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Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business launches IMBA programme in Tobago

For Release Upon Receipt - September 8, 2010

St. Augustine


On Thursday 26th August, 2010, faculty members at St. Augustine Campus of The University of the West Indies (UWI) visited Tobago to launch the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business (GSB), International Master in Business Administration (IMBA) programme – the first face-to-face Masters programme to be held in Tobago.

The launch of the programme “marks a significant milestone in our efforts as a university to continuously be of service to both Trinidad and Tobago,” said Professor Clement Sankat, UWI St Augustine Campus Principal and Chairman of the Board of GSB. This partnership between The UWI and Tobago is especially significant as it demonstrates the university’s commitment to address “the demands, needs and interests of traditionally underserved communities” in the region, Sankat said, stressing that the programme’s incoming students must contribute by using their skills to “develop your communities in a way that speaks to moral ideals, ethical principles, and honest business practices.” 

Professor Sankat was one of the key speakers at the event, which also featured speeches by Mrs. Kamla Mungal, Academic Director, Arthur Lok Jack GSB; Dr. Verleen Bob-Lewis, Coordinator of School Management/Post-Secondary and Tertiary Education, Division of Education, Youth Affairs & Sports; and Assemblyman Claudia Groome Duke, Secretary for Education Youth Affairs & Sports with the Tobago House of Assembly. The Honourable Vernella Alleyne-Toppin, Minister of Tobago Development, delivered the feature address. 

To find out more, please contact Michael Gray at m.gray@gsb.tt, or Stacy Castle at s.castle@gsb.tt, or call (868) 662-9894.

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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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