VICE-CHANCELLOR’S REPORT TO COUNCIL 2022—2023
75 TH ANNIVERSARY – ROOTED. READY. RISING.
UWI DAY
January 7, 2023 was
declared “UWI Day” commemorated with a series of proclamations by Heads of State across the
region. The date held special significance, as on that date in 1947 the governing body of the University College of the West Indies — a branch of the University of London intended to serve British colonies — assembled for its first meeting in the House of the British Council in Jamaica. It was at this first meeting that a decision was taken for lands at Mona, Jamaica to be used for establishing the first campus of The University of the West Indies. One year later, on October 4, 1948, the Campus welcomed its first class of 33 medical students.
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