UWI Connect June 2007

Editorial

Volume 2, Issue 4

Website: www.uwi.edu

“One UWI, One Alumni Family”

June 2007

Editorial

“Unlocking West Indian Potential”

Contents

Welcome to the June edition 2007 of Alumni@UWI. In this issue we once again aim to inform alumni, parents and friends of The University of the West Indies about how our regional institution impacts the Caribbean and the world, through our graduate population. We invite you to share our regional news.

SPOTLIGHT New Strategic Plan and Appointments at UWI

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PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS Congratulations to Dr. Thelora Reynolds

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PHILANTHROPY Frank Worrell Commemorative Blood Drive

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CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (CEC) MEETING 2007

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RECOGNISING EXCELLENCE Very Important Pelican

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UWI-12/SCS Francis Oliver Severin Ph.D.

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This edition also finds me pondering as to why I am in the Alumni Relations field. There are several reasons: a University mission that resonates with me - that of “unlocking West Indian potential” for the economic and cultural growth of our region; the institution’s strong sense of community and commitment to having a positive and real impact on the Caribbean region and the world;

the connection between my efforts and the benefits UWI derives; and most importantly, the benefits that Caribbean society obtains from UWI delivering on its worthy mission.

I hope that you consider yourself one of our “partners” and discover the joy of being part of an effort that makes a difference. Let me say thank you to all those alumni who do volunteer and are engaged and connected to UWI through mentorship and leadership activities or financial contributions. Your efforts are truly appreciated.

Please feel free to share this magazine with other graduates, friends and individuals of Caribbean heritage. Do enjoy!

Members of the Vice Chancellor’s Presidents Club UWIAA - Presidents Ms. Maxine McClean - Barbados Mr. Frederick Sandiford - Belize Dr. Marcia Potter - British Virgin Islands Mrs. Deborah Ann Chambers - Cayman Mrs. A. Missouri Sherman-Peter Commonwealth of The Bahamas Mr. Anthony Williams - Florida Mrs. Claudia Halley - Grenada Mrs. Nadine Marriott - Jamaica Ms. Sheree Jemmotte - Montserrat Dr. Hazel Carter - New York Dr. Caroline Lawrence - St. Kitts & Nevis Mr. Nkrumah Lucien - St. Lucia Ms. Maud Fuller - Toronto Mr. Jerry Medford - Trinidad & Tobago Mr. Vernon Barrett - United Kingdom Ms. Sha-Shana Crichton - Washington DC UWIAA- Past Presidents Prof. Frank Alleyne - Barbados Dr. Lisa Johnson - Belize Dr. Kedrick Pickering - British Virgin Islands Mr. Ronald White - Florida Mrs. Beverley Pereira - Jamaica Mrs. Brenda Skeffrey - Jamaica Mrs. Patricia Sutherland - Jamaica Dr. Cameron Wilkinson - St. Kitts & Nevis Mr. Frederick Bowen - Trinidad & Tobago Mr. Ulric Warner - Trinidad & Tobago Mr. Daniel Sankar - Trinidad & Tobago Prof. Franklin Knight - Washington DC

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UWIEA - Presidents Eng. Hopeton Heron - Jamaica Eng. Clyde Philip - Trinidad & Tobago UWIMAA - Presidents Dr. Mike Hoyos - Barbados Dr. Karl Massiah - Canada Dr. Homer Bloomfield - Commonwealth of The Bahamas Dr. Victor Boodhoo - Florida (Central) Dr. Aileen Standard-Goldson - Jamaica Dr. Deo Singh - Trinidad & Tobago Dr. Gerry Groves - USA Tri-State UWIMAA - Past Presidents Dr. Jeff Massay - Barbados Dr. Robin Roberts - Commonwealth of The Bahamas Dr. Cecil Aird - Florida (Central) Dr. Novelle Kirwan - Florida (Central) Dr. Anna Matthews - Jamaica Dr. Peter Fletcher - Jamaica Dr. Sonia Henry-Heywood - Jamaica Dr. Aileen Standard-Goldson - Jamaica Dr. Richard Whitelocke - Jamaica Dr. Nadia Williams - Jamaica Dr. Wendell Guthrie - Jamaica Dr. R. E. David Thwaites - Jamaica Dr. Vijay Naraynsingh - Trinidad & Tobago Dr. Godfrey Rajkuma - Trinidad & Tobago Dr. Winston Mitchell - USA Tri-State Dr. Hardat Sukhdeo - USA Tri-State Dr. Kathleen Watson - USA Tri-State

SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

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CARIBBEAN FOCUS Commemoration of the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade

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NEW PROGRAMMES Joint Masters Degree

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UWIAA CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS

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NEWS FROM MONA

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NEWS FROM CAVE HILL

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NEWS FROM ST. AUGUSTINE

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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

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VIEWPOINT Increasing the Range of Human Choice.. 23 IN CELEBRATION OF THEIR LIVES

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COVER: Sculpture

by Edna Manley.

Rainbow Serpent 1975, fibreglass, from the A. D. Scott Collection at UWI, Mona.

Alumni@UWI Editor: Celia Davidson Francis, Director of Alumni Relations, Office of the Vice Chancellor Sources: Student and Campus Newsletters, News Items and Announcements, Campus Communications and Public Relations Offices, Faculties, Departments, UWIAA, Campus Electronic Messaging Centres, School of Continuing Studies, UWI-12, UWIMAA, UWI Medical Alumni Secretariat, Campus Alumni Offices, Office of Administration and others.

Photography: Nathaniel Stewart - 2nd year UWI student, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences and campus photographers.

Spotlight

New Strategic Plan and Appointments at UWI The University of the West Indies Council, at its May 31st – June 1st meeting approved a new Strategy Plan for the period 2007-2012.

In introducing this Plan, Vice Chancellor, Professor E. Nigel Harris described it as transformative, seeking to re-position the University

seek to produce graduates and postgraduates who are distinctive and well grounded in their discipline, articulate, possessing problem solving and critical thinking skills, and career ready”.

Major targeted areas will be Teaching and Learning, Research and Innovation, and Graduate Programmes. A fourth area will be creation of an “Open Campus” aimed primarily at providing pre-university, undergraduate, postgraduate and professional development programmes for students in the UWI-12 (the 12 contributing countries without campuses) as well as to students in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago who have no access to a campus.

To manage this far reaching plan at the Regional level, The University of the West Indies has selected Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal of the St. Augustine Campus, Dr. Bhoendradatt Bhoendradatt Tewarie, Principal - St. Augustine Campus Tewarie. Dr. Tewarie will as “an innovative, contemporary become Pro-Vice Chancellor for international University, deeply rooted Planning and Development and in the Caribbean and committed to Director of the V. S. Naipaul Institute creating the best possible future for all of Critical Thinking. In presenting Dr. its stakeholders. The University will Tewarie for approval by University

Council, Professor Harris stated that given the sweeping nature of changes anticipated across the Regional University during the next five years, the Pro-Vice Chancellor for Planning and Development needed to have senior administrative experience, a track record of excellence and productive management, and be a “thought leader” committed to coordinating the achievement of the bold Vision that the University has set itself. Pro-Vice Chancellor Tewarie has demonstrated all these attributes as Principal of St. Augustine overseeing the growth and enhanced development of the Campus, which now has the largest full-time undergraduate enrollment of the three UWI Campuses. He has proven to be a valuable player in the Executive Management Team of the University and will be counted upon to provide insight, creativity and networking skills to help drive the University’s Strategic Plan.

Pro-Vice Chancellor Bhoendradatt Tewarie will assume his new position on August 1, 2007, and be succeeded

by Professor Bridget Brereton who is a well respected academic and former Deputy Principal of St. Augustine. She will serve as interim Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal of that Campus until a new Principal is found. The University will initiate an Continued on page 4

Alumni@UWI Thanks you for your feedback!

“Prime Minister Spencer has asked me to express his profound appreciation for such a wonderful publication detailing the ongoing work at the University’s three main campuses.” Valerie Harris-Pole, Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister, Government of Antigua and Barbuda.

“Attractive, informative, good marketing! Congratulations … keep it up. I particularly like the V.I.P. - Very Important Pelican concept”. Professor Marlene Hamilton, Pro-Vice Chancellor – Board of Undergraduate Studies.

“Interesting and informative and it is quite heartening to learn what is happening on the various campuses and with the Alumni Chapters”. Audia Barnett, Ph.D. Executive Director, Scientific Research Council, Jamaica.

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Spotlight

New Strategic Plan and Appointments at UWI

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immediate Regional and worldwide search for a new Principal of its

Mrs. Gloria Barrett-Sobers

Mr. G. E .A. Falloon

Professor Clement O. Sankat

Professor Hazel Simmons-McDonald

Professor Alvin Wint

St. Augustine Campus with the expectation that this post will be filled in January 2008. Professor Brereton has indicated that she will not be a candidate. Professor G. S. Kochhar will remain as Deputy Principal.

