The Director of the School of Continuing Studies, Pro Vice Chancellor Lawrence Carrington wishes to announce the appointment of Mrs. Jane Bennett as Acting Resident Tutor/Head of the Belize Centre. Mrs. Bennett began her duties as at February 1. She comes to the Belize Centre with a strong background in Adult Education and Human Resource Development having completed her Master of Science at Fordham University in New York.

After many years of working in the United States with such organizations as Random House Publishing, Inc. and UNICEF, Mrs. Bennett returned to Belize in 2005 where she founded Eglah’s Training Center (ETC) for Women, a non-profit training centre for women’s life skills training in Belize City, Belize. She has also taught several courses for the UWI School of Continuing Studies in Belize, in the areas of Human Resource Management, Organizational Behaviour and Organizational Development and Transformation. Mrs. Bennett is acting for Mrs. Luz Longsworth who was recently appointed Deputy Director, UWI School of Continuing Studies.