McIntyre/nettleford Scholarship launched
Marlon James 2015 Man Booker Prize Winner
Geographically Speaking...
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COnTEnTS UWI Global Giving Week ....................................... 4 News from the UWI RHQ ...................................... 9 Alumni Engagement ............................................... 15 Very Important Pelican ......................................... 16 UWIMAA - Medical Alumni News ..................... 17 AFUWI Gala 2016 .................................................... 19 Philanthropy in Toronto ....................................... 20 Sports at the UWI .................................................... 21 Literary Focus ........................................................... 22 UWI STAT Celebrating 10 years ........................ 23 Pelicans Soaring ...................................................... 26 Foundation News .................................................... 28 UWI Museum ............................................................ 29 Conservation at the UWI ...................................... 31 Geographically Speaking ...................................... 32 Happenings Across the Campuses ................... 33 UWI Grads On The Move ...................................... 36 UWIAA News ............................................................. 39 In Celebration of Their Lives .............................. 41
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FROM THE EDITOr’S DESK
The UWI plays a leading role in the generation of new knowledge, techniques and ideas relevant to the advancement of the Caribbean and its peoples in almost all the important areas of life. The UWI's impact on the region and the promotion of the ideals of regional integration is also indisputable. Many of our graduates hold positions of leadership, such as heads of state or governmental departments, heads of major Caribbean enterprises, or heads of regional and international organisations. Additionally many have made notable contributions to Caribbean development in areas like economics, business, culture, politics, trade unionism, literature, science and technology, engineering, sports and entertainment, education, law and international relations. As we look back at life at the University since January, we take the opportunity to celebrate the contribution of our graduates to national, international and global development and to say with immense Pelican Pride - "Well done". We will also be highlighting the inaugural UWI Global Giving Week (GGW) which will take place from August 1-7, 2016. The GGW will remind all our alumni and Friends of the UWI to donate for the continued development of the institution, which will redound to the benefit of the Caribbean, through the work of the professionals and leaders (UWI graduates) who will guide the region into the future and beyond. Alumni are, of course, encouraged to contribute throughout the year to the UWI Endowment Funds and Foundations, Faculties and Halls of Residence, to student sclolarships, research and sports, however GGW serves as a reminder that we should all be giving on an ongoing basis. Let us all donate at www.uwi.edu/giving EDITOrIal TEaM Celia Davidson Francis (Editor-in-Chief), Stephanie Alleyne Bishop, Elizabeth Buchanan-Hind, Marcia Erskine, Yvonne Graham, Camile Wilson, Aileen Standard Goldson, Nicole Nation and Candice York. SOurCES IAD - UWI Regional Headquarters, Campus and University Marketing and Communications Offices, Faculties, Departments, UWIAA, UWIMAA, Office of Administration, UWI STAT Corps, alumni and others.
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UWI Connect is The University of the West Indies magazine, published quarterly for Alumni, Parents and Friends of the UWI by the Institutional Advancement Division, UWI Regional Headquarters. Reproduction, republication or redistribution of content is strictly prohibited without prior written pemission of the Editor. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of The University of the West Indies.
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uWI GlOBal GIVInG WEEK In an effort to accelerate its drive for self-sufficiency, The University of the West Indies has launched a Global Giving Week (August 1-7, 2016) initiative under the theme, “Emancipate, Educate, Donate.” Initially launched at The University’s Regional Headquarters in Mona, Jamaica on April 8, 2016, a series of similar launches have since taken place at other UWI campuses and indeed throughout the diaspora and beyond. It marks the beginning of what is hoped will become an annual tradition to connect with friends and cultivate support to strengthen the UWI’s capacity to drive regional development.
"I support the
UWI Global Giving Week - help support Sports,
Academics and Research at The University of the West Indies
by GIVING today." Dr. the Hon. Usain Bolt OJ,
UWI Honorary Graduate and Alumni Exemplar Sports Awardee
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uWI GlOBal GIVInG WEEK
JOIn aluMnI THE WOrlD OVEr anD ParTICIPaTE In THE uWI GlOBal GIVInG WEEK (uWI GGW)!
antigua and Barbuda
that movement to join hands with our alumni and friends … this is not a begging campaign this is the start of a revolution of how we take charge of our destiny in this region. As the UWI does groundbreaking research in medicine, sports, marijuana and other agricultural innovations, we need to ensure its sustainability for centuries to come. Like the founding fathers we have to imagine the unimaginable, we have to plan for the unknown; we have to anticipate the unexpected. The Global Giving campaign is one way in which we can all become a part of that unimaginable future and one day a hundred years from now as our descendants speak of the legacy of the UWI …they will be able to say it began here on June 30, 2016 when the Global Giving campaign was launched on Belizean soil. The Belize Site received a total of BZ$83,500.00 in commitments at its official launch and this initiative will continue. The launch was streamed and was also aired live on national television.
We are calling all the UWI alumni from Antigua and Barbuda to join us in keeping the UWI and it's students going. We have all benefited from a UWI education. Let's give back so others may benefit and so that the UWI can keep growing and educating the future professionals and leaders of Antigua and Barbuda. The UWI's success is our country's success. Julie-Ann Laudat UWIAA President - Antigua and Barbuda
Barbados
The University of the West Indies continues to build support from its Friends, alumni and partners for its inaugural fund-raising initiative. On May 27, 2016, the UWI launched its Global Giving Week campaign at its Cave Hill Campus in Barbados. The distinguished guests at the Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination included former Barbadian Prime Minister the Rt. Honourable Owen Arthur, who is the local Patron of the UWI GGW. The former Prime Minister has set himself a fund-raising target of BDS$10 million to assist the cause, saying action was necessary to protect the future of the regional institution. He noted, “…this University is needed now more that at any other time in our history because unless we are determined and resolved to convert the entire Caribbean into a new learning society and a new learning economy, we are destined to fail”.
Florida UWI Graduates in the State of Florida, we know you feel that the UWI is very dear to us for many reasons. We completed our first tertiary education programme at UWI and we developed lasting friendships. The training we received at the UWI is what has helped us to be where we are today in our professional lives. For these reasons, and because we would love to give back to our beloved Alma Mater, the Executive Board of the UWIAA Florida, is calling on you to participate in the inaugural 'UWI Global Giving Week' August 1 – 7, 2016. Through our contributions, we can make a difference in the lives of current students attending the UWI, as well as helping to advance the growth and progress of the University, as a premier institution. We are counting on you to start this tradition of giving to help our beloved Alma Mater, and to continue this effort in the future.
Belize
The UWI Open Campus covers a large geographic area. The Belize launch of the UWI GGW was held on June 30, 2016. His Excellency, Sir Colville Young, the GGW Patron for Belize gave BZ$10,0000 towards this cause, which he said was necessary to maintain the future of the regional institution. Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the UWI Open Campus, Dr. Luz Longsworth, who delivered the call to action made a passionate appeal to alumni and Friends to give generously. “We can do this but we must do it together. This Global Giving campaign is the start of
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Dr. Rupert Rhodd, President UWIAA, Florida and the Executive Team
uWI GlOBal GIVInG WEEK Hong Kong (Guangdong)
new york
Proud to be a Pelican! Support the UWI Global Giving Week and when you are in Hong Kong and China, let’s get together!
Alumni and Friends in the New York Tri State Area,thank you for your past and on-going contributions and support of our Alma Mater. The existing socio-economic conditions in the Caribbean are challenging and there is an increasing number of students who are at risk of dropping out, or are being denied access because of grave financial constraints. Our Alma Mater needs our support today more than ever as it embarks on a wide range of capacity building initiatives – programmes and projects to improve research capability, infrastructure, access to scholarships, sports programmes and more. Please join me, as proud alumnus of the UWI, in building on our past support and giving. Let us also encourage our friends and family to be a part of the Global Giving Week initiative. The future of our Alma Mater and our region depends on our involvement and our generosity. As we say “every mickel mek a muckle / every nickel counts”.
Lewis Leung UWIAA Contact - Hong Kong (Guangdong)
Jamaica
"This is a shout-out to all graduates of the UWI Mona Campus, no matter the year you graduated, or where you may be in the world today. We are calling on you to participate in the inaugural 'UWI Global Giving Week' August 1-7 with the theme, ‘Emancipate, Educate, Donate'. We are appealing to the proud sons and daughters of the Pelican to contribute to any aspect of UWI life that may be nearest and dearest to your heart, whether you donate towards scholarships, for your faculty or department, your hall of residence or even hall block! Please give as generously as you can. Visit www.uwi.edu/giving, which will direct you how to donate online or, if you prefer, bring or send in your cash or cheque contributions. You may, of course, donate at any time even though we are focussing our campaign on a specific time period, in order to maximise the impact. We are asking further for your help in encouraging your batchmates to visit our website and register their contact information so they can be added to our database. Keeping track of alums is not easy, since people change their emails and mailing addresses from time to time and so it would be a great help if you would spread the word to your fellow alumni. Thanks and let's continue to show our Pelican Pride!
Gerald White-Davis, Ed. D. President - UWIAA New York Chapter
St. Kitts and nevis
Calling all proud alumni of the UWI from and in St. Kitts and Nevis to participate in the inaugural ‘UWI Global Giving Week’ August 1 – 7, 2016! This exciting initiative is being held under the theme ‘Emancipate, Educate, Donate’ and provides a welcome opportunity to graduates of the UWI, no matter what year you graduated or from which campus, to contribute to the UWI in any way you can. Show your Pelican pride and help our esteemed institution to continue to lift the people of the region to reach our full potential. Visit www.uwi.edu/giving to find out how you can donate during UWI Global Giving Week and beyond. If you are in St. Kitts and Nevis you can feel free to call the UWI Open Campus at 465-2190 / 469-0389. Please also visit the St. Kitts and Nevis UWIAA page at www.uwi.edu/alumnionline to join the large and growing global network of Pelicans and find out more about opportunities to give back to our University.
