VC Receives Global Community Healer Award The UWI Assists Dominica Diplomacy Finds A New Home At UWI, St. Augustice
CONTENTS News From The UWI RHQ. . . . . . . 3
UWI Grads On The Move. . . . . . 12
Graduate Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
UWI Visa Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
BFUWI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Tribute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
UWIMMA News . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Diplomacy Reigns. . . . . . . . . . . 8 Happenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 A Pelican Soaring . . . . . . . . . . 11
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FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK During his inaugural address as UWI Vice Chancellor, Sir Hilary Beckles said that one of his main goals was to re-establish the institution as one integrated university. “Our UWI must more than ever function and operate as one; not four separate universities but one indivisible academy”. I know that this will resonate among the alumni population as this is a concern that I have often heard expressed – the need for unity, to operate as one institution, one brand. Many of you will be pleased to hear that he also said “To this restoration of the singularity of our university, my colleagues and I are committed.” Our tagline “One UWI, One Alumni Family” was developed over ten years ago to reflect this objective. I am happy that the alumni population stands ready to assist its alma mater in “uniting” so that it will become ever greater in the future. Another key priority of the Vice Chancellor is the “Globalisation of The UWI” and he will be developing partnerships in education, research and development – all imperatives to the achievement of sustainable development in the Caribbean region. Do enjoy this issue, which looks back at the news and events that took place from July – September 2015.
Celia Davidson Francis, Director of Alumni Realtions UWI Editor- in-Chief
A Day FROM In History NEWS THE UWI RHQ
NEWS FROM THE UWI RHQ In July 2015, Caribbean leaders endorsed a three-day meeting to discuss the development of education in the region. The UWI’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles made a stimulating major presentation to regional leaders on education during their annual summit and impressed them, highlighting the need to leverage our knowledge regionally and internationally. They have endorsed a three-day meeting, headed by the UWI, supported by the CARICOM Secretariat and regional heads to discuss the development of education in the region and the role of the UWI in advancing this goal. Additionally, the meeting is to include sporting organisations because the UWI Vice Chancellor outlined the role of UWI in developing Caribbean sporting activities.
Prof. Sir Hilary Beckles UWI Vice Chancellor
VC RECEIVES GLOBAL COMMUNITY HEALER AWARD UWI Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles was specially honoured at the US Congressional Black Caucus Conference in Washington DC on September 17, 2015. He received the Global Community Healer Award, a humanitarian award from the Community Healing Network (CHN) – a global grassroots movement aimed at uplifting black communities. Sir Hilary is the second recipient of the award, the first was Maya Angelou, who was also the founding chair of CHN’s Board of Advisors. Vice-Chancellor Beckles visited the USA from September 13 to 19 in order to strengthen the UWI’s global presence and impact. He met with the Board of Directors of the American Foundation for The University of the West Indies (AFUWI) in New York, as well as American foundations and corporations with Caribbean business interests or Caribbean markets. He also met, accompanied by Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal (Ag.) Open Campus, Dr Luz Longsworth, Executive Director Central Office of Regional and International Affairs, Dr David Rampersad, and Honorary Distinguished Fellow of The UWI and former Chancellor of the New York Department of Education Mr Dennis Walcott, with Chairman H. Carl McCall, Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher and other lead members of the State University of New York (SUNY), the largest comprehensive university system in the United States to advance dialogue on new and ongoing areas of collaboration with The UWI. He was also a guest of honour at AFUWI’s Golf and Tennis benefit, hosted at the Hampshire Country Club, in collaboration with New York Giants Legend and Super Bowl Champion, Sean Landeta to raise scholarship funds for UWI students. He also conducted a series of interviews with print and broadcast media in New York and Washington DC.
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NEWS FROM THE UWI RHQ
THE UWI ASSISTS DOMINICA THE UNIVERSITY OF the West Indies is assisting Dominica to recover from the damage sustained by the impact of Tropical Storm Erika. A cross-functional task force led by University Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research, Professor Wayne Hunte, went to the island to provide technical disaster management support. The UWI team of experts comprising geo-technical engineers, public health and environmental and water resource will work closely with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA). Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Hilary Beckles wrote Prime Minister, the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit indicating that in addition to deploying two of The University’s top persons in each of these fields, The UWI is prepared to lend the resources of research fellow Jeremy Collymore who is also a former executive director of the CDEMA. The storm, which first hit the island of Dominica on August 27, resulted in severe flooding, landslides and widespread damage across the island. The following day, 20 persons were confirmed dead and more have been reported missing. Director of The UWI’s Open Campus country sites in Dominica, Dr Francis Severin noted that both staff and students are happy to know that “their UWI has their back”.
