April 2012


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The annual Campus Council meeting is one of those events on the UWI calendar that carries a strong sense of institutional tradition and stature. It is attended by the principal officers of the Campus and it is where the Campus Principal presents a report on the preceding year, and where the Council officially receives the Annual Report.

On March 27, 2012, The UWI, St. Augustine, hosted this meeting, which was themed, ‘Take a closer look.’

Campus Principal, Professor Clement Sankat reported on the increase in matriculating students, and the efforts to accommodate them with capital projects, including the renovation of the Old Bachelor’s Quarters at the San Fernando General Hospital for medical students, the renovation and expansion of Canada Hall, the fencing of Orange Grove lands to support the work of the Agricultural Field Station, the renovation of Harnanan House and the creation of a UWI Inn for income-generation opportunities. One of the biggest initiatives undertaken in the academic year was the extension of the UWI St. Augustine to South Trinidad, this development forms part of a strategic goal to provide increased access to quality tertiary education to remote communities.

The meeting also heard of the ways in which the St. Augustine Campus poised itself to continue strengthening partnerships and forming beneficial relationships, during the 2010/2011 academic period. The Campus Principal reported of the many meetings held with Government officials, members of the diplomatic corps, the private sector and captains of industry in this regard. The results of which could be seen by the developments of MOUs with key institutions such as the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) and the Institute of Marine Affairs, among others.