Cecile R. Clayton B.A., Class of '69 President - UWIAA Jamaica Chapter
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Craig Tuckett UWIAA St. Kitts and Nevis
uWI GlOBal GIVInG WEEK St. lucia At the launch of the UWI GGW in St. Lucia, Ms. Lydia Dariah, Acting President of the UWIAA St. Lucia Chapter appealed to alumni to participate in the inaugural UWI GGW and to keep giving throughout the year and at every future GGW. “It is out of love and dedication to the UWI and in keeping with the mandate of the UWI Alumni Association to proactively engage in fundraising activities to enhance the development of the University, that today I make this humble call to alumni to join in this global gift giving initiative. I urge you to demonstrate your Pelican Pride and Pelican Spirit by being benevolent to our Alma Mater. In this way, the same opportunities which we have been privileged to receive through our UWI education will be given to many of our youth. Let us collectively as alumni, invest in education and contribute to the University’s research, capital projects, infrastructural needs and student scholarships. The UWI - our regional university - is the backbone of our region and its growth and development is dependent on us the alumni. It is critical that we, as UWI Ambassadors, who are considered the lifeblood and living history of the University, work together and willingly contribute to the sustainability of our University. Let us as proud alumni through a sense of community, make a difference and help The University of the West Indies drive regional development. Remember we are “One UWI, One Alumni Family.” The UWI Open Campus, St. Lucia received a total of EC$29,876.40 in commitments at the official launch of GGW.
Lydia Dariah (left) and Her Excellency Dame Pearlette Louisy GCMG, Governor-General of St. Lucia, both proud graduates of the UWI.
St. Vincent & the Grenadines
St. Vincent and the Grenadines is the “Home of the Blessed” and we have been blessed as one of the countries that has benefitted from The University of the West Indies. Many of us have studied at one of the four campuses, whether you went to Cave Hill, Mona, St. Augustine or the Open Campus. We have earned our degrees, made new friendships, learnt more about our Caribbean brother and sisters and become better citizens for our country and region. As the UWI celebrates its inaugural Global Giving Week from August 1 - 7, we are called to contribute to the institution that has given so much to us. Whether you want to support a faculty, department, hall or a scholarship, your contribution helps to give that UWI experience to another of our Vincentian brothers and sisters and helps create a new Pelican. Help to celebrate the theme of “Emancipate, Educate, Donate” by visiting the UWI homepage www.uwi.edu/giving which will direct you how to donate online or, if you prefer, send in your contributions to the Open Campus SVG. As proud Vincentian alumni, let us work to establish a vibrant UWIAA St. Vincent and the Grenadines Chapter and show what proud Pelicans we are and what the UWI has done for us as a country. I urge you to give generously and continue to shine as our University motto says “Oriens ex Ocidente Lux” (“Light Rising from the West”). Thank you my proud Vincy Pelicans.
Lydia Dariah (left) presents Dr. Luz Longsworth with a cheque from the UWIAA St. Lucia Chapter towards the UWI GGW.
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Shavar Maloney B.A. (Hons), Class of 2013 UWIAA Contact - St. Vincent and the Grenadines
uWI GlOBal GIVInG WEEK Trinidad and Tobago
Washington DC
The Trinidad and Tobago Patron, His Excellency Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona O.R.T.T., S.C, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, at the launch of the UWI GGW in Trinidad and Tobago noted: “As a UWI Mona and Cave Hill alumnus, the honour is mine to offer patronage for a project that will enhance the game changing and evolving role of the UWI in Caribbean education. I do recall the growth personally of my “Caribbeaness”, having done a first degree in Mona, Jamaica, a second degree in Cave Hill, Barbados and having taught Politics and English at St. Augustine. For many, many years when asked about my citizenship by a foreigner, I would proudly tell them that I’m a “TrinJamBaj”. I don’t say it any more but I feel it, it remains in my heart and at the end of the day that is what really matters. Because for me it represents a guiding light in the strength, power and importance of Caribbean integration.” He exhorted businesses, alumni and individuals to support the UWI. He encouraged corporate partners in the public and private sectors, alumni and Friends of the UWI to donate in order to assist in the continued development of the UWI.
The UWI GGW fundraising luncheon was a roaring success thanks to the UWI Global Patron, Sir George Alleyne, his wife Lady Sylvan Alleyne and the support of the UWIAA Washington DC Chapter especially Malene Alleyne, Peter Edwards, Barbara Brissett and the team. The ambience was delightful and the packed room of over 200 proud Pelicans made for a truly memorable afternoon. The Dutch auction was tremendous fun and the cuisine delicious. The Director of the AFUWI in New York, Ann Marie Grant, also came to show her support. The Vice-Chancellor, Sir Hilary Beckles and the Chancellor both expressed their pleasure at the response from alumni and deemed the event successful. Donations and pledges continue to roll in!
uWI School of nursing (uWISOn)
"We are calling all graduates of The UWI School of Nursing, Mona Campus (including the Western Jamaica Campus), no matter the year you graduated, or where you may be in the world today. Please participate in the inaugural UWI Global Giving Week, August 1 – 7, 2016. Contribute to any aspect of UWI life, whether you donate towards scholarships, for your faculty, department, your hall of residence or even hall block! Please give as generously as you can. Visit the UWI homepage www.uwi.edu/giving to donate online or, if you prefer send in your cheques or cash to any of the Business Development Offices on the campuses. Donations are welcome throughout the year of course. Encourage your batchmates to visit our website and register their contact information so they can be added to our database. It would be a great help if you would spread the word to your fellow alumni. Sign up as an E-Mentor and help UWI students by emailing responses to their academic and professional questions in your field, at uwi.edu/alumnionline/ementor Let us all show our Pelican Pride!" Joyette Aiken MScN, Class 2003 UWIAA Contact - UWI School of Nursing (UWISON)
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CHarGE FOr COMMOnWEalTH yOuTH
The Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland issued a challenge to the young people of the Commonwealth to help the 53 member states achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at a Town Hall Meeting, hosted by the the University of the West Indies at its Regional Headquarters on July 8, 2016. In 2015, countries globally adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda. The 17 SDGs and 169 targets seek to build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and complete what they did not achieve. The targets are expected to be achieved over the next 15 years. Baroness Scotland also emphasised that youth should assist with delivering on the objective of the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21), to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C. Baroness Scotland indicated that she intends to issue a similar charge to youth in Africa, the Pacific, the Asian region, and Europe. Of the 2.3 billion people comprising the Commonwealth, 60 per cent are going to be under the age of 30 by 2030, and therefore it will be up to young people to ensure the prosperity of the 53 nations. Baroness Scotland was in Jamaica to launch a youth leadership initiative dubbed the ‘33Sixty’ programme. It equips aspiring Commonwealth leaders (aged 18-30) with the skills and the networks to make a difference and to develop solutions to some of the planet’s most pressing issues.
The rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland addressing attendees at the Town Hall Meeting. 9
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lISa CuMMInS aPPOInTED ExECuTIVE DIrECTOr OF uWIC During her ten-year diplomatic career, she worked at the headquarters of the Barbados Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, as well as in the Barbados Embassy in Washington DC.
UWI graduate Lisa Cummins became the Executive Director of the UWI Consulting Company (UWIC) effective March 1, 2016. UWIC, which is chaired by ViceChancellor Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, is the University’s business unit that provides international and regional advisory services.
She also served as Trade Advisor for the Commonwealth Secretariat to the Government of Uganda and the wider East African region, as Uganda’s lead technical advisor on trade in services. In that capacity, she was a member of the negotiating team for services in the East African Community trade talks with Europe and the EAC Common Market and has worked on projects in East and Southern Africa for several development partners including the World Bank, UNCTAD, the European Union and Trade Mark East Africa. She also serves on multiple boards regionally and internationally.
As he welcomed her to the UWIC, ViceChancellor Beckles noted: “This is a defining moment in our Caribbean development. Here at the UWI, we have been investing in our own capacity to help navigate and define our regional development trajectory though strong intellectual leadership. In this vein, the University has taken the decision to recruit a leader for our consultancy company who has a strong background in Caribbean regional development, trade, international relations, public policy, private sector development and well established ties to the University community”.
Cummins is the current Chairman of the Inter-American Development Bank’s Civil Society Consultative Committee and President of the Rotary Club of Barbados.
Cummins has served as a diplomat and as Executive Director of the Barbados Coalition of Service Industries.
rICHarD BErnal HaS JOInED uWI rHQ
UWI graduate, Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal, has joined the UWI Regional Headquarters as Pro Vice Chancellor for Global Affairs. This post is new and was created by the UWI Vice-Chancellor Sir Hilary Beckles to strengthen and develop UWI's international alliances for collaboration with universities and research institutions as well as to facilitate the exchange of students and academic staff. Bernal is a top Caribbean diplomat, scholar and technocrat and will bring his skills and experience to the UWI. He was both a student and lecturer at the University. It is a homecoming for him and he is fully committed to the challenge and to giving back to the institution which provided the foundation for his career. He taught international economics and development economics at the University for seven years and was a research fellow at the University's Institute of Social and Economic Studies where he worked with his mentor, Sir Alister McIntyre. 10
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VISIT By THE PrIME MInISTEr OF TrInIDaD & TOBaGO The Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. the Hon. Keith Rowley, MP paid an official visit to The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus on July 20, 2016. As part of the visit, the UWI, Mona hosted an Induction Ceremony for Prime Minister Rowley in the Park in honour of UWI graduates who are or have been Heads of Government. The Prime Minister also undertook a brief tour of the campus and addressed members of the University community at a Town Hall Meeting held at the University’s Regional Headquarters.
