Pro Vice Chancellor Professor the Hon. Kenneth Hall, Principal of the Mona Campus, has been appointed Governor General of Jamaica. In a statement, UWI Vice Chancellor, Professor E. Nigel Harris welcomed the appointment of Professor Hall as Governor General, and said he was richly deserving of this high office. The Vice Chancellor said that Professor Hall has provided outstanding leadership of the UWI, Mona Campus since his appointment as Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal in October 1996. He said that Professor Hall had led the drive by the Mona Campus to reposition itself to assume its role as an integral part of the premier regional institution dedicated to higher learning. Professor Harris added that under Professor Hall’s management, the Campus has transformed itself academically and administratively to create the human and technological capacities necessary for the training of students to compete in new, ever changing, globalized, knowledge-based economies. Professor Elsa Leo-Rhynie has been appointed Interim Principal of the Mona Campus effective February 15, 2006, the day that Professor Hall assumes office as Governor General.