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“One UWI, One Alumni Family”

Volume 6, Issue 3 March - May 2011Website: www.alumnionline.uwi.edu

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UWI Connect: For Alumni, Donors, Parents and Friends

Editorial

The UWI Alumni Association (UWIAA)encourages all graduates to sendarticles/information to UWI Connect([email protected]).

Most UWI graduates share a singular desire. All want the best possible future for theirAlma Mater. Most admittedly have somewhat non-altruistic grounds, as if the UWIcontinues to enjoy a high regional and international reputation, then the value of theirdegrees remains high. This fact is very important in today’s highly competitive globalmarket. Most UWI graduates also believe that tomorrow’s world requires investment inyoung minds, innovation, creativity, research – in fact in all the things that the UWIembodies. This one institution has had a positive impact, not only in Caribbean societybut also in the global landscape through its graduates who have excelled in many areas.

As a graduate your journey with UWI should last a lifetime. We want you to keep yourconnections with UWI and build and maintain a relationship with your University that willstand the test of time. Feel free to donate and support UWI’s continued development atwww.alumnionline.uwi.edu/donatenow

I hope that you find this issue both enjoyable and thought-provoking. It once againshowcases the regional institution and the catalytic and global force it exerts. It highlightsthe “Happenings” and achievements of UWI graduates, as well as faculty and studentsall of whom make up the UWI family and gives a historical snapshot of March - May 2011“UWI” style”. Enjoy!

Celia Davidson FrancisEditor-in-Chief

As a graduateyour journey withUWI should last alifetime.

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UWI ConnectEditorial Team: Celia Davidson Francis (Editor-in-Chief), Elizabeth Buchanan-Hind,Lacey-Ann Bartley, Marcia Erskine, Aileen Standard-Goldson, BeverleyPereira, Stephanie Alleyne-Bishop, Kellie Magnus and Candice York.

Sources:Student and Campus Newsletters, News Items and Announcements,Campus Communications and Public Relations Offices, Faculties,Departments, UWIAA, Campus Electronic Messaging Centres, the Open

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CONTENTS

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UWIAA New York honoursThird World Band

AFUWI New Executives

TorontoGala

UWIAA Trinidad andTobago’s

Big 50Millionairecreation$

Campus, UWIMAA, UWI Medical Alumni Secretariat, Campus AlumniOffices, Office of Administration, UWI STAT Corps and others.

Photography: UWI STAT Corps, Campus Photographers, Graduates and Friends of UWI

Publishing Services: Stratcom Marketing Services LimitedYvonne Graham, graduate, Mona School of Business, UWI

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HAPPENINGSON THE CAMPUS YOUATTENDED

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FEATURE

For over sixty years, UWI studentshave walked across the fourbeautiful campuses, attended lecturesand created lasting friendships in Taylor,Irvine, Mary Seacole, Chancellor, Preston,Nettleford, Trinity, Milner, JoyceGibson-Inniss, Canada, Sherlock andFrank Worrell Halls. Today’s UWI studentswill also take with them memories ofthese places when they graduate.However, additional students and new andtransformed facilities could be added tothe list, thanks to the generous support ofannual UWI Regional Endowment Fund(UWIREF) donors. The UWIAdministration can use these funds wherethey are needed most, allowingfacilities to keep pace with modernconveniences and innovations, andallowing the University to offer cuttingedge facilities to complement its

Your Annual Gifts Support Student Scholarshipsand Innovative Facilities for Education

Giveto

UWI

Support the UWIAA Chapters' “Every Dollar Makes a Difference” Campaign.They will assist in providing UWIAA student scholarships and bursaries, or you maydesignate the funds to a campus/department etc. Donations may be given to anyUWIAA Chapter worldwide or sent to the IAD. (Please make cheque payable to "The UWI Regional Endowment Fund" and simply indicate the Chapter with whichyou would like your donation to be affiliated.)

E-mail [email protected] for further details or donate directly via credit card atwww.alumnionline.uwi.edu/donatenow. (Specify where you want funds to go in thedesignation box.)

innovative curriculum. You can have animportant role in continuing this progressat UWI. Make your gift to theUWIRFEF today. To make an onlinerecurring or one-time gift, please visitour secure website atwww.alumnionline.uwi/donatenow

Recurring gifts help cut down printingand mailing costs and put yourcontribution directly towards theUWI’s greatest needs. You may find thatyou can make a greater impact bymaking smaller payments that add up toa significant gift. Please consider makingyour gift to the UWIREF now. Whetheryou give online or via direct mail,participation is what matters most.Please join your fellow alumni and friendsand make a gift today! Show your PelicanPride!

EVERY DOLLARMakes a Difference

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Karlene BisnottKarlene Bisnott is the Principal of Vaz Preparatory School in Kingston, Jamaica, herformer Alma Mater. She studied chemistry at The University of the West Indies as itwas her ambition to mould the minds of future scientists. She then taught chemistryfor seven years. In 1996, she moved on to Vaz Prep as a science teacher for gradesfour to six. Five years later, she became Vice-Principal and assumed the top job sevenyears after that.

She enjoys being Principal however she misses being in the classroom, and usesevery opportunity she gets, to teach. She assists with the literacy interventionprogramme twice a week designed for the school to assist students from grades oneto five who are behind in their work. Her administrative duties and maintainingdiscipline take priority and accomplishing a day’s work despite frequent interruptionsis a challenge she surmounts daily. She manages over 800 students, and 67 teachers,spread over three properties. She acknowledges that she leads an excellent team ofstaff and promotes cooperation and collaboration amongst them. She believes the jobthat teachers do is vital for the future of the country and that her staff know howmuch they are appreciated and their work is valued. Her philosophy must be workingas Vaz Prep does not have a high staff turnover. The majority of the teachers havebeen with the school for 10 years or more. Her greatest reward is seeing her teachersevolve from ordinary to extraordinary educators, improving the lives of the studentsand theirs in the process. She delights in the exceptional performance of the school’sstudents in academics, sports, cultural and extra-curricular activities. Her 18-year-oldson is following in his mother’s footsteps by attending the UWI and she hopes herdaughter, 15, will do the same. Karlene also teaches music and plays the piano andorgan. A former President of the Jamaica Independent Schools Association, she alsosits on the Board and is the Choir Director at her church.

V.I.P.Very Important Pelican

Celebrating Excellence

A member of the YWCA Toronto Board ofDirectors since 2008, Dr. Moodie is apassionate advocate for the rights ofwomen and children. As a dedicatedvolunteer and philanthropist, Dr. Moodiehas focused on working withorganisations dedicated to improving thequality of life and well-being ofmarginalised members of thecommunity, particularly women andgirls. "I am thrilled to be leading thisdynamic organisation. The YWCA is avital organisation in Toronto, helpingthousands of women and girls buildstronger and healthier lives. The YWCA

is also a leader in our collective effortsto build a more just and inclusive city,"said Moodie.

"Dr. Moodie takes the helm during asignificant moment of growth at theYWCA. We are expanding our affordablehousing options for women and children,most notably with the YWCA Elm Centrewhich will open this summer," saidHeather McGregor, YWCA ChiefExecutive Officer.

Dr. Moodie is a paediatrician andneonatologist who has provided medicalcare for critically ill newborn infants andchildren while working to improvemedical service delivery needs in thefield of obstetrics, gynecology andpaediatrics. She received her medicaltraining at The University of the WestIndies and an Executive Masters inBusiness Administration from TheRotman School at the University of

Dr. Rosemary Moodie.... a passionateadvocate for the rights of women and children.

Toronto. She is currently completing herMaster's in Public Policy andAdministration - with a focus in HealthPolicy - at Queen's University. She has25 years of distinguished service as apaediatrician and neonatologist at theHospital for Sick Children (HSC). Shealso sits on the Food For The Pooradvisory board and is a director of theProject for Advancement of ChildhoodEducation.

Dr. Moodie is married to Dr. Peter Wong,himself a distinguished UWI graduateand they have two sons.

Karlene Bisnott, Principal of VazPreparatory School. Photo by Gladstone Taylor

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All UWI Alumni Groups must beregistered with the InstitutionalAdvancement Division (IAD).

Alumni groups may wish to form from time to time and inorder to ensure uniformity and official recognition, they mustregister with the IAD, Office of the Vice Chancellor. They willthen be guided as to how they may operate and will also beguided by the UWIAA Constitution.

The IAD looks forward to all such groups contributing to thegrowth and development of the various UWI campuses. ThePresident of such a group will automatically sit on theExecutive of the main country Chapter in order to facilitatecooperation and collaboration in developmental and alumnirelations efforts.

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Important ReminderUWIAAMEMBERSHIP

LENS TIMEWITH ALUMNI

UWIAA Chapters and their sub-groups provide theopportunity for graduates to stay connected to theirclassmates, faculty members and Alma Mater in ways thatare mutually beneficial. We encourage alumni groups to workboth independently and in collaboration with the main UWIAAChapter in areas such as profile raising, employment andinternship opportunities for students, e-mentoring andfund-raising. We take this opportunity to welcome the latestgroup, the Mona Physics Alumni Association (MPAA) whosePresident Mr. Linden Falconer will sit on the UWIAA JamaicaChapter Executive.

We encourage alumni groups to help us assist UWI graduatesto show their “Pelican Pride” and become engaged andinvolved. We really appreciate our graduates volunteeringtheir time and expertise to assist the UWI, the campuses,faculties and departments and we look forward to workingtogether as we build “One UWI, One Alumni Family”.


AFUWI New ExecutivesUWI Vice Chancellor, Professor E. Nigel Harris (centre)

poses with AFUWI new Executives from left: Lowell

Hawthorne (Chairman, AFUWI Partnership Board); Wesley

Wainwright (AFUWI Chairman); Dr. Hazel Carter (Secretary);

and Archibald Campbell (Treasurer).

