The UWI community mourns the passing of Mrs. Louraine Emmanuel on Sunday, April 22, 2007. Mrs. Emmanuel has been part of the UWI family and community for over twenty-five years. She started working in the Main Library at Mona in the early 1980s and in 1986, she joined Dr. Lucille Mathurin Mair to work on the first project of cooperation between the Netherlands government and the UWI which eventually led to the establishment of the Centre for Gender and Development Studies (CGDS).

As Administrative Officer in the Regional Coordinating Unit of the CGDS, she provided significant and unwavering support to the units on all three campuses. On the tenth anniversary of the CGDS she was honoured for her commitment, loyalty and contribution to the growth and development of the Centre.

Mrs. Emmanuel was until recently, a member of the National Dance Theatre Company Singers, with which she toured extensively overseas, but not before distinguishing herself as a featured soprano with the University Singers during her undergraduate years at Mona.

The funeral service for Mrs. Emmanuel will be on Thursday, May 3 at 1:00 pm at the University Chapel. Interment at Dovecot.