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Schedule 2016

Date: THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18
Date Time Type Details Venue
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
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 1:00PM - 2:00PM BOOK LAUNCH

Colour for Colour Skin for Skin: Marching with the Ancestral Spirits into War Oh at Morant Bay.

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.

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 ideolog
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 1:30PM - 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 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 POETRY CLASH

Poetry Clash 2016

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
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 2:00PM - 3:00PM INTERACTIVE SESSION

Dance Exercise!

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 - 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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