Not in photograph: Dr. Glegg Watson (Vice-Chair).

AFUWI Board

MembersFrom left: Ewart Thomas, Ancell

Harris, Lowell Hawthorne, Wesley

Wainwright, Prof. E. Nigel Harris, Dr.

Hazel Carter, Archibald Campbell,

Michael Flanigan and Winston

Bayley. Not in photograph: Prof.

Hilary Beckles, Dr. Harry Belafonte,

Richard P. Brown, Jr., Elizabeth

Buchanan-Hind, Ray Goulbourne,

Michael Granger, Amb. Carl Masters,

Sir Alister McIntyre, Bert Mitchell,

Gail Moaney, David Newman, Dr.

Karl B. Rodney, Janet Rollé, Prof.

Clement Sankat, Wayne Seaton,

Prof. Gordon Shirley,

Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie, Dr. Glegg

Watson, Dr. Gerald White Davis and

Dr. Torsten Wiesel.

Book PresentationPat Chin, Founder & CEO of VP Records and Riddim Driven

Clothing and AFUWI Scholarship Donor, presents Photo

Biography Book of Bob Marley to Vice Chancellor for the

UWI, Professor E. Nigel Harris.

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American Foundation for

The University of the West Indies


FEATURE

from the UWI Centre(Office of the Vice Chancellor)

PROFESSOR ANDREW S.DOWNES has been named as thenew Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Planning and Development to replace Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie, who wasrecently named Minister of Planning,Social and Economic Development andGender Affairs in the Trinidad andTobago Government. UWI ViceChancellor, Professor E. Nigel Harrismade this announcement at Universitymeetings at the Cave Hill Campus inBarbados. In his new role asPro-Vice-Chancellor and member of theExecutive Management team, ProfessorDownes will oversee the final year ofimplementation of the University’s2007-2012 Strategic Plan andcoordinate the construction of the2012-2017 Plan.

NEWSNew Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Planning andDevelopment - St. Augustine

Professor Downes, who was theCave Hill Campus Coordinator forthe UWI Strategic Plan 2007-2012,is a Professor of Economics and hasbeen the Director of the Sir ArthurLewis Institute of Social andEconomic Studies (SALISES) at theUWI Cave Hill Campus since 1994.He served as University Director ofthe tri-campus SALISES unit from2000 to 2008. Professor Downesholds BSc and MSc degrees(Economics) from the UWI and aPhD (Economics) from theUniversity of Manchester, UK. He isa recipient of several academicawards and has been a consultantfor several regional andinternational organisations(Caribbean Development Bank,

ILO, IDB, World Bank, UN, etc.) alongwith the Government of Barbados andseveral national organisations. Hisresearch interests include Labour/HumanResources Economics, AppliedEconometrics and DevelopmentEconomics and he is regarded as one ofthe region’s leading labour economists.

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The contributions that 20 Caribbean icons have made to regional advancementwill be formally recognised by the UWI when it confers honorary degrees at theannual Graduation Ceremonies to be held across its four campuses in 2011. Theceremonies will begin on October 15th with the Open Campus Graduation, whereDame Pearlette Louisy, Governor-General of St. Lucia and Mr. AlwinBully, Cultural Administrator will receive the honorary Doctor of Laws(LLD) and Doctor of Letters (DLitt) degrees respectively. Graduationceremonies at the Cave Hill Campus in Barbados will claim the spotlight onOctober 22nd, when The Most Rev. Dr. the Hon. John W. D. Holder andProfessor Compton Bourne receive the honorary LLD; Professor KwesiPrah and Professor Emeritus Keith A. P. Sandiford are awarded thehonorary DLitt and Dr. Shirley Brathwaite the honorary Doctor ofSciences (DSc) degree.

From October 27th to 29th, the celebrations move to the St. Augustine Campusin Trinidad, where the honorary LLD will be conferred on Mrs. HelenBhagwansingh, Professor Anantanand Rambachan, Mr. John ReginaldDumas, Sir Fenton H. Ramsahoye, Mr. Brian Charles Lara andAmbassador Kamaluddin Mohammed, while Mr. Donald ‘Jackie’ Hinksonand Mr. Roy Cape will receive the honorary DLitt.

Finally, on November 4th and 5th, the Mona Campus in Jamaica will host theclosing set of graduation ceremonies. At Mona Ms. Minna Israel, Mr. EarlJarrett and the Hon. Usain Bolt, OJ will all receive the honorary LLDwhile Professor Lenworth Jacobs and Dr. Erna Brodber will receive theDSc and DLitt respectively.

20Honorary

GraduandsNamed


FEATURE

The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)elected The University of the West IndiesVice-Chancellor, Professor E. Nigel Harris as its newChairman at its annual general meeting in Hong Kongin April 2011. He has served as Vice-Chair for the pasttwo years and will serve in this new capacity for twoyears. He will be responsible for encouraging membersto work together effectively and to contribute theirskills and expertise, while seeking to build consensus.As UWI Vice-Chancellor, he has been advocating formore science and technology education and research inthe Caribbean, and for improved linkages with otherinstitutions in the region and internationally. The ACU isthe oldest inter-university network in the world, withmore than 500 members on six continents. It providesresearch and policy analysis and various professionalnetworks, as well as hosting higher educationorganisations.

During Harris’ tenure the ACU will celebrate itscentenary. He will lead implementation of theassociation’s strategic plan 2008-13, “Preparing for aSecond Century”, which was unveiled at the Hong Kongmeeting. Professor Harris has noted that globallygovernments are providing less funding for universitiesdue to economic constraints and says that the ACU hashad to and will have to continue to develop novelcoping strategies as increased demands foraccountability were also calling for research to translatemore effectively into tangible societal benefits. He alsonoted “In the face of these demands, coupled withcompetition from new types of private universities, thetraditional Commonwealth universities represented bythe ACU are strategically working towards improvingservices and meeting new types of needs, an excellentopportunity to enhance the global visibility of the UWI".

VC is new

ACU Chairman Caribbean SeaMOU signedThe UWI Vice Chancellor Professor E. Nigel Harris andSecretary General of the Association of Caribbean States(ACS), Ambassador Luis Fernando Andrade Falla signed aMemorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Caribbean Seaat the ACS offices in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad on April 13, 2011.Professor Harris referred to the Caribbean Sea EcosystemsAssessment Report (CARSEA) undertaken as a part of theUnited Nations Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, as one ofthe collaborative efforts which set out in very clear terms theimportant relationship between the Caribbean marineecosystems and the daily life of the people in the region.“Since the CARSEA Report, UWI has entered into severalcollaborative arrangements with international and regionalorganisations in order to develop and deliver on projects thatwill be beneficial to the marine ecosystems”, he noted.

Professor Harris reiterated UWI’s commitment to deliveringon the recommendations and the promise of that Report, andnoted that the UWI/ACS MoU took that one step forward bydeepening the relationship between UWI and ACS andproviding a broader perspective for the coordination ofprojects and activities to comply with their specific mandates.In 2008 The Caribbean Sea Commission (CSC) wasestablished as a part of the CSI with the mandate to promoteand oversee the sustainable use of the Caribbean Sea.

UWI expertise is well representedon the commission by scholars andscientists such as Professor JohnAgard, Professor Robin Mahon, Dr. Michelle Scobie, Dr. TimothyShaw, Dr. Patrick McConney and Dr. David Smith of the Institute forSustainable Development, Mona.

The need for greater Caribbean cooperation has beenacknowledged and it is hoped that the UWI/ACS MoU will bethe first step to achieving it.

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FEATURE

TORONTO Gala

Kamala Jean Gopie is presentedwith the Vice Chancellor’s Awardby Prof. E. Nigel Harris.

Bruce Poon Tip of GapAdventures (right) receivesthe Chancellor’s Award fromSir George Alleyne, UWIChancellor.

The Rt. Hon. Michaelle Jean,former Governor-General ofCanada accepts her LuminaryAward from Dr. RaymondChang, Patron of the Gala.

Former Canadian WorldRecord Sprinter, DonovanBailey (right) receives theLuminary Award from UWIVice Chancellor, Prof. E. NigelHarris.

The Hon. Justice Dr. IrvingAndre (right) receiving the ViceChancellor's Award.

Dr. Karl Massiah (right)receiving the ViceChancellor's Award.

Keith Forde (left) receivingthe Vice Chancellor'sAward.

Sheldon Levy, President andVice Chancellor of RyersonUniversity accepting theChancellor’s Award from UWIChancellor, Sir George Alleyne(right).

Dr. Michael Lee Chin (right) ispresented with the LuminaryAward by Vice ChancellorProf. E. Nigel Harris.

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The UWI hosted a successful annual benefit gala in Toronto on March 26, 2011, honouring notable individualswho have made significant contributions to UWI and the Caribbean and Canadian communities. Donovan Bailey,Michael Lee-Chin, and the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean received Luminary Awards and the HonourableJustice Dr. Irving Andre, Keith L. Forde, Kamala-Jean Gopie, Dr. Karl Massiah and Dr. John Stewart received theVice Chancellor's Award. Ryerson University was honoured for its contribution to the advancement of Caribbeanpeople through its joint programmes with UWI, and GAP Adventures for its role in pushing the boundaries ofsustainable travel, and both received the Chancellor's Award. Proceeds from the Toronto Gala will benefitstudents through the UWI Scholarship Fund and the UWI Haitian Initiative. Over 500 guests attended the sold out event at the Four Seasons Hotel, which raised over CAD$150,000. "Through this Gala we are all nowunited as one UWI family," stated Gala Patron, Dr. G. Raymond Chang.

ScotiabankCGX Energy Inc. Guyana Goldfields Inc.CI Investments

Grace Kennedy Ltd. RBC/RBTTBrookfield Asset Management Inc. Cisco Systems Inc.

