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University School, St. Augustine opens new west wing

For Release Upon Receipt - November 22, 2013

St. Augustine


ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad & Tobago – The new west wing of the University School, St. Augustine was officially opened on Tuesday November 19, at a function held at the school on November 19, 2013. 

In attendance were, among others, Mrs. Beverly Trotman, Principal of the University School; Vice-Principal of the University School, Mrs. Zaphina Chin; Professor Patmanathan Umaharan, Chairman of the School Council, and Professor Clement Sankat, Principal and Pro Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus.

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Professor Clement Sankat cuts the ceremonial ribbon, flanked by Professor Patmanathan Umaharan on the left, and on the right, Mrs. Beverly Trotman, Mrs. Zaphina Chin, and Dean of the UWI St. Augustine Faculty of Science and Technology, Professor Indar Ramnarine.     

About THE UWI

Over the last six decades, The University of the West Indies (UWI) has evolved from a fledgling college in Jamaica with 33 students to a full-fledged University with over 40,000 students. Today, UWI is the largest and most longstanding higher education provider in the English-speaking Caribbean, with main campuses in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and Centres in Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Christopher (St Kitts) & Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent & the Grenadines. UWI recently launched its Open Campus, a virtual campus with 45 physical site locations across the region, serving 16 countries in the English-speaking Caribbean. UWI is an international university with faculty and students from over 40 countries and collaborative links with over 60 universities around the world. Through its seven Faculties, UWI offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Engineering, Humanities & Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Science & Technology, Food & Agriculture, and Social Sciences. 

(Please note that the proper name of the university is The University of the West Indies, inclusive of the “The”, hence The UWI.) 

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