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UWI Calendar September 2011 - October 2011

UWI/Guardian Life Premium Open Lecture 2011
30 September, 2011
Daaga Auditorium
UWI St. Augustine Campus

The Instructional Development Unit at The UWI collaborates with Guardian Life of the Caribbean Ltd, to host the UWI/Guardian Life Premium Open Lecture 2011. This lecture is themed Maximum Impact: Using Feedback to Drive Assessment, and will feature key speaker Dr. Maryellen Weimer, Professor Emeritus of Teaching and Learning at Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA.

For further information, please contact the Instructional Development Unit at 662-2002 ext. 82611, or via e-mail at idu@sta.uwi.edu.

30th Annual West Indian Literature Conference
13-15 October, 2011

The UWI Department of Liberal Arts hosts the 30th Annual West Indian Literature Conference, themed “I Dream to Change the World”: Literature and Social Transformation. This conference will take place from the 13th-15th October, 2011.

For further information, please contact Dr. Geraldine Skeete at Geraldine.Skeete@sta.uwi.edu, or Dr. Giselle Rampaul at Giselle.Rampaul@sta.uwi.edu.

COTE 2011
5-8 October, 2011
Learning Resource Centre
UWI St Augustine Campus

This year’s Conference of the Economy (COTE 2011) pays tribute to Dr. Eric St. Cyr, a former Lecturer and Head of the Department of Economics. It will focus on the challenges facing regional economies as these seek to establish a path to sustainable growth and development in the existing volatile economic environment. COTE 2011 will highlight the key economic, and related developmental issues facing the region in this context.

For further information, please contact The Department of Economics at 662 2002 ext. 83231, 83582, or via e-mail at uwi.cote@gmail.com.

UWI St. Augustine Graduation 2011
27-29 October, 2011
SPEC
UWI St Augustine Campus

Thursday 27th October, 2011:

  • 10 am – STRICTLY for graduands of the Faculty of Science & Agriculture/Pure & Applied Sciences
  • 4 pm – STRICTLY for graduands of the Faculties of Engineering & Law

Friday 28th October, 2011:

  • 10 am – STRICTLY for Undergraduate graduands of the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) with surnames beginning with the letters A-L and graduands of the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business (ALJGSB)
  • 4 pm – STRICTLY for FSS Undergraduate graduands with surnames beginning with the letters M-Z and Postgraduate graduands from the Departments of Management Studies, Economics, Behavioural Sciences, Institute of International Relations and Centre for Gender & Development Studies

Saturday 29th October, 2011:

  • 10 am – STRICTLY for graduands of the Faculty of Humanities and Education
  • 4 pm – STRICTLY for graduands of the Faculty of Medical Sciences

For further information, please contact Examinations at 662-2002 ext 82155 or 83008 or via e-mail at exams@sta.uwi.edu

Women in Leadership Conference 2011
18 October, 2011
Hyatt Regency Trinidad

The Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business hosts another instalment in its Women in Leadership Series, the Women in Leadership Conference 2011: Advancing Women in Business. This conference features world renowned speakers, Dr. Carol Kinsey Goman and Dr. Lois Frankel, and aims to offer insight into how women can excel in the workplace and assume even greater leadership roles.

For further information, please e-mail conferencing@gsb.tt.

International Half-Marathon
30 October, 2011
SPEC
UWI St. Augustine Campus

The UWI St. Augustine Campus will once again host its signature UWI SPEC International Half-Marathon sponsored by First Citizens.

This year the 13.1 mile route of the Half-Marathon remains unchanged. The race will continue along the traffic-free Priority Bus Route (PBR) to the La Resource junction in D’Abadie, before doubling back to UWI SPEC. The course will be complete with markers and water stops at every mile for the running convenience of the athletes from around the world including the Caribbean, USA, Latin America and Europe.

For further information, please call 662-2002 ext. 83771, 82660, 83556 or 83571 or e-mail specinfo@sta.uwi.edu.