June 2011


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Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence 2011: Seven to receive VC’s Award

The UWI will recognize the outstanding contributions of seven members of its staff at its 2011 Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence on October 5, 2011 at the St. Augustine Campus. Vice Chancellor, Professor E. Nigel Harris will present the prestigious awards to this year’s recipients Professors Kathleen Coard, Minerva Thame, Anthony Clayton and Mrs Eda Martin of the Mona Campus; Dr. Anna-May Edwards-Henry and Professor Vijay Narayansingh, St. Augustine Campus, and Professor Julie Meeks Gardner of the Open Campus.

Professor of Pathology, Kathleen Coard will receive the award for Teaching while two awards each will be presented in the categories Research Accomplishments and Service to the University Community. Awardees in the Research category are Professor Minerva Thame, Head, Department of Child Health, Mona, and Professor Vijay Narayansingh of the Department of Surgery, St. Augustine, while Dr. Anna-May Henry, Director of the Instructional Development Unit at St. Augustine and Mrs. Eda Martin, Manager Customer Service, Office of Finance, Mona will be recognized for outstanding service to the University. Director of the Institute for Sustainable Development, Professor Anthony Clayton will be awarded in the category Public Service and Professor Julie Meeks-Gardner who heads the Open Campus’ Caribbean Child Development Centre will receive the award for All-round Performance in two categories: Research Accomplishments and Public Service.