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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 5TH APRIL, 2015
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UWI Calendar
of
Events
APRIL–MAY 2015
The Caribbean Today
April 9-10
Learning Resource Centre
The UWI St. Augustine
The Department of Behavioural Science at The UWI
hosts a postgraduate conference, “The Caribbean Today:
Facing challenges and assessing opportunities through
postgraduate research.” This two-day conference aims to
highlight the wide range of research on contemporary
issues facing Caribbean societies as well as possible
solutions and recommendations as viewed through the
lens of the next generation of Caribbean scholars – the
postgraduate students in the Behavioural Sciences and also
from the wider UWI community.
For further information, email:
Towards Social Integration
April 23-24
8am-7pm
Learning Resource Centre
The UWI St. Augustine
The Network and Outreach for Disabilities Education and
Sensitisation (NODES) and the Disability Studies Unit
of The UWI will host the conference, “Towards Social
Integration: Rights, Roles, Recognition of Persons with
Disabilities” at the Learning Resource Centre.
For further information please contact Dr Jean Antoine
at
or disability.conference@
sta.uwi.edu or visit
towardssocialintegration/
NGC Bocas
Lit Fest
April 29 to May 3
T h e NGC B o c a s
Literary Festival is an
annual event with a
Caribbean focus and
international scope,
bringing together writers, readers, performers and
publishers. For five full days there are a series of readings
by some of Trinidad and Tobago’s and the Caribbean’s finest
writers of fiction and poetry — from authors of books
already considered contemporary classics to prizewinning
newcomers. Each reading includes a book-signing session,
and books are available from the participating booksellers.
For more information,
please visit
UWI Games
May 21 to 29, 2015
UWI Sports and Physical
Education Centre (SPEC)
The St. Augustine Campus
will be hosting The UWI
Games 2015 from the 21-
29 May, 2015. It is the
biennial competition
among the St. Augustine,
Mona, Cave Hill andOpen
campuses in ten sporting
disciplines. Approximately 500 athletes from across the
Caribbean will take part in Basketball, Football, Tennis,
Swimming, Table Tennis, Track and Field, Volleyball,
Cricket, Netball and Six-a-side Hockey. Competition in
all sports will involve both male and female participants
except for Cricket and Netball, which will be male only and
female only respectively. Events that are not held at UWI
SPEC or withinUWI itself include Hockey, Swimming, and
Track and Field.These will be held at the Tacarigua Hockey
Centre, the Marlins Swimming Pool and the National
Stadium respectively.
For more information, please visit the Campus Events
Calendar at
Poverty and Opportunity Conference
April 15
9am-4pm
The UWI St. Augustine
The Faculty of Social Sciences, Sociology Unit presents the
Sociology Unit’s Conference on Poverty and Opportunity.
This event takes place at the Faculty of Social Sciences
Lounge. Registrationwill take place on the day from8-9am.
Registration fees are as followed: General public and UWI
staff – $60; UWI students (with ID) – $25; Secondary
schools, 5 students free and additional students –$10.
For more information, please visit the Campus Events
Calendar at
Sir FrankWorrell Blood Drive
April 17
8.30am-4.30pm
JFK Auditorium
It’s your turn to give! The UWI St. Augustine Campus
invites you to participate in the Sir Frank Worrell Blood
Drive. In less than one hour you can save lives through
your generous donation.
Save the date so you can donate!
For more information,
call Ms. Tessa Horne at 662-2002 ext. 83937.
Salt
April 9-12
8pm
DCFA, Agostini St.,
St. Augustine
The Department
of Creative and
F e s t i v a l A r t s
(DCFA) presents
the premiere of Earl
Lovelace’s award winning novel
Salt
. Scripted for the first
time for theatre and directed by Louis Mc Williams, this
piece will be performed by students in the BA in Theatre
Arts programme. Show times are 8pm daily, and 6pm on
Sundays. General admission tickets are currently available
for $100. Tertiary students with student ID pay $75, and
secondary students pay $50. Tickets may be purchased at
the DCFA, Agostini Street, St. Augustine.
For further information, call 662-2002
ext. 83792, 663-2222 or email
Open Day
April 21-23
9am-6pm
The UWI St. Augustine
The UWI presents an Open Day for undergraduates and
postgraduates– a day dedicated to providing interested
persons with information about the best the university
has to offer. This is your chance to meet with faculty
representatives and get a firsthand account of what it is
like to experience UWI life. Participants get a full tour
of the campus and a chance to apply on site for both
undergraduate and postgraduate studies during these
open days.
For further information please contact
Marketing and Communications at 662-2002 ext. 83995
