DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY
EVENT: MAPATHON
OVERVIEW: The event presents a fun and educational opportunity for students to create maps and simulate reducing disaster risks and addressing public health crises. The activities will introduce and provide hands on experience for students in GIS Technology, Cartology and Geography and will expose them to career options in the Geosciences.
PARTICIPANT CAPACITY: 25 Persons per session

DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES
TITLE: Port Royal Marine Lab (PRML) Open Day
ACTIVITY: Facility and Boat Tours
OVERVIEW: Visit to the PRML Facility and Biodiversity Centre to learn about our many Research projects, see lab demonstrations and view our alternative system that powers our entire operation to minimize the use of fossil fuels. Take a Boat Tour through the mangrove ecosystem and learn more about the importance of protecting our environment.
TOUR CAPACITY: Limited spaces available. Bookings recommended,
DEPARTURE TIME FROM MONA CAMPUS: 9:00AM

URD2017 MONA RESEARCH VILLAGE
Opens to the Public and Campus Community
The UWI Mona's flagship exhibition, showcasing in various formats, the diversity of current research from across faculties, is opened to the Public, visiting students and the campus community for exploration and engagement.

Department of Government
Department Book Launch Book
Title: Colour for Colour Skin for Skin: Marching with the Ancestral Spirits into War Oh at Morant Bay.
Author: Dr. Clinton Hutton
Overview: This book examines the social, economic, spiritual and ideological bases of the Morant Bay Uprising.

Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work
The SPSW Assessment Centre
Overview: The Dept will offer the following services: (i) A battery of tests and activities
to determine your suitability for a range of jobs; (ii) Intelligence and occupational interest tests
to suggest suitable academic programme and career choices and (iii) Help with improving your CV
(iv) Workshops on staffing organizations, performance management, employee training and dressing for success.

Department of Economics
Interactive Economic Model and Presentations
Overview: 'Why not pay the civil servants more? Why not lower interest rates rapidly and dramatically?
Why not pump more money into subsidies and tax incentives? This interactive model allows the audience
to see the impact of the changes in the macroeconomic variables that they have long been considering.
The user will use the keyboard to input the policy changes he/she desires, and an output screen will highlight

The UWI Community Film Project Office and CTPR Office
Film Project and Studio Tours
Overview: Visitors to the exhibition are invited on a guided tour of the project office and studio facilities.
Experience firsthand the process behind creating films and observe a studio setting.

Department of Chemistry
Product Sampling
Overview: Jams prepared by the Chemistry Department students will be sampled

Department of Chemistry
Ice Cream Making Demonstration
Overview:  Visiting students will be shown the procedure of making ice cream which they can subsequently sample.

Department of Physics
Interactive Display from the Department along with theElectronics Club and the Alternative Energy Club.