Students Residing on Hall by Academic Year
Techniques and Student Engagement , February Love – Tips on Improving Self-Love , and Managing Stress – Discover the Roadmap for Academic Mastery . With a strong focus on reintegration and the cultivation of a more student-centric face-to-face educational environment, the FST’s Student Experience Team orchestrated a series of events to cater to the needs of the students. The primary goal was to foster a balanced and holistic experience for students. The inaugural event was a Faculty-wide Meet and Greet session held at the departmental level. At the well-attended event, students had the opportunity to socialize with their peers and staff in a relaxed setting. The findings of a Wellness Survey, an initiative of the Office of Student Services and Development (OSSD), provided solid ground upon which to build and focus programmes on wellness initiatives and campaigns to help students cope during their university career. To this end, most of the Halls of Residence rolled out robust health and wellness programmes for the academic year. And to better engage the commuting student population, all of whom are “attached” to the 12 operational halls of residence (including the Western Jamaica Campus block), OSSD digitized its Newsletter to provide them access to the various events, programmes and services offered out of the Commuting Students Office .
ADDRESSING STUDENT HUNGER AND FOOD INSECURITY
1,277
It is well established that hunger impedes cognition and therefore negatively impacts academic performance. It also takes a toll on mental and emotional wellbeing. With food insecurity among students emerging as a pressing concern, the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) spearheaded by the Associate Dean for Partnerships and Resource Mobilization, launched its Food Cupboard Initiative in January 2023 to alleviate/reduce food insecurity among FST students in the main. FST partnered with The Free Likkle Cupboard, a local NGO that provides food cupboards at no cost. The Faculty received its first donation from the Grace Kennedy Foundation. There was on-going promotion to staff, students, and potential partners to donate to this initiative as a means of sustaining the supply in the cupboard.
2020/2021
1,181
2021/2022
3,542
ADDRESSING STUDENT FINANCING OF HIGHER EDUCATION
2022/2023
The Orientation Village organized by the Office of Student Services and Development (OSSD) provided students with a wealth of information on the various avenues to access financing for their education. The Campus community financial institutions, as well as the Students’ Loan Bureau, S.W.A.T. International, Scotia Bank and Jamaica National Bank occupied booths in the Village, providing new students the chance to browse the institutions’ offerings and to ask detailed questions about one of the major roadblocks to accessing higher education – funding/ financing. The JAMVAT programme was introduced by the Government of Jamaica through the Ministry of Education and seeks to place tertiary level students in voluntary positions for a period of 200 hours to earn one-third of their annual tuition fees. The OSSD assists the JAMVAT Office by serving as a placement site for students on campus whilst marketing the programme. Part-time employment is also an avenue that helps students fund their education. To this end, the Placement and Careers Services Section of the OSSD assisted 800 students in getting part- time employment in and off the Campus, received some 1045 applications for Summer Employment, and assisted students in accessing several job opportunities through its Overseas Work & Travel Programme .
49 UWI MONA ANNUAL REPORT 2022/2023
48 UWI MONA ANNUAL REPORT 2022/2023
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