School for Graduate Studies and Research renamed
July 25, 2025
President of Barbados Her Excellency Dame Sandra Mason (left) and Emerita Professor the Most Honourable V. Eudine Barriteau
The School for Graduate Studies and Research of The UWI Cave Hill Campus has been officially renamed in honour of Emerita Professor, the Most Honourable V. Eudine Barriteau.
A ceremony to mark the occasion was held on July 23, and attended by President of Barbados, Her Excellency the Most Honourable Dame Sandra Mason, campus faculty and staff, and members of the Barriteau family.
Professor Barriteau served in various roles at The UWI for more than three decades. She was the first Head of the Centre for Gender and Development Studies: Nita Barrow Unit, and was the first woman to be appointed Campus Coordinator, School for Graduate Studies and Research. She was also the first female principal of the Cave Hill campus.
Addressing the renaming ceremony, the current Principal Professor Clive Landis had high praise for Barriteau for successfully steering the campus through major challenges including financial difficulty, the COVID-19 pandemic, a hurricane, and ashfall from the eruption of the La Soufriere Volcano.
“Professor Barriteau showed great courage and unyielding leadership when the Campus was confronted by the most severe challenges that nature and economic circumstances could conjure up.
“However, through all her time at the helm – befitting as the daughter of a seaman – she was able to safely steer the good ship Cave Hill through these many storms back into safe harbour,” he said.
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles also paid tribute to Barriteau’s dedication and service to the institution.
The renaming marked a historic milestone, as Barriteau is the first woman in the history of the campus to have a building named in her honour.
Her son Cabral Barriteau-Foster expressed heartfelt gratitude, describing her as a source of strength and inspiration, and the family’s guiding light.
Professor Barriteau reflected on her tenure as Coordinator for Graduate Studies and Research, reaffirming her belief in the institution as a key pillar of development in Barbados and the Caribbean.
“As Campus Coordinator, I believed that The UWI had a responsibility to engage with the issues confronting Caribbean societies. I believed then and I still believe that The UWI Cave Hill Campus is an intrinsic pillar of the educational infrastructure of Barbados and the Caribbean. I believe the Cave Hill Campus is obligated to offer increasingly solutions to improve lives and societal wellbeing within the region,” she said.
