Manchoon, Chairman of the Board of Governors at UTT. This engagement, he believes, will "create a new paradigm, a new moral compass which must begin with this generation of thinkers".Īmong the other speakers at the installation ceremony were Senator the Honourable Fazal Karim, Minister of Tertiary Education and Skills Training (MTEST) and Mr. This ‘think tank' will engage some of the best and the brightest young minds of our nation as, according to His Excellency, "our greatest resource is neither oil nor gas, but people". Another initiative which His Excellency aims to embark upon, in his new role as Chancellor of UTT, is to facilitate a biennial ‘think tank' of past President's Medal winners. Commenting that "universities can be successful businesses in their own right", His Excellency stated that there was a need to attract greater private sector involvement and reminded the audience of UTT's mission as that of an entrepreneurial university with a mandate for job creation.Īs part of this investment, His Excellency proposed that Critical Thinking be a crucial component at both the secondary and tertiary education levels since "critical and divergent thinkers are a must in order to stimulate innovation within Trinidad and Tobago". He petitioned the students not to "take for granted the privilege of free universal undergraduate education" as it was only "reasonable" for students to invest back into their country. As Trinidad and Tobago's 5th President and UTT's 2nd Chancellor, President Carmona's appointment follows that of Former President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Professor George Maxwell Richards, TC, CMT, Ph.D., who served with distinction as the University's Chancellor from 2005.ĭescribing his role as Chancellor as one that he will "not take lightly," His Excellency's inaugural address encouraged UTT's students to become "patriots" and not remain mere citizens as "talent without character breeds brilliant monsters". The University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) welcomed His Excellency Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona, ORTT, SC - President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, as Chancellor, with a formal installation ceremony held on Friday 25th October, 2013.
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