Portland Investment CounselAppleton Estate Ryerson University

Sandspring Resources Ltd. St. George's College Old Boys Association Ontario Chapter

Thanks to the Gala sponsors


Dr. Michael Lee Chin, OJ withThalia Lyn (centre) and the Rt.Hon. Michaelle Jean, formerGovernor-General of Canada atthe UWI 2011 Gala in Toronto.

Entertainers thrilling the packed ballroom.

Honorees Donovan Bailey and Kamala Jean Gopie (right) withthe Hon. Jean Augustine, former Canadian Minister, enjoy thehappy times at the 2011 UWI Gala in Toronto.

Dr. and Mrs. G. Raymond Chang(right) at the Gala with CeliaDavidson Francis, Director AlumniRelations (left) and ElizabethBuchanan-Hind, Executive Director,IAD.

L-R: Beverly Hunter, Amanda Chin-Loy and Angella Brown lenttheir support.

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Dr. John Stewart gives remarks on receiving the 2011 Vice Chancellor’s Award.

FEATURE

On the occasion of the launching of their23rd album Patriots, in New York City onApril 5, 2011, the ten-time Grammynominated band, Third World, waspresented with the “EducationAmbassador of Music” award by TheUniversity of the West Indies AlumniAssociation, New York (UWIAA-NY)Chapter during a live concert at theHighline Ballroom. The Band’s threeoriginal members were each presentedwith a plaque by the President ofUWIAA-NY, Dr. Gerald White-Davis andMr. Leo Chambers, Secretary.

A packed Highline Ballroom exploded incheers of appreciation as Dr.White-Davis congratulated andapplauded the Band for its 23rd albumachievement and over thirty years ofconsistency in producing high qualitymusic as well as its seminal contributionto the growth and development ofreggae music throughout the Caribbeanand on the international music platform.

The jubilation and excitement of thecrowd grew even louder when the leaderof the Band Steven “Cat” Coore thankedthe UWIAA on behalf of the Band, andexpressed his appreciation. He said tobe recognised by the alumni of such aprestigious educational institution as TheUniversity of the West Indies is a greathonour. Richard Daley (the band’s bass

player) showcasing the plaque hereceived, remarked that the band hadbeen nominated for a Grammy Awardten times but had never won. Receivingthis award he said was like receiving aGrammy. The presentation was followedby a night of house rocking vintageThird World Music.

On April 07, 2011, on the heels ofreceiving the “Education Ambassadors ofMusic Award” from The University of theWest Indies Alumni Association NewYork (UWIAA-NY) Chapter, the Third

UWIAA New Yorkhonours

ThirdWorldBand

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World Band conducted a music workshopfor students at Medgar Evers College ofthe City University of New York. Excitedstudents, many of whom wereCaribbean-American and heard aboutthe Band from their parents, packed theEOJ Auditorium at the College’s newSchool of Health, Science, andTechnology Building, in Brooklyn NewYork.

The Band was welcomed and introducedby Dr. Gerald White-Davis. Theworkshop started with a brief historyabout the development of reggae;interspersed with demonstrations of thestyle that differentiates each genre orstage of the development, followed by aquestion and answer period. Studentshad many questions to ask of their newfound music mentors who showed greatenthusiasm and eagerness to share theirexpertise and knowledge as theyinteracted with students and staff. Theworkshop ended with the Band’smasterpiece “Satta Massagana” withstudents singing along. Many rushed tothe stage to take pictures and getsignatures wanting to know when theywould return. The workshop wassponsored by the Freshman YearProgram at Medgar Evers College, theUWIAA-NY, the International Consortiumof Caribbean Professionals (ICCP),VicRae Inc., and Triple 7 Entertainment.

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On Saturday, April 2, The Universityof the West Indies Alumni Association(UWIAA), Trinidad and TobagoChapter held an awards ceremony aspart of the campus’ 50th Anniversarycelebrations. This Gala eventcelebrated the successes of thoseadjudicated to be among the topgraduates of the St. AugustineCampus by the alumni membership.The 50 honorees all made adistinctive contribution to their chosenfield/profession and contributed to thewider society/community and allexemplify the best qualities of a UWIgraduate. The UWIAA Trinidad andTobago will hold its DistinguishedAlumni Awards (DAA) on a biennialbasis. From 2013 onwards, theawards will be open to all UWI alumniresident in Trinidad and Tobago, aswell as those who have graduatedfrom the St. Augustine Campus. Theinaugural DAA was open only to St.Augustine Campus alumni as part ofthe celebration of the University’s50th anniversary (1960 - 2010) andalumni were selected from across all 5decades of the Campus’ existence.

Grenadian born and 1997 graduate,Dr. Nicole Phillip was named one ofUWI’s 50 Distinguished Alumni. Dr.Phillip, who received her doctorate inHistory from UWI, is the Dean of theSchool of Arts, Sciences andProfessional Studies at the T.A.Marryshow Community College, andwas one of only five non-Trinidadiangraduates to be so honoured. Themagnitude of her accomplishment canbe further underscored by the factthat she was one of only threegraduates within the last twenty (20)years to be recognised by the

Selection Committee, which was madeup of Alumni, University Administrators,representatives from all Faculties andcorporate citizens. This GrenadianLecturer, Author and Consultant iscurrently working on two major projects,another book, which will chronicle the1979 Grenada revolution and an articledesigned to capture the contributionsand experiences of Grenada’s femaleParliamentarians.

Jamalco’s Managing Director, JeromeMaxwell was also one of the 50distinguished alumni recognised by theUWIAA Trinidad and Tobago Chapter andwas the only Jamaican. In accepting theaward, Mr. Maxwell said, “I am deeplyhonoured and touched to be selected asone of the 50 distinguished alumni forthe award.”

Mr. Maxwell attended the UWI, St.Augustine Campus between September1973 and June 1976 where he attained aBachelor of Science degree in Civil

Engineering. Maxwell, who began hiscareer at Jamalco a year aftergraduating from University is the firstand only Jamaican to be namedManaging Director in the Jamalcofifty-two year history. In 2007, he wasasked to take on the leadership ofJamalco, with the task of spearheadingthe recovery process in the aftermath oftwo major hurricanes in quicksuccession. Other Distinguished

Awardees included Mr. Justice IvorArchie, Chief Justice of Trinidad andTobago, Mr. Bevil Wooding, ChiefKnowledge Officer of Congress WBN, Ms.Catherine Kumar, first female Presidentof the Trinidad Chamber of Industry andCommerce and Dr. Hollis Liverpool,Calypsonian, Lecturer and Author.

Principal of the St. Augustine Campus,Professor Clement Sankat incongratulating the awardees, describedthem as fitting the mold of the idealUWI graduate.

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The UWIAA Trinidad and Tobago Chapter held their 23rd AnnualGeneral Meeting on April 9th. They distributed bursaries totalingTT$5,000 each to 5 students at the AGM, as they do annually.Students really appreciate this type of alumni support.

Jamalco’s Managing Director, Jerome Maxwell (left) receives his award from Prof. Clement Sankat,

Principal of the St. Augustine Campus.


UWIAA ContactTurks and Caicos Islands

Mr. Sandeep Jagger holds a Bachelor of ScienceDegree in Finance & Banking and is an Associateof the Institute of Certified Bankers. He also holdsa Master of Science degree in BusinessAdministration from the University of Atlanta

and is pursuing his Doctorate in Business Administration with the Universityof Newcastle Business School (UK) and Grenoble Ecole de Management(France). He is a Certified Business Management Consultant. Hesuccessfully completed The University of West Indies, Department ofPhysics programme in Renewable Energy.

His expertise is in Real Estate, Finance, SME Business Development,Organisational Growth and Change, Transition Management, Acquisitions,Training, Aviation, Marketing and Sales Management. Mr. Jagger is a citizen ofBelize (CARICOM), Permanent Residency holder of Jamaica, UK/EU Citizen and an

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Overseas Citizen of India thus he isable to work on projects in any fullmember CARICOM country, countries inthe EU and in India. He speaks English,Spanish, Hindi and Sindhi. Alumni in theTurks and Caicos Islands are encouragedto “reconnect” to the UWI through Mr.Jagger. Email him [email protected] to get “connected”.

JamaicaMahoganyThis a selection ofthe scores oftributes whichcame pouring infrom all over theworld followingthe death ofProfessor Nettleford,capturing the colourful and multi-textured lifeof this Caribbean Cultural icon.

From theHeartProfessor the HonourableRex Nettleford was askedto write the eulogies ofmany people from allwalks of society. Fromthe Heart is a collectionof these fascinating andwell written eulogieswhich outlines theirjourneys andachievements.

Proceeds from the sale of these books go to the

Rex Nettleford Foundation(www.rexnettlefordfoundation.com)

Purchase your

copies now!!


FEATURE

Is the West Indies West Indian? This crucial question wasaddressed by Vice Chancellor Emeritus, Sir Shridath Ramphaland we shared the contents of his lecture in the last issue aswe felt that Caribbean citizens the world over would benefitfrom the wide circulation of this information to stimulate notonly dialogue and debate but constructive action, which willaffect generations to come. We are pleased to present thefinal section which again reinforces his stimulating challengeto us all.

IS THE WEST INDIES WEST INDIAN? Eleventh SirArchibald Nedd Memorial Lecture by SIR SHRIDATHRAMPHAL - Grenada, 28 January 2011 (continued)

The West Indies cannot be West Indian if West Indian affairs,regional matters, are not the unwritten premise of everyGovernment’s agenda; not occasionally, but always; not as adhoc problems, but as the basic environment of policy. It is notso now. How many Caribbean leaders have mentionedCARICOM in their New Year messages this year? Only thePrime Minister of Grenada in his capacity as the new Chairmanof CARICOM. For most West Indian Governments, Caribbeanintegration is a thing apart, not a vital organ of national life. Itseems that only when it is fatally damaged or withers awaywill Cabinet agendas change.