The University Council also approved the appointment of Professor Clement O. Sankat as Pro-Vice Chancellor for Graduate Studies.

Professor Sankat has been Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at St. Augustine for six years and, two years ago, lead a University-wide Task Force to review and to propose a Plan for restructuring the University’s graduate programmes.

This Plan has been largely incorporated into the University’s 2007-2012 Strategic Plan, where Graduate Programmes will be one of the four central themes.

Mr. William Iton, former Registrar of the St. Augustine Campus and who is currently resident in Trinidad and Tobago, has been selected and approved as University Registrar to replace Mrs. Gloria Barrett-Sobers who will retire at the end of the current academic year. Dr. Camille Bell-Hutchinson was approved as Campus Registrar for Mona to replace Mr. G. E. A. Falloon. In addition to the above named individuals, the new academic year

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will see a new Principal of the Mona Campus – Professor Gordon Shirley; a new Pro-Vice Chancellor for the Non-Campus Countries Board (to be renamed the “Open Campus”) – Professor Hazel Simmons-McDonald (currently Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Education at the Cave Hill Campus); and a new Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Board for Undergraduate Studies – Professor Alvin Wint (a member of the Department of Management Studies and the Mona Campus leader of the University Strategy Planning Task Force).

Professor Gordon Shirley

Promotions/Appointments

Congratulations Dr. Thelora Reynolds

Director of Office of Student Services and Development, Dr. Thelora Reynolds, has been elected to the position of Coordinator of International Divisions for the American College Personnel Association (ACPA). Her appointment will officially begin on July 1, under the new governance structure.

The Caribbean Tertiary Level Personnel Association (CTLPA) is the local parent body of ACPA. The organisation was formed out of the need for Student Services Personnel at tertiary institutions to better understand their roles and functions as essential parts of student learning and development and to enhance their ability to plan and implement needs based on student development programmes.

Appointment of Acting Resident Tutor/Head, Belize Centre Mrs. Jane Bennett has been appointed as Acting Resident Tutor/Head of the Belize Centre. Mrs. Bennett comes to the Belize Centre with a strong background in Adult Education and Human Resource Development having completed her Master of Science in this area at Fordham University in New York.

After many years of working in the United States with such organisations as Random House Publishing, Inc. and UNICEF, Mrs. Bennett returned to Belize in 2005 where she founded Eglah’s Training Centre (ETC) for Women, a nonMrs. Jane Bennett profit training centre for women’s life skills training in Belize City, Belize. She has also taught several courses for Management, Organisational Behaviour and Organisational Development and Transformation.

Come celebrate with us and join UWI’s 60th Anniversary celebrations! We want to tell you all about our plans, but we need your contact information.

We are asking all UWI graduates to please complete the form below and fax it to (876) 927-0264 or e-mail the information to iad@uwimona.edu.jm.

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Philanthropy

Frank Worrell Commemorative Blood Drive 28 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the Assembly Hall, UWI, Mona under the theme, ‘It’s a Habit for Life!’

The Blood Drive has been renamed to honour Sir Frank Worrell for being the first donor to Nari Contractor, former Indian skipper, who during the 1962 Indian tour of the West Indies received an injury resulting in him needing several blood transfusions and two emergency surgeries to save his life. A blood drive is held annually in Calcutta, India in memory of Sir Frank Worrell’s blood donation to the Indian skipper.

The Frank Worrell Commemorative Blood Drive is a collaborative effort involving the University Health Centre, the National Blood Transfusion Bank Service and a group of final year Social Marketing students from the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) under the name IMPACT. Mona Campus

The annual March Blood Drive of The University of the West Indies, Mona, has been renamed The Frank Worrell Commemorative Blood Drive in honour of legendary cricketer and former West Indian Cricket Captain, Sir Frank Worrell and to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his death. The Blood Drive took place on Tuesday, March 27 and Wednesday, March

The University Health Centre hosts an annual Blood Drive aimed at promoting voluntary blood donations from the UWI community. Three drives are usually planned over one calendar year. The drives are geared towards not only the University population but people who live and work in the vicinity of the University. UWI students and staff are encouraged to make a special effort to donate blood during the drive. “The life you save may be your own.”

UWIAA/Rex Nettleford Scholarship Awardee Dr. Hazel Carter President UWIAA New York Chapter P.O. Box 4290 Grand Central Station New York, NY10017 Dear Dr. Carter, I humbly thank you for the UWIAANY/Rex Nettleford Scholarship that has been awarded to me. I assure you that this award which you have bestowed upon me will be put to great use by allowing me to continue my studies.

Shakiela Younge

I cannot express to you enough the joy you have allotted to me on this occasion. Again I must repeat the sentiment of this letter and say thank you to you, not only on my own behalf, but on the behalf of the many students who have been helped by you, and the many more students that will benefit from your kindness.

Thanking you earnestly, Shakiela Younge

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UWI Medical Student Benefits Courtney Foster, a UWI law student of the Cave Hill Campus has continued her efforts to raise funds for the Dr. Norman Sinclair Memorial Medical Scholarship. Last year, her Kids for Charity organisation raised $200,000 which has been committed to a needy student in the Faculty of Medicine at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus.

Miss Foster is the niece of Dr. Sinclair a former student of St. Mary High School and Kingston College who studied and practised as a medical doctor in the United Stares of America.

He died in 1996 and the Dr. Norman Sinclair Memorial Medical Scholarship was created in 1997 in honour of his memory and to assist medical students at Mona.

Alumni News

Central Executive Committee (CEC) Meeting 2007

UWIAA Presidents and Campus Alumni Representatives at the CEC meeting. Standing (l-r): Roseanne Maxwell, Nkrumah Lucien, Mike Hoyos, Gloria Grant, Marcia Potter, Fred Sandiford, Sha Shana Crichton, Celia Davidson Francis, Anthony Williams, Stacie Miller, Jerry Medford, Charmaine Wright and Leo Chambers. Seated: Claudia Halley, Maud Fuller, Nadine Marriott, Missouri Sherman-Peter and Charmain Subero.

The University Director of Alumni Relations, Mrs. Celia Davidson Francis welcomed all the UWIAA Presidents and opened the meeting with the Alumni Pledge. A special welcome was extended to Dr. Michael Hoyos, Chairman of the UWI Medical Alumni Association. Two other recently “re-established” Chapters were represented: the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and Grenada. The CEC agreed that Chapters will mark the 60th Anniversary of the University in 2008 by collectively contributing to a one time gift of US$6,000.00 towards graduate research. They will also support the Vice Chancellor’s Regional Endowment Fund by hosting fund-raising events.

Chapters increase their membership and asked for them to institute that each member recruit three members minimum annually.

It was noted that the UWI-12 Academic Centres would be the “address” of each respective UWIAA Chapter and that files/databases should be stored there to ensure continuity.

The UWIAA International Chapters were encouraged to approach Caribbean Consulates to arrange a similar type of arrangement. The Director asked the UWIAA Chapters to have as a priority the advocacy of UWI and to continue to raise the profile of UWI in their respective countries and noted the press coverage that the UWI received from the “Back to UWI” weekend in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas recently. She thanked the Chapters for supporting the Alumni Apprentice Programme, especially the Toronto Chapter who found placement at INROADS for one student and agreed to pay a stipend and his medical insurance and who also facilitated the placement of two students at Jamaica National in Toronto, as well as the Trinidad and Tobago Chapter who are assisting with one student placement in Vancouver.

Standardising and formalising the University’s Alumni structure: - Ensuring that alumni gave input into the 2007-2012 University Strategic Plan - Institutionalisation of message from the Alumni Association by the UWIAA President at the Matriculation Ceremony on all three campuses - Congratulations card to ALL graduates of a particular year from the Vice Chancellor in the Graduation Packets.

- Institutionalisation of invitation to join the UWIAA in the Graduation Programme

Regarding membership fees, the Chapters agreed to allow a 5% minimum of the fee to be given to UWI Regional Endowment Fund. The Chapters will also encourage donations and have other activities to increase donations to this fund. The IAD also requested that

Highlights: Developing Relationships with Alumni: - The launch of the UWI Engineering Alumni (UWIEA) - The revitalisation of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and Grenada Chapters.

- Visits to the Toronto, New York, Cayman and the Commonwealth of The Bahamas Chapters in an effort to bring the University to its alumni.

Incubating future enthusiastic and loyal UWI Alumni UWI STAT – A successful first year, with students attending the New York Gala, hosting the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, promoting regional integration, the CSME and HIV/AIDS prevention, and the Mona Group receiving an award for the Most Improved New Society.

