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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 23 APRIL, 2017
UWI GAMES 2017
May 24-June 2
UWI Cave Hill, Barbados
The UWI Games is the biennial competition
among the St. Augustine, Mona, Cave Hill
and Open Campuses. This year the games
will be held at The UWI Cave Hill Campus in
Barbados. 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 bothmale and female participants except for cricket and netball,
which will be male only and female only respectively.
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APRIL – JUNE 2017
DAOC INTENSIVE COURSE ON BRAZILIAN
FOREIGN POLICY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
April 25-26
Institute of International Relations
UWI St. Augustine Campus
The Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean (DAOC) presents the “Intensive
Course on Brazilian Foreign Policy in the 21st Century” facilitated by
Professor Paulo Gustavo Pellegrino da Costa (Professor of International
Relations and Pro-Rector for Cooperation and International Relations,
Federal University of Amapa, Brazil). The course takes place from 9 to
noon and 1.30 to 4.30 pm at the Institute of International Relations (IIR),
Lecture Room1 on both days. Registration rates are: $1000 – per participant,
$500 – UWI staff, $250 – UWI students.
To register, please contact DAOC at
662-2002 exts: 85362/85360/85359 or email
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UWI INSTYLE FASHION SHOW
May 7
National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Port of Spain
The Office of Institutional Advancement and Internationalisation (OIAI)
and Division of Student Services and Development (DSSD) present the UWI
inStyle Fashion Show – a fundraiser showcasing leading local fashion
designers’ Summer 2017 resort and ethnic-inspired collections. The fashion
show takes place from 6 to 9 pm at NAPA. This event was created to generate
much needed funding to support student bursaries at the St. Augustine
Campus as well as to celebrate the contributions of Caribbean people through
fashion. Tickets are priced as follows:
General Admission – $200 | Special Reserve – $300 | VVIP – $500.
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18TH ANNUAL SALISES CONFERENCE
April 26-28
Hyatt Regency Trinidad, Port-of-Spain
The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and
Economic Studies (SALISES) presents their
18th annual conference under the theme, “Small
Nations, Dislocations, Transformations,
SustainableDevelopment inSIDS”.Theconference
takes place at the following times: April 26: 6 to
9 pm, April 27 and 28: 8.30 am to 5.30 pm at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad.
There will be a Distinguished Lecture by Professor James A. Robinson, 2017
Sir Arthur Lewis Distinguished Lecturer, on the evening of April 27. There is
no registration deadline and fees are as follows: Academic US$300, Student
US$100, Corporate/Government US$600 (full registration).
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CALL FOR PAPERS: 36THWEST INDIAN
LITERATURE CONFERENCE
May 19 (Submission deadline)
Online
The UWI St. Augustine’s Department of Literary,
Cultural and Communication Studies (LCCS), has
issued a call for papers for the 36thAnnual Conference
on West Indian Literature under the theme, “Affect
and Ethical Engagement”. The conference takes
place October 4 to 7 at the Teaching and Learning
Complex (TLC). The deadline for submission of
abstracts is May 19.
For further information about the conference,
please email
INSPIRE. INNOVATE. GO GLOBAL.
ALJGSB CONFERENCE
May 5
Hyatt Regency Trinidad, Port of Spain
The Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business (ALJGSB) presents
the Distinguished Leadership and Innovation Conference (DLIC) under
the theme, “Inspire. Innovate. Go Global”. Challenge your potential to
be innovative, take your leadership to new heights and business to the
international playground with Jim Collins, Sir Ken Robinson and Pankaj
Ghemawat. The conference takes place May 5 at Hyatt Regency Trinidad.
For full details on registration and more, please visit
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