When the unsung benefits of regionalism are no longeravailable as instruments to bolster local development, andbargaining with larger countries, and coping with thedestructive reach of drug trafficking – only then perhaps willGovernments be forced into reconstructing those vitalelements of regional support that neglect had helped todestroy. We will then, perhaps, as with CARIFTA in 1965,resume the old cycle of rebuilding what we once had, butcarelessly destroyed; and so ad infinitum. But let usremember, a civilization cannot survive save on a curve thatgoes upward, whatever the blips in between; to go downward,whatever the occasional glimpses of glory, is to endingloriously. Caribbean civilization is not an exception. It isnow as it was ninety-five years ago with Marryshow: The WestIndies must be West Indian.

Is the West Indies West Indian?

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New Trustee - Elizabeth Mullings Smith

Elizabeth Mullings Smith became aTrustee of the British Foundation for TheUniversity of the West Indies (BFUWI) asshe believes that it is essential to supportUWI and Caribbean Developmentthrough Education. She is a graduate ofUWI, Mona and now resides in the UnitedKingdom with her husband and twochildren, and is the Managing Director ofMAYA BLUE Limited, United Kingdom.She is an environmental anddevelopment consultant. Her workfocuses on developing sustainabledevelopment strategies, andimplementation and optimisation plansfor business and development projects.She engages organisations anddevelopment teams in the efficient use ofnatural and human resources to drivecreative, viable business solutions:managing complexity, harnessingcreativity, delivering viability. Sheprovides senior counsel on: Sustainabilityissues, national sustainability strategy,materiality issues, environmentprotection, stakeholder connectivity,social development, innovation,sustainable value, climate change andprocess and enterprise architecture. Shehas already provided invaluable adviceand expertise to the BFUWI Board andwe take this opportunity to welcome herand to thank her for her loyalty andservice to her Alma Mater.


INNOVATIONS

Millionaire creation is the aim

The UWI will aim to aid students tobecome more entrepreneurial via a newdevelopment unit which hopes totransform the University into a wealthcreation centre. New business ventureswill be facilitated in conjunction with theJamaica Business DevelopmentCorporation (JBDC) — the state agencywhich has now set up a new office on the

$$Mona Campus. The JBDC unit will offersmall business services to students, andfaculty with business ideas who want tobring these to market. UWI studentshave developed a number of businessplans for courses but most of theseplans are never operationalised. Thecollaboration is aimed at transformingthese concepts into companies,according to Dr. Densil Williams, Head ofthe Department in Management Studies."Because many of the students don'thave the necessary capital orconnections to get the businesscapitalised appropriately they remainideas." Harold Davis, Executive Directorat the JBDC explained that, "A bank ofthese ideas will be established in aformat that can be marketed to potentialinvestors and the JBDC will broker theseideas." Funding can be sourced through

Dr. Densil Williams

The Global Earthquake Model and the Caribbean

As we live in an earthquake prone region, we should be happy that UWI continues to “think out of the box” and continues tocollaborate with entities to ensure that disaster risk is mitigated in the region. The UWI Seismic Research Centre (SRC) at St.Augustine held a special three-day GEM Workshop, in collaboration with the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation fromMay 2-4, 2011 at which the GEM Caribbean Regional Programme was launched. The aim was to fill in gaps in existingknowledge in the Caribbean regarding earthquake hazard, vulnerability so that earthquake risk can be identified and thenecessary research prioritised in order to make full use of the GEM software and tools in the Caribbean region. Established in1952, the UWI Seismic Research Centre operates the largest network of seismographs and other geophysical instruments inthe Caribbean region. The SRC monitors earthquakes and volcanoes for most of the English-speaking Eastern Caribbean,manages a dynamic education and outreach programme and it is involved in a regional effort to establish a tsunami warningsystem for the Caribbean.

WHAT IS THE GLOBAL EARTHQUAKE MODEL?The Global Earthquake Model (GEM) was launched with assistance from the Organization for EconomicCooperation and Development (OECD) at the beginning of 2009 and is a global collaborative effort that bringstogether state-of-the-art science, national, regional and international organisations and individuals aimed at theestablishment of uniform and open standards for calculating and communicating earthquake risk worldwide.

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various governmental and multilaterallending institutions, which whenaggregated total $9 billion. The JBDCunit will benefit from the creativity ofthe student body whose ventures tendto be highly ranked, compared withventures from US institutions. Thebusiness plans that the students deliverevery semester have some reallyinnovative and great ideas.


GLOBAL IMPACT

UWI Study findsinteraction leads togreater educational

attainment Toddlers who were encouraged tointeract and play with their mothersgrow into adults with higher IQs,greater educational attainment andless involvement in violence thankids who did not receive the earlystimulation, a new UWI study hasfound.

These latest results are the fourth follow-up in a series ofstudies since the early-childhood programme ended 20years ago. For Dr. Susan Walker the most exciting findingthis time was the reduction in violent behavior, becausethat’s something that wasn’t shown before. She was thelead researcher and is a professor at the UWI(Mona). Beginning in the 1980s, Walker and hercolleagues tracked 129 Jamaican toddlers who allhad stunted growth and lived in an impoverishedarea. The stimulation involved a weekly visitfrom a woman who taught the mothers how toplay with their toddlers and engage them ineveryday activities, and who also left toysand books each week. Each interventionlasted two years. As in previousfollow-ups, Walker found that childrenwho received the stimulation from theirmother had higher IQs. In this study ofthe participants at age 22, there was asix-point difference between those whohad received the interaction and those who did

not. “It’s a substantial improvement for something that tookplace in early childhood,” Walker says. Children who werestimulated were also 65 percent less likely to be involved infights and violent crime as adults, and they performedbetter in math and reading tests. Walker believes that theinteractions might have improved the children’s self esteem,which could have resulted in better school performance.

Dr. Benard Dreyer, a pediatrics professor at New YorkUniversity School of Medicine, who was not involved in thestudy, said the results show that the benefits of earlychildhood stimulation can ripple for years - increasing thelikelihood of excelling in school and avoiding violence. In aneditorial he wrote in the journal Pediatrics, where the studyis published, Dreyer said such programmes should beoffered to poor children in the United States and thedeveloping world. “It’s not that we don’t know what to do,

it’s that we haven’t decided to implement this on alarge scale,” he says. He stated that Walker’sstudy is one of the few well-plannedinterventions followed-up for so many years.Walker suggests that early-childhoodintervention for children who are deprived ofnutrition and stimulation should become partof regular pediatric services, just likeimmunizations and he noted, “Where thereare virtually no toys in the home and maybenot much language interaction, what you doto improve the quality of that mother-childinteraction and the engagement in play canbe tremendously important.”

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SPOV - STUDENT POINT OF VIEW

2010 RhodesScholar, AleciaJohns championsrights of disabledpersonsThe rights of disabled personsshould be constitutionally enshrinedto protect them from discrimination,believes Alecia Johns, Jamaica’sRhodes Scholar for 2010. Alecia is afirst-class honours final-year studentat the UWI’s Norman Manley LawSchool. She has a passion forhuman rights and wishes particularlyto champion the rights of thedisabled. She notes that theJamaican Constitution currentlydoes not prohibit using disability asgrounds for discrimination. She saysthat her love affair with law washoned in extra-curricular groups likedebate clubs and acknowledges thather debating skills and the ability tothink quickly on her feet contributedto her award. Alecia will read for theBachelor of Civil Law, which isactually a master’s degree, atOxford University in October 2011.

By UWIREF scholarship winner - Samantha-Kaye ChristieThis student has benefited from a scholarship and has already started to make acontribution to the region and the world. Supporting scholarships does changelives!

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightlybecause we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because wehave acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not anact but a habit. [Aristotle]

GPOV - A GRADUATE’SPOINT OF VIEW

An EXPERIENCE of aLIFETIME-Living the Afro Dream

The above quotation is truly exemplaryof the habit that one has to hone inorder to achieve. It was with thismindset that I took part in the ARYDISEssay Competition.

Agriculture has been dwindling inimportance in today’s society. However,organisations such as The TechnicalCentre for Agriculture (CTA) based inthe Netherlands have seen it necessaryto commence a campaign whichpromotes the use of Information andCommunication Technologies (ICT’s) todevelop agriculture. An essaycompetition was implemented to gainan insight into some of the vital ways inwhich ICTs can reduce the challengesfaced by the industry. In October 2010,my essay entitled, ‘Are ICTs really theanswer to the problems faced bythe agricultural industry?’ wasselected as one of the two best papersfrom the Caribbean region. I had totravel to Johannesburg, South Africa toparticipate in both the finals of theessay competition and a one weekagricultural seminar hosted by the CTA.

In November 2010, I arrived in SouthAfrica however my competitor, TyroneHall, a master’s student at ClarkUniversity, was selected as the winnerfrom the Caribbean region. It wasdisappointing, but looking back on thefriends and networks that wereacquired, I truly would not changeanything. The ambiance of the country

was spectacular. After leavingJohannesburg, the finalists from thecompetition began an online debate,which basically is used as a forum togenerate ideas which the team canimplement in promoting our cause.

In March 2011, the organisation [CTA]had a week-long reunion in Accra,Ghana. Its purpose was to train selectedindividuals from the competition withcertain IT skills which would bebeneficial in promoting the agriculturalcause. I was asked to present the reportfrom the debate for the Anglophoneislands. Now I am more versatile inutilising blogspots, RSS feeds andDropbox for example. Another majorhighlight was the production of LeCommuniqueur ‘The Call’ which is acompilation of proposed ideas whichgovernments can implement to focusmore on integrating agriculture into themainstream economy. It is amazinghow individuals from differentenvironments can come together inunity for the development of theagricultural industry. It is evenmore encouraging that theseindividuals are young people aimingto make positive changes.Participants came from Africa, Malaysia,Mauritius, Fiji, Barbados and Trinidad &Tobago. My interest in promotingagriculture as a vehicle for developmenthas been heightened. I look forward tofuture endeavours with my colleaguesand the CTA organisation.

