Department of Academic Affairs

Wiss Latouche has served as Vice Rector of Academic Affairs at the University of Fondwa since 2012. He received his undergraduate degree in agronomy from the Faculté d’Agronomie et de Médecine Vétérinaire de l’Université d’Etat d’Haiti (2007) and his Master of Science in Agronomy from the Université de Corse, France (2011).

Latouche has special interests in community development, environmentally sustainable agriculture techniques and food production practices. His research activities include the assessment of systems of water and sanitation in Haiti and the effects of different storage materials on the chemical and physical stability of food products.

The Department of Academic Affairs is responsible for controlling, coordinating, and supervising all academic programs at the University of Fondwa. This includes setting general degree requirements for graduating, coordinating the curriculum, and setting regulations on classes and exams. The head of the Department of Academic Affairs is the Vice-Rector of Academic Affairs.

The Department of Academic Affairs is composed of the three schools of UNIF (School of Agronomy, School of Business Management, and School of Veterinary Medicine). The Deans of each school manage those schools under the supervision of the Vice-Rector of Academic Affairs to whom they report.

The current Strategic Goals for the Department of Academic Affairs are the following :

• Reform the UNIF curriculum so that it is more competitive with international standards and better adapted to the mission and vision of UNIF as well as the realities of Haiti.
• Strengthen the professorial corps of UNIF.
• Improve the system of supervision, control, and evaluation of professors and of courses.
• Restructure the system of senior capstone projects for students in order to permit students to better contribute to the development of UNIF through these projects.