UTech, Jamaica 2015-16 Annual Report

official handover of AVE Licenses and DELE exams scholarships to UTech students. Research Colloquium The SHSS annual Research Colloquium took place on Thursday, January 7, 2016. Papers and presenters were: Dean, Dr. Rohan Lewis, “Language, Technology, Creolisation and Translation.” Mrs. Nicole Cameron, “She’s Eye Candy”: Predictors of the Sexual Objectification of Women.” Ms Kai Barratt, “An Examination of Social Media Presentations of the Female Masquerader in Jamaica carnival.”, Dr. Martin Schade “The New Physics and Incarnation.” , Dr. Clover Jones Mc-Kenzie “Tackling Student Inertia: Exploring Graded participation as a means of Increasing Student Involvement in Academic Writing 1 Classes.” Mrs. Michelle Stewart McKoy, “Digitizing Babel”: Standardizing foreign language Students who participated in the STEM Education camp pose with their energy efficient building prototype which utilized STEM methodology in its creation. His Excellency AnÍbal Jiménez (3rd left), Spain’s Ambassador to Jamaica, presents books and other material to Ambassador the Hon. Burchell Whiteman, OJ (3rd right) Acting President, University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech, Jamaica) at the official handover AVE Licences, resources materials and DELE scholarships to UTech by the Embassy of Spain on Monday, April 27, 2015 at the UTech, Ja. Papine campus. Sharing in the occasion are (l-r) Ms. Mariana Gonzáles, Head, Foreign Languages Division, UTech, Ja., Mrs. Stephanie Anderson-Chung, Coordinator, DELE UTech, Ja. Centre, Dr. Rohan Lewis, Dean, Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies and Dr. Nova Gordon-Bell, Head, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, UTech, Jamaica. Page 60 University of Technology, Jamaica ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND LIBERAL STUDIES cont’d