CAVE HIll CAMPUS REPORT
Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, who served as principal of the Campus for 13 years, declared that “Cave Hill stepped up to the plate and has been a magnificent success. It prospered!” Sir Hilary also highlighted the fact that not only did Cave Hill prosper in its alignment with the economic development model and gave Barbados the competitive edge it needed in so many areas, but also the fact that the youngest landed campus at the time had become the leading campus in the publication of quality research, University Press publications, and international peer- reviewed journals. Addressing the launch via a recorded message, Prime Minister Mia Mottley said that “The UWI Cave Hill Campus has made a defining difference in the quality of life of the people of Barbados and the wider region, and has a critical role in their future development.” She urged the administration of the Campus to ensure the institution remained fit for purpose, bearing in mind that countries globally were becoming increasingly insular. Chair of the Cave Hill 60 th Anniversary Planning Committee, Dr. Henderson Carter, said the celebrations sought to achieve several objectives: provide opportunities for the Campus to reflect with pride on past achievements and struggles; project a path for the future; build cohesion, collegiality and comradery within the academy; develop strategic partnerships with external stakeholders; and give back to the community that the Campus serves.
Members of the various faculties and organisations participating in the parade.
Parade Launch of 60th Anniversary Celebrations A festive parade around Cave Hill Campus on January 20, 2023 officially kicked off a year of celebrations for the institution’s 60 th anniversary. Students, including members of their various clubs and associations, accompanied by faculty and staff, retirees and alumni, were joined by a marching band, Tuk Band, Mother Sally, and campus mascot Chilli in an exhibition of exuberance. The first stop during the mid-afternoon procession was at the Leslie Robinson Building where Principal, Professor Clive Landis and his predecessor, Professor the Most Honourable Eudine Barriteau, unveiled a portrait of the late Professor Leslie Robinson, the first principal of The UWI Cave Hill Campus at the entrance of the
building that bears his name. Along the route, students of the Faculty of Culture, Creative and Performance Arts staged a theatrical performance at Quaw’s Quest, the monument erected in honour of William Quaw, one of the 295 enslaved persons who, at Emancipation, were freed from lands currently occupied by the Cave Hill Campus. Professor Landis officially declared the anniversary celebrations open at the end of the parade, reminding the gathering that: “The Cave Hill Campus is a community; a community of students, of scholars, support staff — and when they get older, they become alumni and retirees — but we are a community, and it is as a community that we got to where we are.” He further added, “For the next 60 years we will take our inspiration
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