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Alia to receive LLD from The UWI

Published:Tuesday | August 17, 2021 | 12:09 AM
Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson competes in the Women’s 100m Breaststroke at the Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, July 25.
Gladstone Taylor
Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson competes in the Women’s 100m Breaststroke at the Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, July 25.

The University of the West Indies (UWI) will bestow Olympian Alia Atkinson with an honorary Doctorate of Laws (LLD) degree at its annual graduation ceremony this year. Atkinson previously received an Order of Distinction, Commander Class, from the Government in 2018.

Atkinson will be awarded at the Mona campus, where The UWI will have its ceremonies on November 4 and 5.