Former Chief Justice Margaret Ramsay-Hale is leaving the Turks and Caicos Islands to take up a position as a judge of the Grand Court in the Cayman Islands. When she was appointed to the Turks and Caicos Islands judiciary in 2011, Ramsay-Hale became the first woman to be appointed a judge of the Supreme Court. In September 2014, she again made history, becoming the Islands’ first female chief justice.
UWI STAT was invited by the Caribbean Regional Youth Council (CRYC) to participate in the 6th Caribbean Youth Leaders’ Summit. Ambassadors from the Mona and St. Augustine UWI STAT Corps participated, as well as Alumni Ambassadors.
The Summit, held from January 21 – 23, 2020, the Hyatt Regency and Conference Center in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, had the theme “Promoting Economic Empowerment- Building Synergies Towards Sustainable Development”.
On November 30, 2019, out of eleven nominees, Asha-Gaye Cowell, UWI STAT Alumni Ambassador and Past President, was one of three awardees of the Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards for Excellence for the category of Leadership. Nominations were open to all Jamaican nationals between 15-29 years old, who are living in Jamaica and the Diaspora, and who have attained excellence and world-class achievement. Asha-Gaye who was also the recipient of the 2019 Governor-General Achievement Award for Excellence for the Parish of St.
Graduates from the 1980 Bachelor of Science (BSc.) class of Management Studies will be celebrating their 40th Anniversary since graduating from The UWI by having a Reunion on the weekend of May 22-24, 2020.
The UWI Alumni Association’s New York Chapter will present its 2020 Pelican Award to Dr. Godfrey Gibbison Dean, School of Professional Studies, College of Charleston and Interim Dean of the Graduate School, University of Charleston.