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UWI TODAY
– SEPTEMBER 2015
OUR CAMPUS
The UWI and Republic Bank
Partner for the future
(cont’d)
Come September 25,
The UWI and the Guardian
Group will celebrate a partnership that began in
1998 and which continues to this day. The initiative
celebrates excellence in teaching and learning. Alternate
years see the hosting of Premium Teaching Awards for
Faculty or a Premium Open Lecture such as the 2015
Open Lecture,
Back to Basics with Student Engagement
and Beyond the Tech Hype.
Dr. Elizabeth F. Barkley, Professor of Music at
Foothill College, Los Altos, California, will speak on
one of her keen interests: engaging students through
active and collaborative learning; transforming F2F
and online curriculum to meet the needs of diverse
learners, especially those from new and emerging
generations; the scholarship of teaching and learning;
and connecting learning goals with assessment.
With more than three decades as an innovative
Republic Bank’s Executive Director Derwin Howell turns the sod to the delight of The UWI and Republic Bank senior personnel as well as contractors.
Photo by Atiba Cudjoe
and reflective teacher, she has received numerous
honors and awards, including being named California’s
Higher Education Professor of the Year by the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, formally
recognized by the California state legislature for her
contributions to undergraduate education, selected
as “Innovator of the Year” in conjunction with the
National League for Innovation, presented with the
Hayward Award for Educational Excellence, and
honored by the Center for Diversity in Teaching
and Learning in Higher Education. Additionally, her
Musics of Multicultural America
course was selected
as “Best Online Course” by the California Virtual
Campus. She was also named one of two Carnegie
Scholars in the discipline of music by the Carnegie
Foundation in conjunction with the Pew Charitable
Trusts.
The UWI/Guardian Group PremiumOpen Lecture
Back to Basics with Student Engagement and Beyond the Tech Hype
Dr Elizabeth F. Barkley
In this rainy season, the weather can indeed prove capricious. All things considered, therefore, the lack of rain (although threatening) was a good thing
for a sod-turning. As part of the agreement with Republic Bank, the building will be handed over to The University of the West Indies in 25 years.
