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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 14 MAY, 2017
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UWI CALENDAR
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EVENTS
MAY – JULY 2017
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
May 19
Enter the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Youth
Advocacy Caribbean’s Digital Photography Competition
– Through the Lens of Caribbean Youth to highlight
development issues within the Caribbean region and win
big! The deadline for applications is May 19.
For full details and to view the rules, terms and conditions
for this competition, please visit their Facebook page SDG
Youth Advocacy Caribbean or
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SDGs-Conference.php
ENGINEERING IN DIVERSIFICATION
May 25
JFK Auditorium and
Max Richards Building
UWI St. Augustine
The Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing
Engineering (DMME) present their Conference and
Exhibition – a showcase of Capstone Projects developed
by final-year BSc students. The event takes place under
the theme, Engineering for Economic Diversification – It
highlights solutions in designing and building equipment
to aid the areas of: Motion and Dynamics, Agriculture and
Agro-Processing, Automotive Engineering, Environmental
Engineering, Controls and Automation, Thermodynamics
and Heat Transfer, Solar and Other Renewable Energy
Sources, Medical Engineering and Manufacturing with
Emphasis on CNC and Robotic Engineering.The exhibition
takes place from 8am to 5pm at JFK Auditorium and the
Conference from 9 to 11.30am at Lecture Theatre 1, Max
Richards Building.
For more information, please visit the Campus Events
Calendar at
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BE YOU. BE WE. BE UWI. – OPEN DAY
May 28
UWI St. Augustine
Get immersed in The UWI experience at Open Day under
the theme Be UWI. Patrons will get one-on-one access to
UWI academic experts at Faculty booths and staff will be
on hand to answer all your questions.
This is your chance to submit an on-site application for the
2017-2018 academic year so, do not miss out. The event
takes place from 9am to 6pm at the JFK Quadrangle and
Auditorium.
For updates and more,
please visit the Campus Events Calendar at
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NURSING LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM
June 5-7
UWI St. Augustine
TheUWI School of Nursing (UWISoN) presents theNursing
Leadership Symposium under the theme, Mission Possible:
Excellence in Nursing Practice. The keynote speech will be
given by the Honourable Terrence Deyalsingh, Minister of
Health, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. This workshop is
targeted to nursing students, nurses, nurse educators, nurse
leaders and administrators. The symposium takes place at
the Teaching and Learning Complex (TLC).
For more information, please visit
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DIPLOMACY FOR EVERYONE
June 5-6, 8-9
UWI St. Augustine
TheDiplomaticAcademy of the Caribbean (DAOC) presents
the following programmes this June:
• Summer Executive Programme for Young
Professionals: Protocol, Diplomacy & Business
Etiquette 101 – This programme takes place in two
sessions: June 5 to 6 and June 8 to 9 from 9am to
4pm at the DAOC and features facilitator Gail Guy,
Retired Diplomat and Protocol Consultant. The cost
is US$300.
• The Art of Corporate andDiplomatic Communication
– This training module takes place June 27 to 30 at
the DAOC with facilitator, Sharon Welsh, U.S based
Communications Consultant and Adjunct Professor
at Georgetown University. The cost is US$1,000. Early
bird registration – US$800.
For more information,
please visit the Campus Events Calendar at
BIENNIAL OIL AND GAS LAW
CONFERENCE
June 8-9
Hilton Trinidad Conference Centre
The Faculty of Law hosts their 2nd Biennial Oil and Gas Law
Conference which will address the current legal challenges
in the energy sector in light of the decline in oil prices and
how this scenario affects oil exploration agreements as well
as energy exploration and production. The Conference
takes place from 8am to 4pm (both days) at the Hilton
Trinidad Conference Centre. The themes for the two days
are: Exploring the legal framework for Oil and Gas Law and
The Trinidad Experience: Setting the Context and Lessons
Learnt respectively.
For more information,
please visit the Campus Events Calendar at
IGDS SUMMER SHORT COURSES
June 28-30, July 3-13
UWI St. Augustine
The Institute for Gender and Development Studies (IGDS),
St. Augustine Campus presents the following Summer 2017
short courses:
• June 28 to June 30 | Data Collection and Research
for Development Practice: Considering Gender and
Making People Visible with RamonGregorio of Lucent
Research
• July 3 to July 13 | Women, Gender and Lawwith Avian
Joseph Attorney-at-Law
For full details on registration and more,
please visit
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UWI GAMES 2017
May 24-June 2
Cave Hill Campus
Barbados
The UWI Games is the biennial competition among the St.
Augustine, Mona, Cave Hill and Open Campuses which go
to a different UWI Campus each time they are to be held at
The UWI Cave Hill Campus in Barbados. Approximately
500 athletes from across the Caribbean will take part in
Basketball, Football, Tennis, Swimming, Table Tennis, Track
and Field, Volleyball, Cricket, Netball and 6-a-side Hockey.
Competition in all sports will involve both male and female
participants except for Cricket and Netball, which will be
male only and female only respectively.
For more information, please visit
The UWI Games Facebook Page.
MS PROJECT 2013
WORKSHOP
May 23-26
UWI St. Augustine
The Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS), Computer Laboratory
presents the 4-day Project Management using MS Project
2013 Workshop with facilitator, Kelvin Mapp. The
workshop takes place from 9am to 3.30pm at FSS Computer
Laboratory. The cost is TT$6,000.
For more information, please call 645-7856,
662-2002 ext. 83559 or email
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