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The undergraduate students Caitlin Milne and Rodane Samuels (finalizing undergraduate students who participated in Youth Mappers Fellowship Con- ference in January 2023) have been included as facilitators for the training sessions for the project. • The Department re-established the Unit for Disaster Studies and the Marine Geology Unit. The Unit for Disaster Studies will be coordinated by Dr Aprita Mandal and Dr Rose-Ann Smith, The Marine Geology Unit will be coordi- nated by Dr Taneisha Edwards and Dr Jason Tambie. The Department held a handover meeting for the Marine Geology Meeting. The meeting facilitated a discussion and symbolic passing of the baton from Professor Emeritus Edward “Ted” Robinson who started the unit over 20 years ago to Dr Taneisha Edwards and Dr Jason Tambie who were assigned responsibility for the Unit.
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STUDENTS The Department launched social media pages and revamped its website in a bid towards attracting more students and providing timely information to the public. The department through the student societies (UWI Geological Society, UWI Geographical Society and YouthMappers) promote the department and the geosciences at large both on and off campus. The department has carried out minor upgrades with plans for major upgrades in the upcoming academic year to improve the student teaching and learning expe- rience. The introduction of a student experience liaison has helped to streamline activities and engage with students. The department has also embarked on cross-campus teaching with our colleagues in the Department of Geography in St Augustine. Students from St Augustine will be able to take our Applied GIS and Remote Sensing Course as part of their GIS minor which was introduced during this academic year. All field classes resumed for the 2022–23 academic year as many were suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Post Graduate • The Department graduated 2 postgraduate students – Peta-Gay Harris, MPhil Geology (Supervised by Dr Arpita Mandal) and Beverline Brown-Smith, PhD Environmental Management (Supervised by Dr Robert Kinlocke).
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