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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.

Foreign Language Film Festival
22 March-15 April, 2012
Centre for Language Learning
UWI St. Augustine

This film festival is an initiative undertaken by the Department of Liberal Arts and the Centre for Language Learning (CLL) to foster an interest in learning foreign languages and to provide an opportunity to delve further into the cultures of the people who speak these languages.

Schedule:

• Thursdays: 1-3/3-5pm
• Fridays: 6-8pm
• Saturdays: 1-3/3-5/5-7pm
• Sundays: 3-5/5-7pm
  
  This event is free and open to the public.

To find out more, please contact Ms. Miriam Futer, Foreign Language Film Festival Committee (Chair), at 662-2002 Ext. 84047, or via e-mail at Miriam.Futer@sta.uwi.edu, or foreignlangfilmfest2012@gmail.com, or contact Ms. Vanessa Williams at 662-2002 Ext. 83896, or Vanessa.Williams@sta.uwi.edu.

Hear Malcolm Gladwell
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. It will examine how talent is shaped and create opportunities to achieve success in any field.

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.

Biologists’ Conference
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.