"One UWI, One Alumni Family" 

The American Foundation for the University of the West Indies (AFUWI) recently hosted its 26th annual awards gala in New York. The event, which raises funds to provide scholarships for UWI students, this year honoured Sandra L. Richards, Premier of Nevis Mark A.G. Brantley, Dr Farley R. Cleghorn, Busta Rhymes, Robert ‘Don Pooh’ Cummins, Dr Hazel Carter, and Beverley Hunter. 

Image 1 - Dr Hazel Carter (third left), associate professor of educational leadership, City College of New York (CUNY), with (from left) Natalie Millington, niece; Marcia Erskine; Jerome Carter, son; Terri-Ann Joseph-Brathwaite; Alsuna Millington, sister; and Dr Joyce Coppin (front), friend. Dr Carter received The UWI Alumni Association Pelican Award.

Image 2 -American Foundation for the University of the West Indies (AFUWI) scholarship awardees (from left) Stephan Meade, Bryan Franklyn, Aaliyah Daye and MiKael Larmond.

Image 3- From left: Professor Minerva Thame, dean, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies (UWI); Dr David McBean, executive director, Mona School of Business and Management; and Celia Davidson Francis, director of alumni relations, UWI, at the 26th annual awards gala of the American Foundation for the University of the West Indies in New York.

Image 4- Dr Cyrus McCalla (second left), chairman of the American Foundation for The University of the West Indies, with guests (from left) Sheron Cloyd, Mark Price, and Niles Stewart.

Image 5 - Dr D. Nikki Hunter Cummins (left), with her husband Robert ‘Don Pooh’ Cummins, a 2023 American Foundation for the University of the West Indies awardee, who received the Trailblazer Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship and Community Engagement.

Source: https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lifestyle/20230502/something-extra-tuesday#slideshow-0