Eighteen (18) students from the Anguilla Site of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus are slated for official graduation at the 2017 Graduation Ceremony in Grenada on Saturday, 14th October. The Graduands include Jameel Rochester, Maureen Richardson, Natasha Allwaters, Christine Cummings, Myrna Johnson, Ayisha Olivacce, Shanomay Young, Sabrina Browne, Wandaila-I Gumbs, Regina Hutchinson, Khera Richardson-Gumbs, Landia Richardson-Hodge, Zenya Greenway, Charmaine Saunders, Icilma Webster, Amalya Adams, Brittany Christopher-Harris and Keturah Thompson. These students successfully completed their Certificate, Associate, Bachelor’s and Masters degree programmes in Hospitality/Tourism, Paralegal Studies, Social Work, Education, Human Resources, Banking and Finance, Accounting and Management Studies. Six (6) students Natasha Allwaters, Myrna Johnson, Ayisha Olivacce, Shanomay Young, Regina Hutchinson and Landia Richardson-Hodge will graduate with First Class Honours, while Maureen Richardson and Masters Students, Brittany Christopher-Harris and Keturah Thompson will receive Distinctions.
The members of the local Class of 2017 were congratulated and toasted by the Staff, Alumni and Guild of Students of the UWI Open Campus Anguilla in a special pre-graduation ceremony send-off on Thursday, 5th October 2017.
Eight (8) of the Graduands from the Anguilla Site will be travelling to Grenada with friends and family members for the formal Graduation exercise. Also in attendance in support of the Graduands will be Manager for the UWI British Overseas Territories, Dr. Phyllis Fleming-Banks.
The official ceremony will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, 14th October and will be preceded by the Graduands, Academic and Chancellor’s processions from 9:35 a.m.. The general public is invited to share in the grand occasion via live online streaming on the Open Campus’s website at www.open.uwi.edu or www.uwitv.org.
After the official Presentation Ceremony, the new graduates and their guests will celebrate their academic achievements at an official reception.
– Press Release
(Published without editing by The Anguillian newspaper.)
