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CARDI Celebrates 30th Anniversary
The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) will celebrate its thirty years of service to regional agricultural research and development on 25 May 2005.The occasion will be marked by a 30th Anniversary Celebration and Awards Ceremony to be held at the Negril Suite of the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel starting at 11:30 a.m.
Certificate Course in Alternative Energy
Applications are now invited for an intensive professional certificate course in Alternative Energy to be hosted by the Mona Institute of Applied Sciences (MIAS), in collaboration with the Department of Physics at the Mona Campus between June 20 and July 29, 2005. Funded by the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), the course is designed for persons working in energy management including managers, engineers, technicians, environmentalists and architects who will now be able to access knowledge on alternative energy sources being explored worldwide.
Choose Health
Make exercise part of a routine – schedule the time for it. For many of us this is a real challenge so here are some tips:
remember that if you do exercises you enjoy, you will be more likely to do them
exercising with company will help you to keep going on those days when you feel like giving up your routine
choose the time of day that works best for you
if for some reason you stop, make it temporary; don’t get upset with yourself for stopping, just restart your routine as soon as possible.
(A message from the wellness Committee).
Colombian Film Series
The Latin American- Caribbean Centre in collaboration with the Embassy of Colombia cordially invites you to the final in the Colombian Film series for the academic year 2004-5. The title of the film is Diastole and Sistole (Affairs of the Heart) and the stars are Nicolás Montero, Marcela Carvajal, Ramiro Meneses, Luis Mesa. The film will be held on Thursday, May 26th in the Neville Hall Theatre, University of West Indies starting at 7:00pm. Admission is free. The movie is in Spanish and captures the phobias associated with failed marriages and examines the complexity of love.
Research Fellowship - University of Warwick, UK
The Centre for Caribbean Studies at the University of Warwick is pleased to announce two Research Fellowships for the academic year 2005-06. These Fellowships are open to staff and postdoctoral applicants form the University of the West Indies and the University of Guyana whose work addresses an aspect of Caribbean history, culture or society. The Fellowships are intended to allow scholars to conduct research in the UK for a period normally of one month and are available during the period from October 10 to December 2, 2005 and January 9 to March 10, 2006.
Seminar- Risk and Responsibility for Education Abroad Programmes
The University of the West Indies' Office of Administration and Special Initiatives in collaboration with Queen's University, Ontario, will host a Seminar, 'Risk and Responsibility for Education-Abroad Programmes: The Caribbean Perspective' from June 22 - 24, 2005. This Seminar, partially funded by CUSAC (Commonwealth Universities Study Abroad Consortium), will be held at the Mona Visitors' Lodge, UWI, Mona Campus.
Workshop on Structural Equation Modelling
There will be a workshop on Structural Equation Modelling and the Partial Least Squares Approach on Tuesday May 24 from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. and Wednesday, May 25 from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. The presenter will be Professor Wynne W. Chin of C.T. Bauer College of Business University, Houston, USA. For more information and registration, call 977-3775 or 977-3808.
Annual Modern Languages Theatre Festival
The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Mona invites teachers and students of French and Spanish to attend its annual Modern Languages Theatre Festival, scheduled to be held at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts at the UWI from Wednesday, May 18 to Thursday, May 19. Students from all three campuses will perform a variety of French and Spanish plays. Further information on the festival may be obtained from the Department at telephone number 927-2293.
Beginners Amharic - Summer Course
The Institute of Caribbean Studies invites applications for Beginners Amharic (Ethiopian Language). This Non-Credit course is offered to anyone interested. The cost is $4000 for ALL persons (payments must be made in the registration period, no exceptions will be made). Registration will take place at the ISC Office from May 1 – 27, 2005.
Choose Health
It is better to contribute to the common welfare of our community than to think only of ourselves. It is better to live in harmony with others and our environment than to live in conflict with them. (Bill Hettler – National Wellness Institute). How have you contributed to the “common welfare” at UWI this week? What can you do today to raise the harmony level at UWI? Remember that it may be as simple as a smile, a “thank you” or a genuine compliment.
(A message from the Wellness Committee).