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The Cave Hill Campus has introduced a new way of saluting the achievements of some of its most illustrious graduates. In April, the Campus heralded the start of its Alumnus of the Month Award, with Prime Minister of Barbados, the Hon. David Thompson, copping the inaugural accolade.

 

Thompson, a 1984 graduate of the Faculty of Law and a founding member of the Cave Hill’s Alumni Circle, became his country’s sixth Prime Minister following general elections last January.

 

Since then honourees have included Prime Minister of Belize, the Hon. Dean Barrow, his Grenadian counterpart, the Hon. Tillman Thomas, Deputy Principal and former Head of the Centre for Gender Studies at the Cave Hill Campus, Professor Eudine Barriteau, Barbadian senator Kerry-Ann Ifill, veteran business executive Dodridge Miller and Chief Justice Hugh Rawlins of the Eastern Caribbean Court of Justice.

The awardees have been recognised for their respective achievements of excellence which have brought prestige to their tertiary alma mater and their local, regional or international community in a manner which now renders them role models for current students of UWI. Photographs of these distinguished graduates are hung on the Alumni Wall of Honour in the lobby of the main administrative building of the Campus.

 

The Alumni of the Month awardees are chosen from those UWI graduates who have received outstanding recognition in their career field or sporting endeavour, have performed noteworthy, compassionate, humanitarian or community service that enriched the lives of others, or who have shown exceptional personal or professional contribution and dedication to the goals and objectives of UWI.

 

Nominations should be sent to the selection committee via the UWI Office of Alumni Association at UWI Cave Hill, Barbados.

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UWI honours graduates who have received outstanding recognition in their career field or sporting endeavour, have performed noteworthy, compassionate, humanitarian or community service that enriched the lives of others, or who have shown exceptional personal or professional contribution and dedication to the goals and objectives of UWI.

 

Alumnus of the Month 2008
Hon. David J. H. Thompson Prime Minister of Barbados Faculty of Law 1981-84	Hon. Dean Oliver Barrow Prime Minister of Belize Faculty of Law 1970-1973	Professor V. Eudine Barriteau In recognition of her contribution to the advancement of scholarship on feminist/gender studies, regionally and internationally. Faculty of Social Sciences – 1980
Senator Kerry-Ann Ifill Deputy President of the Barbados Senate In recognition of her continued advancement of the professional stature and societal contribution of visually impaired persons. Faculty of Social Sciences 1999	Hon. Tillman J Thomas Prime Minister of Grenada Faculty of Law 1973-1976	The Hon. Hugh Anthony Rawlins Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Faculty of Law 1980-1983
Dodridge D. Miller In recognition of his contribution to innovation in the financial services sector. Faculty of Law 2006

 

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