The Reggae Studies Unit will host another presentation entitled a Reggae artist’s journey to Christianity featuring “Stitchie” in The Reggae/ Rastafari discussion series. This presentation takes place Friday, March 16 at 5 pm in the New Education Lecture Theatre (NELT). Music will be provided by DJ “Afifa”. The admission is free and members of the University community are invited.

The University Health Centre will host its annual Blood Donation Drive aimed at promoting voluntary blood donation among the UWI community as a habit for life on Tuesday, March 27 and Wednesday, March 28 in the Assembly Hall. The Blood Drive is a collaborative effort among the University Health Centre, the National Blood Transfusion Bank (Blood Bank) and a group of final year Social Marketing students from Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) under the name IMPACT.

The University of the West Indies Press in association with the Centre for Gender and Development, Mona Unit and the Jamaica Bicentenary Committee will host the launch of the book “A Historical Study of Women in Jamaica, 1655-1844” on Wednesday, March 14 at 6:00 pm at the UWI Press Building. The book is authored by Lucille Mathurin Mair and edited and introduced by Hilary McD. Beckles, Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal, UWI, Cave Hill and Verene Shepherd, Professor of Social History, UWI, Mona.

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.