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March 2016
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UWI Calendar March 2016 - July 2016Campus Literature Week The Department of Literary, Culture and Communication Studies and the Faculty of Humanities and Education present their annual Campus Literature Week, featuring Noontime Readings from March 14 to 17 from noon to 1pm at the Alma Jordan Library AV Room. You can look forward to readings from past and present MFA in Creative Writing Fiction students; contemporary fiction writers and UWI Lecturers. Lit Week ends with a Gala Closing on March 18 at 7pm highlighting this year’s Writer-In-Residence, Mr. Lawrence Scott by his MFA students. For more information, please continue checking the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar. 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 the Bursary, UWI St. Augustine Campus. For more information, please visit the Conference’s website: http://sta.uwi.edu/conferences/16/icsw/. Percussion on the Greens The Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA) presents Percussion on the Greens – a picnic-style concert celebrating rhythmic instruments like concert bells, xylophone, vibraphone, marimbas and more. Patrons are encouraged to walk with their blankets when they come at 3.30pm to the DCFA Gordon Street location. Tickets for adults cost $60; children, $20. For further information, please contact Michelle 663-2141 or 645-1955 or email dcfa@sta.uwi.edu. Basic Surgical Skills Workshop The UWI Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences in conjunction with the Royal College of Surgeons host “Basic Surgical Skills (Intercollegiate BSS) Workshop.” This workshop costs TT$9500. 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. Campus Council Live Each Campus of The UWI has a Campus Council, which is the governing and executive body of the Campus. At each meeting of the Campus Council, the Campus Principal reports on the previous academic year, and these include academic and curriculum updates, changing statistics on students enrolment and graduate throughput, and staffing; management and expansion of the physical Campus sites; and strategic initiatives. Additionally, the Campus Bursar reports on the audited financial statements for the year in review, and beyond the balance sheet and income statements information is provided on cash flow, finances, accounts, and investments. The annual meeting, chaired by Mr. Ewart Williams, will be streamed live, so you can log on to the UWI website to view the proceedings. Life Sciences Research Symposium The Department of Life Sciences presents their 6th Annual Research Symposium with the theme, Sustainable Development. Both days will showcase the research being carried out by the Departments MSc, MPhil and PhD students with poster, oral and video presentations. Some of the themes that students will explore include Ecosystem Services, Wildlife Monitoring, Molecular Biology and many others. Updates will be posted on the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar. IIR – Black Tie Dinner The Institute of International Relations (IIR) presents their 50th Anniversary Black-Tie Dinner from 7 to 11pm at the University Inn and Conference Centre, St. Augustine Circular Road, St. Augustine. Tickets cost $1000 and all proceeds will be used to facilitate IIR student development. For more information, please contact 662-2002 exts. 83235 or 82011 or email iirt@sta.uwi.edu. Rights and Activism The UWI Network and Outreach for Disability Education and Sensitisation (NODES) presents their one-day symposium on the theme, Rights and Activism in the wake of the Ratification of the United Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Symposium takes place at the Noor Hassanali Auditorium. For further information, please contact Dr. Jean Antoine-Dunne at jean.antoine@sta.uiw.edu or visit the website: www.nodes.co.tt. Sport 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. |
