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To the Cromwell Community Cromwell College has experienced yet another most successful year. Academically our students excelled. With the cumulative grade point average for the year being 5.06 and hundreds of ‘7’ grades awarded over the year, there is much to celebrate as we continually strive to have Cromwell renown as a College of high academic excellence. In the ICC / social sporting and cultural competitions, Cromwell has once again punched above its weight as the smallest co-educational College on campus. Individual, team and group performances alongside large spectator / audience contingents have been most impressive. Spiritually there has been an increasing number of students actively involved in discussion groups, many linking to local churches. Socially there has been the usual variety of diverse and incredibly popular activities and events. The Student Leadership Team comprising the Executive, RA’s and Senior Tutor, have risen to the many challenges of their roles, working alongside the dedicated staff team. The jewel in the Cromwell crown remains the esprit de corps and the true sense of community and mateship that has been a trademark of this College since the first students arrived on 6 June 1954. Cromwell is aware that it operates in an ever increasing competitive market place. Although we have a unique niche market here and a highly sought after product, with a growing number of external accommodation providers around the St Lucia area, we should never become complacent that hundreds of aspiring Cromwellians will automatically continue to just drift into our agenda each year. It is important for Cromwell to continue to preserve the best of its past, but to move ahead and meet contemporary challenges. We must ensure that our rhetoric matches our reality. Cromwell along with all colleges globally faces significant challenges. Collaboratively with many stakeholders, Cromwell has proactively challenged some of its traditions alongside the contemporary legal, moral and social frameworks in which Colleges now operate. Successful modernization is evidenced by Cromwell maintaining a very strong and widely
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