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UWI Calendar September - November 2013Marketing and eBusiness Workshop The Internationalisation of SMEs – Marketing and eBusiness Workshop is being hosted by the Caribbean Centre for Competitiveness. It will cover two important components of internationalisation of businesses and use a combination of exercises and searches for knowledge to transfer information. The target participants will be SMEs who are already exporting regionally (within the Caribbean) and/or positioning themselves in the international market, policy makers supporting internationalization of SMEs and University professors and researchers working in related areas. Registration: US$50 For more information, please contact: 224-3715; ccfc@sta.uwi.edu; or visit: www.uwi.edu/ccfc The Welcome At the beginning of each academic year, The UWI hosts a Matriculation Ceremony for its new students. It is an important annual academic ritual, its significance being that it is the platform on which new students are officially initiated into and recognised as members of the University's academic community. This is a momentous occasion for the University and its new students, as it is the only time during the academic year, apart from the Graduation Ceremony, that a full academic procession takes place. For more information, please contact: Student Affairs (Admissions) at 662-2002 ext.82154, 82157, or admis@sta.uwi.edu. Celebrating 3Cs UWI Research Expo Research that has made a difference will be showcased at the Research Expo, where interactive displays will feature work in the arts and sciences done by UWI staff and students. A Symposium on ‘Research, Enterprise and Impact’ will also be held at the Learning Resource Centre. There will be mini-workshops, book readings, concerts, special tours, film screenings and a gift shop where UWI products including UWI Press publications, chocolates and plants will be on sale. On Saturday 5, members of the public are welcome to enjoy The UWI Market Place and Children’s Fun Park. For more information please contact: Anna Walcott-Hardy at 662-2002 ext. 84451 or email: uwiresearchexpo@sta.uwi.edu. UWIAA Distinguished Alumni Awards 25 special UWI Alumni Awards will be presented on November 2, 2013, to celebrate The University of the West Indies Alumni Association’s 25th anniversary year. All alumni of The UWI (degrees, diplomas, certificates) graduating between the 1960s and the present are eligible, EXCEPT current or retired full-time members of staff, and members of the current executive of the Alumni Association Chapter. Posthumous awards will not be made. For more information, please contact: UWI Alumni Association, Trinidad & Tobago Chapter trinidad.tobago@alumni.uwi.edu SRC Open House 60 years of Science & Safety: The UWI Seismic Research Centre invites the public to a free Open House on the last Thursday of every month at the Centre on Gordon Street, St. Augustine. Each-90 minute session includes a tour of the Centre, demonstrations on earthquake and volcano monitoring techniques, safety and preparedness tips and information material. Time slots: 2pm, 3pm and 4.30pm. 13 years and over. Space is limited. For reservations and details call 662-4659 or email info@uwiseismic.com Gender Transformations Under the auspices of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies (IGDS), Regional Coordinating Unit, Mona, the St. Augustine Campus hosts the 20th Anniversary Conference on Gender Transformations in the Caribbean. The aim of the three-day regional conference is to map the legacy of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary discourses in the areas of Caribbean and diasporic research on gender. For more information contact: IGDS at 662 2002 ext. 83573/83577, or igdssau2013@sta.uwi.edu |
