THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES – FIVE ISLANDS CAMPUS
CEREMONIES FOR THE PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES 2023
HIGHLIGHTS OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UNIVERSITY – 2022/2023
• 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.
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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. 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. Thanks-Giving for W.I. On July 29, 2023, the Campus hosted an online event titled Thanks- Giving for W.I. under the distinguished patronage of Her Excellency, Dame Marcella Liburd, GCMG, J.P., Governor-General of St. Kitts and Nevis and His Excellency, Sir Rodney Williams, GCMG, KGN, KSt.J, MBBS, PhD (h.c.), Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda. This event was held in support of the Campus’ Endowment Fund, which was established in 2021 to provide the region’s talented yet disadvantaged students with a “fighting” chance at success and, by extension, ensure the longevity of the West Indies. The event was organised by the Campus Alumni Office to help raise USD500,000/ BDS1million in support of student scholarships and grants for developmental projects.
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