Conclusion

As the tenure of the 2021/2022 Guild Council draws to a close, we look back on the work we have done with pride. The Guild has always been an organisation with the best interest of the UWI Mona student body at its heart. The Covid-19 pandemic brought many challenges to the student body and so for this council, there could be no higher purpose than to serve at this time. In our 70th year of existence the Guild sought to live up to a legacy of selfless student leadership and it is our hope that the students for whom we worked assiduously, agree that we did.

The Guild is part and parcel of the University structure and therefore owes it to our stakeholders to keep evolving as our University does. To that end, the Guild is currently in the final stages of creating and implementing a five-year development strategy which will seek to ensure that our approach, systems, internal policies and relationships within and without the campus are all finely tuned to best serve the UWI Mona student body. This year’s Council is immensely pleased to have laid the groundwork for the execution of this strategy and expect that it will help the Guild continue to empower and assist students of the University. Our tenure featured many accomplishments on behalf of the student body and our vision sought to do all of the following. Maintain an optimistic and determined outlook on advocacy, facilitate student adaptation to the digital space, improve the academic experience and to provide financial assistance to students. We are pleased to say that within this framework we achieved as much as we aimed to and more..

We take this opportunity to express our gratitude to the entities who helped make our success this year possible. We extend our profuse thanks to all the members of the University administration who sought to assist us in finding solutions to the issues voiced by students this year and for maintaining a spirit of fruitful cooperation with the Guild. Furthermore, we extend special thanks to the Campus Principal Professor Dale Webber, Campus Registrar Dr. Donovan Stanberry, Deputy Principal Professor Ian Boxill, Deputy Registrar Mr. Jonathan Archie, Director of Student Services and Development Mr. Jason McKenzie and very own Guild Manager Mr. Jovaughn Neil whose wisdom and guidance we could not do without. The Guild would also like to express its gratitude to our corporate sponsors whose support and sense of social responsibility brought many a vision into reality. Lastly and most importantly, the Guild

thanks the students of the UWI Mona Campus. You chose us to lead and everything we accomplished was done in your name. The students, our constituents inspired us to aim higher and do better at all points during the tenure and for that we are abundantly grateful. It was our pleasure to serve.

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