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Schedule 2016

Date: THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18
Date Time Type Details Venue
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 1:00 PM - 6:30 PM SEMINAR

The SPSW Derek Gordon Research Seminar - "Re-thinking Caribbean Futures: Perspectives from the Social Sciences"

URD 2016 SIGNATURE EVENT
Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work
The SPSW Derek Gordon Research Seminar - "Re-thinking Caribbean Futures: Perspectives from the Social Sciences"
Overview: This seminar will feature a keynote presentation, art exhibition, and 3 panels exploring issues in regional development, research challenges, and the work of social scientists with people and communities.
Guest Speaker: Dr Honor Ford-Smith, Assistant Professor, Community Arts Practice, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada.
Guest Speaker's Presentation: Haunting Acts and Future Possibilities: Performing Caribbean Radical Imagination in the Present ”

 UWI Regional Headquarters
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 1:00 PM - 6:30 PM SEMINAR

The SPSW Derek Gordon Research Seminar

URD 2016 SIGNATURE EVENT
Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work
The SPSW Derek Gordon Research Seminar - "Re-thinking
Caribbean Futures: Perspectives from the Social Sciences"
Overview: This seminar will feature a keynote presentation, art exhibition, and 3 panels exploring issues in regional development, research challenges, and the work of social scientists with people and communities.
Guest Speaker: Dr Honor Ford-Smith, Assistant Professor, Community Arts Practice, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada.
Guest Speaker's Presentation: Haunting Acts and Future Possibilities: Performing Caribbean Radical Imagination in the Present ”

 UWI Regional Headquarters
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 1:30PM - 3:00PM RAP SESSION

Rap Session with Deputy Deans for Graduate Studies

OGSR Graduate Lounge
Activity: Rap Session with Deputy Deans for Graduate Studies – Faculties of Medical Sciences and Science and Technology
Overview: Graduate Students in the FMS and FST rap directly with their respective Deputy Deans.
Speakers: Professor Minerva Thame and Dr. Marcia Roye

 Lawn adjacent to the Office of Graduate Studies and Research
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 2:00PM - 3:00PM INTERACTIVE SESSION

All will be moving with the Xbox Kinect filled with popular music.

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

 FMS Teaching & Research Complex Exhibition Room
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 2:00PM POETRY CLASH

Competition featuring performance of original poetry by visiting poets and the wider UWI Community with cash prizes.

URD 2016 SIGNATURE EVENT
Department of Literatures in English
Title: Poetry Clash 2016 Overview: Competition featuring performance of original
poetry by visiting poets and the wider UWI Community with cash prizes.

 Faculty Courtyard
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 2:00PM - 3:00PM FACULTY TOURS

Laboratory Tours

Department of Chemistry
Laboratory Tours
Overview: Potential clients/ investors will be given an opportunity to visit the labs which are capable of contract research / commercial testing.

 Pesticide Research Lab, NMR & Central Analytical Lab
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 2:00PM POETRY CLASH

Department of Literatures in English

URD 2016 SIGNATURE EVENT
Department of Literatures in English
Title: Poetry Clash 2016
Overview: Competition featuring performance of original poetry by  visiting poets and the wider UWI Community with cash prizes. 

 Faculty Courtyard
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 2:00PM - 3:00 PM LECTURE PRESENTATION

The Business of Personal Care Products

URD 2016 SIGNATURE EVENT
Department of Chemistry
FST URD LECTURE SERIES
Title: The Business of Personal Care Products
Overview: The efforts to develop a profitable business venture in the personal care sector will be discussed.
Presenter: Ms Racquell Brown, CEO of Irie Rock Ltd

 The Undercroft Senate Building

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