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Intimate Relationships Series
The Counselling Service presents its annual Intimate Relationships series for both students and staff. The series will take place on Thursdays as of January 25 until February 15 at the Neville Hall Lecture Theatre (N1), Faculty of Humanities and Education between 2 pm and 4 pm.
Launch of the Distance Learning Programme for Nursing with Ryerson University and UWI
According to the Pan American Health Organization, approximately 35 percent of nursing positions in the Caribbean go unfilled partially because of the high cost of learning, inaccessible learning institutions and brain drain.
Research Day 2007
Research Day 2007 will be declared open on January 25 by Minister of Education and Youth, Honourable Maxine Henry Wilson who will also be the guest speaker for the opening ceremony commencing at 9 am at the Undercroft. The University of the West Indies, Mona hosts its annual Research Day on Thursday, January 25 and Friday, January 26 under the theme: “Higher Education: Pathway to Success.”
Electronics Unit Opens Copy Centre
The Electronics Unit (EU) opens its Copy Centre on Wednesday, January 17. The Copy Centre services will include: photocopying, document printing, local faxing and binding.
The EU Copy Centre will be located on the ground floor of the Electronics Unit. The opening hours will be Mondays to Fridays between 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Anniversary of the 1907 Earthquake Presentation
The Jamaican Historical Society will mark the anniversary of the 1907 earthquake with two presentations on January 23, in the Multifunction Room of the Main Library, UWI, Mona at 6:00 pm. Dr. Margaret Wiggins-Grandison of the Earthquake Unit, Department of Geography and Geology, UWI and M.A. student Antoinette Brown of the Department of History and Archaeology will make presentations on the topic “The 1907 Earthquake”. Ms. Brown will share specifically on The Role of the Catholics in the Aftermath of the Earthquake.
Condolences
The University of the West Indies extends condolences to the family and friends of the late Samuel David Hickey Morgan of Caribbean for HIV AIDS Research Education and Services (CHAIRS), UHWI, Mona. The funeral service for Mr. Morgan will be held on Saturday, January 20 at 2:00 p.m. at the Mile Gully Moravian Church.
Fee Payment Deadlines
The second semester for the 2006/7 academic year officially begins on Sunday, January 14 while teaching resumes Monday, January 15. The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, wishes to advise that all tuition and Hall fees (where applicable) for the second semester become due and payable at the start of the semester. Registration without penalty is allowed up to Friday, January 19. Late registration and the applicable penalty of a fee of J$1000 as well as a fine of one per cent (1%) of outstanding tuition fees apply as of Monday, January 22.
Foreign Language Courses Offered
The Language Lab will be offering non-credit evening courses in Spanish, French and Japanese starting January 29 and ending April 12. Each course costs $8,000.00 and is payable in advance.
Courses are open to all interested persons.
For further information, please contact the Language Laboratory at 927-2743.
Industrial Electronics Course
The Electronics Unit in partnership with the Department of Physics will offer Module 1 of its 3 modular courses in Industrial Electronics. Each module will run for 10 weeks with one 2½ hour class and a 4-hour lab each week. Module One which is an Introduction to Industrial Electronics commences on Thursday, January 19 at 5:30 pm and the corresponding labs session starts on Saturday, January 21 at 9 am.
Institute of Caribbean Studies Course Offerings
The Institute of Caribbean Studies invites second and third year students to register for the following courses in semester II of the 2006-2007 academic year: Caribbean Films and Their Fictions (AR25F), Deconstructing the Culture of Sport (AR25S), African Religious Retentions in the Caribbean (AR25X), Discourses in Cultural Studies (AR35A) and Rastafari in the Global Context (AR35R).
For further information on these courses please contact the Institute of Caribbean Studies by telephone at 977-1951, extension 3228, e-mail icsmona@uwimona.edu.jm or
reggae.studies@uwimona.edu.jm