EMANCIPATION LECTURES FOCUS ON REPARATORY JUSTICE
Prof. V. Shepherd
The traditional Emancipation Lectures, organised by the Jamaica Council of Churches,this year had the theme reparatory justice and were delivered on July 26 in Kingston and in Mandeville, by two outstanding Caribbean historians at the forefront of the campaign for reparations. UWI Vice Chancellor, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, delivered the Kingston lecture, with the title The Case for Reparations for Slavery in the Caribbean. Professor Verene Shepherd, who heads the Jamaican National Commission on Reparations and is Vice-Chairperson of the CARICOM Commission,delivered the Mandeville lecture, with the title ‘From Montego Bay to Morant Bay: Making the case for Reparatory Justice’.
Prof. Sir Hilary Beckles
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Graduate Focus
VIP - VERY IMPORTANT PELICAN of a patient-centred approach to diagnosis and treatment and co-authored a book with Michael Posner called The Art of Medicine: Healing and the Limits of Technology. He acknowledges the invaluable innovations in medical technology but believes that physicians must learn to develop an arsenal of basic skills, actively using the arts of seeing, hearing, palpation, empathy and advocacy to provide a more humane and holistic form of care.
Prof. Ho Ping Kong UWI Vice Chancellor
Dr. Herbert Ho Ping Kong completed his first degree at the University College of the West Indies that became the University of the West Indies in 1948. After studying in England, he returned to Jamaica and taught at UWI for about two years before migrating to Canada in 1973. He is glad that he was able to contribute to his alma mater. He joined McGill University 42 years ago as a fulltime staff member and founded the division of general internal medicine at the university’s Royal Victoria Hospital. In 1984, after a decade in Montreal where he learned to speak French, he went to Toronto and was promoted to full professor six years later by the University of Toronto (U of T.) and was appointed physicianin-chief at Toronto Hospital in 1992 with particular emphasis in the education portfolio. In 2004, he became the inaugural holder of the Gladstone and Maisie Chang endowed chair in internal medicine teaching at the University Health Network (UHN) and the U of T.
Prof. Ho Ping Kong with students
His contributions are stellar. He co-founded the Toronto Western Hospital Centre of Excellence for Education & Practice which bears his name and has trained thousands of physicians. He spearheaded a program for Jamaican doctors to receive specialist training at the UHN, a contribution that has had a positive multiplier effect on Jamaica’s health care system. His most recent recognition is the national Order of Distinction by the Government of Jamaica. He has been the guest speaker at the Medical Association of Jamaica gala and awards banquet, has been honoured by the Jamaican-Canadian Chinese community and awarded the Vice Chancellor’s Award at the UWI Toronto Gala.
Dr. Herbert Ho Ping Kong with the UWI Hon. Graduate, Dr. the Hon. Raymond Chang, son of Gladstone and Maisie Chang
Ho Ping Kong created an evidence-based curriculum in core internal medicine programme for resident trainees and was instrumental in redefining the role of general internists on the clinical teaching units. He used his extensive dossier of personal cases and five decades as a clinician to examine the core principles
Prof. Ho Ping Kong with his Jamaican relative and current UWI Medical Student, Jessica Yap, who is also a well recognised violinist and performer.
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BFUWI
GET TO KNOW BFUWI TRUSTEE DR. MARK RICHARDS
Dr Mark Richards
Dr Mark Richards has Caribbean roots and is a Trustee of the British Foundation for The University of the West Indies. He is a Senior Teaching Fellow in Physics and leads outreach activities in the Imperial College, Westminster, London. He is also a technology entrepreneur. He was recently presented with a special recognition award from the Amos Bursary, which supports young men of British African and Caribbean heritage from schools and sixth form colleges across London to gain entry into university. The scheme facilitates access to a range of opportunities including internships, work experience and networking, as well as financial assistance. In their recognition of Mark as a scientist mentor, the Amos organisation noted the 6 week programme of physics ‘master classes’ he set up to help bring A-level students to a level from which they could apply to top universities. Interestingly, in his youth, he was known as DJ Kemist and later founded Xtremix Records, an independent label that provides a remixing service to the music industry.
