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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 13TH MARCH, 2016
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UWI CALENDAR
of
EVENTS
MARCH–JULY 2016
CAMPUS LITERATURE WEEK
March 14-18, 2016
UWI St. Augustine
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 frompast 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
CAMPUS COUNCIL LIVE
March 22, 2016
UWI, St. Augustine
Each Campus ofThe 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.
BASIC SURGICAL SKILLS WORKSHOP
March 19-20, 2016
Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt. Hope
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:
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RIGHTS AND ACTIVISM
April 23, 2016
UWI, St. Augustine
The UWI Network and Outreach for Disability Education
and Sensitisation (NODES) presents their one-day
symposiumon 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
or visit the website:
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SPORT AND HIGHER ED
May 18-20, 2016
UWI St. Augustine
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 asThe Role of the State; Sexuality and
Gender Identities in Sport, Anti-Doping Policy and more.
For further information, please email
or visit
LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
April 7 to 8, 2016
The Department of Life Sciences presents their 6th
Annual Research Symposiumwith 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
IIR – BLACK TIE
DINNER
April 8, 2016
UWI St. Augustine
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
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PROMOTING PEOPLE’S DIGNITY ANDWORTH
March 16, 2016
UWI St. Augustine
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:
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PERCUSSION
ON THE GREENS
March 19, 2016
DCFA, St. Augustine
TheDepartmentofCreative
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
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