News & Updates

Proud Pelican and triple UWI graduate, Professor Brian Meeks was our latest alumnus on Pelican Talks. After a long career at The UWI, he is currently the Chair of the Department of Africana Studies at Brown University. He is also a Poet, political scientist, and prolific writer.

The Executive Director of the American Foundation for the UWI, Ms. Ann Marie Grant was recognized by the Mustard Seed Communities on Sept 29, 2019 at the New York Hilton Hotel at their Annual Benefit Luncheon. She received an award for her commitment to scholarship excellence, her dedication to the advancement of the Caribbean Diaspora and her lifelong service as a community volunteer. Congratulations Ann Marie!

Proud UWI alumni Donat and Cecille Grant presented the Director of Alumni Relations for the regional UWI, Celia Davidson Francis with a US$8,000.00 cheque to launch the Missions for Health (M4H) Dental Scholarship, tenable at the Mona Campus on October 4, 2019.

The UWI Alumni Relations and Alumni Chapters and the Alumni Relations arm of the Institutional Advancement Division (IAD-AR) launched their partnership with YoPro Global Foundation on the first Soft & Life Skills series for students and alumni across all campuses Caribbean-wide on September 19, 2019.

UWI Chancellor Bermudez hosted a packed to capacity Chancellor’s Conversation with alumni and future alumni (students) with the theme: One University, A Family of Graduates – Building Nations with Global Impact in the Bahamas. The Director of Alumni Relations for the UWI Celia Davidson Francis also visited The Bahamas along with the Chancellor. The interactive discussion was spirited and focused on solutions and recommendations to challenges as well as ways to promote the UWI and its graduates and the betterment of the Caribbean.

As of August 19, 2019 Richard Byles is the Governor of Jamaica’s central bank, Bank of Jamaica (BOJ). He will head the Bank’s Board of Directors, as well as act in the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Bank.

UWI alumnus Michael Flanigan is pleased to share that he earned my PhD from Seton Hall University in New Jersey, USA. The topic of his dissertation is: Black Middle Class Parental Investment In Their Children's Higher Education. See link below. He also received a surprise award for his dissertation at the Commencement Ceremon - photo attached.

Catherine Pollard appointed as UN undersecretary-general for management strategy, policy and compliance

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Catherine Pollard of Guyana as the next undersecretary-general for management strategy, policy and compliance.

Pollard will succeed Jan Beagle of New Zealand to whom the secretary-general is deeply grateful for her extraordinary work in management reform in the UN system and 40 years of dedicated service to the organization, according to a press note from the UN chief's office.