Building a comprehensive alumni database The IAD is working with the University I.T. team and has collected the databases from the campus alumni Cont’d. on page 11

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Recognising Excellence

Very Important Pelican (VIP) Neurosurgeon Awarded Prestigious Braakman Prize final of the European Examinations. The Final Examination is a clinical analysis and patient management based assessment. Candidates are required to explain how they would proceed to evaluate or manage cases, to plan and perform the proposed operations. The best candidate in the Final/Oral Examination is awarded the Braakman Prize.

Roger Hunter graduated from The University of the West Indies in 1996 with the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) Degree with Honours, obtaining several subject honours. He was recipient of the David Gunberg Prize in Anatomy, the Glaxo-Welcome Clinical Medicine Award and the Allenbury Award in Medicine.

In 2000 to 2002 Dr. Hunter served as the second president of the Surgical Residents Group (Mona) serving consecutive terms. In 2003 he was an invited guest instructor on the international microsurgical anatomy course hosted by world famous neurosurgeon Professor Albert Rhoton in Gainseville, Florida, USA. In 2003 to 2005 Dr. Hunter did his neurosurgical elective studies in Leeds with several neurosurgeons including the well respected Neurosurgeon Mr. Philip van Hille.

Dr. Hunter performed very well and was awarded the final fellowship in neurosurgery in the United Kingdom in 2004. He sat the Primary Examination (Part One) of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies in Uppsala Sweden in February 2005 and was top in the UK and second overall from over sixty candidates.

Dr. Roger E. Hunter Consultant Neurosurgeon, Dr. Roger E Hunter has been named joint recipient of the prestigious European Braakman Prize in Neurosurgery by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) for being the best candidate at the Final Part Two Examination of the EANS Examinations in Neurosurgery in Luxembourg 2006.

The European Examination in Neurosurgery consists of two parts: the Primary Examination (Part One) and the Oral Examination (Part Two). The Primary Examination is a written examination covering various areas in neurosurgery. The Oral Examination is the second and

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Dr. Hunter successfully completed the Doctor of Medicine in neurosurgery from the UWI (Mona) in June 2006 under Mr. Ivor Crandon.

He is a member of the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association, The Caribbean College of Surgeons, the Society of British Neurological Surgeons and the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies.

Dr. Hunter is a past student of New Day All Age and Jamaica College high school. He is married with one child.

Dr. Hunter is in private practice at the Oxford Medical Centre in Jamaica and has special interest in brain and spinal tumours, herniated spinal discs and neurovascular conditions.

UWI 12/SCS

Francis Oliver Severin Ph.D. Francis Oliver Severin, the Resident Tutor of the UWI Centre in Dominica now has his Ph.D. in Education.

remains a very important factor in subject choice although this is changing increasingly.

Dr. Severin began studying for the Ph.D. while he was employed as programme officer in the Office of Administration and Special Initiatives at UWI, Mona from 1999 to 2005. He received his Ph.D. in Education from the Faculty of Humanities and Education at the UWI, Mona Campus.

Dr. Severin is a Dominican by birth and states that he is pleased to have made a new contribution to the investigation of an educational problem in Jamaica for basic research purposes (as opposed to applied research) using advanced quantitative methods.

His thesis, based on his research in education is entitled: Subject Choice Among a Sixth Form Sample of Jamaican Students with: Particular Reference to the Natural Sciences. Here he sought to find out the effects of social and economic backgrounds, school, motivation and attitudes have on the subject choices of sixth form students.

"Socioeconomic influences and mathematical orientation were found to be the strongest predicators of subject choice in the total and sub samples followed generally by verbal orientation," Dr. Severin stated in the abstract to his thesis. "Among the most outstanding distinctions between the boys and girls were that socioeconomic influences impacted strongly on the girls' subject choice whereas these influences did not feature for the boys." His recommendations included the need to "curb the tendency to equate non-sciences with lower socioeconomic stratum membership" and the need for educators to stop sending "the message to students that 'female' is synonymous with non-sciences and 'male' is synonymous with natural sciences".

Additionally, the study was original in the conducting of extensive empirical work in subject choice on a scale that had not been done before in Jamaica.

He is very proud to serve as a positive model for other males to follow especially as statistics show that males underachieve in education.

Dr. Francis Severin

Dr. Severin stated that the hidden curriculum may be very prevalent in secondary high schools and very much a feature in determining the subjects students choose. He also pointed out that the sex of students

Forthcoming SCS Research Publication This is a fascinating story of a University of the West Indies Department which is as old as the University itself. Beginning ‘outside the walls’ it has courageously faced challenges and tensions in the attempt to find and define its essential role. This book captures the School’s continuing dynamism as it evolves into a critical and integral organ of the regional university’s educational mandate.

Written by insiders, it has an intimacy which does not obscure objective analysis. The volume highlights the creative contribution of leaders at the centre such as Sir Philip Sherlock, Professor Rex Nettleford and Professor Lawrence Carrington as well as the initiatives of the Resident Representatives in the countries which the University serves. This adds to the gripping interest of the publication.

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Celebrations

The UWI will be celebrating its 60th year from January until December 2008. The celebrations will open in Cave Hill in January, there will be a special Convocation at Mona in July and the year will close with special events in St. Augustine.

We also hope that you will purchase several items from the array of special 60th anniversary merchandise that we are planning to have available, as proceeds from these items will go to the UWI Regional Endowment Fund which will be officially launched in 2008. This special fund will allow the development of projects such as:

The UWIAA Chapters will each host a “signature” fundraising event during the year and the Medical Alumni’s Reunion 9 has been designed to coincide with the July event at Mona.

Celebratory events will also take place in the UWI-12, as well as in the campus countries throughout the year.

The official calendar of events is still being finalised and will appear in the next issue of Alumni@UWI. We hope that you will plan on attending the events that are planned all over the Caribbean to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of The University of the West Indies.

Commuting Students Facility (Mona) Student Accommodation for 800 - 1000 students (St. Augustine) Inter-faith Chapel (Cave Hill) Cultural Studies Institute (UWI-12) Commuting Students/Part-Time Students’ Facility with Daycare Centre (Cave Hill) Sports Complex (Mona) Reading Diagnostic Literacy Project (UWI-12)

Join our Vision:

“UWI - Caribbean Impact, Global Reach” Ways to donate to the 60th Anniversary Fund: Accounts that facilitate deposits of Sterling as well as United States and Jamaican currency have been set up as follows: BANK NAME

ACCOUNT #

CURRENCY

SWIFT/SORT CODE

National Commercial Bank Ja. Ltd. University Branch Mona Campus Kingston 7

402599987

J$

JNCBJMKXAXXX

Jamaica

406398293

US$

JNCBJMKXAXXX

50853860

Sterling

20-47-35

Barclays Bank PLC Knightsbridge International 68 Knightsbridge London SWIX 7NT

Please contact the Institutional Advancement Division at: iad@uwimona.edu.jm for more information.

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Central Executive Committee (CEC) Meeting 2007 (cont’d from page 7) Highlights offices, UWIAA Chapters and other groups into ONE central database. The cleaning of the data (eliminating duplications and erroneous information) continues. A calling programme is being established with NSSI Telephone Call Centre Service to assist with the database clean-up and appeals for data through the media/UWIAA Chapters and other means will continue to be employed.

The roles of the Alumnus and Council Representatives were again outlined and elections were held. The Alumnus Representative will be Mr. Jerry Medford (President of the Trinidad and Tobago Chapter). The Council Representative will be Mr. Nkrumah Lucien (President of the St. Lucia Chapter). The Alumnus Representative will serve for the period August 1, 2007 – July 2009, and the Council Representative will serve for the period August 1, 2007 – July 31, 2008.

Dr. Marcia Potter clarified the concept of the Open Campus for the UWIAA Presidents and Mr. Leo Chambers led a discussion about E-Mentoring, which will be piloted by the New York Chapter. Floyd Green, a Founding Member of student alumni programme UWI STAT gave a presentation about the mission and objectives of UWI STAT and how this group will assist with the effort to raise awareness about UWI and lifelong commitment and connections to the UWI, which was warmly received. In regards to Planned Giving, Mr. Micah Davis, the Head of the UWI Co-operative Credit Union gave information about the Golden Harvest Investment Plan which is designed to allow alumni from all over the region to dedicate a portion of their savings to the UWI over a 10 year (maximum) period and Leo Chambers updated the meeting about the planned giving initiative in New York.

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St. Augustine Campus

Vice Chancellor, Professor Harris joined the meeting and in his remarks encouraged the UWIAA Presidents to continue to raise the profile of UWI and be the advocates/marketers/recruiters of UWI, to continue to assist the IAD in building a comprehensive central database and to increase membership and structured annual activities. Jerry Medford thanked the Vice Chancellor on behalf of the UWIAA Central Executive Committee members, expressing their continued support and dedication.

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Caribbean Focus

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In 2006 the History Department spearheaded the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British trans-Atlantic slave trade in Trinidad and Tobago with an international conference. At that conference the call was made for the national government, local organisations and cultural groups to join together for national commemoration of this significant international milestone.

