtained her medical degree from The University of the West Indies and after a one-year internship at the University

Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica, she pursued her residency training in Paediatrics at CHEO from 1980-84. She spent an additional year as

a resident in Epidemiology and Community Medicine at the University of Ottawa, before beginning her medical career in the CHEO

Emergency Department in 1985.

Distinguished alumnus Mr Richard O. Byles, President and CEO of Sagicor and Hon. Grad Monsignor Gregory Ramkissoon, Founder

of the Mustard Seed Communities, received well deserved Awards on April 17, 2015 from the American Friends of Jamaica in Miami for

their business and philanthropic efforts. Mr. Byles was awarded the International Achievement Award and Monsignor Ramkissoon was

presented with the International Humanitarian Award.

UWI PELICANS CONTINUE TO EXCEL!

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PELICANS SOARING

• CARIMAC presented its 5th Annual Aggrey Brown Lecture on April 16, 2015 with Janet Morrison who spoke on “Pure Drama! Revisiting the Radio Play”.

• The Western Jamaica Campus is proud of UWI Alumna, Ms. Inderia Adjudah, Administrative Officer who was named the All Island Administrative Professional of the Year for 2015-2016 by the Jamaica Association of Administrative Professionals ( JAAP).

MONA

• Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business (UWI-ALJGSB)

is expanding its north campus. The expansion will take place

at the back of the campus to accommodate increased student

numbers. The new two storey building’s classrooms and

informal spaces will promote idea generation, collaborative

learning and dual-mode technology supported learning and

will enhance the school’s state-of-the-art learning platform.

• On June 14, Prof Clement Sankat, Pro-Vice Chancellor

and Principal of the UWI, St Augustine Campus hosted a

diplomatic brunch under the theme, Building Global Partnerships

for Capacity Development. He focused on the efforts of

internationalisation in the recent past and shared the success

stories of some of the university’s global partnerships.

• The Faculty of Food and Agriculture (FFA) at the UWI,

St. Augustine, through the sponsorship of PCS Nitrogen,

the Caribbean Development Bank and the Food and

Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations,

aims to demonstrate the veritable treasure-trove that is the

breadfruit at the 2015 International Breadfruit Conference,

under the theme “Commercialising Breadfruit for Food &

Nutrition Security.”

• A conference on Institutionalising Best Practice in Higher

Education was organised by the Quality Assurance Unit

and Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning of

the UWI from June 24-26. It gave participants a deeper

knowledge about best practice principles in the management

and administration of higher education institutions. Among

the keynote speakers were the UWI Vice-Chancellor

Professor Sir Hilary Beckles; Deputy Principal of The UWI’s

St. Augustine Campus Professor Rhoda Reddock; Prof Dan

Butin, Associate Professor and Founding Dean of the School

of Education and Social Policy at Merrimack College, Paul

Kim, Chief Technology Officer and Assistant Dean of the

Graduate School of Education at Stanford University; Dr.

Claudia Harvey, Former UNESCO Representative, Office

Director and Education Adviser; and Ms Catherine Kumar,

Chief Executive Officer at the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber

of Industry and Commerce.

ST. AUGUSTINE CAVE HILL

• The Canadian Government funded Improved Access to Justice in the Caribbean (IMPACT Justice) Projec will hold a region-wide sensitisation programme on Continuing Legal Professional Development (CLPD). The launch was held in St. Kitts. The aim is to raise awareness among its members about CLPD and the move towards making it mandatory in Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries. Professor Velma Newton, Regional Project Director, IMPACT Justice noted that professional development is an important continuous improvement process. “The importance of CLPD is to keep legal professionals in the region, updated with relevant training, information, knowledge and skills to remain competent throughout their careers” she said. Currently, Jamaica and Grenada are the only CARICOM Member States to have legislation which deals specifically with continuing legal education.

OPEN CAMPUS

• The Schools of Education at the three physical campuses

of The University of the West Indies (UWI) take turns in

hosting an academic conference biennially. Each conference

focuses on a topic or issue that is educationally significant to

the Caribbean. In 2015, the conference was hosted by the

UWI Cave Hill Campus in Barbados from June 1- 4, 2015.

