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Bahamas, Belize, BVI, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent & The Grenadines and Turks & Caicos-withAlumniChapters. DuringthereviewperiodGrenada,Cayman Islands, British Virgin Island, and Montserrat and Turks and Caicos Islands have established Steering Committees only at this time, this brings the total to twelve chapters.
In October, 2017 the Open Campus Alumni Association held its Inaugural Retreat (14-16 October) which commenced with the presentation of two (2) Pelican Awards3. The recipients were H.E. Dame Cecilé LaGrenade, Governor General of Grenada and H.E. Sir Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton, Governor General of St. Kitts & Nevis. In addition, the Open Campus was able to secure ‘4Pelican Perks’ during the year, through Dr. Renee Boyce, Intimate Secrets(Grenada) and Rex Caribbean (Antigua, St. Lucia, Tobago, Barbados and Grenada). The UWI AA Institutional Advancement Division in March 2018 gave a special award for the Most ActiveChapterandthiswaswonbytheSt.LuciaChapter. OnApril4,2018, after intense training, the Open Campus established its first cohort of UWI STAT Ambassadors with 13 Ambassadors being inducted in a virtual ceremony. Key performance indicator is continuous.
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4 ‘Pelican perks’ are special terms for Alumni from specific organisations, for example discounts
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The Pelican Award is the University of the West Indies Alumni Association's (UWIAA)
most prestigious award and is based on the criteria that a fellow graduate of UWI has excelled in his/her chosen field and has made significant contributions to The UWI, the
Caribbean and beyond
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