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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 1ST MARCH, 2015
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UWI Calendar
of
Events
March–April 2015
Film Screenings
March
6.30pm
Film Programme Building Studio
12 Carmody Road
St. Augustine
The “T&T-Indian Cine-Club,” a collaboration among the
Film Programme at The UWI, the High Commission of
India, and the Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Cultural
Co-operation, will be screening ‘Bhuvan Shome’ Mrinal
Sen, (1969) on March 2, ‘Pardes’ “Foreign Land,” Subhash
Ghai, (1997) on March 16, and ‘Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam ‘
“The Master, The Wife and the Slave,” Abrar Alvi, (1962)
on March 30.
To see the full schedule of the film series,
please visit the Campus Events Calendar
at
Poverty and Opportunity
March 26, 2015
9am-4pm
Faculty of Social Sciences Lounge
UWI St. Augustine
The Faculty of Social Sciences, Sociology Unit presents
the Sociology Unit’s Conference on Poverty and
Opportunity. Registration will take place on the day
from 8-9am. Registration fees are as followed: Public and
UWI staff - $60; UWI Students (with ID): $25; Secondary
schools: 5 students free; additional students $10.
To see the event’s flyer and get more details,
please visit the Campus Events Calendar at
UWI T20 Cricket
Semi-Finals & Finals
April 3, 2015
Sir Frank Worrell
Cricket Ground,
UWI SPEC
St. Augustine
The UWI presents the 3rd annual T20 National
Competition.
Semi-Finals happen at the re-scheduled dates:
Semifinal 1: Friday April 3 at 2pm –
Moosai vs Clarke Road
Semifinal 2: Friday April 3 at 6pm –
Merry Boys vs Club Crusoe (of Tobago)
Finals: Saturday April 4
To see the event’s flyer and get more details,
please visit the Campus Events Calendar at
TOWARDS SOCIAL INTEGRATION
April 23-24
8am-7pm
Learning Resource Centre
UWI St. Augustine
The Network and Outreach for Disabilities Education
and Sensitization (NODES) and the Disability Studies
Unit of The UWI will host the conference, Towards Social
Integration: Rights, Roles, Recognition of Persons with
Disabilities at the Learning Resource Centre. Registration
begins at 8am on April 23.
For further information please contact
Dr Jean Antoine at
or telephone 662-2002, ext. 83021
THE CARIBBEAN TODAY
April 9-10
Learning Resource Centre
UWI St. Augustine
The Department of Behavioural Science at The UWI
hosts a postgraduate conference, “The Caribbean Today:
Facing challenges and assessing opportunities through
postgraduate research.” Papers can be submitted by
February 20. This two-day conference aims to highlight
the wide range of research on contemporary issues
facing Caribbean societies as well as possible solutions
and recommendations as viewed through the lens of the
next generation of Caribbean scholars – the postgraduate
students in the Behavioural Sciences and also from the
wider UWI community.
For further information,
email:
WOW Recruitment Fair
March 26 (Vacation)
March 27 (Graduate)
9am-2pm
UWI SPEC
St. Augustine
The UWI and Republic Bank Ltd host the
“World of Work
Recruitment Fair.”
The World of Work Recruitment Fair
forms part of theWorld ofWork (WOW) schedule of events
for 2015 for final year students and offers them a chance to
submit resumes for vacation employment.
For more information, please visit the
Campus Events Calendar at
Basic Surgical Skills Workshop
March 29-30, 2015
Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex,
Mt. Hope
The UWI Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences in
conjunction with the Royal College of Surgeons host
“Basic Surgical Skills (Intercollegiate BSS)Workshop.” This
workshop costs US$1500 or TT$9000.
For more information, please contact
Ms. Melrose Yearwood: 1 (868) 645-3232
or 1 (868) 662-7028 ext. 2864. Fax: 1 (868) 663-4319.
Email:
,
or visit the Campus Events Calendar at
Delivered or Denied
March 3, 2015
6.30pm
Daaga Auditorium,
UWI St. Augustine
The UWI, St. Augustine hosts
a Distinguished Open Lecture
by Dr. The Honourable Kenny
Anthony, Prime Minister of St.
Lucia on the topic, “Delivered
or Denied: Integration’s Costs
and Benefits.”
To see the event’s flyer and get more details,
please visit the Campus Events Calendar at
Life Sciences Research Symposium
March 16-20, 2015
Teaching and Learning Complex, Room D,
UWI St. Augustine
TheDepartment of Life Sciences atTheUWI will be hosting
its 5th Annual Research Symposium named “Sustainable
Development.” Participating departments include Life
Sciences, Mathematics, Computing and Information
Technology, Physics. Posters are available for viewing at
the Natural Sciences Conference Room, Faculty of Science
and Technology Ground Floor 9am till 3pm from March
16 to 18. Seminars, outreach booth, mini exhibits and oral
presentations will take place from 8am till 5pm on March
19 and 20.
To see the event’s flyer and get more details,
please visit the Campus Events Calendar at