The theme was Transforming Education: New Frameworks and

Alliances. Transformation in education is varied in nature; the

terrain now demands an interdisciplinary approach across

the fields of education, social sciences, liberal arts and other

related disciplines. New alliances need to be forged with

the assistance of public and private partnerships in areas

such as funding the educational enterprise, assessment in

education, technology integration, technical and vocational

education.This conference therefore sought to explore

notions of transformation in order to inform theory and

practice in education.

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Happenings

UWI GRADS ON THE MOVE

Maxsalia Salmon is now Foreign Service Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Jamaica. She was Media and Communications Officer at the Organic HEART Group of Companies and is a Director of the M &N Foundation for Aspiring Youths. She was also a Jamaica Youth Ambassador: Commonwealth and is a UWI STAT Alumni Ambassador

Hertha Beckmann is Production Manager at Business Access Television ( Jamaica). She was previously Producer of Smile Jamaica and Assistant Producer of Entertainment Report at Television Jamaica. She holds a B.Sc. in Environmental Biology from the UWI, Mona.

Ivan Browne is now Director at the Bank of Montserrat. He is a Financial Services and SME Consultant with over 30 years experience in a number of banking disciplines including Credit, Marketing, Branding and Business Process Re-engineering. He worked with Barclays Bank for 28 years in the Caribbean and in London and rose to the level of Regional Director.

Bernadette Barrow is now Senior Vice President, Sales, Customer Experience and Marketing at First Global Bank. She holds a MBA (Finance with Distinction) from the UWI, as well as a B.Sc. in Management Studies from the UWI. She is the Chair of the Mentorship Committee of the Women’s Leadership Initiative.

Paula Robertson Barclay is now Senior Vice President, Personal and Business Banking at First Global Bank and holds a B.Sc (Hons.) in Management Studies from the UWI and a MBA from Barry University.

Karim Kiffin is now Vice President Strategy at First Global Bank and he holds a B,Sc in Mathematics from the UWI and a MBA from Boston University. He has a wealth of experience in financial management, banking insurance and consumer industries.

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UWI Grads On The Move

UWI GRADS ON THE MOVE

UWI Alumna, Cecile Clayton is now Editor/writer at Eureka Innovative Edits, her own company. She is the President of the UWIAA Jamaica Chapter and the former Deputy University Bursar of the UWI.

Dr. Ron Darbeau has been named Dean of the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and the School of Education at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, effective July 1, 2015.

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UWI Grads On The Move

VIP - VERY IMPORTANT PELICAN

UWI Pelican Don Wehby holds both a Bachelor of Science (Hons.) and a Master of Science degree in Accounting from The

University of the West Indies and has completed an Advanced Management College certificate course at Stanford University. He recently

was appointed as New Zealand’s Honorary Consul in Jamaica.

He is well recognized and influential businessman and is the Group Chief Executive Officer at GraceKennedy Limited and is also

a former senator and cabinet minister. Prior to becoming GraceKennedy Group CEO, he was Group Chief Operating Officer, Deputy

Chief Executive Officer, GraceKennedy Ltd. and Chief Executive Officer, GK Investments.

Under his leadership, GraceKennedy acquired 100% ownership of First Global Bank Ltd., now a wholly owned subsidiary of the

Company. His professional affiliations included Chairman of the Taskforce on Tourism Contribution & Linkages, Vice-President of the

Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) and he also served on the board of directors of his alma mater St. George’s College. He

is an avid cricketer.

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V I P Very Important Pelican

-UWIAA - New York

-UWIAA - Jamaica

Mona Campus hosted an Appreciation Luncheon for

Principals of High Schools with Sixth forms on Tuesday, May 5,

2015. Many of them were UWI Mona Alumni. Mrs. Marjorie

Bolero Haughton, Assistant Registrar in the Marketing, Recruitment

and Communications office at Mona obtained the the names of

those principals who are Mona’s Alumni and the Jamaica Chapter

of the Alumni donated gifts to be presented to the Principals who

are UWI graduates with the compliments of the UWI Alumni ,

Jamaica Chapter. The President of the Jamaica Chapter, Ms. Cecile

Clayton and Executive Team were happy to “reconnect” with the

Principals in this way and hope that they will keep engaged with

their alma mater going forward.

