A record number of students will be awarded first class honours when The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus reverts to its annual in-person graduation ceremony for the first time in three years. Following the relaxation of COVID-19 protocols in Barbados, the spectacular ceremony returns to the Campus grounds on Saturday, October 22.

Among those walking the stage will be about 150 graduands who will be recognised for outstanding performance at the postgraduate level, as well as nearly 200 who will receive first class honours degrees at the undergraduate level.

Twelve undergrad students from The University of the West Indies (The UWI) are among the Millennium Fellowship Class of 2022, an international cohort of student leaders awarded fellowships to manage real-world projects that help advance The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Mona congratulates the recipients of some of Jamaica’s highest honours in the 2022 National Honours and Awards. The honourees were recognised at the National Honours and Awards Ceremony, on National Heroes Day – Monday, October 17, 2022, on the lawns of King’s House.

The UWI community proudly notes that among the honourees are several current and former members of The UWI Mona staff and Honorary Graduates, these include four members who received the Jamaican honours system – The Order of Jamaica. They were:

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After in-depth internal strategic planning and discussion with regional education stakeholders, The UWI has finally evolved as a ‘multi-lingual’ institution. A Foreign Language Policy for its five regional campuses has been approved and is being implemented. According to the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Undergraduate Studies, Professor Justin Robinson, “Going forward, the expectation is that all UWI graduates will be at least conversation competent in a language other than English.”

George S. Willie, CPA, CGMA, CGFM

Managing Partner, Bert Smith & Co.

George S. Willie is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Foundation of the University of the West Indies. He is the managing partner of Bert Smith & Co., an accounting firm with offices in Washington, DC, Baltimore, MD, and St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Leading environmental health expert based at The UWI Mona, Dr. Henroy Scarlett has been installed as president of the International Federation of Environmental Health (IFEH). Dr. Scarlett is the first Jamaican and only Caribbean national to ever hold this global position as well as the third person in the region of the Americas to hold this position.