At the request of CARICOM member states, the United Nations declared the 25th of March an international day of commemoration. The History Department is proud to be a part of a committee established to develop a national programme of activities.

Building on the base established with its very successful conference in 2006, the History Department spearheaded a series of activities between April 2nd and August 23rd. The central activity was a Lecture Series featuring Caribbean Historians, Cultural Activists and Educators. The theme for this series was "Freedom Road". Local, regional and international participants discussed a wide range of topics including: The Meaning of Freedom, The Atlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans, The Abolition Act, Emancipation and Culture, Education and Emancipation, Emancipation in Trinidad and Tobago. The series ended with reflections on how these commemorative events have tangible and relevant connections in our contemporary society. Local contributors included Dr. John F. Campbell, Dr. Claudius Fergus, Dr. Michael Toussaint, Dr. Gelien Matthews, Professor Bridget Brereton, Dr. Rita Pemberton, Dr. Sandra Gift and Dr. Heather Cateau. Foreign participants included: Professor James Milltte, Professor Selwyn Carrington, Dr. Fitzroy Baptiste and Dr. Richard Goodridge.

The theme "Freedom Road" will be the basis for special newspaper supplements from April to August, 2007. There are also plans to produce two publications specifically focusing on issues pertinent to the Caribbean in general and Trinidad and Tobago in particular. The first is an electronic publication (both website and CD Rom). This publication will examine both the abolition the slave trade and the emancipation process. The second publication will be a printed book based on the papers from the commemorative conference held at St. Augustine in 2006. Another project involves the compilation of education packets to be distributed to schools and libraries.

In addition, in collaboration with the Library at the St. Augustine Campus, a themed exhibit was displayed from 26th March to 7th April and the Eric Williams Memorial Collection was opened to the public for specific periods. It is well known that Eric Williams' seminal work Capitalism and Slavery dealt with the role of economic factors in the abolition of slave trade and emancipation.

New Programmes

Joint Masters Degree in Sustainable Development The University of the West Indies is collaborating. with four other universities in different island nations to offer a Masters level degree in Sustainable Development, commencing this September.

The degree, which will be delivered online by lecturers from the five universities, has been described as ‘revolutionary’ by UWI Vice Chancellor, Professor E. Nigel Harris. The programme, he said, will complement UWI’s existing programmes in areas such as environmental and waste management, and would give the university greater global reach. It is revolutionary in terms of a programme being delivered by a consortium of universities across the world,” Professor Harris said.

Professor E. Nigel Harris Vice Chancellor

The other members of the University Consortium of Small Island Developing States (UCSIDS) include the University of the South Pacific, the University of

Mauritius, The University of Malta and the University of the Virgin Islands.

Doctorate in Business The three business schools of the UWI will offer a Doctorate in Business (DBA) beginning next January. The programme will be a collaborative effort for the Mona School of Business, Jamaica, Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, Trinidad and the Cave Hill School of Business, Barbados.

The DBA will complement other doctoral programmes and build on the success of the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) and Executive MBA programmes offered by the three campuses and will fulfill the need for the ongoing development of human capital in the region”, states Professor Nigel Harris, Vice Chancellor.

Educational videos to Impact media coverage of crime Two educational videos aimed at highlighting the impact of crime and violence on the mind and at changing the way the subject is treated by the media have been launched by the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) and the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences at UWI. CARIMAC part-time lecturer Franklyn St. Juste produced the first video, entitled "Reporting News" which features Caribbean media professionals discussing the challenges faced in the newsgathering process and the socioeconomic factors that affect the coverage of crime and violence. It focuses on solutions that journalists can implement to make their reporting of crime and violence less socially destructive. CARIMAC is also in the process of creating a toolkit, which will include a code of conduct for journalists.

"Seeing Red: The Science of Violence", the second video, was produced by the Science Media Unit of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, under the supervision of Professor Ronald Young. Here the link between violence and brain function is explored, especially the impact of social and environmental hardships on brain function, and the correlation between altered brain patterns and violent behaviour. The impact of violent behaviour on the brain function is examined as are the measures which can be taken to prevent those negative brain patterns from being developed.

that while media are responsible for keeping the public aware of what is happening, more is required to ensure that stories about crime and violence are not sensationalised.

Both videos were funded by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) according to Kellie Magnus, Director of carimac.com. They are intended to foster discussions on proactive instead of reactive solutions to crime and violence. She emphasised

Crime and violence are probably going to continue to lead news stories because they reflect what is happening in society, but these stories can be told responsibly and can have less of a negative impact on viewers and listeners.

Magnus also stated that the media must be careful to create context in a story so that fear is not increased, so that the perpetrators of violence are not glorified and so that facts are not mis-communicated or reported inaccurately, in the zeal of getting a story.

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Collaboration

Career Development for Sustainability in a Global Workplace “Career Development for Sustainability in a Global Workplace” was the theme for this year’s annual Career Expo which was held at the Assembly Hall, UWI, Mona. This event culminated the month of activities planned by the Office of Placement and Career Services, Office of Student Services and Development to mark Career Awareness Month.

The Expo aimed at providing an occasion to disseminate broad-based career information to tertiary and secondary students across Jamaica and provided an opportunity for networking among prospective employers and employees.

The event targeted tertiary and secondary students, guidance counsellors and teachers as well as private and public sector representatives.

ALEPH – A New Integrated System for UWI Libraries The Library at UWI Mona and the other campus libraries at St. Augustine and Cave Hill have now implemented their new integrated library system. The system will be used to co-ordinate all aspects of the Library’s services – acquisitions, cataloguing, serials management and circulation.

ALEPH will offer library patrons additional features which will be introduced on a phased basis. For example, patrons will be able to log on to the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) and access their own information to see the number of items they have on loan or fines accrued. Features such as My e-Shelf will allow patrons to save their search results.

The Course Reserves feature, scheduled to be operational soon, will allow faculty to submit their Reserved Book Collection (RBC) lists electronically.

The Library’s staff will also benefit from ALEPH in that some previously manual processes will be automated and streamlined. Future developments include the implementation of other products for the management of electronic resources.

UWIAA Chapter Highlights

Commonwealth of The Bahamas The UWIAA Bahamas Chapter had a successful “Back to UWI Weekend” to mark the revitalisation of the Chapter. Activities included a lecture on May 18, 2007 entitled Universities: Critical for our Development” by Sir George Alleyne, UWI Chancellor; a fete and “A Commentary” highlighting the UWI’s role in the region by Professor Rex Nettleford at the “Meet the Vice Chancellor Emeritus” luncheon.

To raise the profile of UWI in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, the UWIAA Bahamas Chapter will be having a joint event with the Medical Alumni in October 2007 when the Chapter will have the honour of hosting Vice Chancellor Professor E. Nigel Harris. The UWIAA and Medical Alumni are committed to working together in the interest of both bodies and the University.

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UWIAA Chapter Highlights

British Virgin Islands Mr. O’Neil Simpson, Ambassador-at-Large, Cave Hill Campus and UWI STAT Ambassador, visited the British Virgin Islands (BVI) during the period February 11-14, 2007. His tour of duty was a welcome and timely one as we continue to work on the UWI’s profile in the BVI community.

During his tour in the BVI he spoke to student assemblies at three secondary schools (one public and two private), students of the University Centre, UWI Centre and H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) students and faculty as well as the BVI branch of the Toastmaster’s Club. He also made courtesy calls on a number of Government officials.

His visit began with him addressing over 1,400 students at the BVI High School, the main public secondary institution in the territory. He picked up on the theme of the day for the Assembly introduced by the Assistant Principal, that of academic excellence, and it became the theme for all of the school visits. He urged students to use the opportunities afforded them to develop themselves, their country and by extension the region. His talks were very interactive and he commanded the attention of the young people throughout. He was very good at getting them thinking and doing some self searching. He also spoke of the UWI as a viable choice for tertiary education, the importance of supporting our regional institution and getting a Caribbean education to deal with the issues facing our region.

Mr. Simpson also visited with the Theatre Arts class at the BVI High School and gave them pointers for their upcoming CSEC examinations. It was often difficult to end the sessions as the students wanted him to continue.

One very interesting development, which I think will remain with him forever, was the response of the students at the Seventh Day Adventist Secondary School. At the end of the session, a number of students surrounded him asking for his autograph and had numerous questions.

He met with the Language and Communication, Business English and Study Skill classes at the HLSCC and a few of the UWI students. He spoke on the importance of communication skills and language switching. This was another very interactive session.

The Community College has since voiced an interest in having Mr. Simpson return to speak to students.

The BVI branch of the Toastmaster’s Club called a special meeting to accommodate Mr. Simpson’s visit. On hearing of the visit, they asked that they be included in the itinerary. The opportunity was used to have Mr. Simpson share debating and public speaking tips with members.

