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April – June 2006 [ CONTENTS ] 3 EDITORIAL Campus Correspondents Agriculture & Natural Sciences 4 LETTERS Exts April – June 2006 [ CONTENTS ] 3 EDITORIAL Campus Correspondents Agriculture & Natural Sciences 4 LETTERS Exts. 3325/3319/3273/3098/3124 6 J’OUVERT DR. LAURA ROBERTS-NKRUMAH/MR. CICERO LALLO, DR. DOW MAHARAJ/DR. MARGARET BERNARD/ 8 UWI PEOPLE DR. ANTHONY ACHONG Photo Club gets close-up Humanities & Education Exts. 2376/3338 MR. RAWLE GIBBONS/ Farming community to reap benefits MRS. JANET FULLERTON-RAWLINS New Appointments Bursar Ext. 3382 MR. ANTHONY PRECILLA UWI Professors promoted Standing Ovation Campus Bookshop Exts. 3520/3521 MS. AULDITH DAVIS 9 American foundation celebrates luminaries Campus Information Technology Centre (CITS) Ext. 3227 Hall –Mark of Service MRS. CLAIRE CRAIG UWI SCS says farewel CARDI 645-1205/6/7 MRS. Candace DUBARRY bpTT aids Research at Matura CARIRI 662-7161/2 10 First Innings - Tishan Maraj MS. IRMA BURKETT Caribbean Centre for Monetary Studies (CCMS) Ext. 2544 MS. ARLENE CATON 12 ON CAMPUS Campus Projects Office (CPO) Ext. 2412 UWI Goes To The UN MR. IVAN RAMLAKHAN Centre for Criminology & Criminal Justice St Augustine News 14 UWI PEOPLE Ext. 3352/3354/3355 MS. VIDYA LALL & MR. IAN RAMDHANIE Word Sound Music Distance Education Centre (UWIDEC) Ext. 2430 STAN MS. COLLEEN JOHNSON 16 WORKSHOP April - June 2006 Engineering Exts. 3073/2170 Caribbean at Crossroads: DR. HAMID FARABI/DR. CLEMENT IMBERT IMF Deputy Director Outlines Path to Integration Engineering Institute Exts. 2197 MR. WINSTON RAJpaULSINGH 18 BOOKMARK Alumni Association (T&T Chapter) 680-8127/665-4425 Ext. 224 MRS. NALINI DOON PUNDIT The Deosaran Files Centre for Gender & Dev. Studies Ext. 3573/3548 20 ON SCREEN MS. CAMILLE ANTOINE/MS. RENETTE URSHA FERacHO Dream To Change The World Institute of International Relations (IIR) Ext. 2011 MS. TAMARA BRATHWAITE 22 RESEARCH Institute of Business (IOB) 662-4681/6975/6 Anna Walcott-Hardy MR. JAI LELADHARSINGH Editor Soufrière’s Inferno Law School 662-5860 Saving Lives 24 MRS. MARGARET AdaMS-STOWE Sean Lai Leung Main Library Exts. 2337 (STARRS)/3600 (UEC) 27 ON STAGE MS. ALLISON DOLLAND Design & Layout Ogun Iyan- As in Pan Medical Sciences Exts. 4614/5219 Gerard Best Stan Online DR. MONICA DAVIS/MS. HEATHER WOODROFFE Carlene London Sport and Physical Education Centre(SPEC) Ext. 2594 28 NEW PROGRAMMES MR. JESSE BlacKMAN Alake Pilgrim A Place of Our Own Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Studies Contributing Writers (ISES) [ISER] Exts. 2037/2534 30 CONNECT: EDDIE BAUGH DR. GODFREY ST. BERNARD Abigail Hadeed School of Continuing Studies 645-3127 Anthony Harris 32 ALUMNI MRS. HEATHER-DAWN CHARLES Benedict Cupid Colours Again Seismic Research Unit 662-4659 MS. STaceY EDWARDS Aneel Karim 34 Margaret Burgess Social Sciences & Law Exts. 2039/3045 Arthur Sukhbir MR. DOUGLAS MENDES /DR. NASSER MUSTAPHA Vincent Lopez 36 IN THE NEWS Student Services Ext. 2096 Garth Murrell Unwritten MR. CURTIS MIKE UWI photography club 39 Regional Gender Interventions & UWI Credit Union Ext. 3350/2600 Photography Tools For Redevelopment MRS. JILL THOMPSON/MRS. MARLENE SOBERS 40 From Qatar To The Caribbean Guild of Students (GOS) Exts. 2160/2250 MR. KEIRAN KHAN UWI Campus Security Ext. 2121 On The Cover MR. WaYNE RICHARDSON First Innings: Works Department Ext. 2054 STAN is a publication of MR. SELWYN TOM PacK The Marketing and Communications Office, UWI Medical Sciences The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. student and national Office of the Principal Ext. 2192 For more information please contact the Editor, cricketer, Tishan Maraj. MRS. INDRANI BacHAN-PERSAD Anna Walcott-Hardy at Phone:662-9387; Fax:662-3858;email:[email protected] C 2006. NO PART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE Visit STAN online REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE EXPRESSED PERMISSION OF THE PUBLISHER OR AGENT. www.sta.uwi.edu/stan 2 STAN APRIL - JUNE 2006 [ EDITORIAL ] LET US PROVIDE ANSWERS THROUGH RESEARCH The University of the West Indies The first is democracy. We have inherited a par- was established shortly after the Second World liamentary system from the British and a liberal War, to provide a cadre of trained profession- democratic tradition, by and large, which we als for the West Indies. Its mandate has always would do well to nurture, develop and improve. been to advance the intellectual, cultural and On the nurturing side the key issue would be economic development of the West Indies open access to education by increasing numbers; through teaching, research, intellectual leader- the development side would certainly involve the ship and community leadership. strengthening and development of existing insti- tutions and creation of new institutions, and on Over the years many changes have been initi- the improvement side, I would think that greater ated as we have moved from colonialism to In- participation by citizens and greater responsive- dependence to a more mature appreciation of ness by government would be key elements. Caribbean solidarity in a more complex, com- petitive