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May 2010
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New Public Orator
“My appointment as public orator is a signal honour to the Faculty of Medical Sciences,” said Professor Teelucksingh, as he succeeds the long-serving and highly respected Professor Barbara Lalla, who retires this year. “It may be a common misconception that those who are so selected to train in medicine have too narrow a focus and are therefore unable to rise to these higher callings. I am delighted to have been nominated, and although to perform the duties of an orator would not be a natural instinct, I do look forward to this new and challenging role. Admittedly, the legacy from those who have preceded me will lighten the burden,” he said. The UWI has appointed three new Public Orators and renewed the term of one. Each campus of The UWI has its own Public Orator who prepares and delivers citations at University functions such as graduation and awards ceremonies and convocations. The Public Orator selected for the Cave Hill Campus is Mr Robert Leyshon, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Language, Linguistics and Literature. He will succeed Professor Henry Fraser, former Dean of the Cave Hill Faculty of Medical Sciences, who retires in July of this year. Dr Francis Severin, Head of the Open Campus, Dominica, takes over for the now retired Dr Lennox Bernard as Public Orator for the Open Campus. Professor Brian Meeks, Director of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), will continue as Public Orator of the Mona Campus for another three-year term. |
Professor Surujpal Teelucksingh, Professor of Medicine in the Faculty of Medical Sciences, has been appointed Public Orator for The UWI’s St. Augustine Campus.