WInSTOn BaylEy HOnOurED
Mr. Winston Bayley, former Director of Finance/University Bursar, who served in that capacity for over 17 years, has expressed his delight at being honoured by having one of the Regional Headquarters (RHQ) Seminar Rooms named after him. He was recognised for his role in marshalling the finances for the building of the Regional Headqarters and thus, for playing an important part in making it a reality. Before joining the UWI family, Mr. Bayley was the Managing Director of Facey Commodity Company Ltd., the largest of the ICD Group of Companies in Jamaica. He continues to serve as the Honorary Consul for Barbados in Jamaica. Although retired from the UWI, he continues to be acknowledged as one who made a significant contribution to the financial development of the UWI. Interestingly, Mr. Bayley met his wife Marjorie (nee Gray), a former conductor of the University Singers at the UWI, and on August 12, 2016 will have been married for 52 years - a perfect example of Barbadian/Jamaican unity! 11
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McInTyrE/nETTlEFOrD SCHOlarSHIP launCHED
The UWI established a new scholarship fund for high-achieving youth from disenfranchised backgrounds, at a luncheon on June 10, 2016. The scholarship will cover all costs for an undergraduate degree at the UWI, and will be maintained through an endowment fund, in which the investment income will support the scholarship awards. The fund honours two of the University’s former Vice-Chancellors, Sir Alister McIntyre, and the late Professor Rex Nettleford who are both among a list of distinguished Caribbean nationals who graduated from Oxford University. Speaking at the luncheon, themed The Ethical University: Poverty Must Fall: Empowering Marginalised Communities, Vice-Chancellor of the UWI, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles explained that the scholarship fund “recognises the importance of making an educational experience accessible to our most promising young scholars.” He added, “The scholarship celebrates the history of connectedness between Oxford and the UWI.” Mariame Robinson, President and CEO of First Global Bank which sponsored the luncheon also spoke and recounted her “transformative and truly enjoyable” experience at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar in the ’90s and reminded guests that “the norms and access we have today come from other shoulders that we are standing on from prior generations.”
L-R: Senator Mark Golding, an Oxford graduate; Donovan Walker, Partner, Hart, Muirhead & Fatta, Attorneys-at-Law; Lady McIntyre, wife of former University of the West Indies Vice-Chancellor, Sir Alister McIntyre and Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice Chancellor, with the cheque for US$35,000 donated by Oxford graduate, Attorney-at-Law and UWI Honorary Graduate Hugh Hart, to the McIntyre/Nettleford Scholarship Fund.
SPECIal COnFErMEnT
An honorary doctor of laws degree was conferred on the University of Oxford’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Louise Richardson at a special convocation at UWI Mona on June 10, 2016. Honorary degrees are awarded to persons of eminence in the Arts, Sciences or some other field of intellectual endeavour or who have made outstanding regional or international contributions in areas served by the University or otherwise. She was recognised for being the first female Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University in its near 800 year history to celebrate gender equity in leadership. Vice-Chancellor Beckles describes Professor Richardson as being very conscious of the role of the Caribbean in building the reputation of the UWI and Oxford and noted that she has done much to honour the relationship. Before her appointment at Oxford, Professor Richardson served as Vice-Chancellor at the University of St. Andrews, which also has strong historic links with the UWI. In 2015 she was also a visiting research professor at the UWI St. Augustine Campus and in 2015, Vice Chancellor Beckles gave a lecture on a model for reparations at Oxford on the invitation of Professor Richardson. The UWI and Oxford University have had a long history of faculty-driven joint research programmes and have been partners in many disciplines. 12
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rEParaTOry JuSTICE...
a Call FOr DEVElOPMEnT COOPEraTIOn BETWEEn BrITaIn & THE CarIBBEan
Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice Chancellor of the UWI and Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Reparations Commission presented “a model for reparations” at Oxford University, England, on January 26, 2016. He also met at the House of Commons with a cross section of political leaders and civil society organisations to explore how they can best support CARICOM’s call for reparatory justice for African enslavement and native genocide. Prof. Beckles said that reparatory justice “is not a backward call for handouts as many have said. On the contrary, it is a renewed call for development cooperation between Britain and the Caribbean.” He added that reparations is about Britain making “a long overdue contribution” to the economic development of the Caribbean through investments in areas such as education, health care, agriculture reform, technology and science to transfer through the universities and colleges. “It’s about debt cancellation since the governments of the Caribbean have used up their scare resources desperately trying to clean up the colonial mess Britain left behind, such as rampant illiteracy, poor health care, horrible housing, and backward attitudes to development,” Sir Hilary said. He went on to say that Britain abandoned its financial obligation, and the Caribbean citizens and governments had done very well with self responsibility, but the time has come for Britain “to honour its legal and moral obligation to the Caribbean”. He urged every finance minister in the Caribbean to stand with the reparations movement and jointly call upon Britain to facilitate economic development and recovery since the Caribbean has been neglected for an additional 50 years after 300 years of wealth extraction by the former British colonialists. CARICOM’s 10 point Action Plan for Reparatory Justice calls for a formal apology for slavery and native genocide, an indigenous people’s programme, cultural institutions, programmes designed to improve public health, literacy and African knowledge; psychological rehabilitation and debt cancellation. Noting that “blacks are the only people who have received no reparations for crimes of slavery”, he said urgent action was required to repair damage facing the region such as the debt crisis, poor health and literacy ratios, institutional poverty, food insecurity, unemployment and more. 13
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PaSSInG THE BaTOn FarEWEll
The UWI says a fond farewell to Professor Clement Sankat, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal at UWI, St. Augustine, as he passes the baton to Professor Brian Copeland who will take over as Principal of UWI St. Augustine. Professor Sankat has given exceptional service to the University as both Pro Vice-Chancellor, Graduate Studies and Principal of the St. Augustine Campus. As a former student, research assistant, lecturer, head of department, dean, pro vice-chancellor and campus principal, he has served this University for over 38 years with drive, energy and passion.
l-r: Outgoing Principal, Professor Clement Sankat and uWI Vice-Chancellor, Sir Hilary Beckles.
WElCOME Former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Professor Brian Copeland, has been appointed Campus Principal of the UWI St. Augustine. He is a distinguished scholar, engineer, and university administrator. Professor Copeland graduated from the UWI St. Augustine with a BSc in Electrical Engineering in 1978, with an MSc in Electrical Engineering (Control Systems) from the University of Toronto in 1981 and with a PhD in Electrical Engineering (Control Systems) from the University of Southern California in 1990. He has been a Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University from 2007 to 2015. He was Head of the UWI Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 1997 to 2007. He is Convener of the Steelpan Research Centre, UWI, and is a former Member of the Board of Directors, Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI). In 2008 he 14
Professor Brian Copeland
was the first recipient of the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and in 2007 he was joint recipient of the Chaconia Medal Gold as a member of the G-Pan development team.
aluMnI EnGaGEMEnT
JOIn THE aluMnI OnlInE E-MEnTOrSHIP PrOGraMME
Share your expertise with UWI students across the Caribbean through the Alumni Online E-Mentorship Programme. Sign up as an E-Mentor and help UWI students by emailing responses to their academic and professional questions in your field. In a short email you can answer a query, make a suggestion or give a current real world example - it does not take a lot of your time, but can make a really positive difference to a student. You can positively impact many young lives across the Caribbean at uwi.edu/alumnionline/ementor We need a "bank" of E-Mentors ready to go by October 31, 2016, our launch date - so please sign up TODAY!
InTrODuCInG "PElICan TalKS"
Be an E-Mentor to our students.
Pelican Talks is a new way for UWI graduates to listen to and share and take part in interactive and positive discussions about a variety of topics. We will be talking with alumni and Friends of the UWI across the Caribbean region and the world and are sure that you will find these conversations to be novel and enriching experiences! Our first guest on July 4. 2016, was Lisa Cummins, the new Executive Director of the UWI Consulting Company, who gave us insights into her professional life, her "ah ah" moments, as well as tips not only for the working world, but for life. Upcoming guests are:
Marlon James Man Booker 2015 Prize Winner September 29, 2016 at 4 p.m. (Jamaica Time)
Kemal Brown CEO of Global Digital Marketing and Motivational Speaker December 8, 2016 at 12 noon (Jamaica Time)
Dr. Shirley Thompson Composer, academic, artistic director, film maker, conductor, violinist and Reader at the University of Westminster. March 23 at 12 noon (Jamaica Time)
We will send you a link for the next Pelican Talks. If you have not yet joined Alumni Online please do so now so that you can participate www.uwi.edu/alumnionline Join us for Pelican Talks – bringing positivity and talent to you! 15
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Dr. WInSTOn ParrIS
Medicine and the Tennessee Pain Society. He served as President of the American Board of Pain Medicine, American College of Pain Medicine, the Tennessee Pain Society, the Leukemia Society of America - Tennessee Chapter, and as Secretary of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. He also served as President of the World Society of Pain Clinicians for six years. During that time he helped develop Pain Clinics in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Far East and Eastern Europe.
St. Lucian Dr. Winston Parris graduated from The University of the West Indies (Mona Campus) with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree (MB.BS) in 1968 and the Diploma of Anaesthetics degree (DA) in 1970. He returned to St. Lucia in 1971 and served with distinction as the only Consultant Anaesthesiologist at Victoria Hospital for four and a half years. Subsequently, he joined the faculty of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee where he rose through the ranks to become a full-tenured Professor of Anaesthesiology in 1989.
Dr. Parris founded the Vanderbilt Pain Control Center in 1982 and served as its Medical Director from 1982 to 1997. He also served on the Advisory Committee for Anaesthesia, Pain and Life Support Drugs of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from 1998 to 2002. Dr. Parris was the Director of Clinical Research at Anesthesia Pain Care Consultants in Fort Lauderdale. He was Professor of Anaesthesia and Chief of the Pain Programmmes at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina but continued to run the St. Lucia Pain Institute and the St. Luke’s Clinic for the underprivileged in St. Lucia. He went into private practice after the death of his wife. Dr. Parris is the author of 3 textbooks, 28 book chapters, 81 refereed publications and 147 abstracts.