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UWIMMA News
UWIMMA - MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The Jamaican Minister of Health, Dr. Fenton Ferguson (centre- back row ) looks on with Lui Lei, Economic Counsellor at the Chinese Embassy in Jamaica (left) and Professor Ishenkumba Kahwa, Deputy Principal of the UWI, Mona (standing - right) while ( front row left ) Qiwu Yang, Deputy General Manager, China Harbour Engineering Company, Americas Division and Pro- Vice Chancellor Archibald McDonald, Principal of the UWI, Mona sign the MOU amounting to some J$70 billion., on Sept 2, 2015
According to Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal of the UWI, Mona, Professor Archibald McDonald, the UWI will expand from 500 to 1000 beds, the current hospital facility at Mona and make it into a modern facility with more clinical space and modern operating theatres to serve Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. There will also be other major projects on the campus that will transform the university. This projected $40-billion reconstruction project is part of a $70-billion memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed recently by the UWI and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC). The Principal notes that this project is really close to his heart and will enhance clinical training to support his vision of delivering a medical programme which is able to compete with the very best programmes in the world. The portfolio of infrastructural projects include the development of a student centre, a residential complex, a new hotel, the redevelopment and rebuilding of the UHWI, and a co-generation plant. The MOU also incorporates the total reconstruction of the existing residential complex for faculty members. This could include various classes of housing, including stand-alone houses, townhouses and apartments which could be offered to junior and senior staff as well as to members of the diplomatic community and any other activities as agreed by the parties. The UWI Mona has commenced the process of constructing a co-generation plant, with the cooling component of the plant already being operational. The university has spent to date US$6 million on the plant with the aim of the campus benefiting from lower electricity bills.
MEDICAL TRAINING EXPANDS AT THE UWI, ST. AUGUSTINE A Department for the UWI’s teaching and training facility was officially handed over to the UWI, St. Augustine, by the South West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA). The ceremony took place at the San Fernando Teaching Hospital where levels two and three will be used by the university and hospital officials in training. The SWRHA’s Chief Executive Officer, Anil Gosine and the UWI Principal Professor Clement Sankat noted that programmes have been ongoing at the San Fernando General Hospital. More medical students can be accommodated with the new state-of-the-art facility, an extension of the San Fernando General Hospital, which is equipped with modern lecture halls, seminar rooms, laboratories, conference rooms and library.
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Diplomacy Reigns
DIPLOMACY FINDS A NEW HOME AT UWI, ST. AUGUSTINE The Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean hosted an evening reception on August 21, 2015 to celebrate one year of achievements since its 2014 launch in Trinidad and Tobago. Guests included the Diplomatic Corps, current and past students of the Academy, and friends in the local diplomatic community. The evening’s highlight was the official opening of the Academy’s new building at The UWI St Augustine Campus.
Professor W. Andy Knight, Director of the Institute of International Relations at The UWI greets the Honourable Winston Dookeran, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, outside the new Diplomatic Academy building before the reception.
L-R: His Excellency Marcelo Salviolo, Ambassador of the Republic of Argentina in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, The Honourable Winston Dookeran, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Professor Clement Sankat, Pro ViceChancellor and Campus Principal, UWI St Augustine, and Professor W. Andy Knight, Director of the Institute of International Relations at The UWI.
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Happenings
MONA
OPEN CAMPUS
UWI Mona will implement the controlled growing of specific strains of marijuana as it attempts to identify the plants DNA profiles. The initiative will provide cannabis plants which can then be tested to determine how the different strains interact with the human body, identify best practices for growing marijuana as well as develop products for the treatment of varied illnesses and diseases. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed on July 1, 2015 between the UWI, Mona and a US-based company Citiva Jamaica LLC, one of the largest marijuana growers and dispensary owners in Colorado, USA. The MOU will develop the medical cannabis industry in Jamaica and internationally through the identification of the biological and chemical properties of Medical cannabis (or medical marijuana) in order to determine how the plant works to treat disease or alleviate the symptoms of disease. The UWI, Mona will utilize its analytical botanical chemistry and biological capabilities for small scale, controlled research growth, focusing on all aspects of the strain, including growing conditions and DNA sequencing.
Antigua and Barbuda will once again be the home of the Open Campus Graduation Ceremony in 2015. The 7th Presentation of Graduates Ceremony of The UWI Open Campus will be held on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. Six hundred and fifty (650) students (534 undergraduates and 116 postgraduates) will officially graduate from the Open Campus with degrees, certificates and diplomas in a wide range of subject areas. The UWI Open Campus will confer an Honorary Doctorate on a citizen from The Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Her Excellency A. Missouri Sherman-Peter. Currently the CARICOM Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Ambassador Sherman-Peter has an outstanding and distinguished career as a diplomat, provides singular service to The University of the West Indies, and is a respected senior government representative in her native Bahamas.
CAVE HILL
Her Excellency A. Missouri Sherman-Peter
She has more than 38 years of experience in diplomacy, public service, international organisations and executive management. Her leadership positions have included Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Special Envoy; Chef de Cabinet to the President of the 58th session of the United Nations General Assembly; High Commissioner and Consul General. She also served as Assistant Director/Special Adviser in the Political Affairs Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat in London from 19941997.
