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UWI Games Comes to Mona Campus
The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus will host the bi annual UWI Games formerly known as the Inter Campus Games for the tenth time from May 17-24. The Games features competitive sporting activities among the UWI Campuses in ten sports, an increase from six in previous years. The sporting competition are track and field, cricket, netball, football, volleyball, swimming, table tennis, hockey, basketball and lawn tennis.
UWI Student Awards Ceremony
The University of the West Indies Annual Student Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, March 31 at 6:30 p.m. in the Assembly Hall, UWI, Mona. This year’s guest speaker at the Award Ceremony is Professor E. Nigel Harris, Vice Chancellor, UWI. The Ceremony recognizes the students’ achievements in variety of areas including: scholarship awards, certificates and trophies for outstanding performance in co-curricular, personal development and leadership activities.
Wellness Tips
Make exercise part of a routine – schedule the time for it. For many of us this is a real challenge so here are some tips:
- remember that if you do exercises you enjoy, you will be more likely to do them.
- exercising with company will help you to keep going on those days when you feel like giving up your routine.
- choose the time of day that works best for you
- if for some reason you stop, make it temporary; don’t get upset with yourself for stopping, just restart your routine as soon as possible.
36th Annual Graduate Recruitment Programme
The Office of Placement and Career Services, Office of Student Services and Development will host the 36th Annual Graduate Recruitment Programme from Tuesday, March 20 to Friday, April 20 for final year UWI students. The Annual Graduate Recruitment Programme is organized to provide an opportunity for final year students from the faculties of Social Sciences, Pure and Applied Science and Humanities and Education to interview for openings at companies and organizations.
Annual Student Awards Ceremony
The University of the West Indies Annual Student Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, March 31 at 6:30 p.m. in the Assembly Hall. The guest speaker for this year’s Award Ceremony is Professor E. Nigel Harris, Vice Chancellor, UWI. The Ceremony recognizes the students’ achievements in various areas including: scholarship sports performance in co-curricular, personal development and leadership activities.
Call for Papers
The Annual Research Conference for Department of Surgery, Radiology Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
will take place on Friday, May 11 beginning at 3:00 p.m. in the Main Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Medical Sciences.
Abstracts are therefore invited for submission for the Conference to the Section of Surgery Office by April 20.
For additional information, please contact Dr. Allie Martin at 399-4922 or by email at alim@landscreek.net
Call for Papers- Caribbean Early Years Education
The International Journal of Early Years Education is a peer-reviewed journal published three times per year, March, June and October, by Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, Oxford, UK.
The journal is a forum for researchers and practitioners to debate the theories, research, policy and practice which sustain effective early years education worldwide. It offers a comparative perspective on research and major new initiatives in the care and education of young children.
CARIMAC Entrance Test Set for April 13
The Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) Entrance Test will be held on Friday, April 13 at 10:00 a.m. at the Assembly Hall, UWI Mona, and UWI School of Continuing Studies, Montego Bay for persons sitting the examinations in Jamaica. There are also designated test centres throughout the Caribbean for other regional candidates.
The test is open to persons who have applied to the University of the West Indies, and are interested in pursuing the Media and Communication major, as well as current UWI students wishing to transfer from other majors.
Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences Awards Ceremony
The Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences Awards Ceremony takes place on Thursday, March 22 at 3:00 p.m. at the New Chemistry Lecture Theatre. The Ceremony is being held to recognize students who have performed outstandingly in the 2005/6 academic year and also students from the faculty who are recipients of scholarships and bursaries. The guest speaker will be Dr. Audia Barnett, Executive Director of Scientific Research Council.
JTA Golden Torch Award for Teachers
The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) since 1993 has been honouring teachers who have given at least 35 years of service and are members of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association through the JTA Golden Torch Awards. The Award will be presented at a ceremony to be held on Thursday, July 5 at the Jamaica Pegagus Hotel at 10:00 am.
For additional information regarding the criteria and nomination procedure individuals may contact Faithlyn Meek of the JTA at 922-1385-7. Nominations close Friday, March 30.