While at Vanderbilt, he published extensively on the Anaesthetic management of many complex disease processes including Carcinoid Syndrome, Polymyositis, Hypertensive Crises, Tracheomalacia, Chronic Renal Failure Syndrome and others.
He single-handedly developed a protocol for the anaesthetic management of Systemic Mastocytosis, a disease that was usually associated with death during surgery. His recommendations have been adopted worldwide and have significantly reduced the morbidity and mortality associated with Systemic Mastocytosis.
In 2004, Dr. Parris was honoured by Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain with the Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) for his service and accomplishments in the field of Pain Medicine. In 2010, he received the St. Lucia Cross from the Government of St Lucia for his contributions in Pain Medicine.
Dr. Parris was a founding member of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the American College of Pain Medicine, the American Board of Pain
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empowerment and sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls. She is also the founder of Caribbean Youth for Philanthropy, a network of youth leaders from various Caribbean Islands promoting opportunities free of charge to young persons from the region.
Kizanne James, an award winning youth leader and medical student at the UWI, Mona was as a member of the delegation to the United Nations Headquarters, New York City, for the 60th Meeting on the Commission on the Status of Women held in March 2016. The theme was “Women’s empowerment and its link to sustainable development, with the sub-theme, “The elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls”. Kizanne notes that attending the Commission on the Status of Women Conference at the United Nations Headquarters will forever change the way she practices medicine. She feels empowered by the knowledge gained at the session entitled, The Role of Women Physicians in Sustainable Development, which focused heavily on violence against women and highlighted the importance of examining victims of abuse without a “guardian” being present. This is not only useful in treating patients with abuse but any complaint as some may feel more comfortable sharing health-related information when they are alone with a doctor.
While pursuing her medical degree at The University of the West Indies, Mona, she has worked for the Jamaica Medical Students’ Association as Vice President of Internal Affairs and President of the Standing Committee on Public Health and has used her experiences here to chart her path into Health Care Management. She has already been accepted into the University of Southampton, rated within the top 1% Universities globally and the University of Salford, which has offered her the Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship for Excellence if she decides to study there. Kizanne hopes to use her training at the UWI Mona to develop programmes towards decentralisation of health care within her country, a programme she hopes will decrease the incidence of lifestyle diseases.
Kizanne is also a Fellow within the Women Deliver Young Leaders’ Programme, rated within the top five young leaders programmes globally where she works towards solving issues related to youth
EDuCaTInG THE EDuCaTOrS WOrKSHOP The Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), the Ophthalmological Society of the West Indies, the Internationcal Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) and the Faculty of Medical Sciences hosted as workshop under the theme Educating the Educators for Medical Faculty, DM Coordinators, Associate Lecturers, and Residents on July 12 and 13, 2016. Topics included: Lecture skills - Large group teaching; Teaching and learning styles; Teaching in the clinic; Teaching Residents how to teach; Characteristics of a good assessment tool; Programme assessment tools; Resident assessment tools and The Problem Resident - Poor academic/surgical performance. 17
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Sunday March 13, 2016 was a bright and balmy day. The new Alumni House at Mona was spic and span thanks to the UWI Mona Campus Estate Management Department, Sanitation and Grounds Services. The conversations were engaging, the menu items were mouthwatering and the camaraderie was inspiring. All who participated were happy to know that over J$200,000 was raised towards assisting the medical faculty at Mona by the UWI Medical Alumni Association Jamaica Chapter. Professor Howard Spencer, Acting President and his team did a great job and they look forward to more medics becoming involved in alumni activities.
What an engaging discussion! The food is awaiting your attention!!
Dean Horace making sure he has your picture for his album of all FMS graduates.
Talk about engaging conversation! You can’t beat our friend and avid supporter St. Elmo White.
Like a good organiser recognising help and contributions, Howard Spencer says THANKS and looks forward to future support.
Ever been serenaded on a Sunday afternoon by this man Mario Evon Guthrie? Reggae-Soul, is the place where R&B and Soul meet Reggae, and how he describes his music. A former member of the University singers and a medical doctor, entrepreneur and songwriter, his most recent accolade is the release of his debut album, 'Reggae-Soul Vol. 1: M.E. On Love' in 2015. The acronym, M.E. could not be more fitting for him, as he continuously spreads a message encouraging others to be themselves, and pursue their passions despite the odds.
OuTSTanDInG PElICan Congratulations to UWI graduate Professor Renn Holness who was awarded the Charles Drake medal, the lifetime achievement award of the Canadian Neurosurgical Society, in recognition of his outstanding career and significant contribution to neurosurgery. Holness attained the Gold Medal in the 1968 Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) Final Examinations, obtaining Distinctions in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Pathology & Microbiology as well as Honours in Medicine and Surgery. He served as Professor and Head of the Department of Neurosurgery at Dalhousie University from 1987 to 1994 before serving as Director of the UWI Clinical Training Programme in Nassau Bahamas from April-October 2000. Professor Holness was President of the Canadian Neurological Society, (1995 - 1996) and Chairman of the Examining Board in Neurosurgery, Royal College of Physicians of Canada from 1997 to 2000. He gives back to his Alma Mater, in his capacity as Professor and Examiner in Neurosurgery in the DM (UWI) Neurosurgery Programme and teaches surgical residents and medical students at the Cornwall Regional Hospital. He is the recipient of a well deserved Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) from the UWI. 18
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aFuWI awardees on their big night at The Pierre Hotel, Manhattan, new york City.
larry Miller, President, Jordan Brand, a division of Nike Inc., was presented with the “AFUWI Trailblazer Award”.
Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (UWI) has lauded the recipients of the 2016 American Foundation for The University of the West Indies (AFUWI) Legacy Awards as “trailblazers who like the UWI stand for excellence”. The Legacy Awards are conferred annually on notable individuals or entities which represent high levels of achievement within their respective fields of industry, enterprise and in service in their communities by AFUWI – the US-based Foundation which partners with the UWI alumni, the Caribbean community in the United States, American foundations and corporations, to raise funds for projects, scholarships and academic programmes on the University’s four campuses.
Phillip Gore and Christine Gore, both Directors of the Jamaica-based Phillip & Christine Gore Family Foundation were presented with the “AFUWI Vice Chancellor’s Achievement Award”, in recognition of their philantrophic efforts to improve the lives of Jamaican youth through education and sports. Christine is a UWI graduate and Attorney-at-Law and together with her husband are known for the provision of affordable housing in Jamaica through Gore Developments Limited. Tirrell Whittley, CEO and Principal of Liquid Soul accepted the “AFUWI Corporate Award”.
Among the 2016 recipients of AFUWI Legacy Awards presented at the black-tie gala on February 24, 2016, at The Pierre in New York City, is Dr. Harold Freeman, CEO, President and Founder of the Harold P. Freeman Patient Navigation Institute in New York and Professor Emeritus of Surgery at Colombia University. He received the “AFUWI Lifetime Achievement Award”.
Noting that all the recipients are “eminently deserving”, Sir Hilary said that “in its journey of excellence the UWI has benefitted from magnificent support from the private and public sectors and alumni from the USA as well as the Caribbean.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Machel Montano, acclaimed soca artiste and entertainer received the AFUWI “Bob Marley Award” and healthcare executive Daphne Jones, Chief Information Officer, GE Healthcare Global Services, the “Caribbean Luminary Award”.
World famous entertainer/activist Danny Glover was this year’s Honorary Gala Chair, while former New York City Mayor David Dinkins was Honorary Dinner Chair. Kaye Foster served as Dinner Patron with past awardee Paxton Baker serving as Gala Chair. Proceeds from the gala each year go toward providing scholarships to deserving UWI students in financial need.
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2016 Awardees
The University of the West Indies honoured five leaders of Canadian and Caribbean origin during its seventh annual Toronto Benefit Gala on April 2, 2016.
and a full Professor at the University of British Columbia, in the Department of Surgery.
Dr. Vivienne Poy who served as Chancellor of the University of Toronto from 2003 to 2006, received the G. Raymond Chang Award that was established to honour outstanding individuals who exemplify the leadership and ideals of G. Raymond Chang. He was an outstanding business leader, philanthropist and Patron of the Toronto Gala for five years. Dr. Poy is the first Canadian of Asian descent appointed to the Senate of Canada.
Former Trinidad and Tobago professional golfer Stephen ames made his Hoerman Cup debut in 1980 at the age of 16 and turned professional in 1987. He initiated the Stephen Ames Cup, an international Ryder Cup style competition that pits CJGA Team Canada against Team Trinidad and Tobago and co-hosts an annual charity golf tournament for kids.
Wesley Hall is founder of Kingsdale Shareholder Services, the leading firm in the growing area of outsourced strategic shareholder communication. He is an industry expert in proxy solicitation, depositary, corporate governance and other shareholder related initiatives. His generosity has enabled cancer care for children in the Caribbean.
The Luminary Award was presented to Jamaican born Dr. Shirley Thompson, the first woman in Europe to have composed and conducted a symphony in the last 40 years. This award is given to people of Caribbean heritage who are outstanding achievers on an international scale in their respective fields or people who have brought to prominence, issues which affect the Caribbean.
The Chancellor’s Award was presented to Food For The Poor Inc., an organisation which has done tremendous work in Jamaica, Haiti and Guyana. This award is given to organisations, which have contributed significantly to the Caribbean, or outstanding organisations owned by persons of Caribbean heritage.
Dr. Paul Steinbok, Stephen Ames and Wesley Hall received the Vice Chancellor’s Award.
UWI graduate and paediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Paul Steinbok, is the Head Emeritus of the Division of Paediatric Neurosurgery at the BC Children’s Hospital 20
The Gala was held under the theme “Light, Learning and Liberty” with the UWI noting that most of the 70 persons who have received scholarships have graduated with honours.
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will also enable the UWI to provide more community development youth sport activities to neighbouring communities. The M.O.U. was signed on March 2, 2016.
