The University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus Anguilla has a new Student Guild Executive. The eight (8) member body which recently assumed responsibility for the day-to-day activities of the student body include: President/PRO – Britnee Williams (BSc. Management Studies/Economics Minor), Vice President – Trevor Queeley (BSc Management Studies Major), Treasurer – Arlene Browne-Richardson (Certificate in Human Resource Management), Secretary – Kirsten Herbert (BSc. Management Studies), as well as Academic Student Representatives – Simone Ferguson (Management Studies), Tamara Young (Education), Leonise Francis (Social Work/Youth Development) and Carla Richards (Accounting/Banking and Finance).
The Executive of the local Chapter of The UWI Student Guild is charged with representing the interests, rights and concerns of the students at the Anguilla Open Campus, while promoting the University as a viable option for tertiary studies for prospective students. The Guild also provides assistance to new and returning students, offering support and advice on how to successfully navigate their tertiary level educational experience at the Open Campus.
The new Guild Executive has expressed its delight at being afforded the opportunity to work with the staff at the Anguilla UWI Open Campus Site in representing the interests of the students. President/PRO Britnee Williams noted that the aim is to create an atmosphere that will promote the growth and development of the students inside and outside of the classroom. As such, they are looking at a number of community-based activities and collaboration with other tertiary student bodies on the island, including those at the Anguilla Community College and the St. James School of Medicine as well as with the Department of Youth and Culture. One of the new Guild’s first initiatives was the donation of a water storage tank to the local Site. Members were also actively involved in the 2015 UWI Sir Frank Worrell Blood Donor Registration Drive – a collaborative effort of the UWI Open Campus Anguilla and the Health Authority of Anguilla.
Manager of the UWI Open Campus British Overseas Territories Sites, Dr. Phyllis Fleming-Banks, has expressed congratulations to new Guild Executive for their willingness to serve on behalf of the student body. She also applauded and thanked them for the dynamism that she already sees exuding from the Guild. “The donation of the water storage tank to the Site and participation in the Blood Donor Registration Drive demonstrate your commitment to UWI and the wider community”, she noted in a thank you letter to the Guild President.
Dr. Fleming-Banks also extended gratitude to the outgoing Guild Executive, President-Ruel Philip, VicePresident- Cheryl Skellekie, Secretary/Treasurer –Takoma Carty-Pemberton, Public Relations Officer–Ricky Rouphine, and Academic Student Representatives – Randy Dick – (Social Sciences) , Oralyn Reid– (Paralegal Studies) and Cornelius Marie (St. Maarten students); and thanked them for their role in the development of the local UWI Student Guild Chapter on Anguilla.
– Press Release
(Published without editing by The Anguillian newspaper.)
