IN JAMAICA: PALAS recipient and former XLCR Head Boy, RYAN SWEENEY among 10 students who participated in the 2014 Model United Nations forum at HARVARD UNIVERSITY........UWI on show at Harvard forum...."I am very confident that they will not just represent the UWI, Mona, but Jamaica on a whole very well,".

Ryan Sweeney, PALAS

THE University of the West Indies' Department of Government, Mona is expecting major returns on its investment in 10 students and a lecturer who represented the institution at this year's Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN) in Boston, Massachusetts.

The students and UWI lecturer in the Department of Government Dr Omar Hawthorne left the island last week for the United States to participate in the 2014 Model United Nations forum which ended on Sunday.

Head of the Department of Government
at Mona Dr Lloyd Waller (second right);
Senior Assistant Registrar at UWI
Michelle Ashwood Stewart (third right),
and Dr Omar Hawthorne (fourth right),
lecturer in the Department of Government,
 Mona, with the 10 students who
represented the campus at the
 Harvard National Model United Nations
 in Boston, Massachusetts.

"I am very confident that they will not just represent the UWI, Mona, but Jamaica on a whole very well," said Head of the Department of Government Dr Lloyd Waller.

"The department is seriously focused on broadening the scope of our students' engagements, locally and internationally. The more practical exposure, the better. This is absolutely critical to ensuring that our students are well rounded and ready for the world, no matter where they go," Dr Waller added.

HNMUN serves as a forum in which students from colleges and universities around the globe meet, in a United Nations format, to discuss the most pressing challenges facing the world today. Top performers are awarded at the end for their efforts. This year participants will address a number of issues, including drug decriminalisation and Latin American-European Union trade relations. The UWI students say their objective is to help the institution reclaim the accolade of "best university in the region". more