The UWI, Mona, received grant funding of US$90,000 from Japan for the construction of a gymnasium, which will be used primarily for the development of artistic gymnastics. It will support the training of gymnasts, through collaboration with Japanese coaches from Nishida’s Gymnastics.
Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal of the UWI, Professor Archibald McDonald, noted that the successful completion of the project is another critical step in the University’s ongoing mandate to diversify the capabilities and programme offerings at the UWI. “Athletics and sports remain a core component to the UWI’s ongoing quest to establish ourselves as frontrunners in higher learning,” he said. The gynmasium will allow students to train in a facility that is uniquely built to develop their talents, sports acumen and capabilities, through the appropriate space and equipment.
Professor Archibald McDonald (seated, right), along with Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Mr. Masanori Nakano (seated, left), sign a contract for grant funding, valued at US$90,000, from the Japanese government. Standing l-r: Japanese Deputy Chief of Mission to Jamaica, Mr. Hiromoto Oyama; Campus Registrar, Mrs. Camille Bell-Hutchinson; and Deputy Principal, Professor Ishenkumba Kahwa.
The facility will also encourage interest in the sport amongst students and the wider public, and from an academic perspective, foster greater interest in physical education. Professor McDonald noted that the facility
uWI MaKES GIanT STEP In rEGIOnal SPOrT rESEarCH anD SCIEnCE
anticipated 2016 Rio Olympics, where the region’s top athletes will compete in the most elite sporting event. We want to continue emphasising the importance of incorporation of an academic approach to our region’s sports culture. It is our vision to promote a sustainable scientific approach to sport development in Dr. Rhoda Reddock the Caribbean. Through research and discussion, we aim to develop strategies and mechanism for the investigation, analysis and “Sports is an integral part of the culture of the region dissemination of information of physical education and and increasingly so in this season on the heels of sport in the Caribbean region,” she notes. the West Indies women and men teams’ dominance of the World T20 cricket and of course, the highly
The University of the West Indies is committed to developing higher levels to competence and performance in the field of sports and will use opportunities to promote research in sports as a means of social and community intervention within society says Deputy Principal of the UWI St. Augustine, Dr. Rhoda Reddock.
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2015 Man BOOKEr PrIZE WInnEr Our very own UWI Pelican Marlon James won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Literature and we are very proud of his accomplishment. Marlon is also the recipient of a Silver Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica. He attended the UWI (Mona) and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Language and Literature in 1991. He has written three (3) novels: John Crow's Devil (2005), The Book of Night Women (2009) and A Brief History of Seven Killings (2014). The last two novels won critical acclaim and won multiple awards. He is now best known globally for A Brief History of Seven Killings which spans several decades and explores the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in 1976, the drug wars of New York in the 1980s and Jamaica in the 1990s. Marlon visited his old campus on February 12, 2016 and delivered the 19th Annual Bob Marley Lecture at the Undercroft of the Senate Building at Mona to great acclaim. The Director and Senior Lecturer of the Institute of Caribbean Studies and the Reggae Studies Unit, Dr. Sonjah Stanley Niaah was delighted with the media recognition and critical acclaim which it generated and noted the appropriateness of Marlon giving the lecture named after Jamaica's most celebrated cultural icon. Marlon - we salute you - and look forward to your next book!
The latest book for UWI grad and Man Booker prize winner Marlon James a Brief History of Seven Killings
On December 3, 1976, just weeks before the general election and two days before Bob Marley was to play the Smile Jamaica concert to ease political tensions, seven men from West Kingston stormed his house with machine guns. Marley survived and went on to perform at the free concert. But the next day he left the country and didn’t return for two years. Inspired by this near-mythic event, A Brief History of Seven Killings takes the form of an imagined oral biography, told by ghosts, witnesses, killers, members of parliament, drug dealers, conmen, beauty queens, FBI and CIA agents, reporters, journalists, and even Keith Richards' drug dealer. The story traverses strange landscapes and shady characters, as motivations are examined – and questions asked.
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as uWI STaT celebrates its tenth anniversary (January 23, 2016) we share with you some examples of uWI STaT 10 activities.
PrIME MInISTErIal lECTurE At the UWI Cave Hill Campus in Barbados, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris delivered an inspiring speech at the Annual Prime Minister’s Lecture. It was organised by The University of the West Indies Students Today Alumni Tomorrow (UWI STAT) Vice Chancellor’s Student Ambassador Corps (Cave Hill) under the theme Reaping the Rewards of Regional Integration: A Socioeconomic Assessment. Dr. Harris said, “I believe, and I believe you believe, too, that many doors of opportunity are going to be opened for us in the future. With that said, perhaps the best test case for regional integration and its corollary socioeconomic benefits is the close-knit group of friends, which you have made already in the hallowed hallways of the UWI, that is a critical resource for you moving forward and hopefully you shall continue to hold near and dear as time goes on, long after your graduation.” The Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis continued, “Through regional integration, you may end up living on the same island as your friend sitting next to you. That is one of the direct rewards of regional integration, because when we look at some of our economies and the reality that some countries have unemployment officially put at 30, 40%, particularly among young people, many of you know there is no going back home for work”.
probability for work, and that is why you had to come prepared. You have to come to the point of not seeing yourself solely as a citizen of Barbados or St. Lucia or St. Kitts and Nevis,” Dr. Harris said, adding that, “You have to now see yourself as a citizen of the region where already there is an institutional framework that gives you the right of free movement, that gives you as a graduate a special privilege and opportunity to move across the single economic space and to set up business, and with that comes a host of contingent and other rights and responsibilities”.
Prime Minister Harris encouraged the students to take advantage of opportunities in other Caribbean islands where the unemployment rate is not as dire as it might be in their country. “So there are other countries that right now are doing well and which provide you with the
The Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis told the rapt audience that they therefore ought to have a broad view, and it is incumbent on The University of the West Indies to prepare them to have a clear identification and appreciation of their potential and who they are.
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The Director of alumni relations at the uWI regional HQ, Celia Davidson Franis (right) is pleased to present a cheque for $10,000 to the Jamaica Cancer Society representative on behalf of uWI STaT Mona as part of the uWI STaT 10 Footprints campaign.
The UWI STAT Mona Corps completed its annual FOOTPRINTS Campaign in this its 10th Anniversary year. The Ambassadors raised funds from their fellow students to assist in various ways. FOOTPRINTS allows students to pay forward while still at their Alma Mater so that other students can benefit. It also assists with them starting a tradition of giving while still attending the UWI. 23
uWI STaT Director of Alumni Relations for the UWI and founder of UWI STAT, Celia Davidson Francis, attended the 8th Directors of Youth Meeting on March 3, 2016 at CARICOM in Guyana where UWI was congratulated on the accomplishments of the UWI STAT Corps to date, and the Corps was recognised as a viable regional youth governance structure. The Secretariat recognised a formal and sustainable partnership between UWI STAT and the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors Programme. The Alumni Relations Director is responsible for the regional UWI STAT Corps and she noted that the Corps continues to evolve and that it is fitting that it continues to transform and develop as it celebrates its tenth anniversary.
The UWI STAT Mona Corps hosted a lecture by former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Mr. Bruce Golding who shared new ideas to improve CARICOM’s effectiveness. The Corps plans to assist him to create the new CARICOM he posited, one that will serve the region now and in the future and that depends greatly on the youth. His frankness and solid recommendations were well taken and his lecture was considered to be inspiring, enlightening and empowering.
MOna BEaCH ClEan-uP UWI STAT Mona took part in the international beach clean-up as part of disaster mitigation and environment conservation.
Job well done team!
We made a difference today!
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The regional UWI STAT Corps celebrates its 10th Anniversary of Volunteerism, Service and Advocacy with Pelican Pride 2016!
The St. Augustine Corps spreading Pelican Pride and engendering loyalty to the UWI. 25
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Dr. Deborah
Dr. Paul
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Dr. Paul ricketts was promoted to the position of Special Advisor to the Minister of Health and Cabinet in Dominica in February 2016. Dr. Ricketts, who is originally from Jamaica, has been living and working in Dominica as a medical doctor for the past 35 years.
Dr. Deborah a. Hickling has been a creative/cultural industries practitioner, administrator and educator for over twenty years, working across the disciplines of broadcasting, audio visual and events production, advertising and public relations, theatre and music. She is currently a Visiting Research Fellow in Creative Economy Development at The University of the West Indies and Advisor/Consultant in the Prime Minister’s Support Unit at the Office of the Prime Minister having also served as Director of Operations and Special Assistant/Coordinating Manager to the Prime Minister. She chairs the interministerial Cultural and Creative Industries Technical Working Group, within the Office of the Prime Minister, in support of the National Cultural and Creative Industries Commission, chaired by the Prime Minister.
This new position puts Ricketts at the forefront in dealing with matters of health policy. He says that there are several issues that are of major priority for him within the role. One is the solidifying of networks that will allow Dominica to harness resources that are needed to improve healthcare provision. Ricketts believes that as the Caribbean’s academic institution, the UWI can serve critical roles in the health sector of Dominica and the other islands. The University has already been doing a lot of work with Dominica’s health sector.
Deborah Hickling is a Creative Economy Policy Development Consultant focusing on developing countries. She is Executive Director and founder of Ink and Vision Limited (I+V), which is focused on the provision of logistical services, training and professional development for creative enterprises and workers. I+V seeks to transform creative industries business ideas by applying the necessary business processes for enterprise development. The company provides an integrated marketing communications framework for creative practitioners and their businesses.
