The Marcus Garvey Movement at UWI, Mona and the Taylor Hall Debating Society have organized a forum titled, “Beyond Guns, Gaza and Gully: Garvey as an Alternative Network” on Friday, November 20, 2009 at 5:30 pm at the Undercroft, UWI, Mona.

The Forum features presentations from Dr. Clinton Hutton, Lecturer, Department of Government, UWI, Osayimwese Osagboro, Teacher, Poet and MPhil Candidate and Leon Burrell, Marcus Garvey Movement. The event will also feature drumming, poetry and drama.

The university community is invited.

The Course and Lecturer Assessment exercise carried out each semester is currently in progress. All undergraduates are being asked to participate by completing honestly and frankly the questionnaires when circulated in class. The exercise is completely confidential and is a practice in universities world-wide. It provides an opportunity for students to provide feedback about the teaching and the course offering. Lecturers are asked to let their students know that they are interested in this critical feed-back.

The information gathered is used to strengthen the teaching/learning process and is an important input in the external validation of the UWI degree.

The Department of Language, Linguistics and Philosophy will host a public lecture entitled, “Rewriting English: English as a Lingua Franca, World Englishes and English in Translation.” Professor Bruce Horner, Endowed Chair in Rhetoric and Composition, University of Louisville Kentucky, USA will deliver the lecture on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 5 pm at the Neville Hall Lecture Theatre (N1) UWI, Mona.

The university community, including students is invited. For further details interested persons may telephone 927-1641 or 935-8364.

The Faculty of Medical Sciences, UWI, Mona hosts its 18th annual Research Conference under the theme, “Child Health: From the Womb to Adolescence” from November 11-13, 2009. The Conference will begin with an Opening Ceremony on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 5:30 pm. Speakers at the Opening Ceremony include: Honourable Andrew Holness, Minister of Education; Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Dr. Sheila Campbell-Forrester; Everton Hannam, General Secretary, Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO and Lola Ramocan, Quality Education and Early Childhood Development Specialist, UNICEF. The Distinguished Kenneth Standard Lecture will be delivered by Professor Alan Jackson, Director, Institute of Human Nutrition, University of Southampton, UK as part of the Opening Ceremony.

The Faculty of Humanities and Education will host its annual Awards Ceremony on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 2 pm in the Neville Hall Lecture Theatre, UWI, Mona. 

The Ceremony will recognize those students who have excelled academically in the Faculty during the 2008/2009 academic year.

Members of the University community are invited to attend.

“Preparing for and Attending the Interview” is the title of this week’s seminar in the World of Work Seminar Series organized by Placement and Career Services in the Office of Student Services and Development, UWI, Mona.  The seminar takes place on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 3 pm at the Social Sciences Lecture Theatre. The presenter will be Judith Dillion, Human Resources Manager, Grace Kennedy Remittances Services Limited.

The University of the West Indies, Mona will officially launch its Bachelor of Science degree Programme in Engineering on Monday, November 9, 2009 at 7:30 am at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge and Conference Centre. Senator Dr. the Honourable Ronald Robinson, Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade will be the guest speaker on this occasion.

The University of the West Indies, Mona will host the official Launch of the UWI Athletics Initiative and 2009/10 Seminar Series on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 10 am at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge and Conference Centre, UWI, Mona.

At the Launch speakers will include Mona’s Principal, Professor the Hon. Gordon Shirley, Neville “Teddy’ McCook, IAAF Area Representative, Glen Mills, President of the Racers’ Track Club and Olympian, the Honourable Usain Bolt

The first seminar in the 2009-2010 Sports seminar series titled, “The History of our International Track and Field Success” takes place immediately following the launch. Director of Sports, UWI, Mona, Ms. Grace Jackson, will deliver the address.

The Institute of Cultural Studies, UWI, Mona as part of the annual Walter Rodney Lecture Series will host the new documentary, “W.A.R. Stories: Walter Anthony Rodney”, directed by Clairmont Chung on Friday, November 13, 2009 at 5:30 pm at the Neville Hall Lecture Theatre (N1), UWI, Mona.. The film covers the life of world renowned, historian, author and activist Dr. Walter Rodney who was assassinated on Friday, June 13, 1980, at age 38, in his native Guyana. 

Dr. Omar Davies, Opposition spokesperson on Finance will be the guest speaker at the launch of the book, “The Case for Selective Fees in Health Care” which takes place on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 8:30 am at the Alhambra Inn. The book is authoured by UWI academics: Professor Wilma Bailey, Dr. Georgiana Gordon-Strachan, Dr. Aldrie Henry-Lee and Dr. Dillion Alleyne, Senior Health Economist, Bahamian Government, Dr. Stanley Lalta and Jasper Barnett, Health Economist, Ministry of Health, Jamaica.