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Experiencing South Africa


UWI STAT

Professor Alvin Wint, Pro-ViceChancellor, Board of UndergraduateStudies in the Office of the ViceChancellor shared the following (edited)with the newest members of the UWISTAT Corps as they took up the mantleof service and leadership.

Leadership matters in all spheres of life:business, government, third sector. Ihave tried over the last several years tostudy the impact of leadership onorganisational performance, particularlyin business and governmental sectors. Ibelieve that lessons learnt from thesestudies are applicable to leadership in a“third sector” organisation such as auniversity. Researchers have alsotackled this issue, in particular JimCollins, author of the book “Built to Last:Successful Habits of VisionaryCompanies”. For Collins, a greatcompany was one that averagedcumulative returns at least three timesthe market average for at least fifteenyears. Of the 1,435 companies thatappeared on the Fortune 500 from 1965to 1995, Collins found only elevencompanies that were “great” based uponthis criterion. His research team thendelved deeply into the operations ofthese eleven companies to try tounderstand the key factors that allowed

Purpose-Driven Leadershipemphasised at UWI STAT Induction

them to make the transition from goodto great.

His conclusion is captured in the title ofthe Harvard Business Review articlethat introduced his research to theworld: “Level Five Leadership: TheTriumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve”.In essence Collins identified that alleleven companies in the population(remember this was not a sample) –were the beneficiaries of leadershipthat combined personal humilitywith professional will. Individualswho, while exhibiting a compellingmodesty, creating teams, andsetting up successors, demonstratedan unwavering resolve to dowhatever must be done to producethe best long-term results for thecompany.

The test of the success of these leadersis that the performance of thecompanies they led never flagged aftertheir departure from the company. Manyleaders are so infatuated with theirpower that they seek indispensability,and their companies flounder on theirdeparture because they do not employsystems and invest in talent. The bestleaders feel that their greatestaccomplishment is if their organisationsperform even better after theirdeparture because they have built aculture of excellence within theorganisation that transcends thepresence of any individual, includingthemselves.

Leadership is critical. But what are thecharacteristics of success. Collin’shumility is critical. Also important isSenge’s view in his book “FifthDisciple” that the best organisations

are learning organisations. And leaderswho are themselves advocates ofcontinuous learning are likely to bebetter positioned to create successfulorganisations because of the fluidity oflife. It is critical not to become overlytied to particular frameworks, but tomaintain an openness to new ideas.

As UWI STAT Ambassadors

you are student leaders who

can play an important role in

influencing your peers in the

direction of voluntary,

purpose-driven service. You

are also fortunate to be

leaders within an institution

that cherishes learning and

that is committed to

benchmarking its operations

against the best in the World

in its purpose-driven mission

of advancing the cause of the

peoples of the Caribbean

region.

I congratulate you on your participationin this important cause and encourageyou to: be humble leaders who lead witha clarity of vision and resoluteness ofpurpose, but who also learn from otherswho have sought to lead with a purposeand to lead with an ethical compass andnot a Machiavellian intent that believesthe end justifies leadership by anymeans necessary, including thetrampling on the rights and aspirationsof others.

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Prof. Alvin Wint

UWI STATVice Chancellor’s Ambassador Corps


UWI STAT IN ACTION

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UWI STAT/BBC Appearance Mar. 25

2011MONACampus

UWI STAT - Promoting CSME A Panel Discussion - Answering the challenging questions about integration in the Caribbean, took place on March15, 2011. Panelists included Mr. David Prendergast, CSME Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Patsy Lewis and ProfessorClaremont Kirton. On March 17th UWI STAT took part in the Integration Village and answered questions about the CSME,the CARICOM Skills Certificate and CARICOM Member States. This was followed by a Current Affairs Debate on March 17thwith the UWI Debate Society and Members of the Halls at Mona.

You did us proud!!

well as informally at the various sites. Congratulations allaround!”

A number of Caribbean dignitaries commented favourably onthe “Scholar Ship”, when it docked on their island. GovernorBoyd McLeary, C.M.B., C.V.O., of the British Virgin Islandssaid that, “it was a pleasure to have the graduates of UWI asguests of the Territory and to acknowledge the importance ofacademic achievement and the importance of academia andscholarship in the development of the Territory”. The DeputyPremier and Minister for Health & Social Development, theHon. Dancia Penn, OBE, QC, described her own experience asa student at UWI Cave Hill in 1969 as “wonderful andenduring”. She called on UWI alumni to renew theircommitment to the University and to be strong supporters of it.

Cruiser, Alberta Perez found the in-country tours veryeducational and informative as she was able to compare andcontrast the cultures, flora and fauna of the many islandsvisited with those of her native Belize. She particularlyenjoyed tracing her cultural ancestry as a Belizean Garifuna(descendant of the Carib Indian) at the Carib Indian Museumof the British Virgin Islands, and in the food, cultural dressand polka traditional dance of the St. Lucians.

The inaugural University of the West Indies Open Campuscruise on the Caribbean Princess, April 17-24, 2011, has beenhailed as “a true learning adventure”. Beginning and ending inSan Juan, Puerto Rico, the cruise docked in St. Thomas, USVirgin Islands; Tortolla, British Virgin Islands; Antigua &Barbuda; St. Lucia and Barbados. The UWI Open Campus“Scholar Ship” lived up to its promise, articulated byOpen Campus Principal, Hazel Simmonds-McDonald, as“a lifelong learning adventure especially designed tostrengthen the relationships between UWI alumni,friends and family and to provide knowledge andinformation on various subjects relevant to the region”.On-board lectures and tailor-made tours of natural, culturaland heritage sites were led by UWI “faculty” headed bydistinguished Caribbean anthropologist and HonoraryResearch Fellow at UWI, Dr. Lennox Honychurch.

UWI Chancellor, Sir George Alleyne and Lady Alleyne, werespecial guests on the cruise. Sir George said, “It was anexcellent idea brilliantly executed, and there can be nothingbut congratulations for the organisers and many, manythanks for the enthusiastic receptions at all the Open Campussites. My special thanks to Dr. Honychurch for so generouslysharing his knowledge with us both at the formal lectures as

L-R: UWI Open Campus Principal, Professor Hazel Simmons-McDonald, Chancellor,Sir George Alleyne and Open Campus Alumni Relations Consultant, Ms. KarenFord-Warner escorted by Open Campus Saint Lucia UWI STAT Representative Mr. Walter Berkley and Head, Mrs. Veronica Simon.

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A number of Caribbean celebrities and notables shared timeand knowledge with cruisers to their islands includingeducators, historians, West Indies cricket legends,calypsonians and other entertainers, authors and artists. Amix of formal and informal presentations, designed toshowcase the Caribbean in a unique and fun way, whilepromoting continuing education were given.

Castries, St. Lucia was the final port of call. The ship sailedinto Port Castries on Good Friday, April 22, with its group ofScholar cruisers. As the group disembarked at the PointeSeraphine dock to the sweet sound of steel pan musicprovided by Mr. Bevin Charles of North Stars Steel Orchestra,they were warmly welcomed by staff of UWI Open CampusSaint Lucia, members of the local Open Campus StudentGuild and representatives of the UWI Alumni Association St.Lucia Chapter.

The exuberant group was then taken on a tour of the MorneFortune Historic Area, interpreted by renowned local historianDr. Gregor Williams and then to the “Lushan Country Life”where they were transported back in time during the “ATemps Long Temps” tour led by Mr. Donald Anthony, foremostexpert on St. Lucia’s Flora and Fauna. As part of the countrylife experience, participants were able to view the preparationof and sample the local cuisine at the Creole Kitchenincluding hot bakes and cocoa tea, saltfish accra, Lushansquash and traditional Good Friday penny-a-piece.

They were also treated to a fruit sampling stop andintroduced to several varieties of mango exclusive to St.Lucia. Other attractions included a Forest Trail, Garden Trail,Medicinal Gardens, Bird Watching, Love Pond, Kai Pye(Traditional Amerindian Hut) and Copra Making House .

The tour was followed by a lesson on how to make localcoconut oil taught by Mr. Laurent Jean Pierre of the St. LuciaFolk Research Centre and a display of the art of local broommaking by Ms. Leah, whose deft fingers made light work ofthe intricate task.

The day ended with local folk dancing by the Silver ShadowDancers to the exquisite sounds of the Eastern Folk Band. Bythe end of the morning’s activities a number of the cruisershad mastered the intricate dance steps of the La Comette,Norwegian Polka and Moo La La among others. The sessionclimaxed with the ‘gwan won’ which allowed all present todance in unison as One UWI, One Alumni Family.

The Saint Lucia stop was definitely a perfect end to theexciting Cruise-and-Learn experience, highlighting the UWIOpen Campus as offering much more than simply traditionalacademics and that as the UWI’s outreach campus, the OpenCampus is truly a campus for our times.

Woo-lay!

Ms Leah teaching theart of broom making.

Enjoying the peaceful forest trail. 23“Scholar Ship” cruisers enjoying traditional“Lushan” cuisine.

Contributed

CulinaryAspirations Anita Chingraduated fromthe UWI, Monain 2009 with adouble major inmarketing andbusinessmanagementstudies. Herpost-graduationplan was to helpbuild ProComm,the PR firm run by her parents,prominent practitioner and UWIgraduate Jean Lowrie-Chin and engineerHubert Chin. She had however alsolonged to be involved in the culinaryindustry. She went to Le Cordon Bleu inMiami, Florida for an intensivenine-month course of study. She hasreturned to Jamaica and now wishes toalso open a restaurant that offersJamaican fare with a European flair.