“For example, UWI St. Augustine’s Health Economics Unit has been helping with research on improvement in health care financing”, he noted. “We have been exploring resources for development of an electronic information system to strengthen the quality of information. Finding information can be tedious, so what we need is for easier ways to collate information and to make it more accessible to researchers.” Dr. Ricketts received his MBBS from the UWI Mona in 1981. He also holds an MSc and DLSHTM from the London School of Hygiene and Topical Medicine. He has served as a District Medical Officer in Roseau, Dominica and Associate Professor at Ross University. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors for HelpAge International, Reaching Elderly Abandoned Citizens Housebond (REACH) and Planned Parenthood. He and his wife, Dr. Hazel Shillingford-Ricketts are proud members of the UWIAA Chapter in Dominica and are regular participants in the programmes and activities of the UWI Open Campus Dominica .
Dr. Hickling supervises doctoral theses in the DBA Programme at the Mona School of Business, UWI, and is an adjunct lecturer in the Faculty of Business and Management at UTECH where she also served as lecturer in the Communications Arts and Technology Department. Deborah has designed and delivered courses at The University of the West Indies, University of Technology, HEART NTA, CPTC and the Northern Caribbean University in various areas of cultural studies, media and communication, and cultural and creative enterprise management and production. 26
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Courtney Campbell is known for his hard work and dedication. He is now the President and CEO of the Victoria Mutual Building Society. Prior to this he was CEO of First Global Holdings Limited, CEO of GraceKennedy Financial Group Limited and then CEO of First Global Bank in April 2015.
He then joined the National Commercial Bank graduate trainee programme in February 1985. There he served in several management positions in retail, corporate, and investment banking. He completed his Masters in Finance in 1999 with distinction, and was the valedictorian at the University of Wales and Manchester Business School.
Proud to be a uWI Couple, both Campbell and his wife are uWI graduates and in fact met at the uWI. They have been married for 28 years and have two adult sons, adrian and Domini.
Campbell is the co-chair of Discipleship Ministry at the Webster Memorial United Church, where he mentors young adults and shares his experience on how to manage career, balance work and family, and practise spiritual discipline. He is also Chairman of the United Church Mission Enterprise, Justice of the Peace of Kingston, Chairman of National Education Trust (NET), and the Board of Governors Member of Knox College.
after his final exam at The university of the West Indies in 1984, he decided that he wanted to do banking because he liked figures and loved to relate to people. His Bachelor of Science degree in Management Studies allowed him to obtain his first job as an internal auditor at the Bursary of The university of the West Indies, Mona campus for three months.
His advice to younger graduates is to remain optimistic, don’t see crises as insurmountable problems. We can
look beyond the present to how future circumstances may be better. Keep moving
change how we interpret and respond to problems.
towards your goals. Be focused and be guided by strong values. Choose what is best for the long-term not what
is easy.
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This Legal Workshop was organised by the Coventry Law School in collaboration with British Foundation for the University of the West Indies (BFUWI) and the Global Leadership Programme, under the theme “Careers in Law: Global Options, Local Opportunities”.
This event was successful with over 90 persons attending. Positive feedback was received from both speakers and participants. Many thanks to Susan Belgrave (BFUWI Trustee), Rosemary Cadogan, Vanessa Rizzioli and Deidre Herbert. BFUWI Volunteers who worked hard to assist with the event. Susan donated two books on behalf of the BFUWI, as prizes to the winner of the quiz ‘Speeches that changed the world’ and ‘The future of the professions’ by Professor R. Susskind. Interestingly, the particiipants when asked what they regarded as the most important legal issue of the their time (apart from Brexit) they replied – Chilcot – the importance of holding governments to account and ‘cuts to legal aid, that is the denial of access to justice’.
The format of the workshop included an interactive session, panel discussion and a question and answer session with the main objective being to enable the attending students to not only glean from a cadre of highly skilled legal practitioners from diverse backgrounds the challenges they faced on their journey to the top of their respective fields; but to expose the students to opportunities that exist nationally and internationally within different and unusual areas that might otherwise not be known to them.
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HElP uS FIll THOSE GaPS In THE uWI’s SOCIal HISTOry Suzanne Francis-Brown Phd – Curator
One of our priorities for 2016 is to find ways of harvesting recollections from UWI alumni – especially those from the University’s earliest decades. This helps us to put meat on the sometimes bare bones of often repeated stories and to disinter key aspects of the institution’s social history. By social history, we don’t just mean the history as it relates to social life in the narrow sense, though one recent focus has been on the emergence and evolution of UWI Carnival. Social history in its early definition explored the experiences of so-called ‘ordinary people’, as a sort of corrective to histories that emphasised the ‘great man’ and the official position. Sometimes it is defined in terms of its concentration on the social and cultural, as well as the economic and political institutions of groups of people.
PVC for Graduate Studies digs into his memories as a student and later Warden of Mona’s Taylor Hall, to help shed light on the history of UWI Carnival, during the UWI Museum’s cameo exhibition: Le’ Wi Play Mas! The Emergence and Evolution of UWI Carnival
In terms of the UWI, much that has been preserved in the library and archive/record management systems relates to the administration of the institution as well as its academic output; the decisions in Senate and Council. But what about the personalities that brought it to life? …the social/cultural context within which students, faculty and support staff operated? …the lower-tier structures such as the halls of residence, guild of students and clubs? …the passionate debates, demonstrations and activist connections within and outside the U(C)WI?
potted history of UWI Carnival, so we’re reaching out to those who were at the University during its various decades, to gather recollections of how it was. And then we want to explore instances of student activism as well as the inputs to UWI life and thinking made by world-defined icons and events, and the consequent engagement in ideologies and movements. Do you have recollections or artifacts to share? Get in touch. The UWI Museum is on the ground floor of the UWI Regional Headquarters at Mona. Check out and follow our blog www.uwimuseum.wordpress.com.
One thread is to identify alumni (and retirees), starting with those from the 1950s and 1960s but excluding no one, and to arrange interviews or encourage them to write their recollections or respond to a broad range of questions. Another is to focus in on particular events as a way of gathering concentrated pools of information. Our cameo exhibition on UWI Carnival (March 11-April 15) is one such effort. No one seemed able to produce a
We are also on Facebook (uwimuseum), Twitter (@uwimuseum) and Instagram (UWI_Museum). Email: uwi.museum@uwimona.edu.jm; Tel: (876) 977-6065.
uWIaa’s Carl FarlEy VISITS THE uWI MuSEuM
CAVE HILL CARNIVAL SNIPPET! UWI Cave Hill alumnus, Past UWIAA Barbados President Carl Farley remembers UWI student participation in a revitalised Barbados CropOver at Mona rather than carnival activities on the Cave Hill Campus during the mid 1970s. He was visiting the UWI Museum cameo exhibition: “Le’ Wi Play Mas!” Emergence & Evolution of UWI Carnival, which ran until mid April 2016. 29
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Emeritus Professor Woodville Marshall was another early student in the UCWI Faculty of Arts, who has shared recollection of his UCWI/UWI experiences with UWI Museum Curator Suzanne Francis-Brown.
Alumni Dahlia Patterson-Riedel and Corinne Ford-McLarty share recollections of their days as Arts students at the then UCWI during the early 1950s, during an interview with the museum curator at the University Archives Media Lab.
DID yOu KnOW? uCWI/uWI TIMElInE
December 22, 1948 UCWI Charter approved by King George VI in Privy Council January 5, 1949 Charter passed under the Great Seal January 17, 1949 Charter en route from London lost in Star Ariel crash 1949 Provisional Council meets October 1949 First Natural Science class November 1949 Charter document and Armorial Bearings received from London by hand of Prof Parry 1949 Beginning of building for purpose built campus and hospital February 16, 1950 Installation of first Chancellor, Princess Alice 1951 First hall of residence opened: Irvine Hall – home to Gib Hall women 1952 Taylor Hall 1953 Chancellor Hall First graduating class – science students
March – May 1944 Irvine Committee in the West Indies: BG, PR, Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago June 1945 Irvine Committee Report presented to the British Government November 1946 Dr. Thomas Taylor, First Principal sent to Jamaica by British Government January 7, 1947 First meeting of Provisional Council, British Council Office, East Street February 1, 1947 First UCWI office opened, 62 Lady Musgrave Road, Kingston Identification of Mona Campus site January 7–9, 1948 Site accepted by Provisional Council March 1948 Handover of the Mona site by PWD to UCWI. (It had been used by the Military when they handed it to the PWD in preparation for the UCWI occupation) October 4, 1948 First class – Medical Faculty; 33 students in refurbished Gibraltar Camp buildings
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The long-term benefits include lower environmental impact, and improved energy security.
The UWI is to shortly commence the construction of the Caribbean’s first Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB). On May 10, 2016, a ground breaking ceremony was held for the approximately J$61.48 million (US$500,000) project, which will be situated along Gibraltar Way on the Mona Campus. It will be a prototype for the construction of similar structures in the region.
The 2,300-square foot NZED will house a centre for research on renewable energy, as well as conference facilities. The prototype will showcase emerging and best practices in the built environment as it relates to energy efficiency, renewable energy and environmental design.
UWI’s Institute for Sustainable Development is implementing the project, with technical assistance from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and funding from the Global Environment Facility.
The facility is to be completed by December. It will reduce energy consumption by 40 percent compared to a non-zero net energy building. Excess power generated will be sold to the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) under a net billing arrangement. The building can also be used as an emergency shelter, as it can withstand hurricanes and earthquakes, and can also harvest storm, drainage and waste water. Thirty percent in water consumption should be saved every day.
an nZEB produces enough renewable energy to meet its own annual energy consumption requirements, thereby reducing the use of non-renewable energy in the building sector.
