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Date: THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18
Date Time Type Details Venue
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 11:00AM - 12:00PM WORKSHOP

This session will assess the attributes of prospective employees

OGSR Graduate Lounge
Activity: Career Preparedness
Overview: This session will assess the attributes of prospective employees/entrepreneurs and explore exactly what career preparedness involves.
Speaker: Mrs. Merrit Henry

 Lawn adjacent to the Office of Graduate Studies and Research
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 12:00PM - 1:00PM DEPARTMENT COURTYARD EXHIBIT

Interactive presentations

Department of Library and Information Studies
Title: Interactive presentations 

 Faculty Courtyard
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 12:00PM - 2:00PM SPEAKERS CORNER

Public Speaking students to deliver excerpt

Department of Language Linguistics and Philosophy
Title: Speakers’ Corner
Overview: Public Speaking students to deliver excerpt from already presented speeches. Audience to be invited to make impromptu speeches on select topics 
Presenter: Caroline Dyche

 Faculty Courtyard
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 12:00PM – 2:00PM FACULTY TOURS

MonaLaw's Visitors will be taken on a guided tour

Title: Faculty Tours
Overview: MonaLaw's Visitors will be taken on a guided tour of the Faculty's facilities.
Meeting Point: Faculty Foyer

 Faculty of Law Building
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 12:00PM - 12:20PM PLAY READING

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

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 12:00PM - 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. – 12:30PM 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
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 12:00PM - 12:45PM LIBRARY TOURS

Tour highlights key spaces, services

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 12:30PM - 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 1:00 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

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123 Cross Way,
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Tel: (876) 999-9999
Fax: (876) 888-8888
department@uwimona.edu.jm
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