Prof. Clive Landis Deputy Campus Principal
UWI Cave Hill’s New Deputy Campus Principal is Professor Clive Landis; former Director of the Chronic Disease Research Centre (CDRC) at The University. Professor Landis, assumed office on September 14th 2015, succeeding Professor Pedro Welch who served from Aug 1, 2014 to July 31, 2015. He is a Professor of Cardiovascular Research with nearly 12 years of academic service to The UWI, since relocating from the Imperial College in London in 2004. His qualifications include a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry which he earned at Birmingham University in the United Kingdom in 1983, a Master of Science in Microbiology from Loyola University, Chicago in 1986, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Immunology from Loyola University, Chicago in 1990. He joined The UWI as a Senior Lecturer at the CDRC, and soon after, founded the Edmund Cohen Laboratory for Vascular Research.
H.E. A. Missouri Sherman-Peter holds a Master’s Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University in New York and a Bachelor of Arts in History (Special Honours) from The University of the West Indies. Her specialty areas include crime prevention and criminal justice with a focus on international narcotics control and gender affairs. In 2013 she was the recipient of the Pelican Award from The UWI Alumni Association – New York Chapter, in recognition of her outstanding career and accomplishments in diplomacy and public service.
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HAPPENINGS
NEW DEANS APPOINTED ST. AUGUSTINE Three new deans have been appointed at the UWI, St. Augustine Campus. Effective August 1, 2015, Professor Stephan Gift assumed the role of Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Professor Terence Seemungal as Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences and Professor Ann-Marie Bissessar as Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Professor Bissessar is Professor of Political Science and former Head of the Department of Behavioural Sciences. Among her recent publications is Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana: Race and Politics in Two Plural Societies which she co-authored with Professor Emeritus John Gaffar La Guerre in 2013.
Professor Seemungal has made a significant contribution to the study of lung health. His work with the academic group of Professor Wedzicha in London contributed significantly to the body of knowledge of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Professor Gift is currently head of the department of electrical and computer engineering in the faculty of engineering and leader of the electronics system group. He has developed several new electronic systems and in a series of papers has challenged Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity. He is also the first person in his department to be promoted to the rank of Professor.
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A PELICAN SOARING
UN COMMITTEE
AGAINST RACIAL DISCRIMINATION BENEFITS FROM UWI’S EXPERTISE The Director of the Institute for Gender & Development Studies and Professor of Social History at the Mona Campus, Professor Verene Shepherd has been appointed to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). She was elected at the twenty-sixth meeting of CERD’s States’ in New York. She is the first national of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to serve on the CERD. Candidates from Burkina Faso, China, Colombia, Guatemala, Mauritania, Russia, Spain and the United States of America were also elected, however she received the most votes among them. The CERD is a body of independent experts charged with monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by its State parties. It is one of the eight human rights treaty bodies which fall under the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Professor Verene Shepherd
Individuals are selected based on their moral character and competence in the field of human rights. Professor Shepherd is a fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Society. We are proud to note that she is a graduate of the UWI where she pursued her undergraduate degree. She obtained her PhD in History from the University of Cambridge. She has published widely on her main research interests of Jamaican economic history during slavery, migration and Diasporas, and Caribbean women’s history. She is a member of several international organisations and sits on the Advisory/Editorial of several regional and international journals including the Arts Journal, Caribbean Quarterly, Jamaica Journal, Slavery and Abolition.
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UWI GRADS ON THE MOVE
UWI GRADS ON THE MOVE
University of the West Indies graduate Rowena Kalloo participated in Miami University’s Earth Expeditions global field course in Guyana during the summer of 2015. She studied traditional ecological knowledge of the Makushi and the potential of local wisdom to guide conservation initiatives in the Caribbean country of Guyana. Rowena is an Assistant Professor at the University of Trinidad and Tobago in Maracas Valley, St Joseph. she took the graduate course in pursuit of her master’s degree from Miami University’s Global Field Programme.
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UWI VISA CARD
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TRIBUTES
IN CELEBRATION OF THEIR LIVES Charmaine AnnMarie Henry was a former student and lecturer at the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC). She had a long and dedicated association with CARIMAC and The University of the West Indies, Mona, where she completed both her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Communication. At the time of her death, she was in the process of completing her Doctoral studies. She was an energetic and engaging member of the CARIMAC community. In the course of her academic interactions, as both student and lecturer, she was equally loved by her colleagues as well as her many former students for her warmth, sincerity, compassion and dynamism. The Director of CARIMAC, Professor Hopeton Dunn, has expressed the profound condolences of the Institute to Ms Henry’s family and to all who mourn her untimely passing.
