The Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence for the 2005/2006 academic year will go to four members of staff based at the Cave Hill, Mona and St Augustine campuses of The University of the West Indies. At Mona, the awardees are Professor Helen Jacobs of the Department of Chemistry, for Research Accomplishments, and Mr. Cordel Nelson, Senior Assistant Registrar (Examinations) in the Registry for Service to the University Community. The awardee from Cave Hill is Professor Rose-Marie Antoine of the Faculty of Law for Research Accomplishments while the awardee from the St Augustine Campus is Dr. Kim Mallalieu of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, for Teaching

The Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence was instituted in 1994 as a way of recognizing excellence on the part of the academic and senior administrative staff. Awards are made in the categories of Teaching, Research Accomplishments, Service to the University Community, Public Service and All-Round Performance in a combination of two or more of the other four categories. Each awardee receives US$5000.
The awards will be presented later this year at the Mona Campus in Jamaica.
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