This was opportune as some members were assisting students from the HLSCC and UWI Centre in the OECS Supreme Court’s 40th Anniversary Debating Competition.

The Ambassador-at-Large and UWI STAT Ambassador also paid courtesy calls on the Chief Minister, Dr. the Hon. D. Orlando Smith; Leader of the Opposition, the Hon Ralph T. O’Neal; Deputy Governor, Mrs. Dancia PennSallah (who hosted him for lunch); Dr. the Hon. Kedrick Pickering, Past President of the UWIAA; Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports, the Hon. Lloyd K. Black and the Director, Youth Affairs and Sports, Mr. Robert Chalwell (who hosted lunch with a group of youth leaders and whose office also worked with the University Centre to organise Mr. Simpson’s visit).

The visits were all very informative and while there is no policy or public statement, all the political leaders noted that they would like to see more BVI students going to the UWI as UWI graduates are better prepared to deal with the issues facing the country and the region.

The Chief Minister noted that he is seeing more marketing of the UWI being done, which is good, but that there needs to be more. They also congratulated the UWI on the initiative to have students like Mr. Simpson visit and speak to young people and they look forward to seeing more of this in the future.

Unfortunately time did not permit for visits to the sister islands of Virgin Gorda and Anegada to speak with the young people there. For future visits, the time-frame of the visit could be extended to accommodate those countries/territories with several islands. The UWI Centre has already received numerous enquiries on Mr. Simpson’s return.

Mr. Simpson did an excellent job in representing The University of the West Indies and was an excellent choice for this inaugural initiative. We wish Mr. Simpson well in his future endeavours and look forward to welcoming him back to the BVI in the future.

Marcia Potter, BVI Centre

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UWIAA Chapter Highlights

UWIAA (Jamaica Chapter) President She is a member of the Library and Information Association of Jamaica (LIAJA), the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) and a life member of the UWIAA. She is an ardent and active volunteer and has worked with AFS (Student Exchange Programme), AW O J A , T h e B l o o d B a n k Association, Friends of the National Chest Hospital, Open Door Committee (Student Exchange Programme) and the National Heart Foundation.

Mrs. Nadine Marriott

Mrs. Nadine Marriott is a graduate of the Faculty of Natural Sciences (B.Sc. Gen. Hon. 1966) and was awarded a UNESCO Fellowship in 1974 to do the Diploma in Library Studies (UWI).

She is an old girl of St. Hugh's High School for girls and she has worked as School Librarian at St. Andrew High School For Girls since completing her professional training in 1975.

She currently serves with United Way of Jamaica since 1988, St. Hugh's Old Girls Association (life member), St. Andrew High School P.T.A. (since 1986), Special Olympics Jamaica since 1990, and does voluntary work with Hope United Church where she worships.

She served as a camp counsellor with Moorlands Camps Limited where she counselled junior girls as a dorm counsellor and supervised art and craft and other activities between 1987 and 2003. She has been a centre supervisor for the College Board (USA) exams offering SAT and other college entrance exams for US

universities since 1977.

Mrs. Marriott has also worked variously as Liaison Aide, Supervisor or Coordinator of Liaison Aides at various meetings or conferences since 1965. Events have included: 9th Central America and Caribbean Games, CMS - ICSOBA -1977; Habitat - 1985; IASL - 1985; Commonwealth Law Conference 1986 - assigned as special Aide to the then Commonwealth Secretary General Sir Shridath Ramphal; World Bridge Championships - 1987; ACURIL - 1989; ARPEL - 1989 and World Junior Championships - 2002.

She was first elected to serve as an Executive Member of UWIAA in 1986, became Vice President in 1994 and has served as President for the last two years. She is currently the UWI Alumni Representative and will end her term of office on July 31, 2007.

Her hobbies include art, drama, dance, reading and floral arranging.

Her proudest moments are her daughters' graduations from UWI and her strongest passions now - her five grandchildren, three in Jamaica and two in Barcelona, Spain.

UWIAA St. Kitts and Nevis The UWIAA St. Kitts and Nevis Chapter has planned activities to provide advocacy, be more visible as proud graduates and highlight the benefits of a Caribbean education. The activities commenced on May 13 under the theme: “Fostering Hope and Opportunity" and included a Church Service for UWI Alumni; fund-raising sale of UWI Alumni T-shirts; distribution of UWI literature to potential students; a community outreach programme; UWI Alumni Social Evening and a fund-raising UWI Alumni Walkathon. Participants were invited to view this as an opportunity to give UWI a Kittitian-Nevisian touch.

Other activities for the Chapter include General Meetings on June 14 and July 12, 2007.

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UWIAA Chapter Highlights Medical Alumni William Dennis Public Lecture

UWIMAA Fund-raising Event

The William Dennis public lecture took place on Thursday, June 21 at the Main Medical Lecture Theatre, University Hospital of the West Indies at 5:00 p.m. Professor Peter Figueroa, Chief of Epidemiology and HIV/AIDS at the Ministry of Health, Jamaica, delivered the lecture entitled, “The HIV Vaccine, Why is it so important? Professor Celia Christie, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Child Health, Mona, also made a presentation: “An update on Paediatric and Perinatal HIV in Jamaica”.

Information is available from Professor Newton Duncan Professor of Paediatric surgery at Mona (876-927-1270).

The UWI Medical Alumni Association (UWIMAA) Jamaica Chapter hosted the fund-raising premiere of the movie Live Free or Die Hard on June 26, 2007.

Funds were collected in aid of Student Bursaries and Medical ICU UHWI projects. ************** “The Medical Alumni has over the years been developed by outstanding members who received their career conceptions and births in the excellence of the UWI. Many have gone on to acquire experience and wisdom in the world at large. I am sure every faculty of the University can say the same thing. Collectively our goal must be to contribute financially and strategically to the University”.

Dr. Michael Hoyos - Chairman, UWIMAA Extract from Report of CEC

UWIAA Toronto Chapter Annual Toronto Luncheon The annual Toronto Luncheon is something of a “legend” and the 2007 proved to be no exception. Maud Fuller the Chapter President and her Executive Team led by Jean Patterson and Claire Johnson, organised a sumptuous affair at the Delta Toronto Hotel which was attended by over 120 graduates. The Director of Alumni Relations for the UWI brought special greetings from the Institutional Advancement Division and from the Vice Chancellor himself. She commended the Toronto Chapter for the outstanding work they continue to do to support the University and noted that their impressive efforts include scholarships to students in financial need, as well as the Commuting Students Lounge at the Mona Campus.

She encouraged the audience to find ways of involving and engaging more UWI alumni Left - right: Liesl Wedderburn, Bianca Spence, Micheline Wedderburn, Wendy who are resident in Canada. “All persons of (Motion) Brathwaite and Maxwell Morrison.

Caribbean heritage should be proud to “give their parents were: Liesl Wedderburn and Micheline back” to their region in this way, as UWI serves fifteen Wedderburn (daughters of Dr. Laurence Wedderburn Caribbean countries through its three campuses and and Mrs. Joan Chang-Wedderburn); Bianca Spence twelve academic centres” she said. She challenged (daughter of Lynette Smith-Green Spence); them to assist the UWI and to ensure that it provides Wendy (Motion) Brathwaite (daughter of Keren student centred state-of-the-art curricula and facilities, Williams-Brathwaite) and Maxwell Morrison (son of continually reshapes and transforms as is necessary Winston Morrison and Gloria Faulkner-Morrison). and always cherishes its own special and unique traditions. The highlight of the luncheon was the They were all articulate, informative and entertaining in presentation by the “offsprings” of four UWI graduates their own distinctive ways, especially Wendy (Motion) who shared their work choices and experiences.

Brathwaite, who got everyone moving with her “literally” and received tumultuous applause.

The offsprings who spoke at the Toronto Luncheon and

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News From Mona

Mona Valedictory Service The annual Valedictory Service for final year students of the Mona Campus was held on Sunday April 22 at 9:00 a.m. at the University Chapel. Rev. Fr. Dr. Lester O. Shields conducted the service and the Rt. Dr. Roderick Hewitt delivered the sermon.

At the end of the Service the graduating students were asked to have a strong sense of community and undertake their pursuits not only in personal terms but as a commitment to contribute to the building up of the societies of the region.

The Service featured the University Singers.

Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences Awards Ceremony The Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences Awards Ceremony was held on March 22 at the New Chemistry Lecture Theatre.

The Ceremony was held to recognise students who have performed outstandingly in the 2005/6 academic year and also students from the faculty who are recipients of scholarships and bursaries.

The guest speaker was Dr. Audia Barnett, Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council. She is also one of the recipients for this year’s Pelican Awards given by the UWI Alumni Association in recognition of its members who have achieved excellence, eminence and distinction in their chosen field or have contributed significantly to the development of the University.

