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Faculty Seminar | CARIMAC | Faculty of Humanities and Education (FHE) Topic: “Research Process in Design” Overview: 30-minute presentation and moderated Q&A on the importance of research to design. Presenters are drawn from the CARIMAC student /graduate community. They will present examples of their work and map the research process that led to the creation of the various pieces. Moderator: Mr. David Soutar Date: Thursday, February 20 Time: 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Venue: Lab, CARIMAC, Faculty of Humanities and Education |
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Faculty workshop | Language, Linguistics and Philosophy | Faculty of Humanities and Education (FHE) Topic: "Fun with English" Overview: A series of engaging activities in which participants test their critical thinking and vocabulary skills Date: Thursday February 20 Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. Venue: Writing Centre, Faculty of Humanities and Education |
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Faculty Animation Workshop #1| CARIMAC |Faculty of Humanities and Education (FHE) Topic: “Professional Animation" Overview: Professional animator(s) demonstrate animation at work and participants get to try their hands at implementing simple animation techniques. Maximum Participants: 30 participants Workshop Presenter: Desmond Young Date: Thursday February 20 Time: 11:00 am– 12Noon Venue: Lab, CARIMAC Annex II, Faculty of Humanities and Education |
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Faculty Seminar | Literatures in English Department| Faculty of Humanities and Education (FHE) Topic: “Global Reggae” Date: Thursday February 20 Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Venue: Lecture Theatre N1, Faculty of Humanities and Education |
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Faculty Panel Discussion | Language, Linguistics and Philosophy Department | Faculty of Humanities and Education (FHE) Topic: Doping in Sports Overview: Panel discussion on the permissibility or non-permissibility of Performance Enhancement Drugs, by (Jamaican) athletes.To include representatives - JAAA, sports media, along with our researcher (Sandra McCalla) from the department. Date: Thursday February 20 Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Venue: Faculty Courtyard, Faculty of Humanities and Education |
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Faculty workshop |Library and Information Studies Department | Faculty of Humanities and Education (FHE) Topic: “Nine (9) steps to maximizing Internal Assessment (IA) scores” – CAPE Date: Thursday February 20 Time: 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Venue: Room 03, Library and Information Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Education |
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Faculty Prose Fiction Readings Event | Literatures in English Department | Faculty of Humanities and Education (FHE) Overview: Participants in the creative writing programme run by writer in residence will read from their work. Date: Thursday February 21 Time: 1:00 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. Venue: Faculty Courtyard, Faculty of Humanities and Education |
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Faculty Workshop | Modern Languages and Literatures Department | Faculty of Humanities and Education (FHE) Topic: Micro-teaching Language Experience Overview: Three (3) Foreign language lessons for students and invited guests Workshop Presenter: Lecturers in Chinese, French, Japanese and Spanish Date: Thursday February 20 Time: 3:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m. |
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Faculty Forum | Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) Topic: “Vision 2030: Not Neglecting the Youth Perspective” (A High Achievers Forum on Vision 2030.) Overview: Panel discussions on Sub Themes Sub-theme for Morning Session – Vision 2030: Where are we ?? Moderator: Dionne Jackson –Miller Panelists: Damion Crawford | Andre Haughton | Lisa Hanna | Gary Matalon | Omar Hawthorne | Dr. Knife | Donovan Johnson Sub-theme for Afternoon Session: “Vision 2030: Overcoming the issues the way” Moderator: Yaneek Page Panelists: Assassin |Shelly –Anne Fraser –Pryce |Danielle Archer |Maurice Smith |Raymond Pryce |*Member of Society Date: Thursday February 20 Time: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Venue: Social Sciences Lecture Theatre SSLT
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FORUM |CLIMATE CHANGE | FST | MICHAEL TAYLOR Date: Thursday February 20 Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Venue: The Undercroft, Senate Building |
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The Mona Social Services (MSS) UWI Township Reasonings #1 Topic: Crime and Community (Title to be finalized). Overview: A 45min 'reasoning talk' featuring residents of the community on social issues affecting the community, and chaired by discussants coming from faculty Date: Thursday February 20 Time: 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Venue: TENT ERECTED NEAR UNDERCROFT TBD |
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Institute Symposium |Institute of Gender and Development Studies (IGDS) Overview: Graduate Student’s Symposium featuring presentations of the research work, proposals and internship experiences of students in MSc IGDS. Date: Thursday February 20 Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
