Performed by the Cavite Chorale
Video produced for the UWI Cave Hill Graduation - Class of 2020 by Merville Lynch Productions.
The very first 33 students of the UWI started their academic careers at the then University College of the West Indies (now The UWI) on the Mona Campus (the first campus) on October 3, 1948. They were finalists from over 800 applicants and these 23 men and 10 women varied in age, background and experience. The first Faculty was Medicine and the first classrooms were wooden camp huts that once housed refugees of war from Gibraltar and Malta.
These students graduated in 1954.
As a graduate of The University of the West Indies,
I commit myself to uphold the ideals and goals of my alma mater.
My conduct and voice shall reflect the commitment to excellence of the "Light Rising From the West", as I fulfill my social and professional responsibilities and serve my community and region.
I will strive to ensure the UWI's place as a Caribbean icon: the catalyst for Caribbean development and leadership. It is a legacy that I will proudly help build for future generations.
The UWI - First in our hearts and first in our region!
The pledge was created in 2005 by the Director of Alumni Relations - IAD, Celia Davidson Francis and the UWIAA Presidents to inspire every graduate, as well as to encourage unity and loyalty.
In 1949 the Faculty of Natural Sciences opened and the very first graduates of the then University College of the West Indies graduated in 1953:
"The problems of the West Indies will never be fully solved unless they are understood and investigated, to a far greater extent, in the West Indies by West Indians" - The Sub-Committee of the Asquith Commission otherwise known as the Irvine Committee
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