The University of the West Indies, Mona Heritage Month Committee and the Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work, UWI, Mona presents a documentary titled, “Look for Me in the Whirlwind”, a feature on Marcus Garvey, Jamaica’s first national hero. The documentary showing takes place on Friday, October 30, 2009 at 6 pm at the Neville Hall Lecture Theatre.

The documentary details the life of Marcus Garvey and the contribution to the black community and his involvement in black empowerment through the Universal Negro Improvement Association (U.N.I.A.).

The public is invited to attend. For more details interested persons may contact Dr. Michael Barnett at 977 0315.

The Department of Language, Linguistics and Philosophy has organised a lecture on Friday, October 30 at 3 pm at the School Lecture Theatre, Department of Education, UWI, Mona. The lecture entitled “Variationist Sociolinguistics and the Niger-Congo Languages of West Africa” will be delivered by Professor John Victor Singler. 

Professor John Victor Singler is a Professor of Linguistics at New York University (USA) and organiser of the African Linguistics School in Accra, Ghana (2009).

The Institute for Gender and Development Studies Mona Unit hosts the re-launch of the book, ‘Blood, Bullets and Bodies: Sexual Politics Below Jamaica’s Poverty Line’ on Monday, November 2, 2009 starting at 5 pm at the Multifunctional Room, Main Library, UWI, Mona. The re-launch will also feature a documentary showing titled, ‘Setting the Skin Tone’. The book and documentary are products of author, academic, video-documentalist and Development Consultant, Dr Imani Tafari- Ama. Dr. Carolyn Cooper Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies, Department of Literatures in English, UWI, Mona will officially review and re-launch the book.

The Faculty of Medical Sciences hosts its annual Student Awards Ceremony on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 6 pm at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge and Conference Centre. The Ceremony will see the recognition of outstanding student performers for the last academic year.

“Qualitative Research for Caribbean Development” is the theme of the first Qualitative Inquiry Conference being hosted by the School of Education, UWI, Mona on October 29-31, 2009. The Conference officially opens with an Opening Ceremony on Friday, October 30, 2009 at 9 am at the Mona Visitor’s Lodge and Conference Centre where Professor Gloria Ladson-Billings, University of Madison will deliver the keynote address. Over the two day Conference other featured addresses will be delivered by Professor Frances Stage, New York City University and from UWI, Mona, Professor Aggrey Brown and Professor Barry Chevannes.

The University Health Centre hosts the final study skills workshop in its series on Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 2 pm at the Neville Hall Lecture Theatre (N1). The workshop will explore Test Taking Skills. It is designed to share practical test taking techniques and assist students in improving their academic performance.

All UWI, Mona students are invited to attend.

The Department of Medicine, UWI, Mona hosts the annual Professor Eric Cruickshank Distinguished Lecture on Friday, October 23, 2009 at 5 pm at the Main Medical Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Medical Sciences located at the University Hospital of the West Indies.

The lecture is entitled, “The Genesis and Evolution of Renal Replacement Therapy in the Caribbean” and will be delivered by Professor George Nicholson, Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine, UWI, Cave Hill.

“Two Can Play” an award-winning comedy by the late Trevor Rhone is being staged by the University Players to pay tribute to him with six performances from Saturday October 17 to Sunday October 25 at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, UWI, Mona. The performance on Sunday, October 18 at 6 pm saw proceeds being donated to the McSyl Basic School in Bellas Gate, to which Mr. Trevor Rhone had committed his support shortly before his passing

Two Can Play, a work which won the award for Best Jamaican Play in 1982, features performances by 2008 Actor Boy Award nominees Nadean Rawlins and Alwyn Scott, and is directed by Brian Heap, who also won this year’s award for Best Director.

Michael Holgate, Assistant Staff Tutor at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, UWI Mona, won a Moonbeam Children award for his novel, “Night of the Indigo”. The novel also won a silver award in the young adult - religious/spirituality category.  “Night of the Indigo” is available in local bookstores and online or through Macmillan Caribbean publishers and its distributors.
 
For more information on the book, interested persons may see the Book Trailers at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdk24U3ItzU or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-AbxwkE2TQ .

The Honorable Karl Samuda, Minister of Commerce will deliver the keynote address at the launch of the book “Understanding Exporting in the Small and Micro Enterprise”. The book is authored by Dr. Densil Williams, Lecturer in the Department of Management Studies, UWI, Mona. The Launch takes place on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 6 pm at the Council Room, UWI, Mona.