Professor Emeritus Charles Cadogan was an accomplished mathematician who gave over 30 years of service to the UWI. After obtaining his PhD in mathematics at The University’s Mona campus, he joined the staff of the Cave Hill campus in 1970, becoming its first Professor of Mathematics. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology from 1987-1991, and was also University Dean for the three physical UWI campuses, for the last two of those years. He retired in 2001. He was instrumental in the introduction of computers at the UWI, both as a subject to be taught and a tool to improve administrative efficiency. He was Chairman of the Computer Management Committee at Cave Hill and the wider UWI Computer Committee. He led the process of integrating the subjects of mathematics, physics and computer science into a practical department for teaching and research. Internationally, he was a highly regarded mathematics lecturer and researcher who was respected for his contribution to one of the most perplexing mathematical problems: the ‘3x+1 problem’, which has baffled academics around the world since 1937.
Dr. Barry Wade, Senior Lecturer in Zoology (1967-1982), was born in Belize, and was a graduate of the UWI, Mona campus, earning both his BSc. and a PhD. from the then Department of Zoology. His doctoral supervisor was the late Professor Ivan Goodbody and he studied the Donax or West Indian beach clam resources of Green Bay, St. Catherine. He managed the UWI Port Royal Marine Laboratory for a number of years and while there in the 1970s undertook the first large-scale study of biology of Kingston Harbour, establishing incontrovertibly and for the first time, that large parts of it were lifeless due to serious long-term sewerage and industrial pollution. Such findings were made public and the government of the time advised of this situation. Many subsequent harbour studies which continue to today, build on his foundational data sets. His graduate students began some of the first detailed pollution studies in Jamaica coastal waters. He also headed in the early 1980s the pioneering CIDA/UWI Jamaican Oysterculture Project which investigated the nation’s potential for mariculture of mangrove oysters, the culture of which still continues on a small scale today. He was an avid environmentalist. He headed one of the first large Jamaican environmental consultancy firms, which conducted varying biological and ecological studies in the Caribbean region. He maintained contact with the UWI and his company employed UWI Mona science faculty and other graduates. He also worked for a number of years with the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica. He was a popular scientist and a researcher of the highest standards.
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NEWS 2016 award recipients: •
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Once again, Hon. David N. Dinkins will be the Honorary Dinner Chair and Dr. the Hon. Harry Belafonte will be returning as Honorary Patron with Danny Glover as Honorary Chair.Proceeds in aid of the scholarship programme for Caribbean students who are in need of financial assistance.
UWI STAT ST.AUGUSTINE To raise awareness about the importance of PELICAN PRIDE and alumni loyalty among students, the St. Augustine Corps held a Pelican Pride week under its Alumni Relations Portfolio and Peli the Pelican led the charge.
BEACH CLEAN UP The UWI STAT Mona Corps served as the site coordinators for the Y Knot Beach, Port Royal on September 19, 2015. This was one of the ways they fulfilled their environmental and disaster mitigation portfolio. After the Beach Cleanup exercise they went back to the Alumni House at Mona for lunch and further activities.
Look out for news about the UWI STAT Cave Hill Corps Week of Activities in the next issue.
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UWI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CHAPTERS
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman, Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Florida, Jamaica, Montserrat, New York, St. Kitts and Nevis, Toronto, Trinidad and Tobago, Washington DC
UWI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CONTACTS
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES VICE CHANCELLOR’S PRESIDENTS CLUB (INCLUDES ALL CURRENT AND FORMER ALUMNI PRESIDENTS)
Alberta, South East Asia, Grenada, Guangdong, Ottawa, Dominica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, United Kingdom, St. Lucia, Turks and Caicos Islands
ALUMNI REPRESENTATION
Alumnus Representative: Ms. Cecile Clayton – Jamaica August 1, 2015 – July 31, 2017 Council Representative: Mr. Shavar Maloney – St. Vincent and the Grenadines August 1, 2015 – July 31, 2016
CAMPUS CONTACTS CAVE HILL CAMPUS
OPEN CAMPUS
Tel: 246-417-4544 alumnioffice@cavehill.uwi.edu Contact: Roseanne Maxwell
Tel: 876-927-1201 alumni@open.uwi.edu Contact: Karen Ford-Warner
MONA CAMPUS
ST. AUGUSTINE CAMPUS
Tel: 876-927-1583 uwialumni@yahoo.com Contact: Charmaine Wright
Tel: 868-663-1579 alumni@sta.uwi.edu Contact: Crispin Gomez
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