UWI students excel at US Black Students Leadership Conference

Successful UWI students Cleopatra Parkins
 (second left) and Renee Osbourne (third left)
flanked by Head of the Department of
Government (UWI), Dr Lloyd Waller (left)
and facilitator Shinique Walters.
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Two members of the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Department of Government High Achiever’s Society, Renee Osbourne and Cleopatra Parkins, placed in the top five of the 26th annual Charles E Williams II Advanced Leadership Oratorical Contest, at the Southern Black Student Leadership Conference in Houston, Texas, January 16 to 19.
The four-day conference focused on developing the youth leaders skill set and characteristics to aid in motivating them to achieve goals and objectives, despite societal and personal limitations.
The oratorical contest is aimed at challenging and stimulating the minds of participants, and providing them an opportunity to display their talents of speaking and interpreting their ideas on a specific subject. more

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