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UWI Mona's Department of Chemistry Scholarship Fund to get $1.6 m boost
(L-R) Professor Dale Webber, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of The UWI Mona Campus and Dr Conrad Douglas, Alumnus and former President of the Chemistry Department Alumni Association, CHEMSAF, pictured holding the two special publications: The Department of Chemistry, UWI, Mona andFrom Logwood to Slowpoke: a Biography of Professor Gerald Lalor at the recent ceremony on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 in the Chemistry Department.
uwi-news.pngThe UWI and Open Society Foundations sign landmark MOU to deepen collaboration
One of the largest philanthropic organizations in the world, Open Society Foundations (OSF), has demonstrated its alignment with the strategic vision of The University of the West Indies (The UWI). This was symbolized by a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two entities — signed by Vice-Chancellor of The UWI, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles and President of the OSF, Ambassador Patrick Gaspard on Thursday, September 17, 2020.
uwi-news.pngUWI Mona is making it easier for students to start University this Semester
The University of the West Indies, Mona (The UWI) has put measures in place to make it easier for students to pursue their dreams of completing their Degree as soon as possible. Chief among the measures being the ability for students to register once they start a Payment Plan, which only requires an initial payment of 15% of Tuition Fees and Full payment of the Miscellaneous fees. The remaining tuition fees would be due in small portions on a monthly basis as follows:
Sept 30th – 10% of Tuition Fees
uwi-news.pngUWI Global Giving receives US$250,000 to establish the Dr Doyle & Linda Slifer Endowment Fund
Dr Doyle Slifer, a distinguished alumnus of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), has made a US$250,000 donation to The UWI’s Global Giving campaign, joining in building a culture of philanthropy at the regional university.
The gift is an initial investment towards the establishment of the Dr Doyle & Linda Slifer Endowment Fund, with the US$250,000 to exist in perpetuity and the investment income to be used to provide scholarships and bursaries to deserving medical students across the University’s five campuses.
uwi-news.pngDr. David Smith elected to SPAC and Jamaica to Executive Council of the IAI
Dr. David Smith, director of the Centre for Environmental Management and Coordinator of the Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD) at The UWI, (on August 19, 2020), was elected a member of the Science Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC) for the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI). He was elected at the 28th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the IAI (CoP-28).
uwi-news.pngPositive COVID19 case on Mona Campus
Senate and Administrative Annex Buildings to close for 48 hours
Kingston, Jamaica. August 31, 2020: The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Mona Campus today August 31, 2020 received confirmation of a positive COVID19 case. The individual is a member of staff, who works in a specialised area with no contact with the public or other departments, and has not been on Campus since August 25, 2020.
uwi-news.pngA MESSAGE TO THE CARIBBEAN - TIME TO ADVANCE: NO TIME TO RETREAT
You the class of 2020 will graduate as the first “Post-COVID” generation; the region will need you more than ever. Our economic and social development will require larger numbers of academic and technically trained citizens. This generation will be the ones called upon to take us ahead on the journey as we navigate through to the other side of COVID-19.
uwi-news.pngRotary Club of St. Andrew names Sir Hilary Beckles a Paul Harris Fellow
Professor Sir Hilary Beckles (2nd left), Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) and Marie Powell (2nd right), Assistant Governor, Rotary Jamaica, South East, display the instrument naming Sir Hilary a Paul Harris Fellow. Sharing the occasion are Dr Lloyd Eubank Green (left), Past President of the Rotary Club of St Andrew and Minna Israel, a member of the Club.
uwi-news.png“Tony had a highly developed and sophisticated humility and humanity”
The UWI Regional Headquarters, Jamaica. Wednesday, August 26, 2020. The following statement is issued by the Vice-Chancellor of The UWI, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles on the passing of the Honourable Antony Hart, OJ, CD, JP, LLD.
uwi-news.pngTracey Robinson appointed to UN's Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya
Tracy Robinson, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Dean, Graduate Studies and Research, Faculty of Law, The UWI Mona.
Tracy Robinson, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Dean, Graduate Studies and Research, Faculty of Law, The UWI Mona, has been appointed to a three-person Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya. The announcement was made by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet on August 24, 2020.
uwi-news.pngUWI Professor to Participate in WHO Group Development Meeting
Dr. Dalip Ragoobirsingh, Professor of Medical and Diabetology and director of the UWI Mona Diabetes Education Programme, in the Faculty of Medical Sciences.
uwi-news.pngUpdate on the Report of the Chancellor’s Commission on Governance
The Commission on Governance established in December 2018 by Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Mr Robert Bermudez, to review the University’s operations, has completed its report. The Report will be reviewed by stakeholders of The UWI in the coming weeks and subsequently shared publicly.
uwi-news.pngThe UWI Global Giving Programme benefits from establishment of Massy United Insurance Scholarship
The UWI secures 2000 COVID-19 Test Kits and High-tech Testing Machines for Jamaica
From Left: Dr Varough Deyde – Director, Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Caribbean Regional Office;
uwi-news.pngUWI launches 2020 Giving Campaign to help students affected by COVID-19 pandemic
August is Global Giving month at The University of the West Indies (The UWI).
The regional University is calling on its community of alumni, partners and friends regionally and internationally to support students whose finances, and that of their parents, have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Launching on August 1, the crowdfunding campaign, UWI Global Giving, encourages persons to give small contributions to the University—as little as US$10 online via www.uwi.edu/giving. The collective proceeds will fund scholarships and bursaries for the students in need as The UWI’s new academic year and classes are set to resume at the end of the month.
uwi-news.pngOwen Arthur: The Activist Prime Minister
The following statement is issued by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The UWI, in tribute to the late
Rt. Honourable Owen Arthur.
Arthur was authorised by the elders of his era to lead the economic development charge of the region. As a consequence, there was no other passion that competed with his commitment to the economic advancement of Caribbean people.
uwi-news.pngThe UWI expresses sympathy on the passing of Professor of Practice and former Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Owen Arthur
. “Owen Arthur, without a doubt, is one of the greatest statesmen of the 20th century Caribbean. Emerging from the second generation of nation builders he was a successful champion of the most important discourses of his time. We knew him as a quintessential regionalist and a leader in development economics. He was also a humanist with deep commitment to social justice.”
uwi-news.pngUWI to Protect CARICOM in the European Union New Partnership with EUI set to deepen ties
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between The University of the West Indies (The UWI) and the European University Institute (EUI), is expected to deepen ties between the Caribbean and Europe and help The UWI protect the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in the European Union (EU).
uwi-news.pngThe UWI extends condolences on the passing of Dame Edris Mercier Bird PhD, DCN
The University of the West Indies (The UWI) joins the nation of Antigua and Barbuda in mourning the passing of Dame Edris Bird.
Dame Edris, an educator par excellence, was the Resident Tutor for The UWI Open Campus in Antigua and Barbuda, then known as the Department of Extra-Mural Studies and later, The School of Continuing Studies. She was a stalwart leader in education and a symbol of selfless humanity. She served at the University from 1965 to 1990.
