LEFT: An academic procession from UWI St Augustine’s early years. Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone and the first Chancellor of The UWI, walks behind the mace-bearer. Prime Minister Dr Eric Williams is fourth from right.

RIGHT: The class of 1993 at their outdoor graduation ceremony on the JFK Quadrangle. Once upon a time, graduation ceremonies were an open-air event.

 

LEFT: The Mighty Sparrow himself, Slinger Francisco, Calypso King of the World, with the king of calypso scholars, Emeritus Professor Gordon Rohlehr. Professor Rohlehr began his career at UWI St Augustine in 1968 and would spend four decades on campus as a scholar of Caribbean literature, music, and culture.

RIGHT: Two very famous UWI St Augustine alumni greet each other at a campus event: Brother Resistance, poet and one of the founding voices of rapso music; and retired RBTT President and CEO of the T&T Chamber of Commerce Ms Catherine Kumar.

 

LEFT: Ms Sandra Marchack, surrounded by family, holds her Distinguished Alumni Award at the 50th anniversary of the campus celebrations some 15 years ago. Ms Marchack is an icon of the Trinidad and Tobago public service whose decades- long career encompassed the tenures of several prime ministers. She served as both Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister and Head of the Public Service.

RIGHT: Ms Judy Nandlal, a student from Milner Hall (now Freedom Hall), represents her hall of residence at a UWI St Augustine Carnival competition in the 1960s.