SUNDAY 11 AUGUST 2019 – UWI TODAY
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CAMPUS NEWS
The UWI St Augustine Campus has announced
the
appointment of its new Campus Registrar,
Dr Dawn
Marie De Four- Gill
and new Dean of the Faculty of Social
Sciences,
Dr Acolla Lewis-Cameron
. Dr De Four-Gill is
the first woman to be appointed Campus Registrar at the
campus.
The Campus Registrar is the most senior administrator
on campus, serving as Chief Administrative Officer,
Chief Operating Officer and as Secretary to all campus
committees. The Registrar’s Office has oversight for Student
Affairs, Human Resources, OSHE, Records and Archives;
and the delivery of services through Facilities Management
and Security Services.
Dr De Four-Gill, who served as Acting Deputy Campus
Registrar for the past year, has 20 years’ experience in the
higher education sector. She has held leadership positions
at both the campus and regional level at The UWI. Her
other appointments at the regional level include Director
of One-UWI Strategy and University Director of Marketing
and Communications. She led the Campus’ Marketing
and Communications function for 16 years and is the
founding member of the Public Relations and Marketing
Steering Committee of the Association of Commonwealth
Universities (UK).
Her academic achievements include a Doctor of
Education (EdD) in Higher Education Management from
the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA (Marketing) from
CASS Business School, City University London, and a BSc
Management Studies (First Class Honours) fromThe UWI
St Augustine. She is also a former Chevening Scholar.
She holds memberships in numerous local, regional and
international professional bodies. Under her leadership
the Marketing and Communications Office won several
prestigious international awards.
STAUGUSTINEAPPOINTSNEW
Campus Registrar, Social Sciences Dean
The Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) is the largest
of the campus’ eight faculties and Dr Lewis-Cameron
will have oversight for the faculty’s administration and
its four departments: Behavioural Sciences, Economics,
Management Studies and Political Science. She succeeds
Professor Ann Marie Bissessar, who held the portfolio of
Dean of the FSS over the past four years.
The former Head of the Department of Management
Studies has also served the Campus as Coordinator of
the BSc International Tourism Management programme,
coordinator for the MSc Tourism Development and
Management programme, Coordinator for the PhD
Business Administration programme and former Chair of
the Board of Advisors of the Campus’ Centre for Export
Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Dr Lewis-Cameron has written several papers and
reports on the topic of tourism and is the lead editor of the
publication,
Marketing Island Destinations: Concepts and
Cases
and co-author of
Caribbean Tourism: Concepts and
Cases.
She is actively engaged in research for both the private
and public sectors in Trinidad and Tobago and the wider
Caribbean. Her academic achievements include an MSc in
Hospitality and Tourism Education from the University of
Surrey, UK and a PhD in Tourism from Brunel University
in the UK.
Currently, she serves as Vice Chairman of the Tobago
TourismAgency Limited and has held leadership positions
in numerous national organisations, including the Standing
Committee for the Strategic and Sustainable Development
of Tourism in Trinidad in the Ministry of Tourism,
the Chaguaramas Development Authority (CDA), the
Tunapuna Government Secondary School and the Tobago
Hospitality and Tourism Institute. She is passionate about
empowering young people to develop to their full potential.
Dr Dawn-Marie De Four-Gill, Campus Registrar
Dr Acolla Lewis-Cameron, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences
Four new professors have been appointed
at the St Augustine Campus as part of a group of ten that includes
five at the Mona Campus in Jamaica and one at the Cave Hill Campus in Barbados. The four are:
UWI EXPANDS CADRE OF PROFESSORS, FOUR FOR ST AUGUSTINE
DR. LAURA
ROBERTS-NKRUMAH
promoted to Prof.
of Crop Science
and Production, FFA
DR. WAYNE GANPAT
promoted to Prof. of
Agricultural Extension,
Faculty of Food
and Agriculture (FFA)
DR. ROHAN MAHARAJ
promoted in the
Faculty of Medical Sciences
DR. MICHELLE MYCOO
promoted to Prof. of Urban
and Regional Planning,
Faculty of Engineering
These appointments have been approved by the University Appointments Committee after a rigorous process including evaluations by internal and external assessors.
Prof. Mycoo and Roberts-Nkrumah’s appointments became effective in February 2019 and Prof. Ganpat and Prof. Maharaj’s appointments became effective in May 2019.