Global Women’s MentoringPartnershipEthnie Miller Simpson, MSc inInternational Relations and BSc (Hons.)in International Relations andPsychology from UWI was selected forthe Fortune/US State Department GlobalWomen's Mentoring Partnership by theUS Embassy in Kingston. She is theCo-Managing Director and owner ofBRANDZ Avenue, a marketing andbranding company. She will meet seniorwomen leaders and will be paired withone of Fortune's Most Powerful WomenLeaders from companies such as TimeInc., Google Inc. and Wal-Mart StoresInc. She intends to return a moreknowledgeable leader with a greatercapacity to mentor and lead.

Business Dean AppointedThe Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU)has appointed one of its own asBusiness Dean. Dr. Hudson Rogers,Associate Vice President for AcademicAffairs and Associate Provost, will serveas Dean of the Lutgert College ofBusiness for a two-year periodcommencing July 1, 2011. Rogers is afounding faculty member at FGCU,starting in 1997 as Chair of Financingand Marketing. He has risen through the

ranks of faculty andadministration, andpresently overseesstrategic direction and

coordination of academicplanning and process

improvement. Beforecoming to FGCU,Rogers was an

Associate Professor of Marketing at theUniversity of Louisiana-Lafayette. Rogersalso has taught at the University of Caenin France, the business school GFS inBerlin and Christian Brothers Universityin Memphis. Rogers earned a Doctorateof Business Administration in Marketingfrom the University of Memphis, aMaster’s of Business Administration fromthe University of New Orleans and aBachelor’s degree in ManagementStudies from The University of the WestIndies, St. Augustine.

Professorial AppointmentUWI graduate MarkFigueroa, the Dean ofthe Faculty of SocialSciences, UWI Mona,was promoted to theposition of Professorwith effect fromFebruary 9, 2011. His

work covers various aspects of thepolitical economy of the Caribbean andhas been published in regional andinternational journals. He has beenactive in curriculum reform and helpedlaunch courses and programmes likeCaribbean Economic Thought andSustainable Development and the BSc inBusiness Economics and Social Statistics(BESS). He is a leading scholar of theHistory of Development Policy andEconomic Thought in the Caribbean.


FEATURE

UWI Grads

Boss of the Year

UWI graduateElaine OxamendiVicet, acting chairof theCommunicationStudies Departmentat NorthernCaribbeanUniversity has beennamed All-IslandBoss for 2011 inJamaica. “I feel

blessed and highly favoured,” said anelated Oxamendi Vicet. “I am gratefuland humbled at the same time for theselection. I look forward to the yearahead and pledge my support to thecause of the association where I will beable to make a contribution to the civicprojects and training and developmentopportunities planned.” She is a trainedpublic relations practitioner with morethan 15 years’ experience in both publicrelations and human resources withinthe corporate and tourism sectors. Sheholds a B.A. in Economics and Historyand a Masters in Communications, bothfrom UWI, and is the author of the bookFAICE Inside OUT - An Anthology ofPoetic Works.

Ministerial DutiesDr. BhoendradattTewarie was recentlynamed Minister ofPlanning, Social andEconomic Developmentand Gender Affairs inthe Trinidad andTobago Government.He was formerly the

UWI Pro-Vice Chancellor of Planning andDevelopment and was also the UWIPrincipal of the St. Augustine Campusbefore that. Tewarie was also theExecutive Director of the UWI Instituteof Business (now Arthur Lok JackGraduate School of Business). Tewariehas also published many articles oneconomic and educational developmentissues, and is author of two publishedbooks.

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“On the Move”

ON THEMOVE

Elaine Oxamendi Vicetposes with her awards.


BOOK CORNER

A new book narrating the story of the British Virgin Islands (BVI)coins of the 1800s and 1900s has been published by LaurelPublication International. The Author of “The Beautiful andMysterious Coins of the British Virgin Islands” is BVIPhilatelic Society President Dr. Giorgio Migliavacca. The findings of years of research on archive sources and lesser knownpublished works are presented and he gives the historicalbackground as well as the challenges of slavery and thenumismatic focus. Migliavacca discusses the role of local coinageduring the 1800s utilising newly uncovered and significant archivalmaterial. Modern coins and Virgin Islands currencies from the1800s to date are examined. This book reveals important data thathas not been highlighted before in history books. Virgin Islandscoinage dates back to the early 1800s. On February 3, 1801, anAct was passed by the local Legislature to stamp, or countermark,silver and copper coins in order to create an insular coinage.

In the Virgin Islands, slaves hoarded the local coins to buy their freedom, andemancipated blacks used “cut money” to buy estates, big and small.Even before emancipation, slaves, free blacks and LiberatedAfricans used Virgin Islands coins daily. The local coinage becamepart of unprecedented changes: from the abolition of slavery, toemancipation, to apprenticeship, to economic stagnation. “Cutmoney” was the key that opened the gate of true freedom,resulting in a sense of self reliance, autonomy, and security thatstill typifies the Virgin Islands today. The author’s narrative stylemakes interesting reading for both coin collectors and personsinterested in Virgin Islands and Caribbean history. The 52-pagebook is illustrated with colour photographs.

Illustrious West IndiansFormer Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences Professor Henry Fraser who served as the Cave Hill Campus’Public Orator for nearly two decades has published a book entitled “Illustrious West Indians: 1992-2009”,a copy of which he recently presented to Cave Hill Campus Principal Sir Hilary Beckles. This publication willassist persons who want to research the underlying attributes of persons who have received an honorarydoctorate from the UWI, Cave Hill in the past two decades. Illustrious West Indians: 1992 - 2009 is acompilation of Professor Fraser’s 47 citations for Honorary Graduands of the UWI at Cave Hill during the yearshe served as public orator. They begin with the Right Excellent Sir Garfield Sobers, National Hero, and SirDouglas Lynch, and conclude with Sir Lloyd Sandiford. They include such famous Caribbean luminaries asDame Eugenia Charles, Dr. Cecil Cyrus of St. Vincent, sculptor Karl Broodhagen and poet Kamau Brathwaite,and our great cricket knights.

Fascinating Storyabout old coins ofThe British VirginIslands

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HAPPENINGS ON THE CAMPUSYOU ATTENDED

CAVEHILL

“Queen Ivena”Antigua & Barbuda’s only femalecalypso monarch Lena “Queen Ivena”Phillip received an award from theUWI for her contribution to the artform. As part of the 100thanniversary of International Women’sDay, the Institute of Gender andDevelopment Studies (IGDS), NitaBarrow Unit (NBU) at the UWI CaveHill, honoured women across theregion.

Geo-PoliticsVisiting international, award-winningscholar Professor Anton Allahar’slecture on April 9, 2011, entitled“The politics of fear andpre-emption: psychologicalprojection and the US historicalobsession with ‘owning’ Cuba”critically examined geo-politicalrelations between the United Statesand Cuba. Trinidadian-born Allahar isProfessor of Sociology at TheUniversity of Western Ontario(Canada) on a visiting attachment toCave Hill.

Dramatic DepictionUWI scientific and social scienceresearch was given dramaticdepiction with the staging of threeperformances of a play about HIV andAIDS between March 11-13, 2011 atthe Walcott Warner Theatre, ErrolBarrow Centre for the CreativeImagination (EBCCI) at the Cave HillCampus. The Barbadian drama,staged by the HIV charity, TheCaribbean Cytometry & AnalyticalSociety (CCAS) is based on realevents and is entitled “I Have noSon: Rico’s Story”. It examinedseveral topical issues relating to theillness including stigmatization, andPlaywright Andre Greenidge, a Ph.D.student in Immunology at Cave Hill,deliberately crafted the story to coverall areas of HIV/AIDS education

where misinformation flourishes: howHIV is transmitted (and just asimportantly how it cannot betransmitted), how HIV is diagnosed,what treatment is available in Barbados.The aim of the play was to dispel manymyths, starting with the commonpresumption that HIV is a deathsentence, or that we should fear casualcontacts with HIV/AIDS sufferers.

MONA

Heritage TourismThe Department of History & Archeologyheld the annual Elsa Goveia MemorialLecture on March 22, 2011, at 5:30 p.m.at the Philip Sherlock Centre for theCreative Arts. Dr. Karl Watson, retiredSenior Lecturer, Department of History &Philosophy, UWI Cave Hill, presented“The Modernized CaribbeanLandscape and its Implications forHeritage and Tourism: The BarbadosExperience”.

New Medical BuildingThe new building for the Basic MedicalSciences is being constructed at the UWI,Mona and is scheduled for completionthis year, to accommodate demand.Capacity for 500 students is planned.International students will be expected topay the full economic cost of tuition,approximately US$25,000. Sharedfacilities for seven medical specialities inthe new building include one large500-seat lecture theatre, twomedium-size 300-seat lecture theatres,two small 150-seat lecture theatres, plus20 tutorial rooms to accommodate 25students each. Facilities are intended toattract an international student body and include a large reading room/libraryto hold 20,000 volumes, and loungeswith audio-visual amenities forundergraduates, graduates, andacademic staff. Each school will featurestate-of-the-art infrastructure.

Legal WinsThe Norman Manley Law School in May2011 won the international legalcompetition: Louis M. Brown/MostenClient Consultation Competition for 2011.The team of Mark Hope, Diane ThompsonClarke and Subrian Myrie beat 20 teamsfrom law schools around the world inMaastricht, the Netherlands. Earlier thisyear the Norman Manley Law School wonthe World Human Rights Moot CourtCompetition. It also took third place inthe Frankfurt Investment LawCompetition and placed in the top four inthe Phillip C. Jessup International LawCompetition, taking the award for BestTeam. The Phillip C. Jessup InternationalLaw Mooting Competition is widelyregarded as the most prestigiousinternational moot competitionworldwide.

