UWI Pelican Elizabeth Darius-Clarke is Saint Lucia’s Ambassador to the United States. She is also her country’s representative at the Organization of American States. Darius-Clarke is from Castries, Saint Lucia’s capital.
UWI Pelican, Mr. Timothy Antoine has been appointed Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) and will officially take up his post on February 1, 2016. He has taken over from Sir K. Dwight Venner, another UWI graduate, who retired after 26 years, making him the longest serving governor of any Central Bank.
UWI Graduate Dr. Cecil Aird, who is internationally recognized in his field, has opened the US$250,000.00 Carnegie Hand Institute and Surgery Centre, not only with the aim of assisting individuals who need this specialized service but also with the aim of passing on these specialist hand surgery skills to Jamaican and Caribbean doctors.
UWI graduate, Dr Neil Parsan has been appointed to the position of Secretary for Integral Development at OAS. He was the former Trinidad and Tobago Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of America and to the Organisation of American States (OAS).
The UWI community across the region, and in our many Diasporas beyond, stood at the finish line to welcome ‘Dr Bolt’ to the place he has made his very own. In his congratulatory statement UWI Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Hilary Beckles said, “It's a global space that he has domesticated for his Caribbean folk who foretold that no Beijing bird nest would contain the flight of the pelican”.