News From Cave Hill A new award was launched to recognise academic and frontline administrative staff, who through their exceptional dedication, caring attention and commitment to the delivery of excellent service to students are considered role models within the University community. The award was developed by the UWIAA Barbados Chapter, the Campus Office of Alumni Relations and the UWI STAT Ambassador Corps, Cave Hill, to bring attention to the vital link between positive student experiences and the creation of alumni affinity.

The first recipients were Cynthia Layne, Administrative Assistant in the Social Sciences Faculty Office and Jeff Cumberbatch, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law. Both Cynthia and Jeff expressed surprise, delight and a great sense of pride when the awards were presented.

“I consider it an honour to have been the first recipient of this award. Allow me, however, to give credit to those who preceded me and on whose shoulders I stand today. As a student in the Faculty of Law, I would have observed and admired many of my lecturers at that time, Professors Carnegie, Menon and Chaudhary; Ms. Norma Forde, Andrew Burgess and others. They brought us students not only proficient scholarship, but also approachability, concern and friendship. If I am found deserving of honour for displaying such qualities, then I can only say that I have been well taught,” said Jeff.

Cynthia said, “I was rather surprised when I heard that

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I had been nominated for this award. This has been most unexpected. I am humbled by this kind gesture and award and wish to thank the Alumni and all those responsible for this wonderful gesture. My number one priority has always been to assist students and be recognised in this way for what I did naturally is truly humbling.”

In both categories, award recipients are required to: be a present member of staff; be regarded as making a great impact on students; and serve as a role model by epitomising sensitivity to the needs of students.

In addition, the administrative staff awardee is required to: exemplify excellence as a frontline service provider; exhibit contagious enthusiasm for students’ welfare and success; and demonstrate delight in assisting students in the achievement of their academic and personal development goals.

The academic staff member should: exemplify excellence as an educator; exhibit contagious enthusiasm for students’ learning and the ability to influence, motivate and inspire students to learn; demonstrate initiatives in developing innovative strategies in his/her teaching methods; and demonstrate delight in assisting students in all areas of academia.

We salute Cynthia and Jeff for their outstanding contributions to the development of students past and present.

News From St. Augustine

Naipaul Receives Gift of Appreciation From UWI Naipaul a sculpture by Dr. Ralph Baney.

Dr. Ian Robertson, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Education also presented the Trinidad-born Nobel Laureate with a plaque in commemoration of his lifetime achievement in literature.

Naipaul, who celebrates his 75th birthday this year, was the Evening's centre of attention, as he responded to questions from a panel which included Professor Gordon Rohlehr, Dr. Jennifer Rahim, Dr. Evelyn O'Callaghan, Mr. Steve Ouditt and Dr. Morgan Job. He also responded to a few questions from the audience, fielded by Professor Barbara Lalla, Department of Language and Linguistics, who chaired the Evening’s proceedings.

One of the region's most celebrated writers, Sir V. S. Naipaul was awarded the Trinity Cross, the country's highest honour, in 1989, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990 and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001. Naipaul has won numerous literary awards, including the Booker Prize (1971, In a Free State) and the David Cohen British Literature Prize (1993) for Lifetime's Achievement of a Living British Writer by the Arts Council of England. Naipaul, who was educated at Queen's Royal College, Trinidad, and at University College, Oxford, England, holds honorary doctorates from Cambridge University and Columbia University in New York. He now resides in England.

V. S. Naipaul The University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine Campus formally recognised the outstanding contribution to Caribbean literature and letters of Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad (V. S.) Naipaul in an Evening of Appreciation held on Wednesday 18th April at the UWI Sport and Physical Education Centre.

"We celebrate the great writer V. S. Naipaul, his intuition, and his luck. We celebrate the work which he has produced. We celebrate the quality of that work; we celebrate its value to humanity and to civilization. We celebrate the blood, sweat and tears that went into the creation of such a body of work. We celebrate the fact that our place Trinidad and Tobago gave birth to such a genius and that his genius has given Trinidad and Tobago stature and presence in the world and something to be proud of," said UWI Pro-Vice Chancellor and Campus Principal, Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie, who would later, on behalf of the entire UWI community, present to

The Evening of Appreciation, was one of several events held in honour of V. S. Naipaul. The UWI Department of Liberal Arts also hosted a symposium entitled, "V. S. Naipaul: Created in the West Indies" at the Learning Resource Centre (LRC). Naipaul again took centre stage at a Reading and Book Signing at the UWI SPEC. The University's celebration of Naipaul also includes a series of public lectures by Professors Gordon Rohlehr, Edward Baugh and Kenneth Ramchand and Mr. Lawrence Scott. In addition, the University plans to celebrate Nobel Laureates Sir Arthur Lewis and Derek Walcott in 2008 and 2009 respectively.

For more information on the UWI Nobel Laureate Celebrations visit the official Nobel Laureate Celebrations website at http://www.sta.uwi.edu/nlc or call (868) 662 0584 or (868) 662 2002 Ext. 2182 or 2180.

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UWI STAT

Royal Connections Did you know...

Dr. Thelora Reynolds, Manager for Student Services and Development gives the President of the Group, Mr. Joel Richards the award.

The Vice Chancellor’s Student Ambassador Corps UWI STAT (Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow) Mona Group was presented with the award for Most Improved New Society at the Student Awards Ceremony in April. The group was rewarded for the impact it has already made on the Mona Campus student community in the first year of operation.

... that Princess Alice was the first Chancellor of the UWI?

Conference Highlights Research Ethics Workshop Caribbean Research Ethics Initiative a joint UWI (Mona) and University of Miami Bioethics Programme presented a Research Ethics Workshop on Friday, May 4. The theme for the workshop was "Research integrity" and topics for discussion included: "Research ethics and you", "Recruitment of subjects", "Advertising in research",

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"Data collection and analysis" and "Authorship and publication".

Panel discussion on “The Legacy of Sir Frank Worrell”

The presenters at the workshop were: Dr. Anthony Mullings, Senior Lecturer at UWI (Mona); Cheryl Brown, Attorney-at-Law and Manager of the Office of Sponsored Research at UWI (Mona) and Dr. Kenneth Goodman, Director, Bioethics Programme at the University of Miami, Florida.

A panel discussion on “The Legacy of Sir Frank Worrell” was held on March 12, in the Chemistry Lecture Theatre 5, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, UWI, Mona. The panel included Rohan Kanhai, Lance Gibbs, Tony Becca, Dr. Jerry Alexander and Cedric Harper.

Conference Highlights Haiti Now! Art, Film, Literature On March 29, 2007, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, in collaboration with the University of Liverpool, hosted a three-day seminar, “Haiti Now! Art, Film”, aimed to build on, develop and diversify the work of the 2004 Haitian bicentenary conference, giving particular emphasis to contemporary Haitian art, film and literature, and other aspects of Haitian culture not fully discussed in 2004. A range of topics were discussed, including Haitian history in contemporary visual arts; the Haitian Revolution in travel writing; and politics in post2000 literature (and especially in the period from 2003 to the present: Madison Smartt Bell, Jean Metellus, Fignolé, Sauray, Trouillot, Lahens etc.).

Speakers consisted of a mix of scholars, artists, writers, and filmmakers, including Mario Benjamin, Christopher Cozier, J. Michael Dash, Maxence Denis, Edouard Duval Carrié, Charles Forsdick, Yanick Lahens, Maximilien Laroche, Martin Munro, Marie José N’Zengou Tayo, Nick Nesbitt, Jerry Philogène, Barbara Prézeau Stephenson, Madison Smartt Bell, Lyonel Trouillot and Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw.

The first day of the UWI St. Augustine Haiti Seminar 2007 opened with some reflections on the scholarly work that has appeared in the wake of 2004 and featured presentations and discussions on contemporary Haitian literature. The afternoon session was devoted to Haitian film.

The second day focused largely on

contemporary Haitian literature: there were two morning sessions on contemporary Haitian writing, and then an afternoon session which discussed literary representations of the Haitian Revolution, and in particular the American author Madison Smartt Bell’s epic trilogy, All Souls’ Rising, Master of the Crossroads, and The Stone That the Builder Refused. The author attended and discussed his work.

On the evening of the second day there was an open-air video/music performance by Haitian artist Maxence Denis.

The morning sessions of the final day featured presentations on Haitian art. Contemporary Haitian artists presented their work and discussions focused on themes such as exile, history, and the role of popular culture. The closing session was a roundtable discussion, which included all of the artists, authors, and filmmakers. The aim of this session, and of the seminar as a whole, was to identify and discuss common interests and points of divergence across the spectrum of contemporary Haitian culture. How is Haitian culture renewing itself and adapting to the realities of the twenty first century? How are questions of gender, history, memory and popular culture being reconsidered?

