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Date: THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18
Date	Time	Type	Details	Venue
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18	12:pm-12:45pm	LIBRARY TOURS	Tour highlights key spaces, services and resources in the Main Library Guided Tour of the Main Library Overview: Tour highlights key spaces, services and resources in the Main Library Meeting point: The Catalogue Hall, Main Library, UWI Mona	UWI Mona Main Library
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18	12:00PM - 2:00PM	INTERACTIVE DEMOS	Ice Cream Making Demonstration Department of Chemistry Ice Cream Making Demonstration Overview: Visiting students will be shown the procedure of making ice cream which they can subsequently sample.	Food Teaching Lab, Department of Chemistry
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18	12:00PM - 12:20PM	PLAY READING	Spanish Play titled “Diatriba de amor a un hombre Department of Modern Languages and Literatures Title: Spanish Play titled “Diatriba de amor a un hombre sentado” ( Diatribe of love to a sitting man) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (adaptation) Overview: Main character Graciela is the wife of a wealthy man and they will celebrate their silver anniversary (25 years married).The character develops a discourse/monologue about satisfactions and intimate pain making a parallel between the social climbing and the decline of love. To her nothing is as close to hell as a happy marriage. Graciela is attempting to talk to her husband but he is just a puppet, merely reflecting the disappointment of her life full of loses. Presenter: Danielle Jones	Faculty Courtyard
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18	12:30PM - 1:30PM	INTERACTIVE SESSION	Graduate Student and Supervisor Relationships OGSR Graduate Lounge Activity: Graduate Student and Supervisor Relationships Overview: An exploration of relationships between students and supervisors (best practices, challenges, solutions) Speaker: Professor Denise Eldemire-Shearer/Professor Dale Webber	Lawn adjacent to the Office of Graduate Studies and Research
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18	1:00pm-2:30pm	WORKSHOP	Plagiarism & EndNote The UWI Library Workshop Series Topic: Plagiarism & EndNote Overview: Workshop on Plagiarism & EndNote for graduate students Presenter: Mrs. Karlene Nelson, Librarian, Loan & Reference	UWI Mona Science Branch Library PGLC Computer Lab
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18	1:00PM - 3:00PM	LECTURE PRESENTATION	The lecture will focus on the barriers to gender URD 2016 SIGNATURE EVENT Title: “Gender Equity in ICT” Overview: The lecture will focus on the barriers to gender equality for women, youths, unattached males and persons with disabilities and the identification of strategies to increase opportunities and access to education, training, and employment in the ICT industry Presenter: Miss Ayanna Samuels, Independent ICT for Development Consultant/Entrepreneur and Technology Policy Consultant.	Multi-functional Room, UWI Main Library
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18	1:00PM - 2:00PM	WORKSHOP	A practical workshop that introduces participants to another dimension of animation, Motion Graphics. Using existing images and text, each participant will discover the process of creating basic motion graphics for advertising and broadcasting. CARIMAC Title: Motion Graphics Workshop Overview: A practical workshop that introduces participants to another dimension of animation, Motion Graphics. Using existing images and text, each participant will discover the process of creating basic motion graphics for advertising and broadcasting. Presenter: Desmond Young	Animation Lab, CARIMAC Annex 2
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18	1:00PM - 3:00PM	LECTURE PRESENTATION	“Gender Equity in ICT” URD 2016 SIGNATURE EVENT Title: “Gender Equity in ICT” Overview: The lecture will focus on the barriers to gender equality for women, youths, unattached males and persons with disabilities and the identification of strategies to increase opportunities and access to education, training, and employment in the ICT industry Presenter: Miss Ayanna Samuels, Independent ICT for Development Consultant/Entrepreneur and Technology Policy Consultant.	Multi-functional Room, UWI Main Library
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18	1:00PM - 2:00PM	DEPARTMENT COURTYARD EXHIBIT	Writing for Stage and Screen Department of Literatures in English Title: Writing for Stage and Screen Overview: Staged readings of some of the best scripts from Amba Chevannes’ “Writing For the Stage & Screen” creative writing class.	Faculty Courtyard
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18	1:00PM - 2:00PM	BOOK LAUNCH	Colour for Colour Skin for Skin: Department of Government Department Book Launch Book Title: Colour for Colour Skin for Skin: Marching with the Ancestral Spirits into War Oh at Morant Bay. Author: Dr. Clinton Hutton Overview: This book examines the social, economic, spiritual and ideological bases of the Morant Bay Uprising.	The Assembly Hall

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