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uWI GEOGraPHy DEParTMEnT'S BOOK OF MEMOrIES
This is an open call to UWI Geography Department's Founding Students and Professors (Classes 1966-1976) to contribute to a Book of Memories. Cecille (Harriott) DePass, Faye Lumsden, Eleanor Jones and Beverley Phillips, warmly invite graduates and Professors of the Geography Department UWI 1966-1976, who are interested in contributing their memories and illustrations to their forthcoming book: The poetics of interactive places/spaces: Learning Geography at UWI, Mona. The eBook celebrates the significant contributions of the Department's Founders to the Caribbean and wider world. It is produced voluntarily and independently by DePass, Lumsden, Jones and Phillips. All written contributions including poems, short stories, poetry and as importantly, evocative photographs and illustrations are to be submitted to: Cecille DePass : depassc@ezpost.com, Faye Lumsden: faye.lumsden@yahoo.com, Eleanor Jones: b.eleanor@gmail.com or Beverley Phillips: tangelo2011882@yahoo.com Deadline: August 31, 2016 For further information regarding the Geography Memories eBook, please contact any of the co-authors.
Giving Through the Book
In the spirit in which B. Floyd V. Mulchansingh, J. Fermor and A. Norton taught Geography ast UWI, a generous voluntary donation to the UWI Alumni Association, Jamaica Chapter will be invited for the eBook. The donations will contribute to the establishment of a Trust Fund, towards a bi-annual bursary, to at least one deserving Geography student, in financial need in either the arts or sciences who is studying Geography.
uWI GEOGraPHy DEParTMEnT CElEBraTES 50 yEarS aT MOna
The Jamaican Geographical Society in conjunction with the Department of Geography and Geology is hosted a conference with a week of activities, which was held at The University of the West Indies, Mona campus, Jamaica. The conference was held from June 27th to July 1st, 2016 in celebration of 50 years of geography at the Mona Campus. Alumni from across the Caribbean, North America, the United Kingdom and elsewhere came together for this special week of events. 32
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nEW MSBM ExECuTIVE ElECTED
Social Media Facilitator - Craig Williams, Treasurer - Marcia Hawes, President - Chrevaughn Legister, Secretary - Kadian Malcolm, Assistant Secretary/Treasurer - Dean Palmer, Public Relations Officer - Cherine Forbes and Vice President - Neville Graham.
PuBlIC lECTurE January 20, 2016
From Third World to the First: The Signapore Free Port, Shipping & Logistics Study (1819 - 2016) Presenter: Professor Peter Kuok, Research Scholar & Professor, Peking University and Former Counsellor to the Singapore Embassy in the USA.
WrITEr-In-rESIDEnCE
Award-winning St. Lucian poet, actor and critic, Vladimir Lucien, was the 2016 Writer-in-Residence in the Department of Literatures in English at the UWI, Mona. He was at Mona from January to May 31, 2016. He is a talented young poet who brings a finely honed artistic sensibility to his probing, introspective and incisive interrogation of Caribbean experience. He won the 2015 OCM Bocas Prize for his debut collection Sounding Ground and is the screenwriter of the documentary The Merikins, which premiered at the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival in 2013. He taught a course in writing poetry and read at “Love Affair with Literature”, the Department’s marquee event on March 6. While at the UWI, he mentored and supported emerging writers, delivered a public lecture, and led workshops including one for high school teachers and students. 33
HaPPEnInGS aCrOSS THE CaMPuSES MOrE MuSIC FrOM MOna! The Mona Campus Male Chorus (MCMC) is the newest member of the musical family at The University of the West Indies, Mona campus. Based at the Music Unit at the Phillip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts (PSCCA), it aims to expose talented, young male singers to the art of excellent musical training and technique. The group, which is the brainchild of Noel Dexter, also serves as another medium of advocacy for young men at the UWI and the wider society.
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Irvine Hall at UWI Mona celebrated 65 years as a Hall of Residence in 2016. They had a week of special activities (February 14 – 20, 2016) under the theme IRVINE 65 – Untamable Fire. The week began with a celebratory service at the UWI Chapel, which was followed by a brunch in the Irvine Hall Dining Room, which evoked nostalgic memories for many alumni attending. This was followed by a Wacky Sports Day/Treasure Hunt. During the week a Panel Discussion was held with the them – Black Lives Matter. A quiz competition, the Best of Irvinia Talent Showcase was also held, as well as a Games Night, a Culinary “Jerk-Off” Spine Chef Competition and an evening of celebration: Caribbean Night. An outreach project called Project Irvine also took place and enabled over 70 children from the Strathmore Gardens Children’s Home as well as the children of the ancillary staff to have an afternoon of fun and treats. 34
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HOlMan WIllIaMS BuIlDInG FOrMally OPEnED
IT IS OFFICIAL: The ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the official opening of the building.
UNVEILING: The Principal, UWI St. Augustine Campus, Prof. Clement Sankat unveiling the plaque.
The UWI St. Augustine held the formal opening of the Holman Williams Building at the School of Veterinary Medicine, at the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Mt. Hope. This building comprises a lecture room, teaching laboratory and a research and diagnostic laboratory for virology and molecular diagnoses. Dr. Holman Williams, Professor Emeritus of Livestock Sciences, at the UWI,
began his education at the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, the predecessor institution to the St. Augustine Campus of the UWI. This was the second occasion the School of Veterinary Medicine made a decision to have a building named after a former distinguished veterinarian. The first building was named after the late Dr. Steve Bennett.
The UWI Cave Hill has recognised another distinguished former faculty member for his body of scholarly work by naming a section of the campus’ physical plant in his and his wife’s honour. At a special ceremony, the late Professor of English Dr. Richard Allsopp and his wife, Dr. Jeanette Allsopp, were recognised for their pioneering work in the Caribbean lexicography that resulted in the production of the first dictionary of Caribbean English.
impact on The University of the West Indies and on Caribbean scholarly activity. The former deputy campus principal recalled that it was as a lexicographer that Allsopp made his largest impact on the Cave Hill Campus and on the larger community. Sir Woodville, a noted historian, contended that the Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage was an indispensable work of reference for every literate Caribbean person and should occupy the shelves of every educated Caribbean person.
PIOnEErS OF THE FIrST DICTIOnary OF CarIBBEan EnGlISH HOnOurED
Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Eudine Barriteau, announced that the headquarters of the Caribbean Lexicography Project would henceforth bear the names of Allsopp and his wife. She said the project was launched by him in 1971, eight years after he joined the staff of the Cave Hill Campus and became his “labour of love, to which he remained dedicated for over two decades. In 1996, Oxford University Press published his magnum opus, The Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage. This ground-breaking publication was launched under the expertise of both him and his wife.”
“The Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage decolonises both the approach to and the concept of the English Language. So you will understand why it is so important. At the same time, since it is such an impressive pioneering work, it did put Caribbean Lexicography on the world stage. So it should be clear why the Allsopps’ name should appear on the Centre for Caribbean Lexicography,” he explained. In her response to the many commendations, Jeannette Allsopp said the lexicography project would have started as far back as the 1940s when her late husband began to write and her input would have begun from the 1980s.
In his tribute, Professor Emeritus Sir Woodville Marshall, said Dr. Allsopp made a hugely significant
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Jubel M. Hay has been In-House Counsel/Senior Tax Associate at KPMG Chartered Accountants since July 2015. Prior to joining the staff at KPMG Jubel worked as a Legal Intern at Hart Muirhead Fatta Attorneys-at-Law.
Stacy adams is now Vice President Investor Services at invesTT, Trinidad and Tobago. Previously she held positions of Manager, Investment Facilitation Services, Jamaica Promotions; Administration and Marketing Manager, FirstCaribbean International Bank, and Public Relations Manager, FirstCaribbean International Bank, Barbados. She graduated for The University of the West Indies with a BA, Mass Communications and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) with an MSc, New Media, Information and Society.
Jubel was also a Guest Lecturer at the UWI (Mona Campus) in 2013 and 2014 and conducted lectures on the topic of “Leadership” for postgraduate and undergraduate courses, for Masters of Science in Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health and the Bachelors of Science in Management Studies. He graduated from the UWI Norman Manley Law School in 2015. Other qulifications achieved at the UWI include a Master of Science - Accounting and a BSc Management Studies degree.
roxanna Brown is Lead Operations Analyst at Citrix Systems, Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area. she has worked as Operations Analyst, Citrix Systems; Supervisor and Senior Strategy Analyst, Kaplan University and Enterprise Information Management Analyst, Tyco Safety Products. Roxanna holds a Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Accounting (UWI) and a Master of Business Administration, Corporate Finance and Accounting (University of Rochester - William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration).
andy Kee is a Microbiologist at Coca Cola Caribbean Bottlers Ltd., Trinidad and Tobago Food & Beverages. Prior to his employment with this organisation he was employed as a Microbiologist at Vemco Ltd. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology and a Master’s degree in Medical Microbiology from The University of the West Indies.
rhys Campbell is Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Strategic Planning at Bristol Group of Companies, The Bahamas. He also held the position of Head of Customer and Economic Development, Jamaica Public Service Company. He is a graduate of The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus with a Bachelor of Science (BSc), International Relations and Affairs and a Master of Science (MSc), Government: International Relations.
anthony Williams is Financial Controller at Brytor International Moving, Toronto, Canada Area. He has held positions of Consultant/Accounting Manager, IQ PARTNERS Inc; Senior Accountant, Robert Half International/City of Brampton and Accounting Manager, P&H Foods: A Division of Parish & Heimbecker. He holds an MBA, International Business Management from the UWI. 36
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JaMaICan SCHOlar HOnOurED aS DISTInGuISHED WOMan OF THE aMErICaS
Professor Verene A. Shepherd, Professor of Social History at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, University Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies and member of the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was honoured as a Distinguished Woman of the Americas. The honour was conferred by the Jamaica Diaspora Initiative as part of its Distinguished Women of the Americas programme, which highlights the achievements of outstanding women, and promotes exchanges and cultural understanding between women in the Caribbean and the United States of America. Professor Shepherd was recognised for her outstanding contributions to the field of academia.
