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UWI Scholarship Examination
The University Scholarship Examination will be held on Thursday, February 26, 2009 and Friday, February 27, 2009 beginning at 9:00 am each day. Applicants for the Examination must have applied or intend to apply for the University of the West Indies for the 2009/10 academic year or are first year students who entered the University in August 2008. The application fee is J$1,200 (non-refundable). Application closes on December 12, 2008.
UWI Long Service Ceremony
Over one hundred employees will be recognized for their long and dedicated service to the University of the West Indies at the annual Long Service Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 5 pm at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge and Conference Centre. On this occasion employees will be presented with awards for fifteen, twenty-one, thirty and forty years of service to the University. As part of the 60th anniversary celebration, six special awards for meritorious service will also be presented at the Ceremony.
Graduation Photographs
The photographs taken at the 2008 Graduation ceremonies are now available and may be collected at the Public Relations Office during working hours Monday to Friday between 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. until to Friday, January 31, 2009. Thereafter photographs may be collected at Spauldings Photos located at Suite #26, Banana Board Building, 10 South Avenue, Kingston 4.
Pain Public Lecture
The Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Section of Physical Therapy has organized a public forum titled, “Understanding Your Pain” on Saturday, November 29, 2008 at 5 pm at Physiology Lecture Theatre. The forum will feature presentations by medical doctors specializing in pain management, pharmacists and physical therapists among other specialists discussing pain management techniques, causes and solutions to pains including arthritis, cancer, back and neck pains.
Graduate Application Opens
Application for graduate programmes for the 2009/10 academic year is now open. The deadline for the receipt of completed application forms is January 31, 2009 for entry in September 2009 and March 31, 2009 for entry in June and July 2010. These deadlines are also applicable to final year undergraduate students who have an interest in pursing postgraduate programmes beginning in the 2009/2010 academic year.
UWI Wins Gleaner Award for Education
The University of the West Indies, Mona has received The Gleaner Honour Award in the category of Education for 2008. The Award was presented to recognize the UWI’s outstanding achievement in contributing professionals, research and other resources for Jamaica's national development.
“The UWI Glass Ceiling: Splinters, Cracks and Scratches”
“The UWI Glass Ceiling: Splinters, Cracks and Scratches”, is the title of the sixth biennial Lucille Mathurin Mair Public Lecture being hosted by the Centre for Gender and Development Studies, Mona Unit, UWI. The Lecture takes place on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 5:00 pm at the Multifunctional Room, Main Library, UWI, Mona. Professor Elsa Leo-Rhynie, Professor Emerita, former Principal, PVC and the first Regional Coordinator of the CGDS will deliver the Lecture.
Launch of Leaving Traces by Velma Pollard and The Almond Leaf By Earl Mckenzie
The Department of Literatures in English of the UWI, Mona launches volumes of poetry by two outstanding Jamaican writers, Velma Pollard and Earl McKenzie on Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 11 am at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, UWI, Mona.
Inaugural Professorial Lecture-Professor Lancashire
Professor of Computational Chemistry at the University of the West Indies, Professor Robert Lancashire will deliver his inaugural professorial lecture titled “Visualization of Chemistry and developing the power of the Internet”. The Lecture is scheduled for Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 5:30 pm at Chemistry Lecture Theatre (Chem 5).