Professors HonouredThe Jamaica Medical Foundationhonoured Prof. Hugh Wynter, Prof. PeterFletcher, Dr. Olivia P. McDonald and Prof.Peter Figueroa at their Banquet on March26, 2011.

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Campus Happenings

Bermudan Links

Professor E. Nigel Harris, UWI Vice

Chancellor (centre) and Principal of UWI

(Mona) Professor Gordon Shirley welcome

Dame Jennifer Smith, Bermuda’s Minister of

Education, former Premier of the British

Overseas Territory, to the UWI where she

and a contingent from Bermuda toured the

Mona campus on April 26, 2011. UWI and

Bermudan educational institutions are

moving to strengthen their collaborative

relationships.


OPEN

Honychurch RecognisedThe main facilitator on the Open Campuscruise Dr. Lennox Honychurch, is alsothe 2011 “Laureate - Public and CivicContributions” in the Anthony SabgaCaribbean Awards of Excellence. Get anidea of the life and work of thisremarkable man on the short UTube link,Honychurch:http://www.youtube.com/user/ANSCAFE#p/a/u/2/MP0AVN1IRrk

Sir Frank Worrell RememberedDuring the month of May the UWI OpenCampus, St. Kitts & Nevis Site paidtribute to legendary West IndiesCricketer, Sir Frank Worrell (August 1,1924 – 13 March 1967). He is oftenreferred to as an icon of West Indiescricket and a true Caribbean man. Asthe first black captain of the West IndiesCricket Team he is credited withdestroying the myth that a man ofcolour was not fit to lead the West Indiesteam. As leader he etched his name inhistory when despite defeat in the1960-1961 series against Australia,hundreds of thousands of peoplespontaneously lined the streets ofMelbourne to bid the West Indies teamfarewell. Subsequent to that at a matchagainst India in 1962 at the KensingtonOval, Sir Frank was the first to donateblood to Nari Contractor, then captain ofthe Indian Cricket Team, after he wasfelled by a bouncer by Charlie Griffith.To commemorate this humanitariangesture there is an annual blood driveheld in West Bengal in Sir FrankWorrell’s name. The UWI also paystribute to Sir Frank by hosting a blooddrive in a UWI country every year. Thisyear St. Kitts & Nevis hosted the BloodDrive on May 28, 2011 with the kindsupport of the Ministry of Health.Leading up to the Blood Drive the UWIOpen Campus St. Kitts & Nevis paidtribute to Sir Frank Worrell through aPublic Lecture at the UWI Open Campus

St Kitts Site, the Gardens, Basseterreon May 5, 2011. The Lecture was givenby Professor Sir Hilary Beckles and wasentitled ‘Frank Worrell: The Rise andFall of West Indies Cricket’. The UWIwas fortunate to have benefited fromthe talents of Sir Frank who wasserving as Rector of the UWI when hedied at the young age of 42.

ST.AUGUSTINE

“Sim Man” TechnologyThe School of Advanced NursingEducation has proven to be the pioneerof new and innovative technology, asstudents reading for the Bachelor ofScience degree in Nursing at UWI, St.Augustine have been utilising theinnovative “Sim Man” technology inpracticing learnt techniques. “Sim Man”is a computerised system that has bothanatomical and physiologicalcomponents, designed specifically forsimulated exercises throughprogrammed evidence-basedcase-scenarios. A unique feature of “SimMan” is the humanistic component thatproduces realism of human abilities:speech, palpable pulses and reactivepupils. Intravenous fluid/blood andmedicine administration, catheterization,nasogastric tube insertion and wounddressings are also possible. The nursingfraternity is now on par with its FirstWorld counterparts, enhancing thestature of Nursing Education in Trinidadand Tobago, the Caribbean andinternationally. There has already been aprofound effect on the critical thinking,problem-solving, assessment skills andconfidence of nursing students.

Literature ShowcaseAfter just 12 years, the UWI CampusLiterature Week has evolved into anationwide and regional attraction.The week ran from March 14 - 18,2011 and provided a forum forwriters to showcase their work.Renowned writer in residence (2011)at UWI, Shani Mootoo, whose novelshave been translated into 14different languages and regularlyappear on course syllabi atuniversities throughout the world,was the feature attraction.

50th AnniversaryIn commemoration of its 50thanniversary, the UWI St. AugustineCampus hosted a lecture by Sir JohnDaniel, President and Chief ExecutiveOfficer of the Commonwealth ofLearning, on Tuesday March 9, 2011,at 6 p.m., at the Daaga Auditorium.Sir John’s lecture was entitled, “TheFuture of Universities: NewDynamics for Development”. Hispresentation examined whetheruniversities are becoming more openor more closed? He looked at therecent evolution of higher education,especially the use of technology andfound that the for-profit sector ismoving much faster into the use ofeLearning than public institutions. Heposited the possibility that highereducation might split into a publicsector focused on research and afor-profit sector doing most of theteaching. However, the use of openeducational resources may provide avehicle for the public sector tobecome more open through an OpenEducational Resource University witha network of participatinginstitutions.

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Communication Open DayThe Communication Studies(Undergraduate) Section of the UWIDepartment of Liberal Arts, hosted its‘Communication Studies Open Day2011’ on April 14, 2011. The themewas ‘Communication RevolutionChange’ with an array of guestspeakers and cultural presentations.Attendees also had the opportunity tointeract with students, as they sharedtheir ideas, talents, projects andresearch in the communications fieldwith alumni and members of thepublic.

Going “Glocal”!The international conference, NewGeographies: Studies inPostcoloniality and Globalisation,was held from March 24 – 26, 2011.It was put on by the Department ofLiberal Arts in collaboration with theInstitute of Gender and DevelopmentStudies (IGDS) and showcased thetrendy term ‘Glocal’ as its contentcentres on thinking globally and actinglocally. A range of presentations onsocio-political and cultural themesexploring Caribbean issues in the

context of a contemporary world orderwere discussed during the three-dayconference. In addition to thepresentations, discussions, filmscreenings and networkingopportunities, attendees heard thekeynote address by Professor ArjunAppadurai, Senior Advisor for GlobalInitiatives at The New School, NewYork City as well as from acclaimedauthors: Gisèle Pineau who wrote‘L’Exil Selon Julia’ in 1996 (Exileaccording to Julia) and Shani Mootoo,who earned the Ethel Wilson FictionPrize in 1997 with ‘Cereus Blooms atNight’.

Musical OfferingsThe Music Unit of the Department ofthe Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA)presented the final concert of itssemester-long Music Series, “Music ofthe Diaspora”, on April 30, 2011, atthe Daaga Auditorium. It showcasedanother installment of its multiculturalofferings featuring three ensembles:the Indian Classical Music Ensemble,the Intermediate Steelband Ensembleand the Caribbean Contemporary JazzWorkshop.

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Broadcast NightsInsight into best practices andtechniques for obtaining broadcastrights for international sporting eventswere addressed at the UWI/FIFA/CIESguest lecture on Feb 23, 2011 by Mr.Cem Ulkeroglu, Managing Director ofSTELIA Sport and Media Ltd., who isan expert in media rights, marketing,sponsorship and event management.He shed light on the tendering processfor television and broadcast rights forinternational sports competitions aswell as on the tools and skills neededto present a winning proposal.

Engineers’ Open DayThe UWI Faculty of Engineering, St.Augustine hosted an Open Day on May19, 2011. The main objective was toshowcase to alumni and the public theFaculty’s study programmes andfacilities through tours, exhibitions,speakers, course information andcareer advice.

Campus Happenings

Views of UWI CampusesCave Hill FPAS Building Open Campus

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On the 15th of December 2010,Terresha Simmonds and JermaineNairne said their vows before Godand one hundred of their closestfriends and family at the iconic UWIChapel. As the new Mr. And Mrs.Nairne they continue to enjoy theirfriendship and love for each other.They have vowed to continue beingan example for other young coupleswho have admired the resilience oftheir relationship and “the phoenix”that is their marriage.

The idea of a romantic relationshipbetween them was a seed planted intheir minds by a mutual friend whosaw what they couldn’t; that theywere perfect for each other. A firstattempt at romance was a disaster,both knowing so much about theother but yet realising they knewnothing at all. Through the ups anddowns, Jermaine realised thatTerresha was his perfect balance,through her he found a side of himthat he had never met or maybe wasjust never friends with. She was thewoman he loved with every fibre ofhis being, the one his daughterswould look like and his sons wouldcall mother. She was the woman hewanted to grow old with; she was hispotential wife and his lifelong friend.Terresha too realised that this youngman was a man she could dependon, she would love forever and theperfect father for her children. Hecalmed her, was her constant voiceof reason, and was always the firstto support her, making her believethat she could do and be anything.

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We always hear those stories of love at first sight, prince charmingcoming to sweep the princess off her feet and high school sweetheartsfalling and staying in love. This however, is not one of those stories; thisis a story of friendship, challenges and yes….. love. Jermaine and Terreshamet in the first week of their first semester in their first year at TheUniversity of the West Indies, Mona Campus. Through their first meetingthey formed a wonderful friendship never thinking of each other asanything other than a friend.

