Staff Notices

The International Office hosts the fourth instalment of International Week or iWeek under the theme, Technology, Art and Culture: The Caribbean Potential.

Look out for a series of educational, cultural and recreational events designed to foster interest in our global community as follows:

January 21 to February 8 | Student Art Competition:

• All registered students are invited to create a painting that showcases their interpretation of the topic, UWI 2050: An artistic depiction of what the UWI student sees as the future of the University.

• Entrants will be required to submit a photo of their piece, the photo will be shared on the International Office’s social media pages for followers to vote for their favourite piece. Voting will be open from February 11 to 14. The 1^st prize is  (1) return ticket to Miami or New York  on American Airlines! 

January 31 | Study Abroad Fair | 10am to12.45pm, Learning Resource Centre (LRC) Greens) – Learn about Mobility opportunities available to staff and students.

January 31 | Global Citizenship Dialogue | 1 to 3.30pm, Learning Resource Centre (LRC) Auditorium. Look out for a Q&A with featured guest, Kheston Walkins (see more info below), a neuroscientist with a background in neurophysiology, cancer and experimental neuroscience.

February 1 | International Dress Day for UWI staff only:

• Departments and offices are invited to select a ‘technologically savvy’ country from the following regions: Africa, Europe, The Americas, Oceania, Asia, and dress to represent the country’s native attire. The host has defined ‘technologically savvy’ country as one that has a high usage and/or creation of technology.

• Participating departments are required to take a photo and submit to the International Office By emailing Incoming.Mobility@sta.uwi.edu. Submissions will be posted on the International Office’s social media pages: https://www.facebook.com/UWIInternationalOffice for persons to vote for their favourite.

February 1 | Technology Display | 11.30am to 2.30pm, JFK Quadrangle | Look out for a display of  UWI faculties’ technological achievements as well as new technology from leading local tech companies such as Nerds International, Allegori – MindArt, Niherst and Huawei T&T. All are invited. Special Feature: Create Art with your Mind at the MindArt Session with Allegori (hyperlinked) and UWI PhD Student Kheston Walkins. MindArt is an interactive experience where users' memories become generative art for stretched canvas, using EEG (electroencephalography). Pre-register by paying the $150 fee to the account number: 29039-5507-5501-3 at the Cashier’s desk during business hours at the Campus Bursary. 

About Kheston Walkins

He studied Neuroscience out of the University of Sussex in Brighton England and is a PhD candidate in Molecular Genetics at The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. He is currently patenting a tool for data driven cancer diagnosis. He has over 7 years’ experience in marketing and interactive advertising.

Walkins created MindArt which is a product/ service where brain activity is turned into art. Effectively turning your memories into a tangible piece for memorabilia.

He is also young entrepreneur from Trinidad and Tobago who was selected to attend the Young Leaders of the America’s Initiative, 2016 (YLAI) by the United States Department. This was an initiative of President Barack Obama that brought together Social and Business Entrepreneurs from across Latin America and the Caribbean.