The UWIAA at Town Hall: - (L-R) Dr. Gerald White-Davis, UWIAA President , New York Chapter, Minna Israel, Special Consultant

to the VC, the Most Honorable . P. J. Patterson, former Prime Minister of Jamaica and Ambassador A. Missouri Sherman-Peter, CARICOM

Permanent Observer to the United Nations, after the Western Union and GraceKennedy Annual Town Hall Series in New York in May

2015. The theme was “The Caribbean Diaspora - Borderless Possibilities.” The Town Hall provided a forum in which the members of the

Caribbean Diaspora could engage in meaningful dialogue about the developments in their home countries, share thoughts on the issues

of importance to their community and discuss solutions and ways to contribute to the development of the Caribbean.

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Alumni News

BFUWI INSPIRES YOUNG LAW ENTHUSIASTS WITH POWERFUL WORKSHOP

This year the second educational venture of the British

Foundation of the University of the West Indies (BFUWI) had

a legal theme. The BFUWI was set up to raise funds for the

University of the West Indies and to work towards the cause of

raising educational attainment for diaspora students in the UK.

Last year the charity held a ‘STEM in the Community’ workshop

at Imperial College academic home of one of the Foundation’s

trustees, Dr.Mark Richards who lectures in physics at the institution.

BFUWI trustee, Susan Belgrave. Photo courtesy CaribDirect

On June 27, 2015 Inner Temple, one of the four Inns of

Court, to which every barrister must belong in the U.K, kindly

sponsored a workshop entitled ‘Careers in law: options and

opportunities’ for students from the diaspora as well as those from

other minority and/or disadvantaged backgrounds. Organised by

trustee, Susan Belgrave, who is herself a practicing barrister and

member of Inner Temple, the event was designed to showcase

the wealth of talent which exists in the legal community. With

18 speakers, 15 of Caribbean heritage the event provided an

opportunity for students to look at those who were forging legal

careers in different or unusual areas which young people might not

have previously considered.

BFUWI welcomed over 180 students between ages of 14 and

18, parents and teachers to the event, which was oversubscribed.

In her opening remarks Susan pointed out that coming from a

modest or minority ethnic background was not a barrier to success

and cited Sir Hugh Wooding who rose from humble beginnings to

become the first Chief Justice of independent Trinidad and Tobago

whose name now graces the school of law at St Augustine Campus.

She also pointed out that the four sessions of the day were all being

chaired by female UWI graduate who worked in London: Penny

Carballo-Smith, Director of Future Think, Rosemarie Cadogan

who worked at the Commonwealth Secretariat, Desiree Artesi, a

barrister in private practice and Master at Inner Temple as well as

herself. The UWI can be a viable option for those wishing to study

law at undergraduate or postgraduate level.

Penny Carballo-Smith, Director of Future Think. Photo courtesy CaribDirect

Students were encouraged to look to other Commonwealth

jurisdictions as possible sources of work and to prepare themselves

for the digital age and new technologies.

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BFUWI WORKSHOP

Distinguished panel of female lawyers. Photo courtesy CaribDirect Colin Bob-Semple and Ian Rajaratnam. Photo courtesy CaribDirect

Leslie Thomas Q.C. Photo courtesy CaribDirect

Students spoke of being very inspired by the day’s activities.

BFUWI and Craig Robinson, Director of the Ultimate Law Guide,

donated two prizes for the quiz. Students were asked to reply

in no more than two sentences to the following question: What

do you think is the most important legal issue today? 17 year old,

Rebekah Evans won the quiz with the response: ‘Undoubtedly

human rights because by unlocking fundamental entitlements

which underpin every element of life we will ultimately strive and

achieve justice for all.’ She remarked that it was a day she would

always remember.

The BFUWI plans to hold other similar events covering

different areas of academic study in the future. Inner Temple have

invited them to hold another similar event next year. For more

information on the activities of BFUWI go to their website www.

thebfuwi.org; email them on onadmin@thebfuwi.org or follow

them on twitter@British_UWI or on LinkedIn.

