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February 2016
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UWI Calendar February 2016 - July 2016Give Blood, Give Life It’s your turn to give blood at the Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Blood Drive. According to the Red Cross a single donation can save the lives of up to three people. The American Journal of Epidemiology suggests that the life you save can be your own as blood donors are 88% less likely to suffer a heart attack. The Drive takes place from 8am to 4pm at the JFK Auditorium. For more information, please contact: Ms. Tessa Horne at 662-2002 ext. 82635. Chinese Spring Festival The Confucius Institute at The UWI St. Augustine in collaboration with the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China presents the Chinese Spring Festival Celebration for 2016, taking place from 6 to 8pm at Daaga Auditorium. 2016 is the Year of the Monkey, according to the Chinese zodiac calendar and, these clever people are celebrated with a public event which includes door prizes, food and drinks on sale, giveaways for children and more. For more information, please contact: Ms. Janine Lutchman at 662-2002 ext. 83213. Promoting People's Dignity and Worth In honour of their 25 year Silver Jubilee celebration the Social Work Unit is hosting an International Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development titled Promoting Human Worth and Dignity: Social Work and Social Development in Trinidad. The conference will cover topics ranging from Social Work Education to Crime and Justice. The cost of registration is TT$200, payable at theBursary, UWI St. Augustine Campus. For more information, please visit the Conference’s website: http://sta.uwi.edu/conferences/16/icsw/. Basic Surgical Skills Workshop The Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences in conjunction with the Royal College of Surgeons host “Basic Surgical Skills (Intercollegiate BSS) Workshop.” This workshop costs $1500US or $9000TT with an administrative fee of TT$500. For more information, please contact Ms. Melrose Yearwood: 645-3232 or 662-7028 ext. 2864. Fax: 1 (868) 663-4319. Email: melrose.yearwood@sta.uwi.edu. For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar. Sports and Higher Ed Save the new date for the 2nd Biennial Conference on Sport Studies and Higher Education: An Interdisciplinary Approach under the theme, Physical Literacy: Gender, Science, and Sport for Development. This conference will contribute to the development of research and scholarship on sport which can support programmes of sport in tertiary and higher education institutions. They conference will feature panels addressing sub-themes including but not limited to topics such as The Role of the State; Sexuality and Gender Identities in Sport, Anti-Doping Policy and more. For further information, please email sportstudiesconference@sta.uwi.edu or visit www.sta.uwi.edu. Public Health and Society Conference The Department of History, Faculty of Humanities and Education presents a three-day Conference on Public Health and Society in Latin America and the Caribbean. The conference is hosted by The UWI St. Augustine in collaboration with the University of York and Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz, Brazil. It is part of a British Academy-funded project. Interested persons can look forward to presentations on topics such as, but not limited to: Imperialism, Decolonisation and the role of public health; New Technologies and Procedures and their impact on the society; The impact of Ethnicity and ‘Class’ onpublic health and several others. For more information, please continue checking the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar. |
