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February 2015
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UWI Calendar February - March 2015 Pakeezah Screening The "T&T-Indian Cine-Club", a collaboration between the Film Programme at The University of the West Indies, The High Commission of India, and The Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Cultural Co-operation, will be screening 'Pakeezah' (“The Pure One,” Kamal Amrohi, (1972) at 6.30pm at the Film Programme Building Studio, #12 Carmody Road. The films will be introduced by film experts, including faculty from the UWI Film Programme. To see the full schedule of the film series, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar World of Work 2015 The Office of Student Advisory Services hosts the “Interview Preparation/Networking Theory Workshop” and Seminar on the 5th and 7th respectively. These form part of the World of Work (WOW) schedule of events for 2015 for final year students. The UWI and Republic Bank World of Work (WOW) programme is an initiative geared primarily toward equipping final year UWI students with the necessary tools for succeeding in today’s work environment. For more information, please visit www.sta.uwi.edu/wow Calypso & Ole Mas The Social & Cultural Committee of the UWI Credit Union will be hosting its 25th Annual Calypso & Ole Mas Competition from 6pm to midnight at the Car Park of the Dudley Huggins Building in the Faculty of Food & Agriculture. For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar Old Yard 2015 Before there was pretty mas there was ole mas and the UWI’s Department of Creative and Festival Arts invites you to the annual carnival showcase, “The Old Yard” at noon. Witness portrayals of our very own traditional Carnival characters including Bats, Minstrels and Burrokeets, Midnight Robber, Dame Lorraine among others. Tickets for the Old Yard priced at $50 for adults and $30 for children. There is also a “Lagniappe” package for $100, which includes the entrance fee, a mini meal, and a mas making corner among other things. For more info contact: 663-2222, 662-2002 ext. 82510/ 83792 or email Roberta.Quarless@sta.uwi.edu or call 645-1955 or email joseph.drayton@sta.uwi.edu For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar Advanced Genomics The JCVI Genome Center for Infectious Diseases (GCID) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) present "Workshop on Advanced Genomics, Metagenomics and Bioinformatics" from 8am-6pm. Interactive online participation is also available. Deadline for submission of applications is Thursday February 5, 2015. For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar The Caribbean Man The Caribbean Man – A Tribute to Black Stalin will be a benefit concert that not only showcases the range, versatility and talents of Roy Cape and his band, All Stars, but will also present many veterans and upcoming artistes of Trinidad and Tobago’s music industry. In the spirit of philanthropy, all proceeds from this event will go towards the defraying of Black Stalin’s medical expenses. Tickets are TT$1000 for all patrons. For further inquiries contact the Fundraising and Alumni Affairs Unit, Office of Institutional Advancement and Internationalization, The UWI, at 224-3740, 3739, 702-8783. Model OAS General Assembly The 33rd Model OAS General Assembly (MOAS) for Universities of the Hemisphere will be held in Saint Kitts and Nevis, from March 24 to 26 2015, and is co-organized by the Office of the Assistant Secretary General of the OAS and the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sports, Information Technology, Telecommunications and Posts of Saint Kitts and Nevis. This is the first MOAS held in an English-speaking Caribbean country. The purpose of this MOAS is to promote democratic values among the youth of the Caribbean and of the Hemisphere, and to disseminate the mission and role of the OAS. Deadline for registration is February 9, 2015. For more information, please visit the MOAS website at http://www.oas.org/en/asg/moas/default.asp |