A sense of the majesty of the venue. Photo courtesy Carib-Direct

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BFUWI WORKSHOP

CONFERENCE ON SEPSIS

Sepsis kills more than eight million persons world-wide per

year, more than any cancer, but remain virtually unknown in most

developed countries, despite advances in medicine, according

the Department of Microbiology at The University of the West

Indies. There will be a one-day conference on Sept 7, 2015,

to discuss the life-threatening condition, which is rated more

common than heart attack, and described as ‘claiming more lives

than any cancer. The conference is to be held in collaboration

with World Sepsis Day Supporters,under the theme, ‘Sepsis ...

Why it matters to you.’

Dr Ivan Vickers, consultant microbiologist at UHWI hospital

notes that the condition is always triggered by an infection and it

can lead to shock, multiple organ failure, and death, especially if it

is not recognised early and treated promptly. The symposium will

be targeting doctors, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, emergency

medical technicians, medical technologists and students.

Our UWI Chancellor, the official Head of the UWI Alumni

Association according to the UWI Charter, Sir George Alleyne

was nicknamed “The Champ” back in high school as he seemed

to master everything he tried, and the nickname remained. He is

an academic, with keen diplomatic and political skills. Sir George

used these qualities as Director of the Pan American Health

Organization (PAHO) from 1995 until 2003. We at the UWI

are proud that he pushed non-communicable diseases (NCDs)

further up the international political agenda so that a high-level

UN summit on NCDs was held for only the second time and we

know he is proud of the central part that his native Caribbean

played in making the summit happen. Born in Barbados in

1932, Sir George went to study medicine at the UWI in 1951.

He lived up to his nickname and graduated as a gold medallist

in 1957. But the most important thing that happened to him

there, he recalls fondly, was meeting a young nurse, Sylvan,

now Lady Alleyne and the subsequent birth of his children and

grandchildren. The couple married in 1958, and shortly after

Alleyne returned to Barbados to work as a medical officer. He

then he went to the UK for further training at University College

London, then returned to UWI and by 1972 was appointed

Professor of Medicine, becoming Chair of the department just

4 years later. He stayed until 1981and then became Chief of the

Unit of Research at PAHO, staying for 22 years, first as Assistant

Director , then Director. He has impacted thousands of young,

enthusiastic health professionals from around the world. … and

that is why he is the UWI’s Champ !

Edited - Taken from The Lancet – Vol 380, No 9849.

DID YOU KNOW?

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UWIMAA

UWI STAT ST.AUGUSTINE

The University of the West Indies Students Today, Alumni

Tomorrow (UWI STAT) St. Augustine Corps successfully

completed their 2014/2015 Footprints project by having what was

renamed to the ‘UWI STAT Lawn’. This green space is located

behind the Food Court on the southern end of the campus and is

used for various student functions as well for students to sit. UWI

STAT’s office faces this area and the Corps has started to engage

Carlisle Richardson graduated from Cave Hill with a BSc

in Economics and History in 1997 and from St. Augustine with

a Post Graduate Diploma in International Relations in 1999. He

currently works at the United Nations. Having helped to organize

the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing

States in Samoa in 2014, he was motivated to write about my

experiences as an islander travelling to other islands, as well as

examining the island way of life around the world. He would like

to share with the UWI Alumni, the news about the publication of

my book “Island Journeys: The Impact of the Island Way of Life

at Home and Abroad.” It addresses the challenges, resilience and

impacts of island societies around the world while showcasing

the diversity and similarities of islanders. It is told from the

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Discover What Island Life is Really AboutIsland Journeys crisscrosses the globe and explores the real beauty and innovative spark that unites island states and the diasporas that struggle to maintain their con-nection to their native lands. Whether you come from a country of billions or an island that disappears on a world map, you’ll fi nd invaluable insights for understanding the world you live in, including how to:

• Stay close to your roots, whether you are in your homeland or working far away.

• Embrace common bonds and preserve what is important amidst rapidly changing cultural, economic, and geographic environments.

• Make a world of di  erence by being yourself. Sometimes unexpected people from the smallest islands can touch the world.

Let Carlisle Richardson, an islander and economic a  airs o� cer for the United Nations, share decades of stories and discoveries from islands around the world to help him establish the Island Foundation, an organization that aims to promote education, the arts, sports, and innovation while preserving island culture and heritage.

