October 2009


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UWI Vice Chancellor, Professor E. Nigel Harris and St. Augustine Campus Principal, Professor Clement Sankat recently welcomed four scholarship winners to the St. Augustine Campus of The University of the West Indies. The students, Amelia Rouse, Candice Myers, Lauralee Samaroo and Melissa Ann De Freitas were awarded scholarships and bursaries amounting to US$ 25,000 by The University of the West Indies Regional Endowment Fund (UWIREF). Amelia is enrolled in the Faculty of Engineering, while Melissa is in the Faculty of Science & Agriculture and Candice and Lauralee are both in the Faculty of Medicine. They celebrate with 15 other counterparts spread across the Caribbean, who have all taken up offers to study at the University’s Cave Hill, Mona or St. Augustine campus.

In keeping with tradition, on Thursday 17th September, 2009 at 5pm) at the JFK Quadrangle all new students of the UWI St. Augustine campus were ceremonially welcomed into the academic community. The ceremony where students sign the matriculation book and take the Academic Vow led by the President of the Guild of Students was witnessed by top University personnel including UWI Vice Chancellor Professor E. Nigel Harris, St Augustine Campus Principal Professor Clement Sankat, Registrar Jeremy Callaghan, deans and members of academic staff.

The UWI Regional Endowment Fund (UWIREF) was officially launched in July 2008 as part of the University’s 60th Anniversary celebrations. The UWIREF provides the opportunity for international and regional donors to collaborate with the University to give meaningful support to its undergraduate and graduate students, research and other developmental projects.

The recipients of the 2009-2010 UWIREF scholarships are: Jennifer Mofford and Amelia Rouse of Barbados; Corazon Durand of Dominica; Anne Teresa Birthwright, Mele-a Campbell, Amoako St. Patrick Evans, Felisha Henry, Shanique Sterling, Samantha Christie, Shaneek Findlay, Adrian Stephens and, Pettia Gay Williams of Jamaica; Androy Emery and Keiran Prescott-Joseph of St. Lucia; Malissa Cornwall, Melissa De Freitas and Valdene Jack of St. Vincent and Candice Myers and Lauralee Samaroo of Trinidad & Tobago.

They were recommended for the awards based on merit and financial need. The 2009/2010 UWIREF Scholarships, valued at a total of US$ 150,000 were funded through the collaborative efforts of UWI and its partners including: RBTT, Sir George and Lady Sylvan Alleyne, Dame Bernice Lake, Maud Fuller, the late Roydell Lawrence and the late Professor Pamela Rodgers-Johnson.