UWI/Guardian Life 'Premium' Teaching Awardees 2004

Dr. Innette Cambridge is Coordinator of the Minor in Social Policy, Social Work Unit, UWI. She is a graduate of Minnesota State University, Moorhead (USA) with a BA in Political Science and Sociology, a Maîtrise in Sociology (mention très bien) from the University of Paris (France) and a doctorate from Bristol University (England). Dr. Cambridge also won an Overseas Research Scholarship of the Vice Chancellors of British Universities and a Bristol University postgraduate scholarship to do a doctorate in Social Work at the School of Policy Studies. Her research activities include international refereed publications on social work education, children with HIV, and Beetham Gardens. Some of these are used to supplement international reading for classes. She has served on various national committees and has been advisor to the UNESCO project on “Living 18 and Beyond”.  Caribbean context life experiences and a belief that education serves to promote peace, inform Dr. Cambridge’s teaching philosophy. She believes Caribbean relevance, praxis, responsiveness to diverse learning needs and the use of university and community supports are important for improving student life at The UWI.

Dr. Tennyson Jagai is Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering. He is a graduate of The UWI, St. Augustine, with a BSc in Mathematics, Physics and Environmental Physics and later completed his MPhil in Petroleum Engineering and a PhD in Petroleum Engineering. At The UWI, he has taught courses in the MSc Petroleum Engineering Programme and in the BSc Petroleum Geoscience Programme. He is a member of the prestigious SPE International Cedrick K. Ferguson Medal Award Committee, which assesses all technical papers submitted by SPE members and selects one per year for the award. Dr. Jagai has been a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) for the past 22 years, during which time he has served on the Board of Directors and as Chairman of the Trinidad and Tobago Section. He was the recipient in 2004 of the Kermitt Walrond award for dedicated service to the Trinidad and Tobago Section of the SPE. He also received a Regional Service Award at SPE’s Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Houston, Texas and was the only individual in this region and Latin America, so to do in 2004.

Dr. Vena Jules is a Senior Lecturer in the teaching of Geography and Social Sciences Department at the School of Education. A CIDA scholar and graduate of Queens University, Canada (BSc Hons. Geography and Master of Education), she later obtained her doctorate at The UWI. Hers is an extensive career of commitment, spanning some 42 years at all levels of the education system in Trinidad and Tobago. She has issued many publications, and with the help of other faculty, has initiated and developed a new Bachelor of Education programme for primary level teachers at the School of Education. Dr. Jules has served on many national committees, and is a member of the UNDP’s National Human Development Report advisory team.

Dr. Winston G. Lewis, Senior Lecturer and Head of Department, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering has lectured in the areas of Manufacturing, Ergonomics and Faciltiies Design at The UWI, St. Augustine for the past 16 years. He earned his BSc and MPhil in Mechanical Engineering from The UWI, St. Augustine in 1984 and 1987 respectively, and eight years later received his PhD from the Technical University of Nova Scotia.  Dr. Lewis is a former Deputy Dean for Undergraduate Student Affairs and Outreach in the Faculty of Engineering and Programme Coordinator in the MSc Programmes in Production Engineering and Management. He has served the Engineering Fraternity in many capacities over the past decade and was elected President of the Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago for the 2003-2004 period.  He was a member of the Cabinet appointed Steering Committee to establish the new University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) which opened in September 2004.