July 2013


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UWI Calendar July 2013

First Year Experience
UWI’s annual student orientation is a compilation of all orientation and transition events that embrace every aspect of university life. It is a comprehensive, innovative way to introduce new students to the ins and outs of campus life.

  • Meet and Greet
    August 19 -30 Airport Greeting for all regional and international students
  • Campus Tours
    August 20-30 Faculty Tours for all new first-year students
  • Check-In
    August 24-25 Weekend activities for all regional and international students
  • Know Your Faculty
    August 26-28 & September 2-7 Faculty Orientation events
  • UWI Clicks
    August 28 & September 2 An introduction to UWI website and student portal
  • UWI Guild Fest
    August 28-September 6 The Guild of Students Orientation events
    For more information, please visit www.sta.uwi.edu/fye
  • UWI Life Support
    August 29
    UWI Sport and Physical Education Centre, 6.00 pm
    Parents, Guardians, Spouses of new students, rest assured! Get the information you need to continue to support your UWI student in their university life at UWI Life Support.

For more information, please contact 662-2002 ext. 83635

UWI Life Student
August 30
UWI Sport and Physical Education Centre, 9.00 am

Transitioning from secondary school/work life to university life for new, full-time, part- time and evening undergraduate and postgraduate students is not easy but it is important. Experience UWI Life Student and bridge the gap by hearing about your faculty and student support services and meeting your fellow students. Feel the spirit as you build camaraderie through interactive activities and music! Set the tone for a rewarding university life.

For more information, please contact 662-2002 ext. 83635

Inaugural Human Communication Studies International Conference 2013
‘Celebrating the Caribbean in Communication, Culture and Community’
September 26 - 27

The Department of Literacy, Cultural and Communication Studies, St. Augustine, invites all academic, graduate and undergraduate researchers to submit full papers by August 15. Celebrate the works of Stuart Hall, Aggrey Brown and others; celebrate the Caribbean in the verbal and nonverbal communication of its artists in word, music, dance and movement, and theatre in our creative, cultural and communicative spaces. After the conference, please consider submitting your conference papers to an international panel for peer review for a proposed publication, The Human Communication Studies Journal in 2014.

For more information, humancommconference2013@sta.uwi.edu

The UWI Seismic Research Centre
S3 Mall Tour & Open House

60 years of Science & Safety: The UWI Seismic Research Centre continues its roll through of shopping malls in August. Get information on earthquake and tsunami science and safety at the Roving Display. Ask about their Open House days on the last Thursday of every month at the Centre on Gordon Street, St Augustine!

For reservations and details call 662-4659; email info@uwiseismic.com or visit www.uwiseismic.com.

The Internationalisation of SMEs – Marketing and eBusiness Workshop
hosted by the Caribbean Centre for Competitiveness
September 19-20
HEU, Centre for Health Economics, 25A Warner Street, St. Augustine

Registration: US$50 Deadline: August 26, 2013

For more information, please contact: 224-3715; ccfc@sta.uwi.edu; or visit: www.uwi.edu/ccfc

UWI Research Expo
October 2-5
JFK Quadrangle & Auditorium, Learning Resource Centre
St Augustine Campus

Impactful, enterprising research programmes and projects that have made a difference at home and abroad will be showcased at The UWI St Augustine Campus’ Research Expo in October. Exciting, interactive displays will bring to life research in the arts and sciences being 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, members of the public are welcome to enjoy The UWI Market Place and Children’s Fun Park, where learning, fun and family entertainment come together.

For more information please contact: Anna Walcott-Hardy at 662-2002 ext. 84451 or email: uwiresearchexpo@sta.uwi.edu.