STUDENT-CENTRED
Students Thrilled to Be Back on Campus
“It’s a very nice vibe. It just feels like UWI is back to being UWI in the way it was before, and it’s great!” exclaimed Shanice Forde of the Barbados Students’ Association as she summed up the mood at the Orientation Fair and Inter-Clubs Committee (ICC) Expo . The event, held annually during Freshers' Week to help new students settle in and introduce them to various clubs and associations, was suspended in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and hosted virtually in 2021. The carnival-like atmosphere, which prevailed when the expo returned as an in-person event last 8 September, allowed students to show their exuberance of being together again. Representatives A festive atmosphere, complete with food and music, gave some students their first real taste of fraternising with peers when face-to-face gatherings among students resumed at the start of the academic year.
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