The
UWI Open Campus Inducts Second Cohort of
UWI STAT
Ambassadors

Office
of the Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Barbados. June 15, 2020 –
The
University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus recently held its
second virtual UWI Student Today Alumni Tomorrow (UWI STAT) induction
ceremony. At this ceremony six students who are currently enrolled
in Open Campus undergraduate programmes from four countries across
the region were inducted as UWI STAT Ambassadors.

Dr
Luz Longsworth, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of The UWI Open
Campus in her remarks to the Ambassadors stated, “as a proud Alumna
of The University of the West Indies, a proud supporter of The UWI
STAT programme and a proud Principal of the Open Campus, I am pleased
that the Open Campus has yet another corps of UWI STAT Ambassadors
who will go forth and represent the Campus and the University with
distinction, while building your own brand and your own successful
paths.”

This
year's UWI STAT Ambassadors are LaToya
Creese
- St
Vincent and the Grenadines,
Annissa
Moulon and
Rhona
Riley
- Dominica,
Kion
Orr
and Shirlyn
Simon
- Trinidad
and Tobago,
and Tamara
Patten - Cayman Islands.

The
UWI
STAT
Ambassadors are the Vice-Chancellor’s Student Representatives on
all five UWI Campuses. This programme provides students with
opportunities to integrate with fellow Caribbean and international
students. It encourages the development of leadership skills and
provides them with varied experiences to enhance their education and
develop their leadership skills through involvement in campus,
community and alumni activities.

The
main objectives of The UWI STAT Ambassadors Corps are to promote UWI,
foster "Pelican Pride" and loyalty to Alma Mater, encourage
Caribbean integration and the CARICOM Single Market and Economy
(CSME), promote HIV/Aids prevention in the Caribbean and promote
Disaster Mitigation and Climate Change Resilience.

Dr
Longsworth in delivering the Vice-Chancellor's message to the
Ambassadors, stated, “you are becoming Ambassadors at a very
critical time in history, not just the University’s history but in
world history. You are an Ambassador for the top University in the
Caribbean, the University that has been listed and ranked in the top
four percent of universities internationally. Therefore, you have
great responsibility to go forth to make an impact on behalf of our
University and our region.”

Further,
“as
we survey what is happening in the world..., The UWI STAT
Ambassadorial Corps has as its major tenets the representation and
advocacy for integration, for climate action, and for ethical
practice. Your
role now as Ambassadors of The University of the West Indies, a
beacon of excellence in the Caribbean and beyond, becomes even more
highlighted at this time of critical importance in the history of our
region.
The
UWI STAT Ambassadors are by nature change agents and there is so much
to change in our world and in our region. We know that an integrated
Caribbean is the only way that we will as small developing states
survive the three c’s that the Vice-Chancellor speaks of,
non-communicable diseases/chronic diseases and the climate change
effects. Your
portfolio is a large one and much more important than some people
perhaps imagine.”

“Your
term of office as Ambassadors for the Open Campus will be
particularly exciting and I look forward to the agenda that you will
set and implement in the next year. As
you go out into the world with this new pin on your shirts, remember
that you represent an excellent heritage of people who have fought,
who have overcome, who continue to fight and will continue to
succeed. I wish all of you great success.”

As
these Ambassadors embrace their Pelican Pride they are committed not
just to the development of self, but also to contribute to the lives
of others, their fellow students and alumni. They are willing
advocates in support of the traditions and interest of The UWI and
the building of their country and the region as a whole.

The
UWI Open Campus congratulates our UWI STAT Ambassadors and wishes
them success in this very important role of service and leadership
and the creation of loyalty
and Pelican Pride among students and alumni.

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caption

The
UWI Open Campus UWI STAT Ambassadors

1. LaToya
   Creese - St Vincent and the Grenadines
   
2. Annissa
   Moulon - Dominica
   
3. Rhona
   Riley – Dominica
   
4. Kion
   Orr - Trinidad and Tobago
   
5. Shirlyn
   Simon - Trinidad and Tobago
   
6. Tamara
   Patten - Cayman Islands
   

About
The UWI STAT Corps

The
UWI STAT Ambassador Corps is a student organization with the mandate
to provide service, leadership and support interests and traditions
of The UWI, students and alumni through volunteerism, responsible
citizenship and the promotion of Caribbean pride, culture and values.