The Department of History and Archaeology has mounted an exhibition in the Catalogue Hall of the Main Library, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of its Social History Project (the SHP). The exhibition, under the theme, The Social History Project: Celebrating 25 Years, highlights the work of the SHP over the years, and outlines its current programme. It also features Dr. Joy Lumsden’s research on the Jamaican black middle class of the late 19th and early 20th century. The exhibition runs from April 2 to April 30.

The School of Education, UWI Mona will host a conference on Education with the theme Celebrating Achievements in Caribbean Education: Transformation, Diversity and Collaboration, to be held at the Renaissance Jamaica Grande Hotel, Ocho Rios from April 15-17, 2004. Teachers and other educators are invited to attend. The conference registration fee is $4000.00, students $2000.00 and daily registration fee is $1500.00, students $750.00. For more information, please call 927-0221 or 935-8627/8.

Owing to an upsurge in motor car break-ins, Campus Security Services is reminding motorists on the Mona Campus not to leave their valuables such as handbags, books, parcels, in plain sight inside their locked vehicles. Valuable items may be secured in the trunk of the vehicle but motorists are advised that where possible, this should be done prior to parking on the Campus.

The Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work, in recognition of forty years of sterling service given by Mrs. Hermione McKenzie, retired lecturer in the Department, wishes to pay tribute to this outstanding social scientist by hosting a conference in her honour. This is scheduled for Friday, June 25 in the Social Sciences Lecture Theatre. The theme of the conference is Gender, Social Work and Social Policy. For further information on the conference please contact the Department at 977-0315.