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UWI Calendar of Events, February-March 2020

February 16 | UWI Open Campus

UWI-UNICOM T20 Cricket

Join the Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA) as they bring traditional Carnival characters to life at their Old Yard – A Sense of Home. Witness bats, minstrels and burrokeets, Midnight Robber, and Dame Lorraine among others. Be there at The UWI Open Campus Quadrangle, Gordon Street, St Augustine. Doors open at noon. Tickets: Adults: $60; Children: $40.

For details, please call, text or WhatsApp: 272-3232, 727-6352 or email dcfa@sta.uwi.edu.

Share Your Thoughts - 50th Anniversary of the Black Power Revolution Call for Papers

The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) will host a two-day conference to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Black Power Revolution. They have issued a call for abstracts. The deadline for submission of abstracts is March 6, 2020. The conference takes place from April 20 to 21, 2020. Details to come. Submissions can be sent to Preeya.Mohan@sta.uwi.edu.

For more information, please visit the Campus Notices and Announcements page at https://sta.uwi.edu/news/notices/.

March 9-12 | UWI St Augustine

Understanding International Sanctions - Implications for the Caribbean

The Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean (DAOC) hosts a training module on Understanding International Sanctions – Implications for the Caribbean with lead facilitator Prof Thomas J Biersteker, Graduate Institute of International Development Studies, Geneva. The co- facilitators will be Dr Zuzana Hudáková, Centre for International Studies (CERI), SciencesPo, Paris; and Dr Erica Moret, Graduate Institute of International Development Studies. The module takes place from 9am to 4pm daily at the DAOC.

To register and for more information, please contact the DAOC at 662-2002 ext. 85359, 85362 or email DiplomaticAcademy@sta.uwi.edu. For additional details, please visit https://sta.uwi.edu/daoc/upcoming-modules.

Mar 14-17 | Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex

Write Surgical Papers and Learn Surgical Skills

The Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS), Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences in conjunction with the Royal College of Surgeons, presents workshops designed to help improve surgical skills.

  • Basic Surgical Skills and Student Surgical Skills – Learn the basic techniques for instrument handling, knot tying, suturing techniques, tissue handle, wound management as well as introduction to laparoscopic techniques.
  • How to Write a Surgical Paper – Medical Professionals: Find out how to get published in journals.

Registration closes February 14, 2020.

For more information, please visit the Campus Notices and Announcements page at https://sta.uwi.edu/news/notices/, contact Melrose Yearwood at Melrose.Yearwood@sta.uwi.edu or call 645-3232 ext 2864.

Mar 13-15 | UWI St Augustine

Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology Conference

The Faculty of Engineering hosts the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology (IConETech-2020). The conference aims to bring together leading research scientists, innovative engineers, and environmental policy experts to share their experiences, research results and entrepreneurial methodologies on fundamental developments in science and engineering concepts and their contemporary applications in technological advancements in the 21st Century. The conference takes place at the Faculty of Engineering.

For more information, please visit the IConETech-2020 website: http://conferences.sta.uwi.edu/iconetech2020/ or email IConETech-2020@sta.uwi.edu.

Mar 13-15 | UWI St Augustine

Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology Conference

The Faculty of Engineering hosts International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology (IConETech-2020). The conference aims to bring together leading research scientists, innovative engineers, and environmental policy experts to share their experiences, research results and entrepreneurial methodologies on fundamental developments in science and engineering concepts and their contemporary applications in technological advancements in the 21st Century. The conference takes place at the Faculty of Engineering. Early-bird registration is available until January 30.

For more information, please visit the IConETech-2020 website: http://conferences. sta.uwi.edu/iconetech2020/ or email IConETech-2020@sta.uwi.edu.

Mar 16-17 | UWI St Augustine

Academic Advising and Mentoring in Higher Ed – A Caribbean Contex

Look out for the Academic Advising and Mentoring in Higher Education: A Caribbean Context symposium happening at the School of Education Auditorium. The symposium aims to:

  • Situate the scholarly imperative of academic advising and mentoring in the Caribbean
  • Explore different models and practices of academic advising and mentoring in the Caribbean
  • Explore strategies for improving academic advising and mentoring within Caribbean institutions of higher education among other goals.

For pricing information and other details, please visit: http://conferences.sta.uwi.edu/aam2020/index.php.

Mar 27-29 | UWI St Augustine

techAGRI Expo is coming

Save the date for the Faculty of Food and Agriculture’s (FFA) techAGRI Expo 2020! There will be a mini market, wildlife zoo, agri-technology displays, food village and so much more. Look out for updates.

For more information, please call 662-2002 ext. 82242.