SUNDAY 3rd may, 2015 – UWI TODAY
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Expanding our Physical Capacity
The physical landscape of The UWI St. Augustine Campus and environs has changed
significantly over the recent months, with
fully completed
Capital Development
Projects
to include: the UWI Family Development Centre; Canada Hall’s Refurbished South
Block; Teaching and Learning Complex; Seismic Research Centre (SRC); University Inn and
Conference Centre; Student Study/Recreational Facility at Mt. Hope; Film Programme
Building on Carmody Road. The infrastructural improvements and additions have already
added considerable value, not only to the aesthetics of the campus but also to the
functionality of the University in general. We are also better able to serve our students
and other constituents.
TheAgricultural InnovationPark, EastCampus,OrangeGrove
, whichwasmentioned
earlier,
is a major investment in agriculture, not only for the benefit of Trinidad andTobago,
but for the Caribbean region. Through the use of technology we will demonstrate how
food production and agriculture can be made more efficient; with the inaugural project
making the St. Augustine campus its home.
However,
the most substantial addition (relevant to cost and size) to the physical
capacity of TheUWI wouldbe TheUWI STASouthCampus (Penal/Debe)
.
This will be one
of the greatest expansions not only in the 54 year history of the St. Augustine Campus, but
also the largest physical developments the regional University of theWest Indies has seen
since its inception in 1948. We expect this facility to be ready for the 2015/2016 academic
year. This facility will now make some of The UWI’s resources and programmes available
with closer proximity, to more rural communities in South Trinidad, who before, would
have found some difficulty in commuting to the St. Augustine campus.
Sowing the Seeds: preparing the ground at the Agriculture Field Station at Orange Grove.
Construction at the new South Campus at Penal/Debe
