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Roy Watts Memorial Bursary names first-ever recipient: Drama Student awarded TT$18,000 partial schol

For Release Upon Receipt - October 1, 2009

St. Augustine


The University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine, Department of Creative and Festival Arts has named the first recipient of the Roy Watts Memorial Bursary. The University recently awarded the partial scholarship in the sum of TT$18,000 to Oretta Alleyne, a student in the Practitioner’s Certificate in Drama/Theatre-in-Education.

Ms. Alleyne, who is from Guyana, was granted the bursary on the basis of financial need. As a national of a non-contributing country, she would be subject to the US rate for tuition and other University fees. Ms Alleyne is expected to use the award to cover fees for the first semester of the Practitioner’s Certificate in Drama/Theatre-in-Education programme, which is run under the Faculty of Humanities and Education.

The Roy Watts Memorial Bursary is named in honour of the deceased husband of former UWI Lecturer Dr Margaret Watts and father of Mr Roger Watts of the UWI Open Campus. Roger Watts sits on the Board that selects awardees.

For more information, please contact Yvette Barrimond, Acting Administrative Assistant, Department of Creative and Festival Arts, UWI St. Augustine at (868) 662-2002 Ext. 2376 or (Direct Line/Fax) 663-2222.

 

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