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EDITORIAL
MESSAGES FROM
THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL AND THE EDITORIAL TEAM
EDITORIAL TEAM
Director of Marketing and Communications Dr Dawn-Marie De Four-Gill
Manager, Marketing and Communications Wynell Gregorio • Director, Human Resources Stephen Sheppard
Assistant Registrar, Industrial Relations Dave Sahadeo • Assistant Registrar, Training and Development Cheryl Carter
Officer, Marketing and Communications Christine Nanton.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Aneel Karim, Atiba Kojo, Esmond Telesford, Thion Lord.
Welcome to the first edition
of
STAff
,
the employee newsletter of the St Augustine
Campus of The University of the West Indies. We
are pleased to introduce this internal publication
which aims to inform and entertain, and help
you feel connected to the campus.
STAff
will be
used as a means to keep employees informed
about new developments, to provide useful
information, as well as to raise awareness of the
activities of their colleagues and co-workers at
all levels across the institution.
It takes hundreds of people to make UWI
St Augustine the institution that it has become
over its half century in existence. People to
provide assistance at the library; people to
design academic programmes; people to guard
the campus; people to manage departments;
people to treat the injured and ailing; people to
guide and support research; people to keep the
campus clean and the grounds trimmed; people
at every level in every lab, department, division
and office – without them the university could
not function.
That it is why we at both the Marketing
and Communications Office and the Human
Resources Division take great pleasure in
launching this employee newsletter. In these
pages the focus will be on all of our campus
personnel.
STAff
is your publication. We
therefore welcome any comments on the
content, and also suggestions on articles to
be published and written. You can also submit
your own articles. Although we may not be able
to publish all the materials we receive, we will
certainly read all submissions and give them fair
consideration.
This year marks the St Augustine
Campus’s 55th anniversary, which makes it a
more than fitting time to launch our employee
newsletter. We hope, with your support, to create
an employee newsletter worthy of the capable
and hardworking personnel of the St Augustine
Campus.
The Editorial Team
Send your submissions to:
wynell.gregorio
@
sta.uwi.edu
STAff IS YOUR PUBLICATION
Members of the editorial team (from left) Dave Sahadeo, Assistant Registrar – Industrial Relations;
Wynell Gregorio, Manager, Marketing and Communications; Stephen Sheppard, Director, Human Resources;
Christine Nanton, Marketing and Communications Officer – Communications; and Cheryl Carter,
Assistant Registrar – Training and Development.
In celebration of campus community
It is with great pleasure
that I welcome
you to the first issue of
UWI STAff
, the employee
newsletter of our campus community. This
publication, launched in the 55th anniversary
year of the St Augustine Campus, is dedicated to
all staff at every level. It is of great significance
that our Marketing and Communications Office
and Human Resources Division have embarked
on this project as we celebrate the establishment
of the campus in 1960.
St Augustine’s achievements are built on
the contributions of its employees. Through
UWI STAff
we will have a vehicle to highlight the
many people that serve the needs of the campus
and students.
As Campus Principal, I believe we are truly
fortunate to be employed in this institution.
We have been blessed with the opportunity to
be part of an organisation with an over five-
decade legacy of contributing to the growth and
development of the region. The UWI is one of the
Caribbean’s most vital institutions and as we
enjoy the contents of this newsletter we should
reflect on the grand purpose that brings this
campus community together. Let us share our
stories and take pride in who we are – the staff
of the St Augustine Campus of The University of
the West Indies.
Professor Clement K Sankat
Pro Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal
