Chancellor’s Message to the Graduates of 2022 My heartiest congratulations to you on successfully completing your programme of study! These past few years have been challenging for all of us and I am absolutely pleased that you have reached this point. Your achievement demonstrates your determination and resilience and I believe this augurs well for our collective future.
Our lives have been irreparably impacted by a virus that has demonstrated its resilience and ability to adapt and made us change the way we engage with each other. The resurgence of infectious diseases that we
thought we had conquered and eradicated has also reminded us that we must continue to be ever vigilant. In addition to viruses new and old, the war being waged by Russia on Ukraine has disrupted global supply chains, threatened food security and negatively impacted production in many industries. Developing countries such as ours in the Caribbean have to be mindful of shifts in the geopolitical landscape as our world is so globalised that events taking place in seemingly distant places impact us in ways that we do not expect. How well we adapt to these constantly changing circumstances around us will determine how well we thrive in the future. You are the shapers and custodians of that future. I am deeply aware of the dire need to protect our environment and reverse the negative impact of what industrialisation and the intense use of fossil fuels has done to our planet. Political, economic and social decisions made in the future by all of us, individually and collectively, will have an impact and I urge you to make those decisions thoughtfully and with a view to caring for and preserving your - our - future.
My heartiest congratulations! Robert Bermudez, Chancellor
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