Professor Barry Chevannes ... to be honoured for lifetime of service. - FILE
UWI Notebook - ONLINE BANNER SYSTEM
The University of the West Indies (UWI) has implemented a new Student Administration System, which will simplify and streamline administrative, processes and procedures, include all categories of students and all areas of student administration.
This interactive online system will allow students to register, request academic approval for courses selected, request course overrides, make adjustments to registration of add/drop courses, check financial information and keep track of their progress toward the completion of their degree using Curriculum, Advising and Programme Planning.
They will also be able to view registration, access information on courses offered, credit weights, pre/co-requisites, course descriptions, update contact information and do 'what-if' scenarios that would show the implications of a change of major/programme to additional credits/courses required.
In order to access the system go to the UWI Mona home page at http://www.mona.uwi.edu/. Click on 'Online Systems', then go to Registration System: Student' or directly to the website at http://srs.uwimona. edu.jm:1104.
Application forms for the 2006/2007 academic year will be processed in the new system effective November 2005. In January 2006, students will complete the Semester Two registration and add/drop in the new system. Students will also be able to view Semester One examination results, financial information and registration information.
CONFERENCE IN HONOUR OF BARRY CHEVANNES
The Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work, in collaboration with the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of the West Indies, will be hosting a conference in honour of Professor Barrington Chevannes' lifetime scholarly work, service and achievement.
The conference is scheduled to be held at the Social Sciences Lecture Theatre from Thursday, January 19 to Saturday, January 21.
RESEARCH DAY 2006
Plans are now advanced for Research Day 2006 at the UWI, Mona. Research Day will take place on January 26 and 27 with the theme 'CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME): Opportunities and Challenges'.
CARICOM Secretary General, Edwin Carrington, will officially declare the day open and the guest speaker will be Senator Delano Franklyn, Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade.
UTech Update - HUMANITIES SYMPOSIUM
The Department of Liberal Studies, Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies will host its annual symposium entitled 'Humanising Tertiary Education: Reshaping Society' on April 20.
The symposium seeks to bring together professionals in education, industry and commerce, conflict resolution, law enforcement and community building. Papers will address the role that the humanities can play in helping to tackle social problems.
ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL PARTNERS WITH UNESCO
Shari Grant, a final year Master of Architecture student, has emerged winner of the inaugural Nadine Isaacs Memorial Design Competition for a mobile health clinic for Jamaica.
The competition was conducted by the Caribbean School of Architecture (CSA), University of Technology, among its first and second-year Master of Architecture students between September and November 2005.
However, given the high quality of the entries, the judges agreed to award two honourable mentions in the competition - to Conrad Jackson and Leon McNeil.
"It was a difficult decision for the judges," said Mark Taylor, design studio tutor in the CSA. "All of the entrants responded in extremely creative ways to the challenge of the design problem."
The purpose of the mobile clinic is to bring testing services for chronic diseases such as HIV, diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure to those who otherwise would have difficulty in accessing health care. The competition was launched as part of UTech's HIV/AIDS education programme in 2005.
ADMISSION APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON JANUARY 31
Applications for admission to programmes available for the 2006/2007 academic year and for post-diploma summer degree programmes close on Tuesday, January 31.
Application forms are available from the Admissions Office and on the university's website: www.utechjamaica.edu.jm. For further information, please contact the Admissions Office at 927-1680-8, ext 2287.
