Business View Caribbean | Jan 2019

4 JANUARY 2019 Opening Lines MEDICAL SCHOOL CELEBRATES NEW HOME IN BARBADOS R ecently, Prime Minister Mia Mottley and Adtalem Global Education President and CEO, Lisa Wardell, joined with dignitaries, business leaders and other community stake- holders for the grand opening of Ross Univer- sity School of Medicine’s (RUSM) new campus in Barbados.With classes beginning on Monday, the opening program celebrated the start of the semester and a new permanent home for RUSM in Barbados. The government and people of Barbados warmly welcome the students, faculty, and staff of Ross University to their new home on our island,” Mottley said, while thanking all those persons involved in ensuring that the new campus was completed in a timely fashion. “We look forward to mutually satisfying interactions between the members of RUSM and the many Barbadians with whom they will come into con- tact on a daily basis through housing, transpor- tation, commercial, or recreational activity.” The Prime Minister expressed the hope that the visitors would “grasp the opportunities to become immersed in our culture.” Mottley