This is another good move. However, we need a high calibre VC, not another joker. Coalition solving problems, not like PPP.
Nomination of Professor Nigel Harris as Chancellor of the University of Guyana
- Monday, 29 June 2015 18:42
- Written by Demerara Waves
Prof. Nigel Harris and Minister of Education Dr Rupert Roopnaraine.
(Georgetown, June 29, 2015) Minister of Education, Dr. the Honourable Rupert Roopnaraine has announced that it is the Government's intention to have Professor E. Nigel Harris nominated through its representative on the Council to serve as Chancellor of the University of Guyana.
Professor Harris served as Vice Chancellor(VC) of The University of the West Indies (UWI) from 2004 to 2015. Prior to serving as VC at UWI, he was Dean and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. He has held several leadership posts including Chairman of CXC (2006 -2014), Chairman of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (2011-2013), and he is currently President of the Caribbean Association of Universities,Colleges and Institutes (UNICA) and administrative board member of the International Association of Universities (IAU) âa consortium of over 600 universities around the world. He is a rheumatologist who is best known academically for identifying with collaborators a disorder called the Antiphospholipid Syndrome and for developing the test for its diagnosis â he has published extensively on these subjects.
While he was Vice Chancellor, UWI sent several teams to UG to assist in areas such as Strategic Planning, updating the Library and ICT system, an audit of UG's finances, restructuring the Human Resource Department, and curriculum reform. UWI also collaborated with UG to win grants from the Europe Union and to deliver a few postgraduate programmes.
Professor Harris is Guyanese by birth and was educated at Queens College (1955 -1964); Howard University (BS-Chemistry (1965-1968)); Yale University (M.Phil- Biochemistry (1968-1970)); University of Pennsylvania (MD (1973-1976)) and the University of the West Indies (DM -(1977-1981)).
He is married to Dr Yvette Williams-Harris, who is Guyanese by birth and they have three children and five grandchildren.
Professor Harris served as Vice Chancellor(VC) of The University of the West Indies (UWI) from 2004 to 2015. Prior to serving as VC at UWI, he was Dean and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. He has held several leadership posts including Chairman of CXC (2006 -2014), Chairman of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (2011-2013), and he is currently President of the Caribbean Association of Universities,Colleges and Institutes (UNICA) and administrative board member of the International Association of Universities (IAU) âa consortium of over 600 universities around the world. He is a rheumatologist who is best known academically for identifying with collaborators a disorder called the Antiphospholipid Syndrome and for developing the test for its diagnosis â he has published extensively on these subjects.
While he was Vice Chancellor, UWI sent several teams to UG to assist in areas such as Strategic Planning, updating the Library and ICT system, an audit of UG's finances, restructuring the Human Resource Department, and curriculum reform. UWI also collaborated with UG to win grants from the Europe Union and to deliver a few postgraduate programmes.
Professor Harris is Guyanese by birth and was educated at Queens College (1955 -1964); Howard University (BS-Chemistry (1965-1968)); Yale University (M.Phil- Biochemistry (1968-1970)); University of Pennsylvania (MD (1973-1976)) and the University of the West Indies (DM -(1977-1981)).
He is married to Dr Yvette Williams-Harris, who is Guyanese by birth and they have three children and five grandchildren.