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and Professor the Most Honourable Violet Eudine Barriteau - on their leadership. He also quoted National Hero The Right Excellent Errol Barrow in his 1968 graduation address in which the then Prime Minister suggested that the efficient growth of the university was the path to prosperity and that it needed to serve the communities which support and sustain its activities. “The vision painted by Errol Barrow is at once vaulting and ambitious but also nuanced and qualified. It can remain our guide for the next 60 years as it has the first 60,” Principal Landis said. “The resolve of the previous principals in achieving this vision for a public university is obvious when we consider the expansion of the academy in several dimensions: the physical infrastructure of the campus, the expansion of the student body, the full range of academic degree programmes, the quality and accreditation of its degrees, and our expansive research output. None of this could have been possible without the closest collaboration between the campus and successive Barbadian governments, and more specifically, ministers of education who showed the depth of their commitment to the efficient growth of the university as the path to prosperity.”
Sir Paul Altman Chairman, Campus Council The UWI, Cave Hill Campus
Professor Sir Hilary Beckles Vice-Chancellor The University of the West Indies
T he Principal said the university was unwavering in its commitment to the region and will continue to fully support its defining difference in the quality of life of Barbados and its people. She urged the administration of the campus to ensure the institution remained fit for purpose, bearing in mind that countries globally were becoming increasingly insular. “That humanising influence which The development. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley agreed that the campus has made a University of the West Indies has perfected as a key part of Caribbean civilisation will make the defining difference in our being able to punch above our weight. I thank all who, over the course of the last 60 years, have made this legacy possible. Of course, there are many who are long gone but their families remain, and [we] remember the sacrifices they made in pursuit of building this great institution. Those who are there now … are being asked to craft a future with a global vision but with less available than at other times in your history. We know [it can be done] … if we try a little harder. “Let us not hold on to the things of the past purely because they felt comfortable, but let us ensure we craft programmes and produce citizens who are equal to the task
of the time for it is only when we do that, that it makes sense to celebrate the legacy of the past, not as a historic reality but as a platform for prosperity into the future.” A number of alumni who have developed into Caribbean leaders, captains of industry, and good global citizens were identified by the Chairman of Cave Hill Campus Council, Sir Paul Altman . Chair of the Cave Hill 60 th Anniversary Planning Committee Dr. Henderson Carter said the celebrations seek to achieve several objectives: provide opportunities to reflect with pride on past achievements and struggles and project a path for the future; build great cohesion, collegiality, and comradery within the academy; develop strategic partnerships with external stakeholders; and give back to the community it serves. l
The Hon. Mia Amor Mottley Prime Minister of Barbados
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