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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 8TH MAY, 2016
The
Vice-Chancellor’s Report
to the Council
was streamed live to the public and is available
online at
UNIVERSITY COUNCIL – APRIL 29, 2016
DEANS OF FACULTIES
Reappointment of the Dean, Faculty of Law, Cave Hill Campus:
Dr David Berry
Reappointment of the Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Cave Hill Campus:
Dr Justin Robinson
Reappointment of the Dean, Faculty of Law, Mona Campus:
Leighton Jackson
,
Appointment of the Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Mona Campus:
Professor Ian Boxhill
Reappointment of the Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology, St Augustine Campus:
Professor Indar Ramnarine
Appointment of the Dean, Faculty of Food and Agriculture, St Augustine Campus:
Dr Wayne Ganpat
SENIOR MANAGERS
Reappointment of the Principal, Mona Campus:
Professor Archibald Mc Donald
Appointment of the Principal, Open Campus:
Dr Luz Longsworth
Appointment of the Principal, St Augustine Campus:
Professor Brian Copeland
Reappointment of the Deputy Principal, Mona Campus:
Ishenkumba Kahwa
Reappointment of the Deputy Principal, St Augustine Campus:
Professor Rhoda Reddock
Reappointment of the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Board of Undergraduate Studies:
Professor Alan Cobley
Appointment of the Pro Vice-Chancellor Planning:
Dr Densil Williams
Reappointment of the University Management Auditor:
Judith Nelson
Reappointment of the University Counsel:
Laleta Davis-Mattis
Pro Vice-Chancellor Global Affairs:
Dr Richard Bernal
(previously announced)
SENIORAPPOINTMENTSATUWI
Members of the Council of The UWI
, along with invited guests met at The UWI St. Augustine Campus for what is considered the annual business meeting, which was chaired by
UWI Chancellor,
Sir George Alleyne
. At this forum, major advancements across The UWI’s four campuses during the last academic year, and projections for the future were discussed.
The University Council is the governing body of the regional university, and exercises powers such as making appointments authorised byThe UWI’s
Charter and Statutes
, managing
the finances, and all business affairs of the University. The University Council Meeting, according to the University’s Statute 22, is scheduled to review the work of the University together
with the audited statement of accounts, and make required appointments of new and returning Deans and Senior Managers. These appointments included:
New Campus Principal Designate is
PROFESSOR BRIAN COPELAND
Former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering,
Professor Brian Copeland,
has been appointed Campus Principal Designate of The UWI, St.
Augustine. The appointment was one of several announced at the annual
business meeting of the University Council.
Professor Copeland succeeds Professor Clement Sankat, who has
served two terms as Campus Principal: beginning his first term in January
2008 and the second in January 2013.
Professor Copeland graduated from The UWI St. Augustine with
a BSc in Electrical Engineering in 1978, with an MSc in Electrical
Engineering (Control Systems) from the University of Toronto in 1981
and with a PhD in Electrical Engineering (Control Systems) from the
University of Southern California in 1990. He has been a Professor
in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Dean of the Faculty of
Engineering at The UWI from 2007 to 2015. He was Head of the
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The UWI
from 1997 to 2007. He has lectured in Digital Electronics and
Microprocessor Systems Design and Control Systems.
He was Coordinator of the Real Time Systems Group, a
UWI unit for developing university/industry liaison through
impactful R&D Projects. At the RTSG, Professor Copeland
was Project Leader for design and construction of the Electronic
Scoreboard at the Queen’s Park Oval. He currently co-ordinates the
Steelpan Initiatives Project (SIP) which saw the development and
patenting of the G-Pan, a re-engineered form of the traditional steelpan,
as well as the Percussive Harmonic instrument (P.H.I.), an electronic
form of the traditional steelpan. Professor Copeland is Convener of the
Steelpan Research Centre, UWI and is a former Member of the Board
of Directors, CARIRI.
In 2008, he was the first recipient of the Order of the Republic of
Trinidad and Tobago and in 2007 he was joint recipient of the Chaconia
Medal Gold as a member of the G-Pan development team. He received
the Guardian Life Premium Teaching Award in 2002, the BP/AMOCO
Fellowship Award for Senior Academic Staff at The UWI, 2001 and
a LASPAU/Fulbright scholarship for the Doctoral program at the
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1987.
Extending his congratulations, the current Principal, Professor
Sankat, said he was confident that Professor Copeland’s long experience
at the St. Augustine Campus would serve him well and assured him of
his “full support during the transition.”
Professor Copeland’s appointment will be for a period of five years.
