April 2018


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UWI Calendar April - July 2018

CARMINA BURANA TODAY
6.30pm
Lord Kitchener Auditorium
National Academy of the Performing Arts
Port of Spain

Love music? Art? Theatre? The Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA) has something for everyone with their Season of the Arts. Check out upcoming productions in April:

  • Visual Arts Degree Programme Exhibition – Opening Ceremony: April 4 | Exhibition: April 5 to 20 | Artist Talk: April 13 at the National Museum and Art Gallery
  • The Annual Student Production: Arthur Miller’s The Crucible – April 6 to 8 and April 13 to 15, 8pm nightly (6pm on Sundays) at the Learning Resource Centre (LRC)
  • The UWI Arts Chorale, UWI Steel and Percussion present Carmina Burana – April 8 at 6.30pm at the Lord Kitchener Auditorium, NAPA

For more information, please visit DCFA’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UWI.DCFA/


Beyond the Game – Sports Law Workshop
9am
April 12
Century Ballroom, Queen’s Park Oval
Port of Spain

The Faculty of Law presents its inaugural Sports Law workshop under the theme Lex Sportiva: Beyond the Game. The workshop features Professor Ian Blackshaw, International Sports Lawyer.

Registration cost is TT$650. To register visit http://sta.uwi.edu/law/events/registration.php.

For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar.


Make Chinese Dumplings
April 14
Bishop’s Anstey High School
Port of Spain

The Confucius Institute present the following Chinese Cooking Workshops:

  • Workshop 1 – Chinese Dumplings | April 14 | 10am to noon | Cost: General Public/UWI Staff: TT$200; UWI Students: TT$100 | Registration Deadline: April 11.
  • Workshop 2 – Kung Pao Chicken | April 28 | 10am to noon| Cost: public/UWI staff: TT$200; UWI Students: TT$100 | Registration Deadline: April 18.

For more information, please visit the Confucius Institute’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Confucius.UWI/.


Notes of a Native Daughter
6pm
April 19
School of Education Auditorium
UWI St. Augustine

The Open Lectures Committee invites you to attend the Professorial Inaugural Lecture by Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw, Professor of French Literature and Creative Writing on the topic; Cracks in the Edifice: Notes of a Native Daughter.

To indicate your attendance email UWISTAevents@sta.uwi.edu or call 662-2002 ext. 83635.

For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar.


Healthcare Quality in T&T Symposium
8am to 4pm
April 21
University Inn and Conference Centre
UWI St. Augustine

What will it take to accomplish quality healthcare in T&T? The Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS) invites health professionals to attend the Healthcare quality in Trinidad and Tobago: Models for Best Practice Symposium.

The symposium features Dr. Joshua Tepper, Chief Executive Officer, Health Quality Ontario. Registration costs $500 (inclusive of refreshments and lunch).

For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar.


Bridging Wor(l)ds
9am to 4pm
April 26
Centre for Language Learning Auditorium
UWI St. Augustine

The Departments of Modern Languages and Linguistics (MLL) and Literary, Cultural and Communication Studies (LCCS) present the second edition of the Bridging Wor(l)ds Conference which features the research of MA, MPhil and PhD students within both Departments.

For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar.


Connecting the Dots: Work.Life.Balance.Ageing
April 26 to 27
Teaching and Learning Complex
UWI St. Augustine

The Research and Development Impact (RDI) Fund and other stakeholders present the Work/Life Balance and Ageing Conference under the theme, Connecting the Dots: Work.Life.Balance.Ageing where they will showcase the project’s findings as well as provide recommendations for our national ageing policy. Pre-registration is open until April 20.

For more information, please visit: http://conferences.sta.uwi.edu/worklifeageing/.


Engineering the Future
9am to 11.30am
May 23
UWI St. Augustine

The Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering presents their Annual Conference and Exhibition under the theme, Engineering the Future. It will showcase the Department’s Capstone projects and selected MSc and MPhil/PHD research projects and presentations. The Conference takes place from 9am to 11.30am at the Max Richards Building (Engineering Block 13) and the exhibition takes place at JFK Auditorium from 9am to 5pm.

For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar.


Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean Workshops
June
UWI St. Augustine

The Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean (DAOC) presents the following workshops:

  • Summer Executive Programme for Young Professionals: Protocol, Diplomacy and Business Etiquette 101 with facilitator Gail Guy, Retired Diplomat and Protocol Consultant | Session 1: June 4 and 5 or Session 2: June 7 and 8 | 9am to 4pm | Cost: US$300
  • The Art of Corporate and Diplomatic Communication with facilitator Sharon Welsh, Communications Consultant and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University | June 26 to 29 | 9am to 4pm | Cost: US $800 (10% discount for each member of groups 3 or more)

For more information, please email DiplomaticAcademy@sta.uwi.edu or call 662-2002 ext. 85362; 85360; 85359 or visit www.sta.uwi.edu/daoc/.


Rainforest to Reef
8am to 6pm
July 25 to 27
Teaching and Learning Complex
UWI St. Augustine

The Latin America and Caribbean Section (LACA) of the Society for Conservation Biology in collaboration with The UWI hosts the inaugural Latin America and Caribbean Congress for Conservation Biology (LACCCB 2018) under the theme, Rainforest to Reef: Strengthening Connections between the Caribbean and the Americas.

For conference rates and registration information visit https://lacccb2018.org/registration/.