Schedule 2016

Date: FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19
Date Time Type Details Venue
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 1:00PM- 2:30PM BOOK LAUNCH

Telling Stories and Storytelling African Maternal Pedagogies

Institute for Gender and Development Studies
Book Launch
Book Title: Anansesem: Telling Stories and Storytelling African Maternal Pedagogies
Author: Adwoa N. Onuora
Overview: The author tells a composite story of resistance and survival. Through Anansi storytelling, creative non-fiction and illustrations, the book celebrates African descended women as important cultural bearers for their community.
Speakers: Mr. Owen (Blakka) Ellis (Programme Chair), Actor/Director/Comedian; Ms. Taitu Heron, Gender and Development Specialist/Mama Queen Performance Poet,

Multi-functional Room, UWI Main Libnrary
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 1:00PM - 1:30PM INTERACTIVE SESSION

Gaming at the Lounge

OGSR Graduate Lounge
Activity: Gaming at the Lounge
Overview: An interactive Gaming Session with the OGSR Team.  Karaoke, Dominos, Quizzes

Lawn adjacent to the Office of Graduate Studies and Research
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 1:00pm-2:30pm WORKSHOP

Use of Community of Science (COS) Website for Funding Opportunities

The UWI Library Workshop Series
Title: COS/PIVOT Funding Database
Overview: Use of Community of Science (COS) Website for Funding Opportunities
Presenter: Mrs. Karlene Robinson, Head, Loan & Reference Section, Main Library, UWI Mona

UWI Mona Science Branch Library Conference Room
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 1:00PM - 2:00PM PANEL DISCUSSION

Preparing for the Export Market

Mona School of Business and Management
Panel Discussion:
Title:
Preparing for the Export Market
Overview: A panel discussion on preparation required by Jamaican businesses to export goods and services.
Main Presenters: Dr Andre Gordon, Technological Solutions Limited; Mrs. Sandra Glasgow, Jamaica Exporters Association; Professor Lou Anne Barclay. MSBM; Dr Tolulope Bewaji MSBM.

The Assembly Hall
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 1:00PM - 5:00PM OPEN FACULTY LECTURE

Community Economic Development

Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work
SPSW Visit a Lecture Series:

Title: Community Economic Development
Overview: Introduces the concepts, processes, and foundational ideas of local economic development (LED), community economic development (CED), and faith-based community economic development  
Presenter: Dr. Sandra Chadwick-Parkes

Faculty Lecture Theatre SR 12,
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 All will be moving with the Xbox Kinect filled with INTERACTIVE DEMOS

All will be moving with the Xbox Kinect filled with

School of Physical Therapy
Title: Dance Exercise!
Overview: All will be moving with the Xbox Kinect filled with popular music.
Meeting Point: FMSTRC Outside Lobby

FMS Teaching & Research Complex Exhibition Room
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 1:30PM - 3:00PM BOOK LAUNCH

Mapping Exercise of the HIV & AIDS response among faith-based organizations (FBOs) in Jamaica Author: Mapping Exercise Steering Committee of the Jamaica Council of Churches.

United Theological College of the West Indies
Book Launch
Book Title: Mapping Exercise of the HIV & AIDS response among faith-based organizations (FBOs) in Jamaica
Author: Mapping Exercise Steering Committee of the Jamaica Council of Churches.
Researcher: Althea Bailey- commissioned by the Steering Committee facilitated by the Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC) and the World Council of Churches (WCC)
Overview: The result of a mapping exercise on the response of the religious community to HIV & AIDS in Jamaica that would enable
religious groups to effectively deliver programmes and activities in HIV and AIDS.

Faculty Lecture Theatre LT1
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 1:30PM - 3:00PM BOOK LAUNCH

Mapping Exercise of the HIV & AIDS response

United Theological College of the West Indies Book
Launch Book Title: Mapping Exercise of the HIV & AIDS response among faith-based organizations (FBOs) in Jamaica
Author: Mapping Exercise Steering Committee of the Jamaica Council of Churches.
Researcher: Althea Bailey- commissioned by the Steering Committee facilitated by the Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC) and the World Council of Churches (WCC)
Overview: The result of a mapping exercise on the response of the religious community to HIV & AIDS in Jamaica that would enable religious groups to effectively deliver programmes and activities in HIV and AIDS.

Faculty Lecture Theatre LT1
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 1:30PM - 3:00PM RAP SESSION

raduate Students in the FSS and FHE rap directly

OGSR Graduate Lounge
Activity: Rap Session with Deputy Deans for Graduate Studies – Faculties of Social Sciences and Humanities and Education
Overview: Graduate Students in the FSS and FHE rap directly with their respective Deputy Deans.
Speakers: Professor David Tennant and Professor Halden Morris

Lawn adjacent to the Office of Graduate Studies and Research
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 1:30PM – 2:30PM

The Role of Science in the Red Stripe Business

Department of Chemistry
FST URD LECTURE SERIES
Lecture Title: The Role of Science in the Red Stripe Business
Overview: The application of scientific know-how in the production of Red Stripe from raw materials through to the finished product is discussed. 

Presenter:
Mr. Winston Cousins, Brewing Manager, Red Stripe

Science Lecture Theatre 1 (S1)

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