March 2015


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UWI Calendar 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 www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar

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 www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar

Life Sciences Research Symposium
March 16-20, 2015
Teaching and Learning Complex, Room D,
UWI St. Augustine

The Department of Life Sciences at The UWI 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.

For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar

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.

For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar

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 the World of Work (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 www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar

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: melrose.yearwood@sta.uwi.edu, or visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar

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

For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar

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 jean.antoine@sta.uwi.edu 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: dbsconference@sta.uwi.edu