UWI Calendar September 2011 - October 2011
UWI LIFE
August/September, 2011
Sport & Physical Education Centre (SPEC)
UWI St. Augustine Campus
Show your true colours! Be part of the UWI life orientation experience! Join us at UWI Sport & Physical Education Centre (SPEC) for:
- Monday 29th August at 5pm
UWI Life Support for parents, guardians, spouses of first year undergraduate and postgraduate students ONLY
- Friday 2nd September at 9am
UWI Life Student for first-year, full-time undergraduate students ONLY
- Saturday 3rd September at 9am
UWI Life Extension for first year part time, evening, mature undergraduate students ONLY
- Saturday 3rd September at 1pm
UWI Life Postgraduate for first year postgraduate students ONLY
For more information on UWI Life 2011 and orientation activities:
Log on to: www.sta.uwi.edu/uwilife
Join: UWI St. Augustine on Facebook
Email: uwilife@sta.uwi.edu
Human Resource Management
7 September, 2011
Office of the Campus Principal
UWI St. Augustine Campus
Dr. Roland G. Baptiste, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Management Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, The UWI, will launch his new book, “Human Resource Management: A Reader for Students and Practitioners.” This book will contribute to Caribbean scholarship in the area of Human Resource Management by adding to the small body of empirical Human Resource Studies conducted in Trinidad and Tobago.
The book will be available in all major book stores as well as the UWI Bookshop following its release.
For further information, contact Dr. Baptiste at 662-2002 ext. 83301.
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 visit www.gloc.biz, or contact the IDU at 662-2002 ext. 82611, or via e-mail at idu@sta.uwi.edu, or e-mail guardianlife@gloc.biz or ghl@guardianholdings.com.
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.
Welcome to UWI
Orientation 2011
MEET & GREET
(Airport Greeting for all Non-Nationals both Regional/International)
15th AUGUST – 26th AUGUST
CAMPUS TOURS
(Faculty Tours for all new first year students)
22nd AUGUST – 2nd SEPTEMBER
CHECK IN
(Orientation Event for all Non-Nationals both Regional/International)
27th AUGUST – 28th AUGUST
WELCOME HOME
(Halls of Residence Orientation Events)
29th AUGUST – 1st SEPTEMBER
KNOW YOUR FACULTY
(Faculty Orientation Events)
- Faculty of Engineering: 29th AUGUST
- Faculty of Humanities & Education: 29th AUGUST
- Faculty of Social Sciences: 2nd – 3rd SEPTEMBER
- Faculty of Medical Sciences: 5th SEPTEMBER
- Faculty of Science & Agriculture: 8th SEPTEMBER
KNOW YOUR LIBRARY
(Library Orientation Events)
- International Relations Library: 30th AUGUST
- Medical Sciences Library: 5th SEPTEMBER – 9th SEPTEMBER
- Alma Jordan Library: 5th SEPTEMBER – 14th SEPTEMBER
UWI LIFE
(UWI Administration Orientation Events)
- UWI Life Support: 29th AUGUST
- UWI Life Student: 2nd SEPTEMBER
- UWI Life Extension: 3rd SEPTEMBER
- UWI Life Postgraduate: 3rd SEPTEMBER
UWI GUILD FEST
(The Guild of Students Orientation Events)
1st SEPTEMBER – 8th SEPTEMBER
INTRODUCTION TO HIGHER LEARNING
(Postgraduate Orientation Workshops)
8th, 13th & 14th SEPTEMBER
HEALTH & WELL-BEING
(Health Services Unit Orientation Workshops)
5th SEPTEMBER – 7th SEPTEMBER
THE PARADIGM SHIFT
(Learning Management Seminar for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students)
10th & 13th SEPTEMBER
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