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Promotions, Appointments and approval of leave for staff in the Academic, Senior Administrative and Professional categories were as follows:

UNIVERSITY
CENTRE

  • Mr Archibald Campbell appointed to the post of University Bursar/Chief Financial Officer for five years, with effect from July 1, 2010.

  • Dr Bhoendradatt Tewarie reappointed as Pro Vice-Chancellor, Planning and Development, for a further 3-year term, effective August 1, 2010.

  • Professor Alvin Wint  reappointed as Pro Vice-Chancellor, Undergraduate Studies, for a further period of three years, effective August 1, 2010.

  • Professor Verene Shepherd appointed to the post of University Director, Regional Co-ordinating Unit of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies at Mona, for three years in the first instance, with effect from August 1, 2010.

  • Dr. Barbara Carby, appointed to the post of Director of the Disaster Risk Reduction Centre, Office of the Vice Chancellor, Mona, for three years with effect from April 1, 2010.

  • Mrs. Judith Nelson, from the accounting firm DeLoitte & Touche, was appointed to the post of University Management Auditor, in succession to Mr. Ronald Ottley.

CAVE HILL

  • Appointment of Professor Joseph M. Branday, Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Cave Hill, for four years with effect from August 1, 2010.

  • Promotion to the rank of Professor, Dr. Ian Hambleton, Senior Lecturer at the Chronic Disease Research Centre of the Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Cave Hill Campus effective February, 2010.

  • Appointment of Ms. Lisa Alleyne as Campus Bursar, Cave Hill, for a period of five years in the first instance, effective June 1, 2010.

  • Conferral of the honorary title, Distinguished Fellow, on Dr. Rosina Wiltshire, an international public official in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on attachment to the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) at Cave Hill, for the period two years from August 1, 2010.

  • Conferral of the honorary title, Visiting Professor (Surgery), on Professor Richard Rosin, on attachment to the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Cave Hill, for a further period of two years, from August 1, 2010.

  • Appointment of  Professor Nigel Unwin, Chair in Public Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Cave Hill, for three years in the first instance, with effect from August 9, 2010.

  • Approval of request by Professor Winston Tinto , Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, to spend his Sabbatical year in the Department of Plant Science, at South Dakota University and in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Prince Edward Island to engage in two research projects: gene regulation of the biosynthesis of flavonoids and the application of data metabolomics for the profiling of secondary metabolites in medicinal plants.

  • Deferral of Special Leave for Scholarly Purposes, granted to Professor Gladstone Yearwood, Director, Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination, Cave Hill to Semester II of the academic year 2009/2010.

MONA

  • Promotion to the rank of Professor of Mr Claremont Kirton, Senior Lecturer and Head, Department of Economics in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Mona Campus, effective February 2010.

  • Promotion to the rank of Professor of Dr Edward Ghartey, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Mona Campus, effective February 2010.

  • Promotion to the rank of Professor of Dr Wayne McLaughlin, Senior Lecturer and Head, Department of Basic Medical Sciences  in the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Mona Campus, effective February, 2010.

  • Promotion to the rank of Professor of Dr. Dale Webber, Senior Lecturer, Department of Life Sciences, in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Mona Campus, effective May 2010.

  • Appointment of Prof Dale Webber to the James Seivwright Moss-Solomon Sr Chair in Environmental Management.

  • Conferral of the honorary title, Honorary Professor on Professor Richard Cooper, former Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology at Loyola University in Chicago, USA on attachment to the Tropical Medicine Research Institute at Mona.

  • Conferral of the honorary title, Visiting Professor, on Dr  Laurel Talabere, from Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, on attachment to the UWI School of Nursing, Mona, for the period March 6 to May 1, 2010.

  • Extension of appointment of Dr Allister Hinds, Director, Human Resource Management Division, Mona for two years with effect from August 1, 2010 to July 31, 2012.

OPEN CAMPUS

  • Appointment of Dr. Francis Severin, Head, Open Campus Dominica, as Acting Director, Open Campus Country Sites, from January 11 to April 19 2010, vice Mrs Luz Longsworth, Director, Open Campus Country Sites, while she was on full study leave.

ST AUGUSTINE

  • Promotion to the rank of Professor, of Dr Ann Marie Bissessar, Senior Lecturer, Department of Behavioural Sciences in the Faculty of Social Sciences, St. Augustine Campus, effective February 2010.

  • Promotion to the rank of Professor, of Dr Michele Monteil, Senior Lecturer, Department of Para-Clinical Sciences in the Faculty of Medical Sciences, St. Augustine Campus, effective May 2010.

  • Reappointment of Mr. Jeremy Callaghan as Campus Registrar, for a further period of two years, effective August 1, 2010.

  • Conferral of the honorary title, Visiting Professor, on Professor Chitra Weddikkara of the University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka,  on attachment to the Department of Geomatics Engineering and Land Management, Faculty of Engineering, St Augustine.

  • Conferral of the honorary title, Visiting Professor, on Professor Viendra Dhuru of Marquette University School of Dentistry, on attachment to the School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences at Augustine.

  • Conferral of the honorary title, Honorary Professor, on Professor V.H. Kirpalani, of the College of Business, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, on attachment to the Department of Management Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, St Augustine, for three years, from August 1, 2010.

  • Appointment of Professor Christopher Fowler, Professor & Director, University of Essex, UK,  to the post of Professor of Education in the School of Education, Faculty of Humanities and Education, St. Augustine for three years in the first instance, with effect from August 1, 2010.

  • Extension of post-retirement appointment of Professor Ramesh Ramsaran as Professor at the Institute of International Relations, St. Augustine, from October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010.