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Dr Samantha Nicholson-Spence is a medical internist who heads the Department of Medicine at Kingston Public Hospital (KPH). After graduating from The UWI with her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in 2007, she did her internship at KPH, and has worked there since. Even while she completed her residency at the University of Miami, she kept in touch and was on a flight back to Kingston right after her last exam.

Nikki Bradley, an alumna of the University of the West Indies, has joined the employment law firm Barrett & Farahany in Atlanta, Georgia, as an associate.

Nikki earned her Bachelor of Science degree in International Relations in 2005. She later earned her law degree from Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School.

Ain Earle, with an undergraduate and postgraduate degree in hospitality from The UWI, founded Fashion Arch in 2015 and serves as its lead consultant. The company helps local fashion designers develop their business models.

UWI alumnus and Bahamian Dr. Robin Roberts shares his perspective in the following article – food for thought for all Caribbean nations.”COVID-19 has moved with lightning speed around the globe.”

“From a cluster in Wuhan, China declared on December 31 2019, it has caused over 1 million cases with 50,000 deaths worldwide in three months. In the USA, it’s spiraling; 1059 people died in one day, and it’s yet to peak. The world is at war with an invisible enemy. Armies have been mobilized literally, on every front. The world faces ‘the disease of all diseases’. 

UWI Mona Alum Dr. Kizanne James-McCarthy expands women’s healthcare services in Trinidad and Tobago, with the support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Institute of Population and Reproductive Health and Bayer Pharmaceuticals.

Session 1

Alumni Relations – IAD in association with the YoPro Global Foundation was pleased to host Dr. Renee Boyce’s session: “Conversations around Corona” as part of the Soft and Life Skills Series (SLSS) on April 9, 2020. It was positively welcomed and participants stayed online to have further questions answered. We thank Dr. Boyce, UWI alumna and Pelican Perks partner for sharing her expertise with the alumni population.

Session 2

The University of the West Indies’ new Five Islands Campus in Antigua and Barbuda, crossed yet another milestone on Monday, April 6, 2020, when its Council met for the first time. In a virtual meeting setting, members of the Campus Council, chaired by Mr Aziz Hadeed, heard a report on the campus’ accomplishments since its opening in September 2019.

I am again reaching out to check in on you during this unprecedented time. I hope that you and your loved ones are healthy and safe. The UWI is committed, as you know, to supporting and guiding students during these uncertain times. Students are an important part of the UWI Family and are our future alumni.

Delegates from the University of the West Indies (UWI) Institute of International Relations (IIR) won commendations in the highly regarded 2020 Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN). Delegates from the IIR also won commendations in the 2019 HNMUN, standing out among delegates from some 60 countries, among them the highest-ranked universities in the world.