The 39th Annual Conference of the Association of Caribbean Historians (ACH) The Department of History and Archaeology, UWI, Mona hosted the 39th Annual Conference of the Association of Caribbean Historians (ACH) from May 6 -10. The Opening Ceremony took place on May 6 at the Undercroft, UWI, Mona with the Honourable Maxine Henry-Wilson, Minister of Education and Youth (Jamaica) as the guest speaker.

The Academic Programme which commenced on May 7 and ran until May 10 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, closed with a field trip on Friday, May 11. Panel discussions were held over the course of the Conference under several themes including: Transatlantic Slave Trade, Business, Political, and Finance issues in Caribbean History, Slavery in British West Indies Society, Decolonising Movements I, Race and Sexuality in Caribbean History and Caribbean Social Culture.

The ACH was formed in 1969 from a core of historians from the English, French and Spanish Caribbean. The Association boasts a membership of 452 persons drawn from across the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, the Americas, as well as from Japan and Australia.

Edward Baugh Distinguished Lecture Series

“Our Plant Biodiversity…Our Heritage, Our Future”

The Department of Literatures in English hosted the inaugural lecture in the Edward Baugh Distinguished Lecture Series on Thursday, April 12, 2007. Professor Baugh gave his lecture on the topic “Frank Collymore and West Indian Literature.” His book, Derek Walcott, was also launched on the occasion.

The Executive of the UWIAA hosted a lecture entitled, “Our Plant Biodiversity…Our Heritage, Our Future”, by Ms. Yasmin Baskh Comeau on Tuesday May 22, 2007.

The lecture was a part of a Distinguished Lecture Series jointly hosted by UWIAA and bpTT.

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Upcoming Conferences Cave Hill Second International Management Conference 2007 The Department of Management Studies of The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus will be hosting its second Conference on Management, focusing on small island enterprise collaboration, to be held in Bridgetown, Barbados from November 18-20, 2007.

Nature and Scope of Conference The primary interest of the Management Conference is knowledge-based social and economic change for effective participation by small island enterprises in the current internationalising business environment.

The conference will offer a unique overview of current thinking in management for small island enterprises. Its perspectives will range from big picture analyses in addresses by internationally recognised experts in the field of management, to detailed case studies of management practice. It will traverse a broad terrain, from theory and analysis to practical strategies for action.

The conference hopes to promote contributions to the broad theme from any discipline(s) and/or functional area(s) of management including among others: accounting and finance, human resource management, marketing, project management, international business and tourism.

For more information please contact: Jackie Harper (email: jharper@uwichill.edu.bb) Debbie Howard (email: dhoward@uwichill.edu.bb) Department of Management Studies The University of the West Indies Cave Hill, Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies Tel: 246-417-4295 Fax: 246-438-9167 Conference website http://www.domsinternationalconference.com

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ASWAD Conference The fourth conference of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD), will be held October 9-12, 2007, in Barbados. The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill is hosting the conference as its Signature Programme for the year, with co-sponsorship from New York University.

In commemoration of the Bicentennial of the British and American Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the theme of the conference is “INTERROGATIONS OF FREEDOM: MEMORIES, MEANINGS, MIGRATIONS�.

The conference will be research driven, featuring panels organised in ways which effectively stimulate discourse across geographic, disciplinary, cultural and theoretical boundaries. All geographic areas will be represented, including Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Paper and panel proposals that incorporate gender and women as categories of analysis have been encouraged.

For further information please visit: http://www.aswadiaspora.org/ASWAD2007.html#resForm

The Inaugural Caribbean and Central America Law Practice Management Workshop The University of the West Indies, Faculty of Law, in association with the Law Firm Management Committee of the International Bar Association announces the inaugural Caribbean and Central America Law Practice Management Workshop.

The Workshop which will be held at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman on October 1st and 2nd, 2007 promises to be the premier networking opportunity for Caribbean Basin lawyers to get to know one another and to discuss law practice management issues they have in common.

Principal Speakers Under the leadership and guidance of Norm Clark and Lisa Walker Johnson, well-known advisors to Caribbean and Central American law practices, this Workshop promises to be intellectually stimulating and thought-provoking, as well as providing practical and economical options for the resolution of common law practice management issues.

Who should attend?

Senior partners, managing partners, law firm practice group leaders, sole practitioners, chief executive officers of law firms, business development managers of law firms, financial officers of law firms, inhouse counsel.

For registration information contact: Ms. Lorna Payne, The University of the West Indies Faculty of Law, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados Email: lpayne@uwichill.edu.bb or visit visit www.lawmanagementworkshop.com

Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, Mona Campus

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Increasing the Range of Human Choice - the Case for Health upheavals of the Caribbean in the decade of the thirties have now faded from living memory. Our children do not die in such numbers from infections and malnutrition and we are living longer.

There is a feeling that our health problems are as a result of development as measured by increased wealth.

Sir George Alleyne UWI Chancellor

The CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in Nassau in 2001 declared that, ‘the Health of our Region is the Wealth of our Region” and mandated

Our Report shows clearly that the three major health problems facing us as a region are the chronic noncommunicable diseases, HIV/AIDS and the health consequences of violence and injury. Heart disease has been the number one cause of death in the Caribbean for decades and the situation shows no sign of changing. Heart disease, stroke and hypertension account for the majority of our deaths and together with diabetes are found consistently among the first five commonest cause of death. The age-adjusted death rates for these diseases were consistently higher in at least Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad than in North America. Death rates from stroke are four times higher in Trinidad

proposing the appropriate protocols for the management of these diseases.

But this is not enough. Our societies cannot afford the increasing burden that stems from noncommunicable diseases such as the cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.

Our major thrust has to be to prevent them and in order to do so every good Caribbean citizen has to understand that we can accomplish this only if we alter the environment that is conducive to these diseases. I am enthusiastic about that aspect of health promotion which identifies these as diseases of life style and enjoins us to change our life styles. How many times have those of you who are overweight heard the admonition that you should lose weight or that you should exercise? That is necessary, but no longer sufficient. We must seek interventions that to large measure do not depend on your volition. In short we must address at a societal level those risk factors that lead to these diseases.

We must address

“Our Report points out the major health problems of the Region, some critical issues with regard to health services, human resources and the financing of health, all of which should interest bankers both personally as well as professionally.” the creation of a task force to “propel health to the centre of the development process”. This task force became the Caribbean Commission on Health and Development which I had the honour to chair and Sir Dwight Venner was one of the eleven Commissioners. Our Report points out the major health problems of the Region, some critical issues with regard to health services, human resources and the financing of health, all of which should interest bankers both personally as well as professionally.

It must be acknowledged that the Caribbean appears to have done well in the past fifty years in terms of the standard health indicators. The abominable social and environmental conditions that occasioned major

and Tobago than in Canada, death rates from hypertensive heart disease almost fifteen times higher in Trinidad and Tobago than in Canada and the ratio for diabetes is ten. These higher mortality rates are found consistently whenever they have been looked for in the Caribbean. The situation is very similar for cancer, and except for cancer of the lung, the death rates for most cancers are higher in the Caribbean than in North America.

There are essentially three interventions and approaches. First, it is absolutely essential that we should employ the best possible methods to treat persons who suffer from these problems. Our Ministries of Health and our Medical Associations have been exemplary in

the cause of the causes and recognise that the correction of these depends on the shifting of those policy levers that are in the hands of the state.

Age is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but this is not modifiable.

Our data for the Caribbean show unequivocally that the major modifiable risk factors are high blood pressure, obesity, high cholesterol and tobacco and our efforts must be directed to implementing policies that change these and many of such policies are outside the remit of Ministries of Health.

The one which is ripest for change is that related to tobacco and the most powerful instrument for modifying tobacco use is taxation. Professor Jha

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Increasing the Range of Human Choice - the Case for Health has calculated that a tripling of the excise tax on cigarettes in Trinidad and Tobago would reduce consumption by 30% and save thousands of lives in addition to adding to the national revenue. I hope you will join your voices with those who advocate for an increase in taxation on cigarettes, banning of smoking in public places, banning of tobacco advertisement, appropriate messages on the packages and putting in place measures to help those smokers who wish to quit.

if not parks to encourage citizens to walk regularly. Emancipation Park in Kingston, Jamaica is a shining example of what can happen.

Obesity presents a major problem as all over

Have we assumed that these are the problems of the developed world and

The modification of these risk factors is in the realm of primary prevention. We also endorse a third approach which is called secondary prevention, meaning the appropriate therapy of those persons who have already suffered some disease. An appropriate combination of medication to reduce the risk of recurrence is vital.

are causes of concern. Motor vehicle accidents are the first cause of death among young adults between the ages of 15 and 24. The cost to society is high, as the persons who bear the heaviest toll are those in the most productive age groups.

Our Report points out many of the deficiencies in the health systems which must be corrected if the effective interventions are to have an impact.

