Prof. Noureddine Benkeblia named to IUCN Commission
Posted: February 28, 2013

Professor of Crop Science in the Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science & Technology at The University of the West Indies, Mona, Dr. Noureddine Benkeblia has been named a Full Member of the International Union of Conservation of Nature, (IUCN) Commission on Ecosystem Management.
The Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM) is one of IUCN’s six scientific Commissions. CEM is a network of volunteer experts, numbering approximately 800, from around the world working on ecosystem management related issues, for example climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, Red List of Ecosystems, fisheries and ecosystem restoration and services.
Technical Orientation Workshop & Launch of a Science and Technology Best Practice Project
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences (ICENS) present a Technical Orientation Workshop & Launch of a Science and Technology Best Practice Project.

Apply Now For Admission in August 2013
Posted: November 25, 2012

Applications are invited for admission to all undergraduate full-time and part-time degree and diploma programmes in the Faculties of Humanities & Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Science & Technology, Social Sciences at the Mona Campus in St. Andrew, or the Western Jamaica Campus in Montego Bay, St. James.
The Application deadline is January 31, 2013
UWI Mona Student Named 2013 Jamaica Rhodes Scholar
Posted: November 22, 2012

A student of The University of the West Indies (UWI) has once again won the prestigious Jamaica Rhodes Scholarship for 2013. Vincent Taylor, a 22-year-old computer scientist from the Mona campus of The UWI, was selected from a field of 11 finalists, after two gruelling days of interviews.
“I am extremely elated and also humbled by the confidence that the committee has placed in me,” Taylor said after the announcement by Jamaica’s Governor General, Sir Patrick Allen.
UWI Mona Granted Institutional Accreditation
Posted: November 07, 2012

The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus has been granted institutional accreditation by the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ), for a period of seven years, the maximum time possible. The accreditation took effect from February 1, 2012. This is a significant development for the campus, which is now the first institution in Jamaica to secure institutional accreditation from the UCJ, as a way of validating its quality standards. Institutional accreditation means that all its undergraduate and graduate programmes are recognized.
Commonwealth University Heads to Meet at UWI Mona
Posted: November 07, 2012

University heads from India, Africa, Canada, the UK and the rest of the Commonwealth will converge on the Mona campus and the Regional Headquarters of The University of the West Indies from November 9 to 11 for the Conference of Executive Heads of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU). The conference, which is being co-hosted by The UWI and the University of Technology, Jamaica, will address the theme “University Rankings and Benchmarking: do they really matter?”
UWI Open Campus Welcomes New Head in The Bahamas
Posted: October 30, 2012

The Open Campus Council of the University of the West Indies (UWI) has approved the appointment of Dr. Barbara A. Rodgers-Newbold to the post of Head, The University of The West Indies, Open Campus, The Commonwealth of The Bahamas. Dr. Rodgers-Newbold’s appointment became effective on Monday, October 15, 2012.
UWI Alumna Elected to Lead PAHO
Posted: October 23, 2012

A Caribbean national has been elected as the new Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Dr. Carissa Etienne, a native of Dominica, was elected on September 19th, 2012, by PAHO member states to lead the world’s oldest and foremost public health organisation.
A graduate of The University of the West Indies, Mona, Dr. Etienne will begin her five-year term on February 1st, 2013, succeeding Dr. Mirta Roses Periago of Argentina, who has been PAHO Director since 2003. She follows in the distinguished footsteps of the Chancellor of UWI, Sir George Alleyne of Barbados, who served as PAHO director from 1995 to 2003.
Dr. Patricia DeLeon Named 2010 Mona Homecoming Honouree
Posted: February 01, 2010

The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus will host its annual Mona Homecoming Week of celebrations over the period February 14-20, 2010. Mona Homecoming incorporates the annual Commemoration Celebrations which provide an opportunity to celebrate the founding of the University, to acknowledge its unique position as the only higher education institution with a presence throughout the English speaking Caribbean, while assisting to engender a greater sense of belonging and develop a feeling of camaraderie among staff, students and alumni.