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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2014
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UWI Calendar
of
Events
SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2014
Matriculation and
Welcome Ceremony
September 18, 2014
JFK Quadrangle
St. Augustine Campus
At the beginning of each academic year, The
UWI hosts a Matriculation Ceremony for its
new students. It is an important annual academic
ritual, its significance being that it is the platform
onwhich new students are officially initiated into
and recognised as members of the University’s
academic community.
For more information,
please visit
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POST-BUDGET FORUM
September 9, 2014
7pm-9pm
UWI Teaching and Learning Complex,
Lecture Theatre A1/A2
St. Augustine Campus
Right on the heels of the 2014Budget presentation
by the Minister of Finance, the discussions
begin at this forum hosted by the Fundraising
& Alumni Affairs Unit of the UWI Alumni
Association of T&T (UWIAATT) and the T&T
Group of Professional Associations. Speakers:
Senator the Honourable Larry Howai (Minister
of Finance), Ms. Nicole Joseph (TTGPA), Dr.
Roger Hosein (Senior Lecturer) and Dr. Ronald
Ramkissoon (moderator).
For further information, please call
Ms Crispin Gomez at 662-2002 ext. 82682.
Conference on the Economy 2014
October 9-10, 2014
Learning Resource Centre Auditorium
St. Augustine Campus
TheUWI St. Augustine’s Department of Economics
hosts its annual Conference on the Economy
(COTE) at the Learning Resource Centre (LRC)
Auditorium. This year’s conference posthumously
honours previous Head of Department, Professor
Dennis Pantin, and will examine the theme
“Addressing Contemporary Local and Regional
Challenges for Sustainable Development.”
For further information,
please contact the Department of Economics
at 662-2002 ext. 83231.
Premium Teaching Awards
September 26, 2014
Teaching and Learning Complex
St. Augustine Campus
The UWI/Guardian Group Premium Teaching
Awards is a collaborative effort that began in
2000, and is hosted every other year to honour
teaching excellence at the UWI, St Augustine.
For further information,
please contact
UWI SPEC
International
Half-
Marathon
October 26, 2014
Sport and Physical
Education Centre
St. Augustine
Campus
The 11th UWI SPEC International Half-
Marathon kicks off at 5.30am at the UWI
Sport and Physical Education Centre (SPEC).
Registration is open, and will close on October
10 or once the limit of 1,100 entries has been
received. Online registration is available for local,
as well as foreign participants, together with
registration at First Citizens branches.
For further information,
please visit
CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE DAY
September 27, 2014
10am-4pm
Brian Lara Promenade
Port of Spain
In celebration of the tenth anniversary of
Confucius Institutes worldwide, this expo which
is open to all, features a host of activities: a
taster class, for a 15-minute sip of the language;
calligraphy; a message wall; time travel; martial
arts, lion and dragon dances, and food, of
course!
For further information,
please contact the Confucius Institute
at 662-2002, ext 83213 or 82255.
