David Salmon
Guided by his grandfather’s maxim, “The word can’t does not exist, remove it from your vocabulary,” David has sought to take on new frontiers with confidence and determination. When he first stepped through the gates of The UWI, Mona, David was a student of the Faculty of Law who just graduated from his alma mater, the Wolmer’s Boys’ School. Little did he know at the time, that law was not to be his
final destination. Less than two weeks after starting, he decided to transfer to the Faculty of Social Sciences to pursue a BSc in Public Policy and Management. This decision changed his life and David has never looked back. Excellence has been his defining quality. He received the coveted UWI Open Scholarship. Also in 2021, he received the Caribbean Civilization Prize for being the course’s top-performing student. In that same year he received the Paulette L. Wilson Prize for best performance in Introduction to Public Policy and Management final examination, the Archie Singham Memorial Prize for best performance in the courses Foundations of Caribbean Politics and Politics of the Caribbean and the Carl Stone Memorial Prize for best performance in Research Methods in Governance I and II. In addition, in 2022, he received the Faculty of Social Sciences Academic Achievement Award for having the second-highest GPA. David also took a keen interest in campus life as he pursued his talents to the fullest. He served as Vice President of the UWI Debating and Public Speaking Society in the 2020/2021 academic year where he organized the society’s first successful online award ceremony. He was also a part of the Faculty of Social Sciences Honours Society and the Society for Future Policy Leaders. He brought recognition to the university as he was the Best Debater at the 2022 JADE Debate Academy and Open (JDAO) competition. Additionally, he was a part of the winning team that successfully defended their title in the JADE National Collegiate Debating Championship (NCDC) for both 2021 and 2022. He received the award for the best debater in both competitions. Additionally, he represented the university in the World Universities Debating Championship in July 2021. For his performance, David received the JADE Debater of the Year Award (2019 – 2020) and the UWI Certificate for Outstanding Performance in Culture for the field of Debating (2022). David also represented the UWI at the Harvard Model United Nations
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