If you are a UWI COUPLE please share your story with us at [email protected]


The 16th annual Vice Chancellor’s Cricket Match 2011was held on April 18, 2011 at the Beausejour CricketGround in St. Lucia, where the Vice Chancellor’s XIplayed Pakistan. Angella Brown and Jermaine Nairnefrom the IAD assisted with the preparations. The veryfirst Vice Chancellor’s Cricket Match was played onMarch 23, 1996 at Sabina Park in Jamaica againstNew Zealand. The UWI's involvement in first classcricket was the aspiration of the late Sir Frank Worrellwho encouraged UWI during the mid 1960s, when heserved as a student counselor and administrator atthe Mona Campus. His efforts culminated in the NewZealand team playing the first match ever betweenthe UWI team and a touring test team. It started thenoble tradition of engagement between sport andscholarship as in 1996 the West Indies Cricket Boardand UWI, as a part of their mutual strategicdevelopment plan, re-established the tradition of theUWI playing cricket at the highest level by includingThe Vice Chancellor’s Cricket Match as a fixture onthe West Indies tour.

This year the Vice Chancellor’s XI comprised acombined campuses and colleges team and two WestIndian test players: Omar Philips - Captain(Barbados), Miles Bascombe (St. Vincent and theGrenadines), Nkrumah Bonner (Jamaica), CarlosBrathwaite (Barbados), Kyle Corbin (Barbados), KeronCottoy (St. Vincent and the Grenadines), GilfordMoore (Guyana), Kevin McClean (Barbados), KjornOttley (Trinidad and Tobago), Raymon Reifer(Barbados), Chadwick Walton (Jamaica) and WestIndian test players: Fidel Edwards and Dwayne Bravo.

A century by captain Mohammad Hafeez and afour-wicket haul by Abdur Rehman steered Pakistanto a comfortable 68-run victory. Hafeez, theright-handed opener registered 10 boundaries andtwo sixes off 93 balls to end up with 101 runs beforeretiring. Pakistan, who won the toss and batted first,reached 287 for seven off their allotted 50 overs atthe Mindoo Philip Park. In response, West Indiesall-rounder Dwayne Bravo flayed 63 from 70 balls,but the Vice Chancellor's XI came up short at 219 foreight.

For the past 15 years, UWI has honoured cricketerswho have made an outstanding contribution to WestIndies Cricket during the lunch break and in 2011Darren Sammy and Nadine George were honoured.

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The Vice Chancellor’sCricket Match 2011

The UWI's involvement in first class cricket was the aspiration of the lateSir Frank Worrell who encouraged UWI during the mid 1960s.

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Pakistan Captain and Man of the Match Mohammad Hafeez receives his award from Sir HilaryBeckles, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal, Cave Hill Campus (right). Professor E. Nigel Harris,Vice Chancellor, UWI (left) and Roland Butcher, Director of Sports, UWI Cave Hill look on.

Honouring Darren Sammy.

Honouring Nadine George.


TRIBUTES

Mrs. Beverley Dexter

Renowned Jamaican soprano, Beverley Dexter

“sang her way into glory”. Noel Dexter her

husband, is the Director of the University Singers

and University Chorale. Tributes from these two

choral groups were given at her funeral and many

noted that Mrs. Dexter had the voice of an angel

and was a brilliant performer. Jamaican Minister of

Culture Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, described Dexter as

“one of the shining lights of Jamaica’s national

performing arts”. Dexter’s talent in the area of

music performance was noted from the time she

was a student at primary school. She performed

and received many medals and trophies in the

Jamaica Cultural Development Commission National

Festival of the Arts; and also received the Sibthorpe

Beckett Scholarship to the Jamaica School of Music.

Mrs. Dexter was part of several choral ensembles

such as Y Chorale, Youth Fellowship Singers,

Jamaica Folk Singers and Diocesan Festival Choir

She distinguished herself as a soloist and became

one of the most sought after performers on the

Jamaican stage. Long-time friend of Dexter and

soprano, Dr. Lucette Cargill summed it up by

saying, ”We are poorer for this loss, as she was one

of Jamaica’s finest”.

In Celebrationof their Lives

Ms. Narriman GloriaHosein

She was a Lecturer in Voice at theDepartment of Creative and Festival Arts(DCFA) from the inception of the musicprogramme in October 1992 at the UWI,St. Augustine until she stepped down dueto illness in 2001. She taught countlessmusic students studying Voice as anoption. She successfully entered the morepromising ones for Voice examsconducted by the Associated Board of theRoyal Schools of Music. She alsocoordinated all vocal and choralperformances for the Centre's annualmusic concerts. She was trained at the St. Cecelia Conservatory of Music inRome, Italy in Solo Singing, as well asTheatre and Dramatic Arts (Opera). Shelived and worked as a teacher andperformer for almost nineteen yearsbefore returning to Trinidad. She wasTrinidad's best exponent of the "belcanto" style of singing. Her performanceson television, radio, in concert halls andUWI functions was impressive and tookplace not only in Trinidad but in Barbadosand Rome. She was a true Trinidad andTobago icon of the musical arts.

Professor Domalapally Rao

He joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UWISt. Augustine in 2008. He served as a Professor of Structural Engineeringand as the coordinator for the MSc. Civil Engineering and Civil withEnvironmental Engineering. His considerable professional experience,insightful publications and frequent service to the industry, theGovernment of India and the University have been invaluable.

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OoooooooooooooooThe University of the West IndiesVice Chancellor’s Presidents Club

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UWIAA Alumni ContactsAntigua & Barbuda

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Campus Alumni Offices

Cave Hill CampusTel: 246-417-4544

[email protected]: Mrs. Roseanne Maxwell

Mona CampusTel: 876-927-1583

[email protected]: Mrs. Charmaine Wright

Open CampusTel: 876-927-2478 Ext. 2482

[email protected]: Mrs. Karen Ford-Warner

St. Augustine CampusTel: 868-663-1579,

868-662-2002, Ext: [email protected]: Ms. Charmain Subero

Mr. James Richardson - Trinidad & TobagoMr. Jerry Medford - Trinidad & TobagoMr. Frederick Bowen - Trinidad & TobagoMr. Ulric Warner - Trinidad & TobagoMr. Daniel Sankar - Trinidad & TobagoProf. Franklin Knight - Washington DC

UWIMAA - PresidentsDr. Michael Charles - BarbadosDr. Karl Massiah - Canada Dr. Homer Bloomfield - Commonwealthof The Bahamas Dr. Victor Boodhoo - Florida (Central)Dr. Aileen Standard-Goldson - Jamaica Dr. Deo Singh - Trinidad & TobagoDr. Gerry Groves - USA Tri-State

UWIMAA - Past PresidentsDr. Jeff Massay - Barbados Dr. Michael Hoyos - BarbadosDr. Robin Roberts - Commonwealth of The BahamasDr. Cecil Aird - Florida (Central)Dr. Novelle Kirwan - Florida (Central)Dr. Anna Matthews - JamaicaDr. Peter Fletcher - Jamaica Dr. Sonia Henry-Heywood - JamaicaDr. Richard Whitelocke - JamaicaDr. Nadia Williams - Jamaica Dr. Wendel Guthrie - JamaicaDr. R. E. David Thwaites - JamaicaDr. Vijay Naraynsingh - Trinidad & TobagoDr. Godfrey Rajkuma - Trinidad & TobagoDr. Winston Mitchell - USA Tri-State Dr. Hardat Sukhdeo - USA Tri-State Dr. Kathleen Watson - USA Tri-State

UWIGNA (Canada) - PresidentMs. Millicent Robb

UWIGNA (Canada) - Past PresidentMs. Sybil Bent

UWIEA - Regional ContactEng. Dr. David Smith

UWIEA - Former RepresentativesEng. Hopeton Heron - JamaicaEng. Clyde Phillip - Trinidad & Tobago

UWIAA - PresidentsMr. Ricardo Knight - BarbadosMr. Frank “Paco” Smith - BelizeDr. Marcia Potter - British Virgin Islands Mrs. Leonora Wynter - Cayman IslandsMrs. A. Missouri Sherman-Peter - Commonwealth of The BahamasMrs. Yvanette Baron-George - DominicaDr. Rupert Rhodd - Florida Mr. A. Gilbert Bellamy - Jamaica Mrs. Delmaude Ryan - MontserratDr. Gerald White-Davis - New York Mrs. Cicely Jacobs (Acting) - St. Kitts & NevisMs. Daisy Rose (Acting) - St. LuciaPresident to be elected - St. Vincent & theGrenadines Mr. Ferdinand Fortune and Mr Michael Henville - TorontoMr. Mark Regis - Trinidad & TobagoPresident to be elected - United KingdomMs. Sha-Shana Crichton - Washington DC

UWIAA - Past PresidentsMs. Maxine McClean - BarbadosProf. Frank Alleyne - Barbados Dr. Lisa Johnson - BelizeMr. Frederick Sandiford - BelizeDr. Kedrick Pickering - British Virgin IslandsMrs. Deborah Ann Chambers - Cayman Ms. Irma Edwards - DominicaMr. Anthony Williams - Florida Mr. Ronald White - Florida Prof. Marcia Magnus - FloridaMrs. Margaret Barrett - Florida Ms. Claudia Halley - GrenadaMrs. Nadine Marriott - Jamaica Mrs. Patricia Sutherland - JamaicaProf. Neville Ying - JamaicaMrs. Beverley Pereira - JamaicaMrs. Brenda Skeffrey - Jamaica Dr. Cameron Wilkinson - St. Kitts & NevisMrs. Candia Williams - MontserratMs. Laurine Fenton - MontserratMs. Sheree Jemmotte - MontserratDr. Hazel Carter - New York Dr. Caroline Lawrence - St. Kitts & NevisMr. Nkrumah Lucien - St. LuciaMr. Randy Boucher - St. Vincent & theGrenadinesMs. Maud Fuller - Toronto

Alumnus and Council RepresentativesCoordinating Office

Institutional Advancement [email protected]

For Aug 1, 2009 - July 31, 2011 Alumnus Representative

Mr. Jerry Medford (Trinidad and Tobago)

For Aug 1, 2010 - July 31, 2011Council Representative

Mr. Frank “Paco” Smith Jr. (Belize)

Documents

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