Academics give back to students in need
Article by January 27, 2021
The University of the West Indies’ 2020 Global Giving Campaign continues to receive generous contributions of alumni, donors and corporate partners regionally and internationally.
Although the campaign was officially targeted as a month-long drive last August, in the latest act of kindness, UWI alumna, Professor Pauline O. Lawrence and her husband Professor Carlton G. Davis, both Jamaican-born, have stepped up to establish a scholarship fund with US$100,000 to provide scholarships to current and future UWI students in need.
The Professor Pauline O. Lawrence and Professor Carlton G. Davis Scholarship Fund was instituted at the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) at The UWI Mona Campus,
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Elecia Myers, Resource Mobilisation Coordinator in the Dean s Office, Faculty of Science and Technology; Minna Israel, Special Advisor to the UWI Vice Chancellor; Prof. Michael Taylor, Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology; Danielle Mullings, FST Representative, Guild of Students; Prof. Dale Webber, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, The UWI Mona; Dr. Dwight Robinson, Head of the Department of Life Sciences – all pictured at the handing over ceremony at the UWI Mona on Tuesday, January 19, 2021.
The University of the West Indies’ 2020 Global Giving Campaign continues to receive generous contributions of alumni, donors and corporate partners regionally and internationally.
Although the campaign was officially targeted as a month-long drive last August, in the latest act of kindness, UWI alumna, Professor Pauline O. Lawrence and her husband Professor Carlton G. Davis, both Jamaican-born, have stepped up to establish a scholarship fund with US$100,000 to provide scholarships to
Antiguan helicopter firm to help with St Vincent volcano monitoring
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An Antigua-based helicopter firm has been called on to lend assistance to scientists monitoring St Vincent’s active volcano, La Soufriere.
The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) selected CalvinAir Helicopters (CAH) to help as University of the West Indies’ scientists analyse data to present to St Vincent and the Grenadines’ government.
Helicopter services will be provided initially for a week, and then on an ‘as needed’ basis.
CAH’s Director of Aviation, Mark Fleming, said the decision was made after considering several other regional helicopter operations.
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