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UWI’s Alma Jordan Library remembers Trinidad and Tobago in 1962

For Release Upon Receipt - August 16, 2012

St. Augustine


The Alma Jordan Library of the University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine Campus, commemorates Trinidad and Tobago’s 50th anniversary of Independence by showcasing our history with an exhibition titled, “Forging the Nation’s Identity: Trinidad and Tobago in 1962.”

This exhibition comprises two components, a physical display which is now open until October 12th, 2012, and located at the ground floor of the Alma Jordan Library and an online display available at http://mainlib.uwi.tt/divisions/wi/displays/Forging_Nations_Identity/intro.html.

Both components focus on the evolution of three aspects of our country’s identity: the National Flag, the National Anthem and the Coat of Arms. Many of the original items on physical display were retrieved from the Library’s Carlisle Chang Collection. 

This exhibition also features the talents of two members of The UWI St. Augustine Campus community. Darron Small, assistant at the Library’s West Indiana and Special Collections Division, is the artist behind the painting, “Synergy,” chosen to represent the exhibition, and Kristian Mathison, a third-year student at the Department of Computing and Information Technology, did the technical work for the website where the online display can be found.

This exhibition is free and open to the public.

For further information, please contact the Alma Jordan Library at 662-2002 ext. 82132, 82131, 84030, or via e-mail at mainlib@sta.uwi.edu.

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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.

 

(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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