b'Improving the Quality of Teaching, Learning and Student Development(contd)heard in her background during the class session. Thissuspensionofclassesandreceivedtremendous prompted the Faculty to promote an FSS Roostersupport from the Good Shepherd and PJ Patterson Challenge on social media to promote the rooster,Foundations as well as the MoBay City Run, which the latter a symbol of new beginnings and resilienceallowed the WJC to remain responsive to the needs of during these unprecedented times. The official FSSstudents. Some 30 laptops, including 15 new devices, Instagram page @fssuwimona initiated the challengewere put into the library loan system from this project. on April 16, 2020, daring students and staff to belt out their rooster call on social media to symbolizeDevelopment of Teaching facilities their commitment and solidarity to new beginnings, new experiences and a new way of learning. TheCaribbeansnewestandlargestConfucius Institute, which was built by the Peoples Republic of AttheWesternJamaicaCampus(WJC)severalChina at The University of the West Indies (UWI) in surveys were conducted among student populationsKingston, was officially handed over to the Jamaican 42 todeterminethesocialandeconomicimpactofGovernmentonMondayOctober14,2019.The43COVID-19 on student life, access to Information andConfucius Institute Teaching Building, constructed Communications Technology (ICT), data support, andat a cost of US$5 million, is situated beside the formerPrincipal Webber providing guidance to graduate students on how to approach their thesis.approaches to study. The Campus launched a StudentPersonnel Office on The UWI Mona Campus. It will Access to Technology Project within two weeks ofreplaceanexistingcentrelocatedalongGibraltar Road that was launched in 2009 and, at the time, wasoutputs, and excited about their discoveries of new also the first Confucius Institute to be established inknowledge.Regulardialogueandcommunication the English-speaking Caribbean.The new buildingbetween students and faculty and consistent seminar includes classrooms, administrative offices, a library,exchanges are generally the best ways to foster a state of the art lecture theatre, exhibition area, smallculture of research. conference rooms, patio, tea break area, a generator room, and security facilities. During the year under review, the Office of Graduate The ConfuciusStudiesandResearchheldthreeworkshopsand Institute Teachingpresentations to guide the academic progress of our Building Student Developmentgraduatestudents.Theseincludedapresentation byProVice-ChancellorandPrincipaloftheMona Building a culture of Research Campus, Professor Dale Webber, on how to approach Forstudentstoimmersethemselvesinaculturetheir Thesis; a Professional Workshop which aimed to ofresearchtheymustbecomepassionateaboutguide the graduate students on the implementation their own research areas, committed to results andof specific characteristics and strategies to advance ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 Realigning our Resources with Resilience and Resourcefulness'