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New Graduate Students pursuing Masters and PhDs will literally walk the red carpet at their General Orientation 2014 on August 28. Assistant Registrar, Office of Graduate Studies and Research, Mrs. Sandra Powell-Mangaroo joins us to talk about the plans including information to equip students to excel; mini wine pairing and tasting sessions, special eats, financial advice, and special loan arrangements courtesy of our sponsors, and for the first time, a Cocktail Party featuring only the best for our new Graduate Students.
Join us this Sunday for the details plus a Graduate Orientation calendar recap

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Orientation 2014 promises a world class start to a world class education. UWI Mona welcomes new Undergraduate students this week with interactive information sessions, an Orientation Village featuring giveaways, prizes and food samples, and introducing for the first time - The Pelican Experience - a bold and integrated initiative designed to immerse new students into the iconic traditions, culture and symbols of UWI Mona. Student Services and Development Manager, Jason McKenzie visits with the details.
 

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Two weeks to Undergraduate Orientation and sponsors are stepping up. In week four of our six-part Orientation series countdown, Gold product sponsor Lasco gets ready to take their demonstration kitchen to Orientation 2014 with innovative recipes and samples just for new Pelicans. Plus, by popular demand, we repeat the water conservation tips from UWI Mona’s Estate Management Department. A guide on what you can do to save water in a time of drought.
 
And in the News, four UWI  members of staff - including the UWI Mona Principal Professor Archibald McDonald  are named on the 2014 List of National Honours and Awards, plus the Vice Chancellors Awards recognises three UWI Mona members of staff.
 

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The Mobile Mammography Unit of the Jamaica Cancer Society will be conducting mammograms at the University Health Centre on Thursday, July 31, 2014 and Tuesday, August 12, 2014. Clients should:
 

• be aged 40 years and over

• not have had a mammogram in the past year

• not be pregnant

• not be breastfeeding

 
It is recommended that each client wears a two-piece outfit, which will allow only thetop to be removed for the test. No talcum powder should be on or around the breastarea.
 

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On Campus this Sunday: Orientation – the ultimate new student experience: Two UWI students - Banking and Finance student, Shadae Watson and Journalism student, Sushani Daley - recall high points and great moments from Orientations past in part two of our Orientation 2014 countdown series.
 
Plus, UWI’s game-changing cassava flour project: A visiting delegation of cassava scientists seek to advance plans for maximizing use of the humble cassava, hand in hand with the UWI Mona   ... Dr Dwight Robinson, Lecturer, Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology and visiting Professor of Genetics, Wen Quan Want of the Institute of Tropical Bio Science and Bio Technology in China join us with the details.

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UWI Mona's Orientation 2014 - The largest event of its kind on Jamaica is set to welcome thousands of new students, and to help them make a world class start to a world class education. Student Services and Development Manager Jason Mckenzie stops by in this first episode in a multi part series on Orientation 2014 - to talk about the first event in Orientation - Family Orientation scheduled for Sunday July 27. He also talks about the plans, the sessions and the sponsors.
 

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The world famous accredited medical programme at UWI Mona is exploring cutting edge options for post graduate training in medicine. Professor Horace Fletcher talks about these latest developments and gives a preview of his lecture at next week's upcoming Williams Dennis Memorial Lecture.
 
Plus, the Jamaica Chapter of the UWI Alumni Association will honour three outstanding staff members and UWI Alumni with its coveted Pelican Awards. President of the Jamaica chapter, Gilbert Bellamy discloses who will be honoured and gives details on tbe awards ceremony.
 
Join us this Sunday for the details plus the news and calendar events.

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The School of Education at the University of the West Indies, Mona, through its online community  of practice, is currently conducting an online query discussion entitled, ‘English Orals by 2016! Are We Prepared?’. The topic of the discussion relates Minister Thwaites speech at a PTA meeting where he indicated that an oral test in English will be introduced by 2016.See link to the event page: http://myspot.mona.uwi.edu/cop/queries-and-discussions/english-orals-201...website: 

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The “I’m Glad I’m a Girl” camp is aimed at providing and equipping young girls, ages 13-17 years with the critical information they need as they begin their journey through adolescence and into womanhood. The camp provides a safe space for young ladies from vulnerable rural and urban communities across Jamaica who are given the platform to interact and be educated more about their sexuality, need for education and become empowered to carry out their roles as citizens of this country.

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