Cabinet bids farewell to Professor Densil Williams

The Principal of the University of the West Indies (UWI) at Five Islands Campus,
Professor Densil Williams, paid a farewell visit to Cabinet as he prepares to return
to the UWI Campus at Mona, Jamaica to take up a new appointment.
Prime Minister Gaston Browne thanked the principal for his outstanding service to
the UWI Five Islands Campus; taking the UWI through a period of transition is
highly regarded, the Prime Minister shared and applauded the outgoing principal
for his outstanding leadership. The outgoing principal, the Prime Minister noted, is
a great Caribbean talent. He thanked the principal for the outstanding work and
achievements on behalf of UWI FIC, and for placing the institution in a
tremendously competitive space.
Several Ministers took the opportunity to express their thanks to the outgoing
Principal. He responded by assuring the Cabinet that the UWI Campus at Five
Islands is an outstanding achievement and thanked the Government. The outgoing
Principal remarked that the build-out of the UWI Five Islands Campus would inure
to the benefit of Antigua and Barbuda and other Eastern Caribbean countries which
UWI serves.
The campus, in the post-Covid era, exceeds 1,000 students though it was first
constructed to fit 800 students. The human capital development which has
characterized UWI will be reflected in the achievements of the growing student
population. Professor Williams praised the Government of Antigua and Barbuda
for its valiant efforts and the support to UWI which can only empower the people
whom the campus will serve.