Event

The Induction Ceremony of Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine as Principal of the St. Augustine Campus will take place on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 6p.m.

The Induction of the Campus Principal is a formal ceremony recognising new leadership and direction, and is the official act of the campus taking an historic step into its next chapter. The ceremony takes place after the official appointment is made and serves to recognise the Principal as the leader of the Campus. During the ceremony, the new Principal is formally endowed with the responsibilities of their appointment and invited by the Chancellor to deliver their inaugural address. It is a formal academic ceremony complete with an Academic Procession.

Professor Antoine’s UWI journey began in 1989, in the Faculty of Law, Cave Hill as a Temporary Lecturer who became the inaugural Director and initiator of the successful Master of Law (LLM) programme, The UWI’s first multi-campus, hybrid delivery programme, launched in 2002.  She was one of the youngest UWI lecturers to be appointed to the rank of Professor, in 2004, and the first sitting Dean of the Faculty of Law, St. Augustine, serving two terms. In 2021, she was appointed Pro Vice-Chancellor, Graduate Studies and Research and then Campus Principal in 2022. Click here to read more about Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine’s career highlights.

You are invited to save this date, Saturday, January 21, 2023 to join us online to view the live broadcast of this momentous occasion.