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Dr. Camille Samuel appointed Deputy Campus Registrar at The UWI St. Augustine Campus

For Release Upon Receipt - August 10, 2021

St. Augustine


Dr. Camille Samuel, newly appointed Deputy Campus Registrar of The University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine Campus

The UWI St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago. Tuesday August 10, 2021 — Dr. Camille Samuel has been appointed Deputy Campus Registrar of The University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine Campus. Dr. Samuel’s appointment took effect from August 1, 2021.

A national of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Samuel holds a Ph.D. in Corporate Turnaround and Gendered Leadership from The UWI, an MBA in Corporate Strategy and Economic Policy from the Maastricht School of Management in The Netherlands and a BSc. in Sociology and Management also from The UWI. Dr. Samuel has also participated in several higher education professional development activities throughout her career. Her work in the areas of entrepreneurial support and excellence; corporate turnaround and crisis management; educational leadership and gendered leadership; IT governance and leadership and student development and support, as aided by artificial intelligence and technology have all been cited extensively and has led to her serving as a feature speaker at several international conferences and seminars.

Dr. Samuel possesses a wealth of knowledge and experience in both academia and enterprise management, having held several senior academic positions at The UWI and affiliate institutions. She has led many strategic management interventions at local and regional public and private institutions. With an extensive and diverse background in strategic leadership, she has also anchored many student-centred initiatives both locally and regionally.

As an adjunct faculty member, consultant, and an academic advisor to masters-level students, for well over a decade at the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business, Dr. Samuel has played a pivotal role in supporting business interventions and executive education in general. At the St. Augustine Campus, as a former member of the teaching fraternity at the Institute for Gender and Development Studies as well as a current teaching resource attached to the Department of Geomatics, Engineering and Land Management, she has supported the academic development of hundreds of students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She has also served as an academic supervisor to students at the University of the Netherlands and is currently serving as a doctoral dissertation committee member, attached to the Mona Campus of The UWI.

The former Vice President of Student Affairs and Vice President in charge of Technology Services at the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago (COSTAATT) spearheaded several initiatives which prioritised the realisation of student support needs. She is profoundly committed to student development and the deepening of linkages with industry partners. Over her tenure at COSTAATT, Dr. Samuel has held various leadership positions. She has had responsibility for strategic cost reduction/ containment efforts, infrastructure expansion projects, digital transformation initiatives, social media related projects and has worked with her respective teams to expand revenue-generating opportunities while also working to improve enterprise risk management systems. She has also successfully managed the resolution of employee grievances and industrial relations cases.

Dr. Samuel currently serves on various international committees and professional technological associations. She is the president of the Ellucian- South American and Caribbean User Group and serves as a member of the Ellucian International Advisory Group, and the Ellucian International Cloud Council. In addition to her work and lectures in the international and regional spheres, she is an avid supporter and a member of the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Committee of Trinidad and Tobago (CCoTT) as well as a member of the Supervisory (Audit) Committee of the TGG Credit Union Co-operative Society Limited.

The new Deputy Campus Registrar will be working directly with the Campus Registrar, Dr. Dawn-Marie De Four-Gill. Dr. De Four-Gill expressed confidence in the incoming Deputy Registrar, who has extensive knowledge in university administration, to have a successful tenure. She looked forward to a fruitful working relationship.

 

About The UWI

The UWI has been and continues to be a pivotal force in every aspect of Caribbean development; residing at the centre of all efforts to improve the well-being of people across the region.

From a university college of London in Jamaica with 33 medical students in 1948, The UWI is today an internationally respected, global university with near 50,000 students and five campuses: Mona in Jamaica, St. Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago, Cave Hill in Barbados, Five Islands in Antigua and Barbuda and its Open Campus, and 10 global centres in partnership with universities in North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe.

The UWI offers over 800 certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Culture, Creative and Performing Arts, Food and Agriculture, Engineering, Humanities and Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Science and Technology, Social Sciences, and Sport. As the Caribbean’s leading university, it possesses the largest pool of Caribbean intellect and expertise committed to confronting the critical issues of our region and wider world.

Ranked among the top universities in the world, by the most reputable ranking agency, Times Higher Education, The UWI is the only Caribbean-based university to make the prestigious lists. In 2020, it earned ‘Triple 1st’ rankings—topping the Caribbean; and in the top in the tables for Latin America and the Caribbean, and global Golden Age universities (between 50 and 80 years old).  The UWI is also featured among the top universities on THE’s Impact Rankings for its response to the world’s biggest concerns, outlined in the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including Good Health and Wellbeing; Gender Equality and Climate Action.

For more, visit www.uwi.edu.

(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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