Carlisle Richardson grew up on St. Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean and earned degrees in Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United Kingdom before joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and being posted to the Permanent Mission of St. Kitts and Nevis to the United Nations. In 2011, Carlisle joined the United Nations and worked in the Division for Sustainable Development, where he was a key fi gure in the work on small island developing states issues. He continues his mission today as an economic affairs offi cer for the United Nations in New York, where he lives with his wife and daughter.

“Carlisle has captured so much in this delightful book. Island Journeys has much to teach our world—it refl ects on a way for contentment, of relishing the little simple pleasures of life, of living close to nature’s bounty and beauty.”

—Nikhil Seth, director of Division for Sustainable

Development for the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

“As foreign minister of St. Kitts and Nevis during his tenure in the Foreign Service, I am impressed with Carlisle’s zest for ensuring that our nation’s concerns are advocated. He helped bring focus to issues of importance to St. Kitts and Nevis to the in-ternational stage, while at the same time providing perspective to our concerns as island states. Island Journeys is yet another step in his quest to ensure that island issues remain global issues.”

—H. E. Sam Terrence Condor, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Permanent Representative of St. Kitts and Nevis to the UN

companies and individuals to sponsor/donate to the beautification

and maintenance of the area.

FOOTPRINTS focuses on student participation as it

encourages students to take part in the consistent development

of the UWI. By giving back, whatever the amount, this simple act

enables students, to leave a concrete mark or ‘footprint’ on their

respective campus.

The Department of Literary, Cultural and Communication Studies at the UWI St. Augustine unveiled the Journal of Human

Communication Studies in the Caribbean ( JHSC) on May 14, 2015. According to Dr Godfrey Steele, Editor of the JHSC, “The JHSC

appears after 40 years of teaching and research in Media and Communication at the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication

(CARIMAC) at The UWI Mona, over 15 years of Communication Studies at The UWI St. Augustine and four years of Communication

Studies at The UWI Cave Hill. The JHCSC is not only the first journal of human communication studies in the English-speaking Caribbean,

it is also the first journal of its kind produced in the region.” Pro Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal, Professor Clement Sankat took

the opportunity to commend Dr. Steele, who is also who is also Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies and Coordinator of the

Communication Studies Postgraduate Programme at The UWI St. Augustine, together with the Associate Editors, Dr. Livingston White,

from The UWI Mona Campus and Dr. Korah Belgrave, from The UWI Cave Hill Campus for spearheading the production of this, the

first issue of the journal.

perspective of a fellow islander who has travelled to and experienced these islands for the first time. In the book, he speaks

of the pride he feels coming from the Caribbean, and there are also references and reminisces of his time as a student at the

University of the West Indies in Cave Hill and St. Augustine. For additional information, please feel free to visit my website

www.islandjourneysbook.com Island Journeys is available online on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Books A Million, as well as on Nook,

Kindle, and iTunes Reader.

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Dr. Donald Edward Christian CD, was born in 1930 in

New York but grew up in Antigua. He was an icon of medicine

and cardiology or the UWI Mona and the Caribbean. He was

a pioneer, cardiologist, teacher, physician, clinician, mentor,

father and grandfather, the latter two roles, being of immense

importance to him. He was a paragon of wit and infectious

laughter, jovial, jocular and spirited, as well as compassionate

and generous. He was an avid sportsman, loving both cricket and

football. He arrived in Jamaica on September 29, 1948 to attend

the new University College of the West Indies and was one of

first 33 students who gained places amongst the 800 applicants

of the new regional university. He started classes on Oct 4, 1948

and obtained his Bachelor of Surgery in 1954. . He treasured

his Gibraltar Hall experience and was proud to be a member

of the Class of 1954. He was the first UWI Medical graduate to

become a member of the Royal College of Physicians of London.

Interestingly his father, Sydney Christian, who was a legal luminary

in Antigua, served on the Irvine Committee which recommended

the establishment of a regional university. Donald Christian was

instrumental in developing cardiology at the UWI and at the UWI

Hospital. His sense of community was seen in the service he gave

as a long-serving stalwart of the Lions Club of St. Andrew, Jamaica

and he eventually became the Worshipful Master of the University

Lodge, which he joined in 1952. The Heart Foundation of Jamaica

is now an internationally recognized organization due in no small

part to Board members like Donald Christian. 1n 1968 he was one

of the Founders of Biomedical Caledonia Medical Laboratories

which blazed a trail in Laboratory Medicine across Jamaica. Donald

Christian worked for more than five decades at the UWI and his

invaluable contribution is well recognized. He was conferred with

the Order of Distinction, Commander Class by the Jamaican

Government in recognition of his immense contribution to the

field of Medicine to the nation.

