February 2014
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UWI Calendar January 2014 - April 2014The Old Yard The UWI’s Department of Creative and Festival Arts presents its carnival heritage fair and showcase for Carnival, “The Old Yard”, a meeting of the masquerade traditions. The Old Yard, which begins at noon, offers a showcase of carnival masquerade traditions of Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean and the Americas as a way of extending these traditions beyond their historical location and stimulating contemporary imaginations. For more information, please contact Mr. Joseph Drayton at 645-1955, or Joseph.Drayton@sta.uwi.edu Annual Student Production: Same Khaki Pants Dr Efebo Wilkinson’s award-winning play, “Same Khaki Pants,” will be produced by The UWI and opens on April 3 at the Learning Resource Centre at the St Augustine Campus where it runs until April 6. It will then move to the Little Carib Theatre for the weekend of April 10-13. Please note that showtimes are all at 8pm, except for Sundays when they are at 6pm. For more information, please contact the Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA) at 663-2222 or 662-2002 ext. 82510 TEN For more information, please contact the Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA) at 663-2222 or 662-2002 ext. 82510 UWI Guitar Ensemble in Concert For more information, please contact the Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA) at 663-2222 or 662-2002 ext. 82510 Music of the Diaspora This is a concert event featuring the UWI Intermediate Steel Ensemble and UWI Indian Classical Ensemble. For more information, please contact the Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA) at 663-2222 or 662-2002 ext. 82510 Daniel Pink Distinguished Leadership and Innovation Conference (DLIC) April 10, 2014 Hyatt Regency, POS The Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business (ALJGSB) hosts its 12th annual Distinguished Leadership and Innovation Conference (DLIC) at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Daniel Pink is the speaker. For more information, please visit http://sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar/event.asp?id=2074 Ophthalmic Ultrasound Workshop The Ophthalmology Unit of the Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences, in conjunction with the Department of Ophthalmic Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, presents a 2-day ophthalmologic ultrasound workshop titled “Ophthalmic Ultrasonography,” at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope. Registration runs until March 7, 2014. For more information, please visit http://sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar/event.asp?id=2072 World of Work 2014 The World of Work (WOW) programme is an initiative of The UWI and Republic Bank geared primarily towards equipping final year UWI students with the necessary tools for succeeding in today’s work environment. The Recruitment Fair will cater to non-final year students seeking vacation employment on the first day and the second day is dedicated to final year students only. For more information, please visit http://sta.uwi.edu/news/wow Discover Series The University of the West Indies takes you on a journey of exploring the emerging markets of India and Brazil in The UWI’s Discover Series – a study tour that provides an immersion in the culture, history, politics, architecture and people of these promising economies – led by expert academic tour guides. Application deadline for both study tours is February 28, 2014. For more information, please visit http://sta.uwi.edu/discover/ |