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UWI Calendar October 2016

Eye Care for All
October 13
Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex

The Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences commemorates World Sight Day 2016 with a Public Symposium on Eye Health under the theme Eye Care for All, taking place at the EWMSC, Amphitheatre B.

This event is free and open to the public.

For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar.

COTE 2016
October 13 and 14
UWI, St. Augustine

The Department of Economics is hosting their annual Conference on the Economy (COTE) under the theme, Managing for Development in a Volatile Economic Environment: Addressing the Diversification Challenges with feature speaker Terrence W. Farrell.

This year’s conference will honour former Head of Department Mr Martin Franklin and takes place at the Learning Resource Centre Auditorium (LRC).

For more information visit http://sta.uwi.edu/conferences/16/cote/index.asp.

DCFA Season of the Arts

Save the date for the Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA) Season of the Arts events:

  • October 22 | 7pm | SAPA | A Breath of Fresh Air: UWI Arts Chorale with Michael Hudlin
  • October 23:
    • 6pm | Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) Auditorium | A Night at the Movies – Tamarau Dickson Student Recital
    • 7pm | Learning Resource Centre | UWI Arts Steel at FHE Award Ceremony

For additional queries, please call 663-2222 or email dcfa@sta.uwi.edu. Updates will be posted on the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar.

UWI-FDC Interactive Learning Event
October 29
UWI Family Development Centre

The University of The West Indies Family Development Centre (UWI-FDC) kicks off the Interactive Learning Series with the Partners in Care: Building Bridges between Families and Early Childhood Professionals event facilitated by Lesleann Whiteman, Programme Manager, Early Childhood Development and Family Studies at The UWI Open Campus.

The workshop takes place from 9am to 1pm with a registration cost of $250. The deadline for registration is October 21. For more details, please call 662-2002 ext. 84511/17/19 or email fdpuwi@sta.uwi.edu. For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar.

Graduation Ceremonies
October 20 to 22
UWI St. Augustine

Celebrate the graduating Class of 2016 at this year’s Graduation Ceremonies are scheduled to take place at The UWI Sport and Physical Education Centre (SPEC):

  • October 20: (AM) Faculties of Science & Technology and Food & Agriculture; Honorary Graduand Prof KE Bingsheng; (PM) Faculties of Engineering and Law.
  • October 21: (AM) Faculty of Social Sciences (Surnames A to L) & ALL ALJGSB graduands; (PM) Faculty of Social Sciences (Surnames M to Z); Honorary Graduand Rev Daniel Teelucksingh.
  • October 22: (AM) Faculty of Humanities & Education; Honorary Graduand Mr Anthony Williams; (PM) Faculty of Medical Sciences.

For more information and updates, please visit https://sta.uwi.edu/graduation/.

UWI SPEC International Half-Marathon
October 23
Sport and Physical Education Centre
St. Augustine Campus

The 13th UWI SPEC International Half-Marathon kicks off at 5.30am at The UWI Sport and Physical Education Centre (SPEC).

1,300 local, regional and international athletes are invited to compete for prizes worth over TT$150,000 in a range of categories.

For more details, please visit www.sta.uwi.edu/spec/marathon.