Jodi-Ann Williams was a Research Assistant, Social

Welfare Training Centre, Open Campus from 2011- 2014. She

was a a UWI Mona graduate. The Centre initially employed

Jodi-Ann for one year and, impressed with her productivity and

consistency, extended her contract to last the duration of the

project funding which concluded in April 2014. During the period

2011-2014, Jodi-Ann supported the work of three research

fellows, principally in the areas of communication and liaison with

study participants and in the establishment and maintenance of

data files. In her interaction with the participants, young people

on the CAP and NYS programmes, Jodi-Ann was the “face” of the

project. She provided logistical assistance in the field organising the

young people, working autonomously a great deal of the time to

ensure compliance and active engagement of the participants. Her

enthusiasm for doing the job well, attention to detail and ensuring

that the young people’s words and meaning were understood,

earned her the affectionate title of Quality Assurance Inspector.

She was known for her diligence and dedication, her cheerful

attitude and pleasant, enjoyable demeanour as well as her sense

of humour. During her period of employment at SWTC, Jodi-Ann

concluded her undergraduate studies at UWI Mona, earning a BSc

Psychology degree which was awarded in 2013.

Ambassador Donald Owen “Don” Mills – Veritable

colossus and internationalist, as he played a seminal role in

Jamaica’s reputation in international diplomacy. He had an

extraordinary career in the public service and was the recipient

of many awards for exceptional service in international relations

and diplomacy. The Order of Jamaica from the Government, the

honorary Doctor of Laws degree from The University of the

West Indies (UWI), and the Norman Washington Manley Award

for Excellence, were just three of the decorations that the former

diplomat accepted in his lifetime. He was at one time Jamaica’s

permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), and also

served as leader of the Jamaican Mission to the United Nations

Environmental Programme. Among several international positions,

he was president of the UN Security Council, president of the UN

Economic and Social Council, and chairman of the Commonwealth

Foundation. At home, he was appointed as a member of the Privy

Council and of the Judicial Service Commission, and nominated

to chair countless panel discussions. In 1988, Mills was designated

Honorary Research Fellow at what was then the Institute of Social

and Economic Research at the UWI. He was appointed part-time

lecturer in the Department of Government in 1995, and was

attached to the UWI Centre for Environment and Development

at Mona. He was a popular speaker on the lecture circuit, making

presentations on such topics as, ‘The New Europe, The New

World Order, Jamaica and the Caribbean’ and ‘Westminster

Style Democracy: The Jamaican Experience’. He recorded many

of his ideas and observations in his largely autobiographical

book, Journeys and Missions: At home and away, published in 2009.

Among these were his perceptions of significant global events that

occurred during the time of his ambassadorship. Most significantly,

he gave an account of the many developments and transitions

that Jamaica had undergone over the period of 75 years. This

included the labour riots of the 1930s, and what he referred to

as the “awakening” of the Jamaican people to a sense of self-

determination, out of which emerged political parties and trade

unions, the establishment of community development projects,

and a wave of cultural activity. He also chronicled the road to self-

government in 1962, and tackled the subject of governance, and

Jamaica’s ability, as an independent state, to cope with national

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development as well as foreign affairs and foreign trade. He also

served as UWI registrar between 1965 and 1966.

Dr. Franklyn LaHee, retired Consultant Psychiatrist at the

University Health Centre. A Trinidadian by birth, he received the

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in 1973 from

the UWI and was awarded the Degree in Psychological Medicine

(DPM) of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons by the

Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital in London, England.

