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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 4TH OCTOBER, 2015
MATRICULATION 2015
Some 3,523 first-year
undergraduate students are currently
enrolled atThe UWI St. Augustine Campus for the academic
year 2015-2016, a 10.6% increase from the September 2014
intake. As has been the tradition, the Campus welcomed a
sizeable contingent of students from the region – hailing
mainly from Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St
Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines and The Bahamas.
The Campus also welcomed students from Venezuela,
Yugoslavia, Tunisia, Turkey, Tanzania, Fiji, Solomon Islands
and New Zealand.
The new students took part in the formal Matriculation
Ceremony on September 17 at the Campus. Among those
who welcomed the new intake were Pro Vice-Chancellor
and Campus Principal, Professor Clement Sankat, Vice-
Chancellor of The UWI, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles (via
video), and Reverend Daniel Teelucksingh, who delivered
this year’s feature address.
The Campus Principal told the students about the UWI
family they have joined. “…We are all one big family. So
look out for each other, encourage each other, motivate each
other, consult each other, and study together! This is how
a family functions and is able to achieve great success….
So ensure that you all work together – this is key to our
collective success as a university, as a nation and as a region,”
he said.
The UWI’s Matriculation Ceremony is the traditional
‘rite of passage’ for new students, as they are formally
recognized as members of the academic community of
The UWI. It takes place at the physical sites of campuses
across the region. The event is marked by an academic
procession and the symbolic signing of the Matriculation
Register. The register is one of the prized archival records
of the University. Bound in beautiful leather with golden
inscriptions, it features the names of all the undergraduates
who have studied at the University.
This year, the signing was done by Campus Registrar,
Richard Saunders and first-year student in the Faculty
of Engineering, Gabryelle Gunness, who represented the
incoming class. The recital of the Academic Vow is also
integral to the ceremony and was led by President of the
Guild of Students, Makesi Peters.
Welcome to the Family
PHOTOS: ATIBA CUDJOE
