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UWI to Compete at Pan American Chess Champs
Posted: December 27, 2012
The University of the West Indies, Mona is set to compete at the Pan American Intercollegiate Chess Championships, which will take place December 27-30 in Newark, New Jersey.
The prestigious tournament, which has a longstanding history of over 60 years, will feature the best university and college chess teams from North America and the Caribbean, including several Grand Masters.
UWI, Mona Debating Team Heads to “Worlds”
Posted: December 27, 2012
A two member team from The University of the West Indies, Mona will compete with 400 teams from approximately 200 institutions across 80 countries at the 33rd World Universities Debating Championships popularly known as “Worlds”. The Competition takes place from December 27, 2012 to January 4, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. The UWI, Mona team is represented by Mikhail Williams, a final year Law student and president of the UWI, Mona Debating Society and Jarred Brewster, fourth year Medical Sciences student. Roger Bent, coach and Worlds adjudicator will accompany the students.
UWI to Give Musical Christmas Treat
Posted: December 19, 2012
The University of the West Indies, Mona will be hosting a free concert at The Emancipation Park in Kingston on Friday December 21, 2012 at 6:00 pm. The concert is part of the Park’s annual staging of Christmas in the Park Concert series.
ACU Conference: Do University Rankings Matter?
Posted: November 26, 2012
Do they really matter? This was the question asked of university rankings and benchmarking at the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Conference of Executive Heads held at The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus from November 9th to 11th. Leaders and educators from around the world collected to explore the theme, “University Rankings and Benchmarking: Do they really matter?” as well as other drivers such as economic policies, changing political and social agenda, staff recruitment and retention, and student aspirations. The event called on participants to seek to measure and demonstrate their university’s ‘value’ to prospective students, parents, alumni, governments and other stakeholders.
Apply Now For Admission in August 2013
Posted: November 25, 2012
Applications are invited for admission to all undergraduate full-time and part-time degree and diploma programmes in the Faculties of Humanities & Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Science & Technology, Social Sciences at the Mona Campus in St. Andrew, or the Western Jamaica Campus in Montego Bay, St. James.
The Application deadline is January 31, 2013
UWI Mona Student Named 2013 Jamaica Rhodes Scholar
Posted: November 22, 2012
A student of The University of the West Indies (UWI) has once again won the prestigious Jamaica Rhodes Scholarship for 2013. Vincent Taylor, a 22-year-old computer scientist from the Mona campus of The UWI, was selected from a field of 11 finalists, after two gruelling days of interviews.
“I am extremely elated and also humbled by the confidence that the committee has placed in me,” Taylor said after the announcement by Jamaica’s Governor General, Sir Patrick Allen.
UWI Takes Both 2013 Rhodes Scholarships
Posted: November 22, 2012
Two graduates of The University of the West Indies (UWI) have won the Rhodes scholarships for 2013. Vincent Taylor, a 22-year-old computer scientist from the Mona campus of The UWI, won the Jamaican Rhodes award, while Trinidadian Cornelius Kiron Neale, also 22, of the St Augustine campus, copped the Commonwealth Caribbean scholarship.
“I am extremely elated and also humbled by the confidence that the committee has placed in me,” Taylor said after the announcement by Jamaica’s Governor General, Sir Patrick Allen, last week. The holder of a double major degree in computer science and electronics, Taylor is currently reading for a Masters in Philosophy (MPhil) at the Mona campus, specialising in wireless network sensor security.
Six Awarded UWI Regional Endowment Fund Scholarship Totalling US$ 45,000
Posted: November 22, 2012
The University of the West Indies’ Regional Endowment Fund (UWIREF) has awarded full scholarships valued at a total of US$45,000 to six regional students for the academic year 2012-2013.
The recipients of the 2012-2013 UWIREF scholarships, which will cover tuition, living expenses and other incidentals are: Kenlyn Garraway and Denisha Hector of St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Bianca McFadzean of Belize; April Stephen of St. Lucia and Dainia Wright and Bryan Smith, both of Jamaica. The students are all enrolled at the St. Augustine Campus of The University of the West Indies and are currently pursuing programmes in the Faculties of Humanities and Education, Science and Technology and Social Sciences.
UWI Mona Granted Institutional Accreditation
Posted: November 07, 2012
The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus has been granted institutional accreditation by the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ), for a period of seven years, the maximum time possible. The accreditation took effect from February 1, 2012. This is a significant development for the campus, which is now the first institution in Jamaica to secure institutional accreditation from the UCJ, as a way of validating its quality standards. Institutional accreditation means that all its undergraduate and graduate programmes are recognized.
Commonwealth University Heads to Meet at UWI Mona
Posted: November 07, 2012
University heads from India, Africa, Canada, the UK and the rest of the Commonwealth will converge on the Mona campus and the Regional Headquarters of The University of the West Indies from November 9 to 11 for the Conference of Executive Heads of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU). The conference, which is being co-hosted by The UWI and the University of Technology, Jamaica, will address the theme “University Rankings and Benchmarking: do they really matter?”