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Alumni collaboration began after a fifty year gap

Alumni collaboration began after a f

ifty-year gap

They were together on the Mona Campus in 1970:

Mary Virtue and Mike McLaughlin,

soon to marry, undergraduates in the Faculty of Science, and

Michael Morrissey

a graduate student of Geography. They lost contact until a couple of years ago when a common interest led to a most productive collaboration. All three had grasped breadfruit as the new focus of their endeavors.

Mary and Mike established the

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The Executive Officers encourage you to remain connected and to participate in their upcoming activities which include: STAT Week, Footprints Day, Workshops and a Virtual Games night.

 

UWIAA Guyana President Ginella Samuel-Austin

Stay connected to your Alma Mater and "Show your Pelican Pride!"

 

The Executive of the UWI Alumni Association - Guyana Chapter: 

President - Ginella Samuel-Austin

Email: guyana@alumni.uwi.edu

 

Stimulus: Science in Action

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The UWI announces 2021 graduation ceremonies and honorary degrees

For their outstanding contributions to regional and international development, The University of the West Indies (The UWI) will present honorary degrees to 14 eminent persons at its 2021 graduation ceremonies.
Nominations from across The UWI’s five campuses were approved by the University Council, at its sitting on April 30, 2021. These 2021 graduands will join a list of over 450 honorary degree recipients conferred by the regional University since 1965. 

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Dr Emily Gaynor Dick-Forde Appointed Acting Deputy Principal of The UWI Open Campus

The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Open Campus is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Emily Gaynor Dick-Forde as Deputy Principal (Acting) effective August 1, 2021.

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10 urgent takeaways for the Caribbean from IPCC’s latest global climate assessment report

 On August 9, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis Full Report, Summary for Policymakers (SPM) and the Technical Summary.

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UWI shares in Caribbean success at Tokyo Olympics

The University of the West Indies (The UWI) is sharing in the Caribbean’s celebration of Olympic glory. UWI current students, alumni, coaches and sports medical support staff were among the Caribbean contingent at the Tokyo Games, including four athletes who collectively won two gold medals, one silver and two bronze. The UWI community proudly congratulates all the athletes and staff who represented both their countries, and the regional university by extension.

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Rise again, Dr. Ralph

The University of the West Indies expresses its dismay and disappointment in the development in Kingstown, Saint Vincent that resulted in physical injury to the nation’s honourable and distinguished Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves.

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Stimulus: Science in Action Series

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UWI Grad Wins Olympic Gold

The University of the West Indies (The UWI) congratulates alumnus, Hansle Parchment on winning gold in the men’s 110 metre hurdles at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Parchment clocked 13.05 seconds in the athletics event on August 5 to take the Olympic title. The UWI, Mona Campus alumnus now has two Olympic medals, following his bronze win at the London 2012 Olympics. He is also a silver medalist from the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.

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