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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 14 OCTOBER, 2018
CAMPUS NEWS
September and October are always
full of energy
atThe UWI as the start of
the new term brings with it fresh faces
now embarking on their university
journey. Students from Trinidad and
Tobago joined students from many
other countries including Guyana,
Jamaica, Barbados, Grenada, Dominica
and St Lucia in an outpouring of
activities in the first week of term,
showing the true spirit of The UWI as
a regional institution.
To welcome and help orient all new
students, The UWI organised the First
Year Experience (FYE) programme, a
holistic compilation of all orientation
events which embraced every aspect
of university life. This included airport
greetings, campus tours, different
faculty orientations and a “UWI Clicks
Workshop” to introduce students to the
university’s website, student portal and
online resources.
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Matriculation ceremony at The UWI
Sport and Physical Education Centre
officially welcomed new students,
chaired by newly appointed Acting
Registrar DavidMoses. Jerry Medford,
President of The UWI Alumni
Association (T&T Chapter) welcomed
new students while Campus Principal
Professor Brian Copeland challenged
students to become innovators through
entrepreneurship. The UWI Arts
Chorale of the Department of Creative
and Festival Arts entertained students
with a beautiful performance of the
University Song, led by Senior Lecturer
Jessel Murray.
Fun-filled GuildFest activities
from September 3–7 drew many
“Freshers” and returning students to
the library quadrangle and other parts
of campus. There were lively club
booths offering membership to a wide
variety of clubs and interests, fromThe
Biological Society (with displays of live
Welcome
This year for the first time,
there will be a new relay team
category in the popular UWI SPEC International Half-Marathon, a
13.1-mile (21.08 km) race fromUWI to D’Abadie and back. Set to
take place at the end of the month on Sunday, October 28, the
relay category involves teams of four people, with each runner
having to complete one part of the race.
Sponsored by First Citizens bank, the race starts at 5.30 am
fromTheUWI Sports and Education Centre (SPEC) and continues
along the Priority Bus Route to the La Resource junction in
D’Abadie, before doubling back to the UWI SPEC.
The race, now in its 15th year, has a mental health theme
this year:“EachMindMatters.”Participation has grown from300
when the Half Marathon began in 2004 to over 1,200 in 2017.
The Half Marathon course will have markers and water stops
at every mile for the running convenience of the athletes from
around the world, including from the Caribbean, USA, Latin
America and Europe.
This year, therewill be overTT$135,000.00 inprizes, including
specific categories for UWI students and staff, university students,
and wheelchair as well as physically challenged competitors.
Registration for the Half Marathon began on August
15. Registration continues until October 23, and is all
online, done at the site:
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registration/?eid=149. Therewill be no registration on the actual
day of the race.
Registration rates are as follows:
Age Group 15-19:..................................................................$75.00 TTD
Early Bird (Aug. 15 – Sept. 15):....................................... $120.00 TTD
Regular (Sept 16 – Oct 15):............................................. $150.00 TTD
Late (Oct 16 – 23rd Oct 23):............................................ $170.00 TTD
Regional and international participants:......................$50.00 USD
For more information
, please visit the
website
or call (868) 645-9239 or (868) 662-2002
ext. 83808, 83771, 82660, 83556 or 83571
or e-mail
WE DID IT!
When you’ve completed a Half Marathon, there’s a great sense of
accomplishment. Here are some participants who completed the course in 2016.
This year’s event is on Sunday, October 28.
PHOTO: ANEEL KARIM
NEW RELAY OPTION
forHALFMARATHON
owls courtesy the El Socorro Centre
for Wildlife Conservation), to The
UWI Dance Club, the Hindu Society,
and many other religious, scientific,
recreational and cultural groups.
The week of GuildFest “Freshers”
action included cultural shows, a
talent night, a Hall Spirit night, a most
delicious Caribbean food festival called
“Taste UWI – A Fusion of Flava”, and
a colourful Parade of Nations which
ended in a carnivalesque impromptu
jump-up by enthusiastic and patriotic
students, several wrapped in their
country’s flags. A Fresher’s Fete at the
end of the week crowned it all off.
Here are some candid shots from
the first couple weeks of term on
campus.
Part of the academic procession at the Matriculation cere
New students from different islands and nations at the Parade of Nations on Sept. 4.
Energetic African dance by a UWI Dance Club member
on Sept. 3.
PHOTO: ANN ALI