but interdependent world. Our system The second, not unrelated issue, is the issue of of governance has gone through significant a meritocracy. A democratic society is often changes; strategic planning has become the the foundation on which merit-based societies norm; technology has modified our teaching are built because it encourages those with tal- and learning practices; our collaboration with ent to pursue their dreams. It is important that other tertiary institutions in the region has we continue to nurture and support such a cul- intensified and we have, over the years, been ture which will, over time, provide us with our taking bold steps to undertake research that is wealth generating capacity whether in sports, of direct relevance and value to the society. culture, academia, business or entrepreneurship Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie in its variety of dimensions. Campus Principal - UWI St. Augustine In the contemporary period, however, we are required to do much, much more. The third issue, integrally related, is the is- sue of equity. In a democratic society that is that healthy, well educated citizens are any In today’s knowledge economy, in which any sys- merit based, the gap between the haves and country’s most vital national resource. tem of any sophistication is a knowledge system, have nots can widen, and it is important that it is the responsibility of our University to con- factors and situations which fuel such gaps be The brain power of a well educated population nect, cooperate, collaborate with other systems in attended to, in the interest of justice and fair makes strong learning institutions possible the world so that the pool of knowledge to which play. and, in turn, strong learning institutions make we have access will expand and so that as an a society and its economy competitive, more institution, we also may make our own contribu- It is time that the Faculty of Social Sciences, creative and adaptable. Moreover, a well tion to the ever expanding global pool. especially, begin to address such issues mean- educated, responsible citizenry tends to build ingfully so that the result can be enlightened social capital and community institutions Another of our responsibilities is to create learn- policy. There is no reason why the tensions even outside of their professional involvement ers who in turn will create learning institutions inherent in the goals of democracy, meritoc- at the workplace which further strengthens and learning systems wherever they go, ulti- racy and equity could not be addressed as part society and its democratic institutions. So that mately facilitating the development of a learn- of an active research agenda which explores education of the many, in a way, creates its ing society. This is an important issue because, the interlinkages and interrelationships. Such own virtuous circle, and is an important stimu- in the future, the competitive societies will be a research agenda will probably, inevitably, lus to genuine long-term development. So the those that can perpetually learn and adapt. end up addressing many of the current pressing University of The West Indies is already doing challenges that we face such as poverty, poor important work of a development nature in the And that brings us to a fundamental question, schools, family disintegration, community region simply by turning out quality graduates. which is, what should we at The University challenges, institutional weaknesses, appropri- of the West Indies be doing that would make ate State interventions, the need for additional But we must begin to make our impact the greatest impact on development in the institutions and infrastructure and so on. So decisively and dramatically in the field of region? There are many things that we could that at the end of the day, research on this development. What do we need to do to set be addressing that would be of value because subject may well involve scholars other than these countries of our region on the path to the region as a whole faces a great number of those from the Social Sciences. democratic development, where merit can rise development challenges; however I think that and justice and equity can also be served? It three inter-related challenges lie at the heart of We have come to understand that educational is not too much to ask The University of the the development dilemma for the region and institutions are among the key drivers of West Indies to provide some answers to these that we should be focusing on them. development in any society or economy, and challenging questions. www.sta.uwi.edu/stan STAN APRIL - JUNE 2006 3 [ LETTERS ] A Good Blend Great issue (January to March 2006). I like the articles featuring the “ordinary” mem- bers of sta and their achievements. This issue is a good blend of academia and other important news. Vibert Medford e would like to thank our readers for taking part inST tANhe 2006 survey and for your unique, succinct yet comprehensive suggestions, some of which we have taken under advisement and hope to implement within the year.
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