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UWI Student Guild hosts Inter-Campus Guild Council Meetings

For Release Upon Receipt - October 8, 2010

St. Augustine


ST AUGUSTINE, Trinidad And Tobago – On Saturday 9th October, 2010, at 1pm, the Guild of Students at The University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine, will host a press conference detailing the issues covered in its Inter-Campus Guild Council meetings (ICGC), held at the St. Augustine campus from 5th to 8th October, 2010. A fixture within the Guild of Students, the ICGC serves a multiplicity of purposes, most importantly to ensure the well-being of the students of the four UWI campuses.

The concept of “Four Campuses, One University” is one which is held in the highest regard and, as such, the ICGC creates the opportunity to strengthen campus bonds. In addition, it provides a forum to initiate projects which will span all campuses, further promoting student development. The ICGC also provides an opportunity for Guild Councillors from the other campuses to engage in philanthropic work, as well as be exposed to the culture of the campus which they are visiting.

Three ICGC meetings are held every year, one on each physical campus, allowing the Guild to chart strategic planning initiatives for a united University Student Guild movement across all campuses.

The press conference, scheduled to take place at 1 pm, at the Guild Conference Room, will also focus on ICGC views on local and regional issues, and on matters affecting students from the various campuses and how they intend to address these issues.

To find out more, please contact Mr Hillan Morean, President, Guild of Students, UWI St. Augustine, at 488-4550 or, Ms. Nkese Parris, Secretary, Guild of Students, UWI St. Augustine, at 733-9150.

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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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