There is a proposal that fees should not apply to the use of public health services and that the Caribbean should consider the possibility of a region-wide health insurance scheme which will

The priorities for all the countries are prevention, treatment and care in that order. The concern persists that if there is not a more vigorous effort in prevention, countries simply will not be able to afford the costs of treating an ever expanding pool of persons infected with HIV. the Caribbean men and women are steadily becoming fatter. We estimate that in the last thirty years there has been approximately a tripling of the rates of obesity and overweight in females and males. It is extremely difficult to lose weight once one becomes overweight. We have proposed that Governments focus on children as far as obesity and diet are concerned and insist that physical education in schools be mandatory, that they have healthy school meals and that advertisements to children that promote unhealthy eating should be banned or monitored closely.

Caribbean children should learn from an early age that they should eat right, exercise right and weigh right.

The modification of diet with increased intake of fruits and vegetables and less salt are important. We have the capacity to modify our imports such that our diets promote rather than impact negatively on our health. It is equally important that we have regular physical activity, regardless of weight. It is not impossible for our governments to provide or help to provide green spaces

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are an inescapable consequence of development? Is it because their external manifestations are not as obvious and dramatic as those of the infectious disease? Is it because we are unaware of the economic costs of these diseases? HIV/AIDS is the second major health problem. The wider Caribbean is second only to sub-Saharan Africa in terms of prevalence of the disease and we reckon that there are between three and four hundred thousand people living with HIV in the wider Caribbean which includes Cuba and the Dominican Republic in addition to the CARICOM countries. The mode of transmission of the epidemic is now firmly heterosexual.

The priorities for all the countries are prevention, treatment and care in that order. The concern persists that if there is not a more vigorous effort in prevention, countries simply will not be able to afford the costs of treating an ever expanding pool of persons infected with HIV. Violence and injuries represent the third major health problem. It is not only the loss of life, but the impact on the health services that

have particular relevance in the context of the CSME. There are both direct and indirect costs to ill health. While it is not possible to give data for the whole Caribbean, we do know the impact in some individual countries. In Jamaica for example, preliminary data on the cost of ideal treatment of diabetes and hypertension for one year alone are of the order of $US300 million.

Why should all this be of interest to bankers? The obvious one is that their profits are tied to the economic fortunes of the countries in which they do business and to the extent that health and the economy are interdependent, they must be concerned. Health has a significant impact on our major industry tourism in many ways. The health of our citizens and the environmental health of our countries influence their attractiveness as destinations. But I also believe that bankers will do well by doing good. The financial industry has a social responsibility that must find expression in efforts to collaborate with other social partners in improving Caribbean health.

Sir George Alleyne (edited)

In Celebration of Their Lives PROFESSOR LESLIE ROBINSON Professor the Hon. Leslie Robinson was a founding member of the academic staff of the then University College of the West Indies, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Acting Vice Chancellor, Director of Planning and the first Principal of the Mona Campus.

In 1949 he joined the staff of the University College of the West Indies as a Lecturer in Mathematics and in 1950, was appointed the first Head of the Department of Mathematics. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1955 and appointed the first Professor of Mathematics at The University of the West Indies in 1965.

During his record 42 years of distinguished service to the University, Professor Robinson held many key administrative positions, making significant contributions to the development of the Institution. He served as the first Warden of Chancellor Hall, first Principal of the College of Arts and Sciences which later became the UWI’s Cave Hill Campus in Barbados and was the first and only person to serve at different times as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and General Studies as well as Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Mona, overseeing major developments in both areas. He spearheaded the introduction of Library Studies in 1974 and Mass Communication in 1976 and also chaired their Management Committees. He was also Chairperson of the Committee of Management for the project which sought to upgrade the offerings in Management Studies and to establish greater links with the business community in Jamaica. He was also instrumental in the introduction of Actuarial Sciences in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences.

Professor Robinson served as Pro-Vice Chancellor (Planning), heading the Development and Planning Unit from 1972 until 1991. The Development and Planning Unit was crucial to the planning of the University’s activities, determining among other things, the allocation of resources, the annual admissions to the University, the calculation of economic costs and providing documentation for the triennial estimates and development plans.

Leslie Robinson served on all major University Committees including Council, Senate, the Matriculation Board, Board of Undergraduate Awards, the Appointments Committee and the Finance and General Purposes Committee. He represented the University on the Overseas Examination Committee, the Students Loan Council, the Caribbean Examinations Council and the National Committee for UNESCO. He was also Chairman of the Council of the then College of Arts, Science and Technology (CAST) now the University of Technology, Founder and Life Member of the Mathematical Association of Jamaica and Fellow of the Jamaican Institute of Management.

In 1986, Leslie Robinson was appointed Acting Vice Chancellor and when the posts of Vice Chancellor of The University of the West Indies was separated from that of Principal of the Mona Campus, he became the first Principal of the Mona Campus in 1990.

In recognition of his outstanding contribution to The University of the West Indies and other tertiary institutions, the Government of Jamaica conferred on him the Order of Jamaica in 1988. During its Annual Commemoration Celebrations in February 2006, The University of the West Indies honoured Professor the Hon. Leslie Robinson for his overall involvement in and outstanding contribution to the life of the University as Lecturer, Pro-Vice Chancellor and the first Principal of the Mona Campus.

ELIZABETH WILLIAMS Miss Elizabeth Williams joined the staff of the University as University Archivist in May 2002 after a long and successful career with the Jamaica Archives and Records Department, where she rose through several positions to become Government Archivist (1987 – 2002), succeeding her teacher and mentor, Mr. Clinton Black.

As University Archivist, Miss Williams was instrumental in the design and delivery of the Archives and Records

Management Certificate Programme which enabled training in records management of staff in several regional bodies and at the University Centres throughout the Caribbean. She assisted with the establishment of the Archives at the Cave Hill Campus, which now houses the West Indian Federal Papers and at the time of her death she was deeply involved with efforts to establish a University Archives building at the Mona Campus. Miss Williams will also be remembered for her indefatigable efforts to sensitise and prepare members of the University community for the era of electronic records harvesting and management and for briefing staff at Mona on the implications of Jamaican legislation – ‘Access to Information Act’ – for the University.

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In Celebration of Their Lives LLOYD BEST The Hon. Lloyd Algernon Best OCC, was one of the region’s most acclaimed thinkers. In the 1960s, he co-founded the New World Group and co-authored with Kari Polanyi Levitt a theory of plantation economy. The New World Group fostered independent thinking at a time that the region was evolving in terms of its politics, development strategising and its social directions.

Best, the New World Group and the Plantation school helped to shape the thinking of that time and have influenced the perspectives of intellectuals in the decades that followed.

In 1958, he began his academic career at UWI where he worked at both the Mona and St. Augustine campuses at ISER and in the Department of Economics. We at The University of the West Indies are proud that during his lifetime we honoured our own colossus, by according him an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the graduation ceremonies at St. Augustine in 2006. In addition, we held conferences in

honour of his work in 1994 and 2002. In 2002, in recognition of his contribution to the region, he was conferred with the Order of the Caribbean Community (OCC).

During his impressive career, he was well known for his acerbic tongue and for challenging the status quo and our regional politicians and policy makers when it came to regional development and thinking about development issues. His ability to discern with infallible accuracy, the right political nerve to pinch was widely known.

The term ‘larger than life’ can be ascribed to the Hon. Lloyd Best without hesitation, for that is what he was and will continue to be, even beyond life. The University will do its utmost to ensure that through the education of our students and the work of our scholars that an exceptional tradition of original thought and scholarship given to us by Lloyd Best will live on.

LOURAINE EMMANUEL Mrs. Louraine Emmanuel was a part of the UWI family and community for over twenty-five years. She started working in the Main Library at Mona in the early 1980s and in 1986, she joined Dr. Lucille Mathurin Mair to work on the first project of cooperation between the Netherlands government and the UWI which eventually led to the establishment of the Centre for Gender and Development Studies (CGDS).

As Administrative Officer in the Regional Coordinating Unit of the CGDS, she provided significant and unwavering support to the units on all three campuses.

On the tenth anniversary of the CGDS she was honoured for her commitment, loyalty and contribution to the growth and development of the Centre.

Gloria Baptiste was employed with The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus for the past thirtynine (39) years and worked at the Main Library for most of her tenure.

the Inter-Campus Games Committee, UWI St. Augustine.

She was employed as a Library Assistant and Administrative Assistant there and also served on

Ms. Baptiste was described by colleagues as very kind, helpful and a good friend to many; she will be greatly missed by her colleagues at the Main Library.

Mrs. Emmanuel was a member of the National Dance Theatre Company Singers, with which she toured extensively overseas, but not before distinguishing herself as a featured soprano with the University Singers during her undergraduate years at Mona.

GLORIA BAPTISTE

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In 2004, Library Staff nominated her for the University’s Most Enterprising Employee Award.

She was appointed Manager of the UWI Staff Social Club in 2005 where she worked for the rest of her UWI career.

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