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Welcome to AFUWI

The American Foundation for The University of the West Indies is the principal link between the University of the West Indies, which is the leading educational institution in the Caribbean, and the many groups in the United States who value and support the University's work.

The Foundation partners with the University Alumni, the Caribbean community in the United States, American Foundations and Corporations with Caribbean business interests or Caribbean markets to raise funds for projects, scholarships and academic programs on the University's three campuses and thirteen University Centers.
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The Caribbean - Where Great Minds are Made
Passing of the Honorable Professor Rex Nettleford
The entire University of the West Indies community is devastated by the loss of the colossal Caribbean cultural icon, Professor the Honourable Rex Nettleford. Save for the three years he spent as a Rhodes Scholar at Oriel College, Oxford, Rex Nettleford has lived his entire adult life at and for The University of the West Indies. This life-long association with UWI began in 1953 when he entered the then University College of the West Indies to read for a degree in History. He returned immediately after completing the MPhil in Political Science at Oxford and, at the prompting of UWI Founding Father, Sir Philip Sherlock, took up the challenge of widening the reach of the still fledgling institution...
Gala 2010
The American Foundation for the University of the West Indies (AFUWI) will be hosting its 13th Anniversary Gala Awards Dinner on Thursday, January 28, 2010 at the Pierre in New York City. The cocktail reception will be at 6:30 p.m. with dinner and program at 7:30 p.m. The Masters of Ceremonies are Brenda Blackmon, My9 WWOR-TV Co-Anchor, Maurice DuBois, WCBS-TV Co-Anchor, and Lola Ogunnaike, Entertainment Correspondent, CNN’s American Morning. We invite you to support the AFUWI by placing an ad, logo or personal message in this special edition of the Gala Journal. Proceeds directly subsidize student tuition and programs at the University of the West Indies.
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Suite 301
New York, New York 10017
annmariegrant@afuwi.org

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