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About The University of the West Indies
The University of the West Indies is a dynamic, international institution serving the countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua/Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
The UWI is the region’s premier educational institution. Its faculties offer a wide range of undergraduate, masters and doctoral programmes in Humanities and Education, Pure and Applied Sciences, Science and Agriculture, Engineering, Law, Medical Sciences and Social Sciences. There is a strong emphasis on Caribbean issues making the UWI the ideal educational institution for local and international students with an interest in Caribbean society.
The University began at Mona, Jamaica, West Indies in 1948 as a College of the University of London. It achieved full university status in 1962. The Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture in Trinidad was converted into the St. Augustine Campus in 1961 and in 1963, a third campus was established at Cave Hill in Barbados. There is also a Centre for Hotel and Tourism Management in the Bahamas. University Centres in the non-campus countries ensure that a wide cross section of the population has access to a variety of educational resources and services and there is also an innovative distance education facility.
Local Organizing Committee
- Chair: Barry Chevannes Professor Emeritus, UWI
- Deputy Chair & Chair, Finance: Joseph Pereira, Deputy Principal, UWI
- Conference Coordinator: Sonjah Stanley Niaah, Institute of Caribbean Studies, UWI
- Conference Planner: Dollis Campbell, Jamventure Tours
- Chair, Programme Sub-committee: Annie Paul, SALISES, UWI
- Chair, Exhibition Sub-committee: Carolyn Allen, PSCCA, UWI
- Chair, Logistics Sub-committee: Jalani Niaah, Institute of Caribbean Studies
- Chair, Publicity Sub-committee: Deborah Hickling/ Noelle Nicolls
- Web Manager: Noelle Nicolls, Q-Tech Caribbean (www.islandsites.net)
- Moji Anderson, Department of Sociology Psychology and Social Work
- Alistair Scott, Marcus Garvey Movement (MGM) / Social Development Commission
- Gavin Myers, MGM / National Centre for Youth Development
- Tereza Richards, UWI, Main Library
- Patricia Valentine, Public Relations Office, UWI
- Maria Smith, Independent scholar
- Clinton Hutton, Department of Government, UWI
- Jodi Neil, Jamventure Tours
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