In 1984 he completed his Doctorate of Medicine in Psychiatry

(DM) at the Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of the

West Indies in Jamaica. From 1984 to 1989 he was employed as

Consultant Psychiatrist to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago

where he developed and established a comprehensive community-

based mental health service delivery system in Tobago. He was

also Consultant Psychiatrist at the St Ann’s Hospital in Port-of-

Spain, Trinidad from 1987 to 1989. He was Consultant Psychiatrist

to the Government of the Cayman Islands from 1989. While in the

Cayman Islands, he also spearheaded the building of an eight-bed

in-patient psychiatric unit. His professional memberships included

the American Psychiatric Association, the Caribbean Psychiatric

Association and the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Mr. Philip Alvin William (Bill) Burnett was the

Facilities Manager at the UWI Regional Headquarters from 2011

- 2015. He grew up in Trelawny and moved to Montego Bay

to attend his high school. Cornwall College. He then travelled

to England to continue his studies, graduating with a BSc in

Electrical & Electronic Engineering from The Hatfield Polytechnic

(University of Hertfordshire). Upon his return to Jamaica in

1973, he became a member of the Jamaica Defence Force ( JDF)

as an Engineering Officer and was sent back to England for an

Aeronautical Engineering course and military training at the Royal

Military Academy at Sandhurst. After seven years in the JDF, Bill

completed his commission and returned to civilian life. Thereafter

he joined the Kingston Terminal Operators Ltd. as a Maintenance

Engineer and remained there from 1986 to 1999. Then he moved

to Botswana and worked as a Senior Electrical Engineer for the

Government of Botswana, and also provided project consultancy

services. In 2005, he moved to Abu Dhabi, UAE where he worked

with ALEC, a construction company that was involved in the

building of several multi-storey hotels. In 2011 he returned to

Jamaica and brought his considerable expertise to bear as the

first ever Facilities Manager at the UWI Regional Headquarters.

He had many and varied interests: music, art, photography, sailing,

languages, reading a wide range of often controversial literature,

his church, especially with the young people; and his outreach

included being a Free Mason and a Rotarian, serving as the 1990

Club President. His stellar contribution to the implementation and

maintenance of the systems and processes needed to ensure the

smooth operation of the regional headquarters of the Caribbean’s

leading regional university was greatly appreciated.

Dr. the Hon. Nicholas Liverpool was the Former Dean

of the Faculty of Law, UWI and President of Dominica. He was

considered to be one of the founding fathers of the Faculty of Law

at the UWI, Cave Hill. He served as a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty

of Law from 1974, and as its third Dean of Law, from 1976-1978.

Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of Cave Hill, Professor Eudine

Barriteau, remembers Dr Liverpool as “a dedicated, committed

member of the UWI Cave Hill Community, a thorough scholar

and a pleasant, genial colleague with a ready smile. He was always

willing to offer advice to younger colleagues.” Current and former

colleagues also recall Dr. Liverpool’s “congenial disposition, as

someone who always had a smile on his face” and that he was

an excellent colleague as well as an efficient and practical dean.

He is remembered by his students as being an excellent teacher,

one who was firm but fair. His contribution to West Indian legal

development is profound. He was honoured at an exhibition at

the Faculty of Law for the UWI’s 60th Anniversary in recognition

of his immeasurable contribution to the Faculty, The UWI and

the Commonwealth Caribbean. He was one of UWI’s early

scholars in Law Reform, Trusts, Legal Systems and Real Property,

and served on a large number of Law Reform Commissions

throughout the region. He also served as a Judge of the High

Court in Antigua and Montserrat from 1973-1974, as a Justice of

Appeal in the Court of Appeal in Grenada from 1979-1991, in the

Court of Appeal in Belize from 1990-1992 and 1996-2000, and in

the Bahamas Court of Appeal from 1996-1997. He published a

number of influential law journal articles and other publications, as

well as made numerous public lectures, on a wide range of topics.

While at Cave Hill Dr. Liverpool served as Project Director, UWI-

USAID Caribbean Justice Improvement Project from 1986-1992

and Director of the Caribbean Law Institute from 1987-1992. He

was honoured with LLD degrees from the University of the West

Indies (2007), Sheffield University (2009), and the University of

Hull (2011), as well as received the Dominica Award of Honour

(2003), the highest award conferred by the State, and the Order

of the Caribbean Community (2008). Dr Liverpool served as

Ambassador of the Commonwealth of Dominica to the United

States of America from 1998-2001. He served as President of

the Commonwealth of Dominica from 2003-2012. He had five

children and his daughters Bertha and Nicole graduated from the

Faculty of Law, UWI.

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