talented students. The Foundation donated USD200,000 to seed fund the project allowing over 200 students to receive financial awards over two years. A legally binding agreement for the award of the funds was also signed by Campus Principal, Professor Densil A. Williams and Chairman of the Calvin Ayre Foundation, Ambassador Calvin Ayre to concretise the partnership. The launch was held on March 22, 2023. Launch of The UWI Five Islands Distinguished Lecture Series Emeritus Professor Clinton Hutton, distinguished scholar, award-winning researcher and author delivered the Campus’ first distinguished lecture on Friday, May 26, 2023. The lecture entitled “Caribbean Civilization: The Evolving Story of the Framing of a Sovereign People” was well received by the audience. In particular, the lecture underscored the profound importance of understanding, using and articulating the role of creative/cultural/ artistic and ideational agency in shaping policy, education, training, pedagogy, and development in the 21 st century. Many attendees found the lecture insightful, stimulating, enriching, and overall, a very scholarly discourse. Launch of MBA in General Management The Board of Graduate Studies and Research, at its May 18, 2023 meeting, approved the introduction of the Master of Business Administration programme (blended mode) for introduction in September 2023. The programme is designed to help managers develop a global perspective while honing their skills in communicating, influencing, and managing conflict. The programme aims to create competitive graduates who can integrate varying perspectives to improve decision-making in a global labour market.
GLOBAL CAMPUS
Rebranding from Open to Global Following the University Council’s approval to rebrand The UWI Open Campus to The UWI Global Campus, the Campus commenced the plans for the rollout of the rebranding exercise in January 2023. A Global Campus Rebranding and Renaming Committee (RRC) was formed to manage the exercise at the Campus level and to engage with the University Director of Marketing and Communications to plan and guide the process. The Committee, among other things, developed a framework of actions and strategies to communicate with the various stakeholders to create the awareness, sensitisation, change management and visibility required for the Global Campus. On August 1, 2023, the Campus was rebranded as The UWI Global Campus and incremental changes are underway to ensure that the new Global Campus brand is fully operationalised by January 2024.
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