Trinidad and Tobago: University of the West Indies celebrates graduates and new students

At a recent ceremony held on its campus in St. Augustine (Trinidad and Tobago), the University of the West Indies (UWI) celebrated the graduation of the 15th edition of the UWI/FIFA/CIES Post Graduate Diploma in Sports Management. 

In a festive and colourful atmosphere, the university celebrated the graduates of the Diploma, who had completed ten months of training to familiarise themselves with the realities of contemporary sports management.

At the event, the UWI was represented by Prof. Derek Chadee, Deputy Campus Principal;
Dr. Acolla Lewis-Cameron, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences; Dr Leslie-Ann Jordan-Miller, Head of the Department of Management Studies ; Sherlan Cabralis, Director of the UWI/FIFA/CIES Postgraduate Diploma; and Calisia Gregoire, Coordinator of the Diploma. Geoffrey Edwards, CIES Coordinator in Trinidad and Tobago, was also in attendance. For his part Ricardo Trade, CIES Coordinator in Brazil, congratulated the new graduates on behalf of the FIFA/CIES International University Network.

In addition, in a video message, Jamal Smith delivered a compelling and inspirational valedictorian speech, emphasising the importance of never giving up and always persevering.

At the end of the official ceremony, Garvin Warwick, a 2022 graduate and CEO and founder of Next Level Performance, took the floor to share his experience as a former student.

After various photo sessions, participants were able to enjoy the charms of the UWI campus during a cocktail reception accompanied by live music.

The following day, the UWI officially welcomed the students of the new edition of the Diploma during a public lecture by Ricardo Trade on “Mapping Trends in Sports”.

For more than fifteen years, the UWI/FIFA/CIES Post Graduate Diploma has brought together more than two-hundred students from a variety of sporting backgrounds: athletes, coaches, referees, fitness instructors, managers, physiotherapists, lawyers and event managers. They come from a wide range of sports disciplines, including football, cricket, netball, basketball, futsal, beach soccer, cycling, athletics and rugby, as well as swimming, water polo, sailing and even Thai boxing.

We wish our new graduates every success and welcome the new class, who will discover the different aspects of sports management under the guidance of the excellent team in Trinidad and Tobago.