February 2012


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UWI Calendar February - June 2012

T-20 Knockout Competition
26 January-30 March
UWI St. Augustine

The UWI St. Augustine Campus continues its T-20 Knockout competition. All matches begin at 7pm on Thursdays and Fridays and will be played at the Sir Frank Worrell Cricket Ground at UWI SPEC under lights.
Upcoming Matches:

Final Preliminary

  • Central Sports vs. Preysal – March 1st

Quarter Finals (4)

  • Quarter Final 1 – March 2nd
  • Quarter Final 2 – March 8th
  • Quarter Final 3 – March 9th
  • Quarter Final 4 – March 15th

Semi Final 1 – March 22nd
Semi Final 2 – March 23rd
Final – March 30th

For further information, please contact Dr. Trevor Alleyne at 360-0565, 662-9294, 645-7761, 645-2640-9 Ext. 4642/4643, or 662-1873, or via e-mail at trevor.alleyne@sta.uwi.edu


World of Work (WOW) 2012
11 February-23 March, 2012
UWI St. Augustine

It’s time, once again, for the annual World of Work (WOW) programme, hosted by The UWI, the UWI Alumni Association (UWIAA) and Republic Bank Ltd.

WOW 2012 Schedule

  • WOW Seminar – 11 February
  • WOW Mock interviews – Faculties of Science and Agriculture, Medical Sciences and Engineering – 3 March
  • WOW Mock interviews – Faculties of Humanities and Education and Social Sciences – 10 March
  • WOW Recruitment fair – 22-23 March

For further information, please contact Mr Chandar Gupta Supersad at 662-2002 ext. 2360, or via email at Chandar.Supersad@sta.uwi.edu.


IGDS Public Lecture
14 March, 2012
Daaga Auditorium
UWI St. Augustine

In commemoration of International Women’s Day, the Institute for Gender and Development Studies (IGDS) hosts a public lecture by Dr. Martina Rieker, Director of the Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies at the American University, Cairo. The IGDS will also launch its research project, undertaken in collaboration with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Canadian High Commission, titled “Politics, Power and Gender Justice in the Anglophone Caribbean: Women’s Understandings of Politics, Experiences of Political Contestation and the Possibilities for Gender Transformation.”

For further information, please contact the IGDS at 662-20023 ext. 83573, or via e-mail at igds.politics@gmail.com.


Nation Dance
16 March-1 April, 2012

Continuing in the 25-year tradition of The UWI’s Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA), this year’s Production II class will mount “Nation Dance.” This unique performance is a collaborative production between DCFA and various communities in Trinidad and Tobago, in celebration of the nation’s 50th anniversary of independence.
Nation Dance Schedule

  • 16 March – Naparima Hill, San Fernando
  • 17 March – QRC Grounds, St. Clair
  • 18 March – Temple in the Sea Grounds, Waterloo
  • 23 March – Desperadoes Pan Theatre, Laventille
  • 24 March – Golden Lane, Tobago
  • 25 March – Pembroke Heritage Park, Tobago
  • 30 March – Calvary Hill, Arima
  • 31 March – DCFA, UWI
  • 1 April – DCFA, UWI

For further information, please contact Marissa Brooks at Marissa.Brooks@sta.uwi.edu or Roberta Quarless at 663-2222 or Roberta.Quarless@sta.uwi.edu.


Distinguished Leadership and Innovation Conference 2012
29 March, 2012
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Port of Spain

The Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business (ALJGSB) features internationally acclaimed author, Malcom Gladwell, at the 10th installment of its Distinguished Leadership and Innovation Conference (DLIC).

Themed “What Makes the Great Ones Great?” this conference aims to positively reshape business and society.

For further information, please contact ALJGSB at 662-9894 ext. 299, or via email at conferencing@lokjackgsb.edu.tt.


DCFA 25th Anniversary celebrations
1-28 April, 2012
UWI St. Augustine

The Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA) celebrates its 25th Anniversary with a series of events, including concerts and a tour to Barbados.

DCFA 25th Anniversary schedule of events

  1. Percussion Ensembles in Concert
    1 April, 2012
    Daaga Auditorium
    UWI St. Augustine
    This concert features the UWI Percussion Ensemble and the UWI Drumming Ensemble. This concert is carded for 6 pm.

  2. UWI Arts Chorale and UWI Steel Tour to Barbados
    7-15 April, 2012
    Barbados
    The UWI Arts Chorale and UWI Steel visit Barbados and perform at the Frank Collymore Hall and the UWI Cave Hill Campus.

  3. UWI Guitar Ensemble in Concert
    21 April, 2012
    Department of Creative and Festival Arts, Gordon Street, St. Augustine
    This concert begins at 4 pm and features a guitar ensemble repertoire.

  4. Music of the Diaspora
    28 April, 2012
    Daaga Auditorium
    UWI St. Augustine
    Music of the Diaspora begins at 6 pm. It incorporates a variety of the Department’s musical groups, including the UWI Intermediate Steel Ensemble, the UWI Indian Classical Ensemble and the UWI Caribbean Contemporary Ensemble.

For further information, please contact Josette Surrey-Lezama at 645-0873, or via e-mail at Josette.Surrey-Lezama@sta.uwi.edu.


SALALM LVII Conference
16-19 June, 2012
Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

The Alma Jordan Library hosts the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM) LVII Conference. This conference follows the theme “Popular Culture: Arts and Social Change in Latin America.”

For further information, please contact Ms Elmelinda Lara, SALALM Conference Coordinator, at 662-2002 Ext 83414, or via e-mail at elmelinda.lara@sta.uwi.edu.


5th European Conference of Poeciliid Biologists
25-28 June, 2012
Daaga Auditorium
UWI St. Augustine

The Department of Life Sciences hosts the 5th European Conference of Poeciliid Biologists. This conference is held every two years and this year, for the first time since its inception, it will be held outside of Europe. Approximately 100 delegates from USA, Canada, Mexico, South America, Britain, Europe, India and Australia will visit The UWI St. Augustine Campus to attend the conference, scheduled to take place from 8 am-5.30 pm each day.

For further information, please contact Dr Amy Deacon or Professor Indar Ramnarine via e-mail at poeciliid2012@sta.uwi.edu.