The University of the West Indies (UWI) Toronto Benefit Gala celebrates outstanding Canadian Caribbean nationals and Canadian companies who also serve the Caribbean region or its nationals, with the main aim of generating funding to give scholarships for UWI students in the Caribbean who are in need of financial assistance.
Save for your child (or grandchild's) tertiary education with Heritage Education Funds International (HEFI) especially for UWIAA members
HEFI has an EXCLUSIVE offer to UWIAA members:
A waiver on the required initial deposit on monthly plans.
USD$5.00 per unit to each UWIAA member who refers a non-member who ultimately signs a contract.
UWIAA members will also be pleased to note that in addition to the two tangible benefits they receive (waiver and referral and waiver), they are also assisting the UWI, as for each new enrollment in the plan by a UWIAA member, Heritage will make a donation of US$10.00 per unit to the UWI at no cost to the member.
This is an exciting opportunity you can't afford to miss if you have children or grandchildren - ensure that they get an opportunity to benefit from a tertiary eduction (at UWI or ANY university in the world they choose). The earlier you start to save, the more they will benefit. Start with what you can manage each month and increase as you are able.
This offer is open to all UWIAA cardholders - not only parents and grandparents, but aunts, uncles and guardians too.
Special HEFI contact for UWIAA members: Mrs. Sonia Elliott Tel: 876-774-1034 Email: soniaelliott145@gmail.com
JOIN THE GLORIA LYN LITERARY CIRCLE to share the story how literature transformed your life, meet other literature lovers, share ideas and works, share via blogs and more!
The Gloria Lyn Prize for West Indian Literature will be awarded annually starting in November 2014. This will be a prize of US$500 and it will go to the second year student with the highest marks in any of the West Indian Literature courses at Mona. We anticipate adding an annual scholarship when sufficient funds accumulate.
Join the Tradition .. and show your Pelican Pride!
The "Sons and Daughters of the Pelican" can take great pride in the early history of their alma mater:
The UWI was founded in 1948
In 1942 Sir Philip Sherlock promoted the formation of a local University College and a Committee was set up.
In 1945 the Irvine Report was accepted and a site at Mona was selected in Jamaica.
Dr. Thomas Taylor, a noted Biochemist was the first Principal
The first office of the University College of the West Indies was at 62 Lady Musgrave Road, Kingston and it opened on Feb 1, 1947. It was then relocted to Gibraltar Camp at Mona, which had been the site of a camp for refugees from Gibraltar and Malta as well as German and Italian prisoners of war.
Oct 3, 1948 - The official opening of the Mona Campus with 10 female and 23 male Caribbean students entering the Faculty of Medicine
October 1949 - Natural Sciences opened
October 1950 - Faculty of Arts opened
1960 - St. Augustine campus established from the former Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture.
1963 - Cave Hill campus established (Law)
April 2, 1962 - the new Royal Charter constituting and founding The University of the West Indies was passed and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, was the first Chancellor.
Central Office: UWI Regional Headquarters - headed by the Vice Chancellor, responsible for all 16 UWI countries
Halls of Residence:
Mona - Chancellor, Irvine, Mary Seacole, Hamilton, Leo-Rhynie, Nettleford, Preston, Taylor
St. Augustine - Canada, Joyce Gibson-Innis, Milner, Trinity
Cave Hill - Sherlock, Frank Worrell
Campus Colours:
Cave Hill - Yellow
Mona - Red
Open - Burnt Orange
St. Augustine - Blue
The UWI Motto - "Oriens Ex. Occidente Lux" - "Light Rising from the West"