SaInT luCIan aDMITTED TO Guyana Bar
Saint Lucian, Professor Eddie Ventose of the UWI has been admitted to the Guyana Bar by Chief Justice Yonette Cummings. Ventose is Professor of Law at The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill. He has more than 70 publications, including three books - Medical Patent Law: The Challenges of Medical Treatment (2011); Commonwealth Caribbean Administrative Law (2012); and Patenting Medical and Genetic Diagnostic Methods (2013). His next book, Commonwealth Caribbean Intellectual Property Law, will be published in 2017. He holds an LL.B. (first class honours) from the University of the West Indies (‘99), an LL.M. (first class honours) from the University of Cambridge (‘00) and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Intellectual Property Law from the University of Oxford (‘05). He received the Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice at the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice (‘04) and the Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School (‘08). He is also a qualified Attorney-at-Law who was called to the Bar in Barbados, Saint Lucia and St. Kitts and Nevis.
Dr. naTalIE DICKSOn naMED a CErTIFIED PrOFESSIOnal In PaTIEnT SaFETy
Dr. Natalie Dickson, a graduate of The University of the West Indies, Mona, has recently been named a Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) by the Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety (CBPPS). Dickson is Chief Medical Officer at Tennessee Oncology, one of the United States’ largest, community-based cancer care specialists. “Earning this credential attests to Dr. Dickson’s professional competency in patient safety science and application,” said Tejal K. Gandhi, MD, MPH, CPPS, President, Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety (CBPPS). “This achievement demonstrates her expertise in this critical discipline and positions her among those committed to and leading patient safety work.” Dickson earned the credential in part by passing a rigorous, evidence-based examination that tests candidates on their competency in patient safety science and application. 37
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JEannE rOBInSOn-FOSTEr HOnOurED aT THE JaMaICa Bar aSSOCIaTIOn’S BanQuET
Jeanne Robinson-Foster CD was honoured at the Jamaican Bar Association's annual banquet on July 15, 2016. She practises in the firm of Robinson Foster & Associates and was called to the Jamaican Bar in 1978. She is a prominent Attorney-at-Law at the private Bar. She has served as President of the Cornwall Bar Association, was a member of the General Legal Council for seven years and has served on the disciplinary committee of the General Legal Council for over 25 years. Her stellar contributions to the legal profession and community development were recognised at the national level by the Government of Jamaica when she was conferred with the Order of Distinction, Commander Class.
Dr. lInCOln EDWarDS, IS THE nEW PrESIDEnT-ElECT OF nOrTHErn CarIBBEan unIVErSITy (nCu) Dr. Edwards, who is a graduate of the UWI and Loma Linda University has served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, School of Dentistry in Houston. Dr. Edwards holds a Bachelors degree in Chemistry (Special), and also a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree. He is an experienced Lay Preacher and has served in various capacities within the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. He is an accomplished researcher in the area of diabetes and hypertension and has obtained two National Institutes of Health grants. He currently serves on three American Dental Association Test Construction Committees and is Secretary of the American Dental Education Association section on Oral Diagnosis.
Dr. SannETa MyrIE IS THE rEIGnInG MISS JaMaICa WOrlD Dr. Myrie did a voluntary service tour of East Africa and will now begin her medical internship at the Mandeville General Hospital in Manchester, Jamaica. Myrie graduated from The University of the West Indies in November 2015, with the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees and went on to place fourth at Miss World 2015 in Sanya, China. During her reign, she has undertaken several charitable projects in needy schools and communities across Jamaica.
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Open House at UWIAA Jamaica Chapter brought together alumni of all ages to “connect” with each other and to their Alma Mater, and to promote Alumni House as a connection point for Mona alumni.
Graduate of 1953 Hazel Richardson (left) and Dahlia Riedel (right) flank UWI STAT Ambassador and Queens Young Leader Awardee 2015 Nicole Nation.
L-R: Rev. Guntley McKenzie, Hazel Richardson, Dr. Keith McKenzie (one of the first class of 33 students) and UWI STAT 2014-15 President of the Mona Corps, Oleaq Richards.
L-R: UWIAA Executive Member Anthony Chance, Director of Alumni Relations for the UWI Celia Davidson Francis, Professor Emerita Elsa Leo Rhynie and UWIAA Jamaica Chapter President Cecile Clayton share the fun.
lydia Dariah was recognised by the Institutional advancement Division at the Central Executive Committee Meeting in March 2016 and was given an award for being the most active uWIaa Contact. She is now the acting President of the uWIaa St. lucia.
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THE uWIaa TOrOnTO annual lunCHEOn
The 2016 annual luncheon was a lovely event. Michael Henville, Ferdinand Fortune and team made it happen and the alumni in attendance bonded and reminisced. Pelican Pride abounded and funds were raised for the annual scholarships to the campuses.
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In CElEBraTIOn OF THEIr lIVES PrOFESSOr DaVE CHaDEE He was Professor of Environmental Health and Subject Leader in Bioethics in the Department of Life Sciences. Prior to joining the UWI he was the Entomologist/Parasitologist at Insect Vector Control Division in the Ministry of Health, Director of the Trinidad Public Health Laboratory and Deputy Director of Laboratory Services in the Ministry of Health. He held an Adjunct Professor post at the Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA; an Adjunct Professor position in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami, Florida, USA and an Adjunct Professor position in Public Health at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA. He published extensively: over 300 publications in international journals and had numerous collaborations with scientists from the USA and the UK. He ran the only postgraduate course in Bioethics for research students at the UWI St. Augustine Campus and served on the UWI Ethics Committee. Most recently, he also served as the current Chair of the campus' Open Lectures Committee and on the UWI Zika Task Force. He was the recipient of numerous local, regional and international awards for his work including an award from the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for his "Outstanding Contribution in the Area of Public Health including Vector Control" in 2015 and the award for Most Outstanding International Research Project for "Biology and behaviour of male mosquitoes in relation to new approaches to control disease transmitting mosquitoes" at the 2016 UWI-NGC Research Awards.
PaTrICK auGuSTuS MErVyn MannInG
Former Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning, will be remembered as a committed regionalist by both The University of the West Indies and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). UWI ViceChancellor, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles noted that with the death of the former student of the University’s Mona Campus, Trinidad and Tobago, the region, and humanity have lost a good citizen, as Manning’s service to national and regional politics, especially regarding nation building and CARICOM consolidation was notable. He was also known for his concern for the fortunes of his fellow Caribbean citizens. In 2002, the University celebrated his outstanding achievements at a special gala event organised by its New York based foundation - the America Foundation for the UWI. At the time, he reminisced about the making of his Caribbean consciousness and its roots within the activism of student politics. “He spoke with pride of his UWI experience and was always keen to give back in constructive ways that more often than not, went quietly recognised. That was his choice, which we always respected. I admired him for his constant expressions of concern for the financial health and sustainability of the University, and enjoyed the many discourses that followed in respect of the role of higher education in our economic modernisation and social stability,” Sir Hilary noted. CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica described Manning as a true regionalist and a man with a strong commitment to building his country and the wider CARICOM.
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In CElEBraTIOn OF THEIr lIVES Dr. lEOnarD SHOrEy
Dr. leonard Shorey was a pioneer in outreach programmes in higher education. He was the Former Head of the Extra-Mural Department of The University of the West indies (an antecedent to the Open Campus) and a life-long educator. He was a leader and contributor to educational thought and development in Barbados and throughout the Caribbean region. Shorey spent 23 years at the Open Campus of The University of the West Indies. At an Open Campus ceremony to honour him two years ago, former research fellow Gerald Rose said during Shorey’s tenure as resident tutor at the UWI, the Open Campus developed and organised a series of wide-ranging programmes all of which focused attention on education, whether in formal classes, workshops, seminars or public lectures.
PrOF. TrEVOr anTHOny JOSEPH JaCKSOn
Prof. Trevor anthony Joseph Jackson was a Taylorite, Native Trinidadian, Former Head of Geography/Geology Mona Campus and friend and colleague of many; an active member of Aquinas Centre, the St. Vincent DePaul Society and a Founding Director of the Caribbean Community of Retired Persons (CCRP). He was appointed Professor Emeritus of Igneous Petrology by The University of the West Indies in 2010. He served the University, Mona Campus for 36 years in the Department of Geology where he moved through the ranks from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer to Professor. He was Head of the Department of Geology from 1981 to 1996. He also served the UWI as Campus Coordinator in the School of Graduate Studies and Research from 2000 to 2007, and as Director of the Disaster Risk Reduction Centre from 2008 to 2010. He gained the BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in Geology from the UWI. His master’s degree was on the Geology and Petrology of the Volcanic Rocks of Carriacou, Grenadines, West Indies and his doctorate on the Petrochemistry and Origin of the Tertiary Volcanic Rocks, Wagwater Belt, Jamaica, W.I. Prior to joining the academic staff at the University, he was a Research Assistant at the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada. He published more than 80 scientific papers in journals and books most of which are on the petrology of igneous and meta-igneous petrology rocks of the Caribbean. He is also the co-author, co-editor and editor of books written on different aspects of Caribbean geology. Professor Jackson was an Honorary Member, Geological Society of Jamaica; Member, Geological Society of Trinidad and Tobago; Member, American Geophysical Union; Fellow, Caribbean Academy of Sciences and Member, Geological Society of America.
SIr FrEDErICK SMITH
UWI Honorary Graduate and legal luminary, Sir Frederick Smith, was a former judge, politician and Government minister. He was born on July 6, 1924 and attended Harrison College, from 1936 to 1944. His legal career began with studies at Grays Inn, London in 1949. He established a private practice in Barbados three years later. He then entered the political arena and first served on the Democratic Labour Party’s Provisional General Council and was elected as the first party Chairman from 1955 to 1956. He served as Attorney General of Barbados from 1966 to 1971. He also held the portfolios of the Communications and Works from 1971 to 1975; and Education and Sports from 1975 to 1976. He was Leader of the Opposition from 1976 to 1978. He also served regionally, as a former Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos and a former President of the Court of Appeal of Grenada. He received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II, in November 1987, and was conferred with the honorary degree, Doctor of Laws in 2006, by the UWI Chancellor, Sir George Alleyne. 42