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4. Outreach – to see the Campus communicate its outreach activities more effectively using avenues such as: the creation of a register of service and outreach activities; the appointment of skilled, dedicated website personnel; the sharing of student and alumni testimonies; the demonstration of research in action (impact of research); increased media engagements and media coverage of outreach. On behalf of the faculty, staff and students of Cave Hill, I wish to express profound gratitude to my predecessor, Professor Emerita The Most Honourable V Eudine Barriteau, for her excellent stewardship as the Campus’ fourth Pro Vice- Chancellor and Principal. Professor Barriteau assumed the leadership of the Campus on May 1, 2015, and held that position until her retirement. Under Professor Barriteau’s leadership, the Campus navigated one of its most difficult phases, characterised by financial austerity, the COVID-19 pandemic, and other natural occurrences, such as the ashfall (from the La Soufrière Volcano in St Vincent) in April 2021, and the passage of Hurricane Elsa in July of the same year. Professor Barriteau’s commitment to maintaining a high quality of teaching and learning was unwavering, despite the challenges faced. Her determined efforts during her tenure have been invaluable to the Campus and have left an indel- ible mark on staff and students alike. The Campus is deeply indebted to Professor Barriteau, and wishes her a long, happy and healthy retirement!
Professor Emerita The Most Honourable V Eudine Barriteau
Dr Jeanese Badenock, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology
strategies towards the indole alkaloids - echitamine and prenostodione. Dr Badenock distinguished herself as a Cave Hill graduate when she was named valedictorian of the class of 1996 and the recipient of the R L Seale & Co Ltd Prize in Chemistry, the latter of which is awarded to the best performing student in the advanced level chemistry courses. While at Dartmouth, she was the proud recipient of the John H Wolfenden Teaching Prize and the Karen E Wetterhahn Fellowship in Chemistry. At Cave Hill, Dr Badenock has supervised three graduate students and has acted as Examiner for no less than eight upgrades and three PhD vivas. In the Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Dr Badenock served as Coordinator of the Chemistry programme and Coordinator of the Quality Review of Chemistry in 2014. At the Faculty level, she has acted as Deputy Dean (Outreach and Research) and Chair of the FST Subcommittee for Graduate Studies and Research. Dr Badenock has ably served the Campus and The UWI by extension, through her duties as Chair of the Academic Quality Assurance Committee (AQAC), the Campus Library Committee, and the Campus Reaccreditation Committee, which saw the Campus receiving reaccredita- tion for the maximum seven (7) years. She was also the Vice-Chancellor’s nominee to the Open Campus Academic Board and a member of the 2012-2017 Cave Hill Strategic Planning Core Team.
NEW DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MAKES HISTORY
August 1, 2021 marked a historic moment for the Cave Hill Campus, and by extension, The UWI, as Dr Jeanese Badenock became the first woman to assume the role of Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, leaving a lasting legacy! Dr Badenock joined the Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences at Cave Hill in 2004 as a Lecturer in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. She holds a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry and Mathematics from The UWI, Cave Hill and a PhD in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from Dartmouth College, where her research focused on the radical chem- istry of the heterocyclic compound, indole, and synthetic
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES CAVE HILL CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT TO COUNCIL 2021/2022
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