b'Introduction to the ReportUWI Strategic Plan 2017 to 2022 and mindful of itsthus a testimony to the support and diligence of our The Academic Year 2019-2020 began as any other with theTripleAPillars-Wealthcreationandreductionofstaff and students in attempting to meet these goals usual flurry of excitement in September, welcoming a cropsocial inequality through greater and more affordableand advancing the national and regional good, fully Access,efficientandeffectiveAlignmentwithtesting the mettle of its citizens and the underlying of new learners along with returning students joining both thesociety and economy, and enhanced Agility in pursuitphilosophy of education of the Campus leadership. Mona Campus and our growing Western Campus.ofopportunities.Thisarchitectureofadvancing sustainability for The UWI, Mona Campus were girdedOn September 22, 2019, the Pro Vice Chancellor and by six high level priorities championed by the currentPrincipal of the Mona Campus addressed the Church Campus Principal and the senior management. Theseof Ascension in the nearby Mona Heights, on the topic The Office of the Campus Registrar had facilitatedtheCaribbeanClimateInnovationCentre(CCIC),are(1)Improvingthequalityofteaching,learningEducation and its role in producing spiritual values theregistrationof19,157studentsandprocessedand the Mona Entrepreneurial and Commercializationand student development, (2) Fostering a Culture ofandacharacter-drivensociety.ProfessorWebber 3737contractsfortheemploymentofstaff.TheCentre (MECC) was the staging of a virtual seminarScholarshipandResearchtodriveinnovativenessechoed a value that has over the last two decades DepartmentofHistoryandArchaeology(DoHA)on Fostering Business Creation through CleanTechinresearchandinnovationwhilealsoimprovingbeen forcing its way indelibly into the consciousness 14 reversedthedecade-longdeclineinstudentInnovation on October 31, 2019. publicationoutput,(3)Establishingnewacademic/ of our understanding of the role of universities and15enrolment largely possible due to the launch of the BAindustry partnerships while valuing existing ones, (4)our didactic approaches to teaching and learning. He History and Journalism that was developed along withBy November 14, 2019, the Campus observed WorldRestoring Financial Health tothe Campus economy,noted that: The role of formal education is not only the Caribbean School of Media and CommunicationQuality Day for the first time hosted by the Office(5)Initiatingacaring,accountableandmotivatedintended to prepare students to pass examinations. (CARIMAC)andtheFacultyofHumanitiesandof the Deputy Principal. This attracted a wide rangeteamofprofessionals(CAMP)and(6)Digitization:Those who understand that what they are exposed to Education(FHE).TheFacultyofMedicalSciencesof family and friends of the Campus and with moreachieving a more integrated, ICT-enabled and digitallyin the classroom is only a piece of the puzzle, are the (FMS) launched its inaugural Annual Faculty Teachingthan fifteen departments showcasing some of thetransformed eco-system of all services. students who usually excel. These are the ones who Award in October 2019 in keeping with its strategicbest practices used in their daily operations. Worldgo on to conduct research that leads to innovations goaltopromotegreaterrecognitionofserviceQuality Day commemoration was a national reminderThisReportcollatesandanalysestheMonathat change the world. They achieve success because from staff at all levels and foster a creative, caring,to the public of the quality of The UWI brand.InCampus accomplishments for the 2019-20 year inthey do not accept the forced dichotomy between accountable,motivated,professionalteam.InatheFacultyofHumanitiesandEducation,thecategories that demonstrate the overlapping naturewhat is taught in the classroom and what is taught by celebratory face-to-face event the Campus officiallyDepartmentofModernLanguagesandLiteratureof The UWI Strategic goals and those determined asthe school of life. opened the new Confucius Institute Teaching Buildingin celebration of the promotion of one of its brilliantCampus-specific for the continued advancement of on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, with representativesscholars, hosted the Inaugural Professorial Lecturethe Mona Campus. More than any other year, these words were prescient from the Taiyuan University of Technology, ConfuciusofthenewlymintedProfessorPauletteRamsay.in what would be demanded of staff and students in Institute, Directors from across the Caribbean RegionThelectureentitled,ColumbusintheAcademy:Theyeartransformeditselfintooneofthemostthis academic year.As the final section of this Report and representatives from The UWI, Mona Campus.Centeringmorethantendecadesofresearchinchallenging ones that any university or institution ofTheWayForwardanticipates,italsosignalsthe This building was state of the art and would assistAfro-Hispanic Literatures and Cultures, 1867-2019higher learning could have anticipated and in doingexigentundertakingsoftheMonaCampusinthe with additional space that the Mona Campus was inwas held on November 29, 2019.so made urgent the need for a rapid Realignment ofyears to come. dire need of for teaching and learning activities on theResources with the Resilience and Responsiveness Campus.A joint initiative of the Faculty of ScienceThe Mona Campus enthusiastically kicked off anotherfor which Caribbean peoples are legendarily known.Along with the rest of the society and our regional and Technology, (FST), the Department of Physics,year, gearing up for meeting the Goals laid out by theThe title of the 2019-2020 Mona Campus Report isfraternity, by March 2020, the Campus, in a very ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 Realigning our Resources with Resilience and Resourcefulness'