ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
T he first stop during the mid-afternoon procession was at the Leslie Robinson Building where Principal Professor Clive Landis and his predecessor, Professor the Most Honourable Eudine Barriteau, unveiled a portrait of the first principal of The UWI, Cave Hill Campus at the entrance of the building that bears his name. Along the route, students of the Faculty of Culture, Creative and Performance Arts staged a theatrical performance at Quaw’s Quest , the monument erected in honour of William Quaw, one of the 295 enslaved persons who, at Emancipation, occupied the lands on which Cave Hill Campus is currently situated.
Professor Landis officially declared the anniversary celebrations open at the end of the parade, reminding the gathering that: “The Cave Hill Campus is a community; a community of students, of scholars, support staff - and when they get older, they become alumni and retirees - but we are a community, and it is as a community that we got to where we are. “For the next 60 years, we will take our inspiration from Leslie Robinson who took that first step with 118 students, and look at where we are now,” he added. The parade activities culminated with performances by musical artistes including the Cavite Chorale, Red Plastic Bag, Mikey, Mr. Blood, and Chrystal Cummins-Beckles-Holder, and spoken word artist Adrian Green. The year-long celebrations are being held under the theme Resolute and Resilient . l
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