September-October 2010


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Graduation honour roll

The UWI will be conferring 15 honorary degrees at the annual Graduation Ceremonies to be held throughout its four campuses over the next month.

This year, the St Augustine Campus ceremonies will take place over three days, from October 28-30, a sign of the growing number of graduates.

The ceremonies begin on October 16th at the Open Campus Graduation, where Mrs Beverley Steele, CBE, MH and Professor Caryl Phillips will receive the honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) and Doctor of Letters (DLitt) degrees respectively.

On October 23 at the Cave Hill Campus in Barbados, Rev. Dr. Donald Henry Kortright Davis, The Honourable Elliott Mottley, QC, Professor Naana Jane Opuku-Agyemang and Charles Straker will receive the honorary LLD.

From October 28-30, the ceremonies will take place at the St Augustine Campus in Trinidad and Tobago, where the honorary LLD will be conferred on Mr Doddridge Alleyne, Mr Hans Hanoomansingh, Mrs Diana Mahabir Wyatt, and Mr Thomas Gatcliffe will receive the honorary Doctor of Sciences degree (DSc.).

Finally, on November 5 and 6, the Mona Campus in Jamaica will host the closing celebration, where Mr George Neville Ashenheim and the Honourable William Mc Connell, OJ, CD will receive the LLD, while Dr. Knox Hagley and Dr. Renn Holness will receive the DSc., and Professor Edward Alston Cecil Baugh the DLitt.

The 2010 valedictorians for the St. Augustine Campus have been named for each session. On October 28, Nakita Noel will be followed by Robert Shirley. On October 29, Nicholas Seemungal will be followed by Vandana Siew Sankar, and on the final day, Erle Wright will be followed by Priya Sahadeo.