The University of the West Indies has announced the appointment, effective August 1, 2005, of three new Resident Tutors to head the UWI School of Continuing Studies in Dominica, Grenada and Montserrat, respectively. In Dominica, retired Resident Tutor Ms. Edith Bellot will be succeeded by Mr. Francis Severin, a Dominican national who has, since 1999, served as Programme Officer in the Office of Administration and Special Initiatives of the Vice Chancellery of the University, based at Mona. Mr. Severin has experience as a teacher both at the secondary and tertiary level and is currently a candidate for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Educational Administration.
In Grenada, the person selected to succeed Mrs. Beverley Steele as Resident Tutor is Trinidadian national, Dr. Curtis Jacobs, currently a teacher at Harrison College in Barbados. Dr. Jacobs has taught both at the secondary and tertiary levels, has done some consultancy work and produced a number of publications as a research historian.
Ms. Gracelyn Cassell, a Montserratian and qualified librarian, will succeed the retired Professor Sir Howard Fergus as the University’s Resident Representative in Montserrat. Ms. Cassell has had some experience in outreach work, having collaborated in the production of bibliographies for the Non-Campus countries and assisted in the School of Continuing Studies’ country conference series.