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The Mona Social Services (MSS) UWI Township Reasonings #2 Topic: Parenting Overview: A 45min 'reasoning talk' featuring residents of the community on social issues affecting the community, and chaired by discussants coming from faculty. Date: Thursday February 20 Time: 3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Venue: TENT ERECTED NEAR UNDERCROFT TBD |
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The Mona Social Services (MSS) UWI Township Reasonings #3 Topic: Fathers and Families Overview: A 45min 'reasoning' featuring residents of the community on social issues affecting the community, and chaired by discussants from faculty. Date: Thursday February 20 Time: 4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Venue: TENT ERECTED NEAR UNDERCROFT |
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Faculty workshop | Language, Linguistics and Philosophy | Faculty of Humanities and Education (FHE) Topic: "Fun with English" Overview: A series of engaging activities in which participants test their critical thinking and vocabulary skills Date: Friday February 21 Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12NOON Venue: Writing Centre, Faculty of Humanities and Education |
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TBD | Hugh Wynter Fertility Management Unit | Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS) Use of telemedicine presentation Topic: "Innovations in sexual and reproductive health" Friday February 21 Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12NOON. Venue: 3rd floor, Hugh Wynter Fertility Unit |
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Institute Panel Discussion| Institute of Gender Development Studies | IGDS Topic: “Gender Inequity in Sports: Fact or Fiction?” Presented by: The IGDS in collaboration with UWI Sports Development and UWI Sports Department. Date: Friday February 21 Time: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
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The Mona Social Services (MSS) UWI Township Reasonings #4 Topic: Crime and Community Overview: A 45min'reasoning' featuring residents of the community on social issues affecting the community, and chaired by discussants coming from faculty. Date: Friday February 21 Time: 11:00 a.m. - 11:45a.m. Venue: TENT ERECTED NEAR UNDERCROFT |
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The Mona Social Services (MSS) UWI Township Reasonings #5 Topic: Parenting (Title to be finalized) Overview: A 45min 'reasoning' featuring residents of the community on social issues affecting the community, and chaired by discussants from the faculty. Date: Friday February 21 Time: 1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Venue: TENT ERECTED NEAR UNDERCROFT |
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The Mona Social Services (MSS) UWI Township Reasonings #6 Topic: Fathers and Families Overview: A 45min 'reasoning talk' featuring residents of the community on social issues affecting the community, and chaired by discussants coming from faculty. Date: Friday February 21 Time: 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Venue: TENT ERECTED NEAR UNDERCROFT |
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WADA Seminar in Partnership with the UWI Seminar Title: “New Era Smart testing and Anti-doping e-education in the Caribbean” Overview: The University of the West Indies, Mona will be hosting a symposium where a WADA education officer will present information on the pilot university e-learning programme and the proposed new WADA regulations and standards to be implemented at the end of 2014. This forum is of great national interest as it will provide critical information to all members of the Jamaican sports fraternity for the way forward. Chairperson: Dr. Paula Dawson Presenter(s): Prof. Archibald McDonald, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal, Dr. Derrick McKoy, Dean Faculty of Law, UWI Mona, UWI Mona, Mr. Carey Brown, CEO JADCo, Dr. Rachael Irving, Senior Lecturer, UWI Mona, Dr. Guyan Arscott, Chairman Medical Committee, JFF, Mr. Tony Cunningham, Manager, Education Program, WADA, Professor Fletcher, Dean, Faculty of Medical Sciences Date: Thursday February 20 Time: 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Venue: FMS Teaching and Research Complex, FMS Building |
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Faculty Seminar | CARIMAC | Faculty of Humanities and Education (FHE) Title: "Presentation Skills" Presenter: Mrs. Fae Ellington Date: Friday February 21 Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12Noon Venue: Faculty of Humanities and Education |
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Faculty Seminar | School of Education Department | Faculty of Humanities and Education (FHE) Topic: "Working with Struggling Learners – assessment and intervention" Date: Friday February 21 Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
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Faculty Seminar | School of Education Department | Faculty of Humanities and Education (FHE) Topic: "Improving Classroom Practice " Overview: This workshop on the interactive classroom involves an exploration of how to improve classroom practice through assessment Presenter: Dr. Deon Edwards Kerr and Joan Spencer Ernandez Date: Friday February 21 Time: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Venue: SLT 2 A , School of Education, Faculty of Humanities and Education |
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