News & Updates

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WELCOME TO THE FIFTH EDITION OF OBUS NEWS! This edition reports on the meeting of the Board for Undergraduate Studies (BUS) held on October 1, 2014.
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Professor Archibald McDonald - Principal of the UWI Mona Campus – Order of Distinction, Rank of Commander

Professor Emeritus, Sir Roy Augier - Dept of History – Order of Jamaica

  Professor Joseph Frederick - Faculty of Medical Sciences – Order of Jamaica  

Professor Rupert Lewis- Department of Government – Order of Distinction, Rank of Commander

The UWIAA Washington DC Chapter has a new President – Malene Alleyne

You will hear more about her and her Executive Team in the next UWI Connect!

Contact the Chapter to hear about their UWI Reconnect Cocktail on Nov 20, 2014.

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The University of the West Indies recognised an entire department as well as four faculty members at its Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence Ceremony on October 27, 2014.
 
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Many of us are familiar with the adage - our youth are the future leaders of tomorrow and according to Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), “we cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.”

However, in order for us to do so, it is imperative that our youth be equipped with the educational materials necessary to allow them to thrive. It is on this premise that The UWI Alumni Association (UWIAA) St. Lucia Chapter made a donation of school books to eight students of Grades K, One and Two of the Bexon R.C. Infant School on October 8th, 2014.