The University of the West Indies will recognise an entire department as well as four faculty members at the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence Ceremony which takes place next Monday, October 27, 2014 at the Mona Visitors Lodge & Conference Centre, beginning at 6.00 p.m.

The Department of Life Sciences in the Faculty of Science and Technology at the St Augustine Campus in Trinidad and Tobago is the first recipient of the newly implemented Vice-Chancellor's Departmental Award for Excellence.

Professor Jonas Addae from the Department of Preclinical Sciences at the St. Augustine Campus will be recognised for his accomplishments in teaching. Professor Simon Mitchell, Head of the Department of Geography & Geology, and Professor Marvin Reid, Director of the Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, will receive the honour for their research accomplishments while Professor Hopeton Dunn, Director of the Caribbean Institute of Media & Communication, will be honoured for his contributions to public service. All three are at the Mona Campus in Jamaica.

Please view live streaming at:  http://tv.mona.uwi.edu/

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