The New York chapter of the University of the West Indies Alumni Association has decided that the June celebration of Caribbean American Heritage Month is a great time to launch its inaugural Pelican Awards Gala and Dance.

The event will take place June 7 in Queens at Antun’s, 96-43 Springfield Blvd., in Queens Village, from 7 p.m. to midnight, according to chapter president Gerald White-Davis.

Members of the UWI’s senior leadership will be in attendance, including UWI Chancellor George Alleyne, the guest speaker.

Tickets are $125 person. Proceeds from this event benefit the UWIAA-NY Scholarship Fund. For tickets and journal ad information, call White-Davis at (646) 824-6810, Sheryce Woolery at (347) 761-7104 or Lawrence Jackson (347) 403-2447.

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Graduation is the start of a new phase for students. As graduates, high numbers of former students around the world are active members of University of the West Indies’ alumni associations. Source Winston Garth Murrell

A small group of UWI students hit the books during a study session. Started with just 33 students, the educational institution now has more than 40,000 students with main campuses in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and centers in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Source University of the West Indies

View of the Medical Sciences Complex at UWI’s Mona Campus, Jamaica. The university offers and postgraduate degree options in Engineering, Humanities, Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Pure and Applied Sciences, Science and Agriculture, and Social Sciences. Source University of the West Indies

University of the West Indies main administration building at the Cave Hill Campus in Barbados. Source C. Peter Ferguson/ University of the West Indies