This year UWI STAT is celebrating its 10-year anniversary and I am proud and honoured to be serving as the President of the Mona Corps for the 2015-2016 year.
The Mona School of Business and Management Alumni Association invites all MSBM graduates, including those of the former Mona School of Business and UWI Department of Management Studies to its Annual General Meeting. Registration begins at 6 p.m; meeting starts 6:30 p.m.
On January 5, 1949, the Royal Charter of the University College of the West Indies (UCWI) – which would become the University of the West Indies in 1962 – was sealed. This process of making an impression of the British monarch’s official Seal, and attaching it to the relevant document by a woven cord, made official a decision taken by King George VI on December 22, 1948.
I clearly remember being asked to call the potential ambassadors for interview at the IAD with our Director of Alumni Relations. These calls were filled with both enthusiasm and hesitation as the candidates although intrigued by the prospect of representing the Vice Chancellor, had no idea what to really expect, and to be honest, neither did I.
ON THE OCCASION OF THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UWI STAT
It is with a deep sense of pleasure and pride that I join the UWI Student Today, Alumni Tomorrow (UWISTAT) Vice-Chancellor’s Ambassadors Corps in celebrating the 10th Anniversary of its establishment.
I extend my sincere congratulations to present and past UWI STAT members for guiding this unique organisation through its first decade. I shall ever be proud that UWISTAT was founded during my tenure as Vice Chancellor.
Its beginnings were humble enough, born as an initiative of Celia Davidson-Francis, Director of Alumni relations, who believed that if UWI was to have a robust, sustainable body of alumni, we would have to start with current students.