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UWI Pelican Chelsea Mai, a Belizean, has been awarded an Erasmus Mundus scholarship to obtain her International Masters in Security, Intelligence, and Strategic studies.The scholarship is fully funded by the European Commission’s Education Audiovisual and Cultural Executive Agency (EACEA). She has a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the UWI, Mona Campus.

Dr. Krystal-Jane Verasammy, a member of the Trinidad and Tobago Association for Psychologists, as well as the British Psychological Society took her oath of office as a Member of the Equal Opportunity Commission before Her Excellency Paula-Mae Weekes, ORTT, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on May 25, 2021. We recognise the important contribution she makes to improving the mental health of her patients in Trinidad and Tobago.

The UWI Medical Alumni Association Central Florida Chapter has awarded the 2021 Hardat Sukhdeo scholarship, which has been awarded since 2018 to honor the outstanding 1962 UWI medical graduate who had a distinguished Psychiatric career. It is worth US$1,500.00.

Applicants had to write an essay on the topic:  “The perception, need and role of Psychiatrists in Jamaica", most of which were very good and some excellent. 

The American Foundation for the University of the West Indies (AFUWI), and UWItv will host a virtual roundtable in celebration of the National Caribbean American Heritage Month in the US, on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at 7:00- 8:30pm (EDT). The theme of the roundtable is “Reparatory Justice & Economic Equity for the African & Caribbean Diaspora…If Not Now…When?”

The 2021 Annual General Meeting was held via Zoom on May 2nd for public health reasons. 

A tribute to Dr Badri RIckhi was made by Dr Tex Kissoon, recognising his work in psychiatry, particularly in integrative psychology.

Dr Kissoon presented the award virtually and Dr Rickhi accepted it and expressed gratitude. 

Dr. Rickhi is a psychiatrist with additional training in traditional Chinese, Tibetan, Ayurvedic and Ryodoraku medicine as well as functional, energy and quantum physics medicine.

The Poetics of Geography is a collection inspired by the 50th anniversary of establishment of the first Geography programme of The UWI in 1966, created by Cecille DePass and first published in 2017 in an electronic version, supported by Hilary Hickling. For more information on this publication, contact DrCecille DePass, Professor Emeritus, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, depassc@ezpost.com

Professor Emeritus Rainford Wilks has made a call for strategies to be implemented to strengthen the research culture and promote research productivity at the University of the West Indies (UWI).

The following decisions were made at the annual meeting of the University Council on Friday, April 30, which was chaired by Chancellor Robert Bermudez, and held virtually for the second consecutive year. The reappointment of Professor Sir Hilary Beckles as Vice-Chancellor of the regional university was approved for a second, six-year term Professor Brian Copeland, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the St. Augustine Campus was extended for another year beyond his scheduled retirement in August.

This is the date to catch up with your UWI friends and classmates! Join us for a fun filled celebration of graduates from across the decades. It’s the day UWI celebrates YOU!

Alumni Relations – IAD will be celebrating our graduates on this special day!

We invite you to send us your photos and quotes of special memories.

Do you have special memories of your time on Hall – please share them too!

What have you been up to? Tell us about your awards and achievements.

If you have any particular UWI memories or stories please also share!