The Mona Institute of Applied Sciences (MIAS) is offering several Information Technology courses geared to fulfill a variety of computer and IT professional needs. The courses will allow participants to improve their performance on the job and in the classroom with an increased level of proficiency in computer applications. The next cycle of classes start in February, 2004. The courses being offered are Fundamentals of Computers and Computer Office Applications costing $6000 per module. Also being offered is Introduction to Programming which costs $8,000 per module.

In addition to the public holidays, the UWI Mona Campus will be closed on December 24 and 31 at 12:30 p.m. Please note that the Library will be closed all day on Saturday, December 27, 2003. The Mona Campus administration also takes this opportunity to wish everyone a blessed Christmas and a prosperous, safe and productive New Year.

The Department of Sociology, Psychology & Social Work, UWI Mona, is now accepting applications for its restructured Masters of Social Work Programme. The Programme at Mona celebrated its 10th anniversary recently, and used the occasion to “fine tune” selected aspects of its offering. The Masters in Social Work now provides prospective candidates with an increased range of options including specializations in administration and management and clinical social work practice. There is also a new specialization in community organization and policy practice.

Dr. Susan P. Mains, Lecturer at UWI Mona is the 2004 recipient of the McColl Family Fellowship. Dr. Mains plans to travel to Toronto to explore the experiences of Jamaican migrants living there. Her research will involve archive research on migration to Toronto from the Caribbean, in-depth interviews with members of the Jamaican community, as well as with community/government leaders, and the filming of interviews as part of an ongoing documentary project. Dr. Mains earned her doctorate in Geography at the University of Kentucky.