January 2011


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UWI Calendar January 2011 - March 2011

World of Work (WOW) 2011
26 January-18 March, 2011
UWI St. Augustine

It’s time, once again, for the annual World of Work (WOW) programme, hosted by The UWI, the UWI Alumni Association (UWIAA) and Republic Bank Ltd.

WOW 2011 Schedule

  • WOW Registration – 26 January-2 February
  • WOW Interview preparation – 3 February
  • WOW Seminar – 5 February
  • WOW Mock interviews – Faculties of Science and Agriculture, Medical Sciences and Engineering – 12 February
  • WOW Mock interviews – Faculties of Humanities and Education and Social Sciences - 19 February
  • WOW Recruitment fair – 17-18 March

For further information, please contact Mr Chandar Gupta Supersad at 662-2002 ext. 2360, or via email at Chandar.Supersad@sta.uwi.edu.

UWI Fete
Sunday 6 February, 2011
Grounds of the Office of the Campus Principal,
UWI St. Augustine

After a sell-out year in 2010, the UWI FETE, the original all-inclusive, celebrates 21 years when the UWI family will journey from China, the 2010 theme, to India. At UWI Fete 2011, guests will be welcomed to Bollywood.

For further information, please contact Dennis Ramdeen, Chairman, UWI Fete, at 329-2777.

Th?nk – Carnival and Multiculturalism
Friday 11 February, 2011
9am-3pm
CLL (Centre for Language Learning)

The inaugural Th?nk forum will examine the Trinidad Carnival Complex as a jumping off point to explore the development of a multicultural policy.

The Th?nk series is aimed at interrogating/questioning/inverting the tried and tested paradigms about the cultural sector that have gone uncontested and/or have not been effective in the past. Registration - $60

For further information, please contact Marissa Brooks at the Department of Creative and Festival Arts, at marissa.brooks@sta.uwi.edu or Tel: (868) 662-2002 ext.3792

The Old Yard
Sunday 27 February, 2011
Noon
The Gayelle, DCFA, Agostini Street, St. Augustine

DCFA, will be hosting The Old Yard (formerly Viey La Cou) in the form of an actual yard, complete with an architectural style reminiscent of long ago. this event promises to offer a dynamic mix of a journey into cultural history and a carnival masquerade showcase within the format of a heritage fair.

For further information, please contact Marissa Brooks at the Department of Creative and Festival Arts, at marissa.brooks@sta.uwi.edu or Tel: (868) 662-2002 ext.3792

Jouvay Ayiti
January-March 2011
Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA)
UWI St. Augustine

The Faculty of Humanities and Education will present a transformative Carnival Project: Jouvay Ayiti: Transformation through Celebration, Celebrating Haiti’s Past, Encouraging Her Future. Jouvay Ayiti approaches the task of creating a discussion of Haiti amongst the national community through five main experiences:

  • A small Carnival band of individual characters that will take part in 2011 regional carnival competitions under the theme: ‘Haiti: Gods, Villains and Heroes.’
  • A Haitian RaRa band within “The Old Yard”
  • A Jouvay band that references historical and contemporary realities of Haiti
  • A virtual mas camp
  • A theatrical production

For further information, please contact Marissa Brooks at the Department of Creative and Festival Arts, at marissa.brooks@sta.uwi.edu or Tel: (868) 662-2002 ext.3792

CLL Open House
25-26 March, 2011
Centre for Language Learning
UWI St. Augustine

The UWI Centre for Language Learning (CLL) will host its second triennial Open House, themed ‘Go global. Learn a language.’ At this Open House, students will find out how they can learn up to 10 foreign languages with the CLL, including Hindi, Italian, French, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese. The event will underscore the importance of foreign language proficiency for global citizenship, with cultural displays and activities.

For further information, please contact Vanessa Williams at 662-2002 ext. 3896, or via email at vanessa.williams@sta.uwi.edu.

Leadership and Innovation
Friday 25 March, 2011
8.30am-5.30pm
Hyatt Regency, Port of Spain, T&T

The Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business presents Professor Michael E. Porter as the feature speaker for its Distinguished Leadership and Innovation Conference 2011.

Professor Porter is the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard Business School, and is an authority on competitive strategy, the competitiveness and economic development of nations, states, and regions, and the application of competitive principles to social problems such as health care, the environment, and corporate responsibility.

For further information, please contact the conference team at 645-6700 ext 299, or via email at conferencing@lokjackgsb.org, or conferencing@gsb.tt.