January 2010


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UWI FETE: In support of scholarship

There was a subtly subdued air at the annual UWI Fete which took place on January 17 at its traditional venue, the Principal’s Grounds at the St Augustine Campus, this year. Although patrons of the 20-year-old fete came out in their numbers as usual, the shadow of Haiti hung in the air.

The Fete is one of the fund-raising elements of the Development and Endowment Fund which facilitates scholarships to UWI students at both undergraduate and post graduate levels. Later this year, in September, there will be an official award ceremony, at which 160 bursaries will be handed out to students for the 2009-2010 academic year. It is a measurement of the success of the fund-raising ventures that the Fund has moved from granting 15 bursaries when it started to the 160 at present.

The UWI organising committee is grateful to all those who participated in making the 20th UWI Fete a significant contributor to the well-being of our students, who are after all, our future.