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UWI Development and Endowment Fund holds Bursary Award Ceremony

For Release Upon Receipt - March 2, 2010

St. Augustine


In response to lean times, St Augustine Campus hands out 161 Bursaries

 

Times may be getting leaner, but The University of the West Indies Development and Endowment Fund (UWIDEF) is still trying to ease the way for 161 students.

 

Selected students received bursaries from the UWIDEF in a formal bursary award ceremony, held at the Learning Resource Centre (LRC), UWI St Augustine on February 9th, 2010.

Through its fund raising efforts, the UWIDEF has been able to make direct contributions to the education of a steadily increasing number of graduates.  Steady and increasing public support of the Fund’s two major fundraisers—The UWI Fete and UWI Golf Challenge—have translated into a steady increase in funds available for bursaries.

 

The 2010 Award Ceremony included brief remarks by Mr. Ronald Harford, UWIDEF Chairman, and its Secretary, Mr. Victor Cowan, as well as Professor Samuel Ramsewak, Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, and Ms. Priya Sahadeo, a student of the Faculty of Medical Sciences.

 

The UWIDEF committee also includes Professor Clement Sankat (UWI Pro Vice Chancellor and St. Augustine Campus Principal), Ms Deirdre Charles (Director of UWI Student Services), Mr Peter Clarke, Mr Walton James, Mrs Lucille Mair, Mr Jerry Medford, Mr Dennis Ramdeen, Mr James Richardson, Mrs Christine Sahadeo, Mrs Radhica Saith and Ms Lisa Wickham.

 

The UWI Development & Endowment Fund (Trinidad and Tobago) was launched in April 1989, with its primary objective being the establishment of a fund to provide scholarships to undergraduate and postgraduate students to alleviate the financial hardship of selected students. The fund is managed by a committee comprising a Chairman and members representing the business community, University alumni and the wider University community.

For more information, please contact Alana Campbell-John, Administrative Assistant, UWI Development & Endowment Fund at Alana.Campbell-John@sta.uwi.edu or (868) 662 2002 Ext. 2326.

 

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2010 Recipients

ENGINEERING

Akeim Ali, Marcus Arthur, Juantelle Charles, Stephanie Chee Wah, Kareem Edwards, Adrian Ferguson, Damian Johnston, Sadhna Lutchman, Keisha Murray, Kerry O’Brien, Alex Ramkissoon, Shanta Ramnarine, Ijaz Ramsahai, Kenrod Roberts, Tetteh-Kojo Salandy, Emerley Singh, Kemmar Webber,  

HUMANITIES & EDUCATION

Dexter Asson, Jaime Bagoo, Renee Batson, Shenella Charles, Raynor Cielto, Michael Daly, Dianne Dennis, Aikida Edwards, Shrinagar Francis, Dwayne Haynes, Deborah Herbert-Regis,  Kandia James, Jamilla Jeffrey, Joy Jones, Shyamal Juanette, Melanie Kim, Sarah Knights, Jason Lai King, Kristal Le Blanc, Danielle Lewis, Vladimir Lucien, Aliyah Mohammed, Jared Prima, Melanie Ragbir, Adam Rampersad, Uta Rampersad, Rekha Sawh, Darron Small, Veron Steverson, Leeanna Stewart, Chris Thomas, Ruedi Trouchen, Girma Vincent, Jenna Williams, Elisha Richards-Young,

 

MEDICAL SCIENCES

Simone Alexander, Afeefa Ali, Narissa Arneaud, Vandanaa Baboolal, Aleem Backredee, Donna-Marie Bahadoor, Khadina Benny, Jan Bissessar, Vandita Bissoonlal, Shivonne Biswah, Chrystal Calderon, Renee Cruickshank, Varun Dean, Rishma Doodh, Kayla Farrington, Nicholas Figaro, Afiya Flemming, Yendi Fontenard, Nary Gunness, Peter Heeralal, Andrea Homer, Jamaall Jackman, Jadeine Joseph, Sarah Khan, Masai Lessey, Ariane Loutoo, Danielle Modeste, Amisha Mohammed, Earl Ottley, Priya Sahadeo, Karan Seegobin,  Shane Pegus, Kerry Rambaran, Solange Ramkissoon, Narisa Ramkissoon, Anissa Ramroop, Cherisse Ramsaran, Nandini Ramsumair, Diedre Renwick, Priya Sahadeo, Karan Seegobin, Qaysara Syne, Michelle Vialva 

SCIENCE & AGRICULTURE

Inna Aimable, Derval Barzey, Crystal Blake, Racine Boodram, Kaneisha Cardinal, Sonya Charlerie, Shobha Dhanpat, Andrew Dhanoo, Nicholas Dopson, Cindy Eugene, Jewelle Glassgow, Amanda Harrylal, Kieron Hart, Mark Ince, Tacuma Jones , Nikada Khan,  Kasandra Kissoon, Gerdan Lamorell, Gina Lezama, Safeeya Mohammed, Carisa Mohammed, Saria Narine, Keshari Pragg, Amit Ramkissoon, Shiva Ramlal, Sebrenia Roberts, Bernice Robinson, Mateela Scott, Sheril Shah, Shanelle Suepaul, Lenor Winchester

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Stacia Augustin, Sadeann Bailey, Tacine Baptiste, Azelle Barclay, Stefan Boodram, Cherise Brookes, Malika Brown, Keneca Cato, Joel De Mille, Meera Edwards, Wendy Farrell, Jasmine Fournillier, Jeanine Germain, Kimberly Glasgow, Kimberly Gonzales, Ginelle Greene, Charla Guppy,  Sacha Harris , Amelia Kanhai, Rickel Kirton, Shalane Lewis, Yohance Nicholas, Berthia Nickson, Michele Olliviere, Annamarie Ramdas, Augustina Remie, Leigh-Ann Reyes, Veshana Samdath, Ashweena Sinanan, Shinelle Smith, Tenielle Tobias, Nicola Vickles, Prudence Williams, Leslie-Ann Wilson, Kelsie Wiltshire

 

 

About 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, 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 over 50 physical site locations across the region, serving over 20 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, Pure & Applied Sciences, Science and Agriculture, and Social Sciences.

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