SUNDAY 14 MAY, 2017 – UWI TODAY
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UWI MATTERS
NewDeputy Principal at St. Augustine
The Council of The UWI
has approved the appointment of
Professor Indar Ramnarine as Deputy Principal of the St.
Augustine Campus. He succeeds Professor Rhoda Reddock,
who has served as Deputy Principal at the campus since August
2008. In addition, the Council also reappointed Professor
Rose-Marie Belle-Antoine as Dean of the Faculty of Law. The
announcements were made at the April 27 annual meeting of the
University Council, which took place at the Cave Hill Campus
in Barbados.
Professor Ramnarine, previously Dean of the Faculty of
Science and Technology (FST), commented on the honour he
felt at being chosen as the next St. Augustine Campus Deputy
Principal with its attendant responsibility for student matters.
“I look forward to making a positive difference during my
tenure and to working with all stakeholders to improve student
administration systems,” he said. His appointment is for a period
of five years from August of this year.
The new Deputy Principal has served as Chair of the
Campus Committee on Examinations and Chair of the Academic
Board Sub-committee on Student Matters. He was Deputy Dean
(Student Matters) in the Faculty of Science and Agriculture for
seven years and was appointed as Founding Dean of the Faculty
of Science and Technology in 2012 and as University Dean in
2014. He is currently the Chair of the St. Augustine Committee
of Deans and serves on the University Council and Senate. He is
also the St. Augustine representative on the Standing Committee
on Ordinances and Regulations.
Professor Ramnarine holds a BSc degree in Agriculture
(The UWI), an MSc in Fisheries Management (University
of Wales), a PhD in Zoology in the field of Fish Biology and
Aquaculture (UWI) and an MBA specializing in Human
Resource Management (Heriot-Watt University/Edinburgh
Business School).
Commenting on his appointment, Campus Principal,
Professor Brian Copeland said “Professor Ramnarine is an
accomplished academic who is a recognized scholar in his field
and also brings a high level of administrative experience to the
post. His experience is therefore well aligned to the portfolio
of the Deputy Campus Principal at St Augustine, who has
responsibility for administering student affairs.” He continued,
“I take this opportunity to thank Professor Rhoda Reddock for
her leadership as Deputy Campus Principal, a responsibility she
agreed to continue to shoulder when I assumed office in July
2016.
Reappointed for a period of four years is Dean of the Faculty
of Law, Professor Rose-Marie Belle-Antoine. Professor Antoine
is an Oxford and Cambridge Scholar, UWI alumni and attorney-
at-law, who holds the Chair as Professor of Labour Law and
Offshore Financial Law. She is an award-winning author and two-
time winner of the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence, first
in Research, then Public Service. Her career has embodied wide
and diverse scholarly activity, public service, representation, and
activism. In 2011, she was elected by the OAS as a Commissioner
to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR),
Washington, where she served as Rapporteur for Persons of
African Descent, Rapporteur for Indigenous Peoples and was
elected President of the IACHR in 2015. Currently, she is Chair,
CARICOM Commission on Marijuana and President, FPTT.
She said: “As a young faculty we have made significant progress
and continue to gel with The UWI and the community, although
there is much more to do. I am honoured to have the opportunity
to continue this important work. There are innovative and
exciting opportunities ahead and with everyone on board I
am committed to bringing the Faculty forward to even greater
heights of excellence.”
Appointments Approved
by the University Council
Chancellor
Appointment of the 6th Chancellor of The UWI:
Mr. Robert Bermudez
Campus Council Members
Appointment of Chair, Campus Council,
Mona Campus:
Mr. Earl Jarrett
Appointment of Chair, Campus Council,
Open Campus:
Her Excellency Dr. June Soomer
Deans
Re-appointment of Dean, Faculty of Science
and Technology, Cave Hill Campus:
Dr. Colin Depradine
Appointment of Dean, Faculty of Faculty of
Humanities and Education, Cave Hill Campus:
Professor Evelyn O’Callaghan
Appointment of Dean, Faculty of Medical
Sciences, Mona Campus:
Dr. Tomlin Paul
Re-appointment of Dean, Faculty of Law,
St. Augustine Campus:
Professor Rose-Marie Belle-Antoine
Campus Senior Executive Team
Appointment of new Deputy Principal,
St. Augustine Campus:
Professor Indar Ramnarine
Re-appointment of the Deputy Principal,
Open Campus:
Professor Julie Meeks-Gardner
Re-appointment of the Campus Registrar,
Mona Campus:
Dr. Camille Bell-Hutchinson
Re-appointment of the University Registrar,
Regional Headquarters:
Mr C. William Iton
Professor Indar Ramnarine Professor Rose-Marie Belle-Antoine
