And just like that, 2021 comes to a close. Like the rest of T&T and the world, this was a challenging year for us at UWI TODAY. Apart from the shared struggles of dealing with social distancing, curfews, rising and falling (and rising again) infection rates, there were also the difficulties of producing a paper virtually. A good magician, they say, never reveals the secret of his tricks, so I won’t go into how we make it work. I will, however, reveal our most important secret – we receive an incredible amount of support from the campus community.
The core UWI TODAY team is very small, but we are able to do so much through the willingness of many people who give their time and effort to ensure the quality of the publication. That is one of the things that has sustained us through these difficult times. The other is the work we are privileged to do – sharing the stories of the campus and the personalities that make it a hub of Caribbean intellectual excellence.
Whether it was breakthroughs in research, regional and international recognition, profiles of outstanding members of the campus community, our role in managing emergencies both locally and abroad, 2021 might have been a challenging year, but it was a year in which we continued to show the value of UWI St Augustine.
So as the light dims and the louvres close on 2021, we at UWI TODAY look back and smile as we say goodnight to the old year. More importantly, as we look forward to the New Year, we wish all our readers a brighter 2022.
Joel Henry
Acting Editor
UWI TODAY
