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Schedule 2016

Date: FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19
Date Time Type Details Venue
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 1:00PM - 2:00PM PANEL DISCUSSION

Preparing for the Export Market

Mona School of Business and Management
Panel Discussion:
Title:
Preparing for the Export Market
Overview: A panel discussion on preparation required by Jamaican businesses to export goods and services.
Main Presenters: Dr Andre Gordon, Technological Solutions Limited; Mrs. Sandra Glasgow, Jamaica Exporters Association; Professor Lou Anne Barclay. MSBM; Dr Tolulope Bewaji MSBM.

The Assembly Hall
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 1:00PM - 5:00PM OPEN FACULTY LECTURE

Community Economic Development

Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work
SPSW Visit a Lecture Series:

Title: Community Economic Development
Overview: Introduces the concepts, processes, and foundational ideas of local economic development (LED), community economic development (CED), and faith-based community economic development  
Presenter: Dr. Sandra Chadwick-Parkes

Faculty Lecture Theatre SR 12,
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 All will be moving with the Xbox Kinect filled with INTERACTIVE DEMOS

All will be moving with the Xbox Kinect filled with

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

FMS Teaching & Research Complex Exhibition Room
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 1:00 PM - 6:30 PM 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 ”

SEMINAR
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 1:00PM - 2:00PM DISCUSSION

: An interactive discussion regarding Mental Health and its importance in overall health.

Department of Psychiatry
Discussion Topic: Being Mentally Healthy
Overview: An interactive discussion regarding Mental Health and its importance in overall health.

FMS Teaching & Research Complex Seminar Room 1
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 1:00PM - 2:30PM WORKSHOP

: Students will be pre-invited to participate in a Self Esteem Building workshop.

Department of Child and Adolescent Health
Title: Building Self Esteem Overview: Students will be pre-invited to participate
in a Self Esteem Building workshop.
Presenter: Dr. A. Pottinger & Miss N. Passard

FMS Teaching & Research Complex Seminar Room 0 Ground Floor
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 1:30PM - 3:00PM BOOK LAUNCH

Mapping Exercise of the HIV & AIDS response

United Theological College of the West Indies Book
Launch Book Title: Mapping Exercise of the HIV & AIDS response among faith-based organizations (FBOs) in Jamaica
Author: Mapping Exercise Steering Committee of the Jamaica Council of Churches.
Researcher: Althea Bailey- commissioned by the Steering Committee facilitated by the Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC) and the World Council of Churches (WCC)
Overview: The result of a mapping exercise on the response of the religious community to HIV & AIDS in Jamaica that would enable religious groups to effectively deliver programmes and activities in HIV and AIDS.

Faculty Lecture Theatre LT1
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 1:30PM – 2:30PM

The Role of Science in the Red Stripe Business

Department of Chemistry
FST URD LECTURE SERIES
Lecture Title: The Role of Science in the Red Stripe Business
Overview: The application of scientific know-how in the production of Red Stripe from raw materials through to the finished product is discussed. 

Presenter:
Mr. Winston Cousins, Brewing Manager, Red Stripe

Science Lecture Theatre 1 (S1)
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 1:30PM - 3:00PM RAP SESSION

raduate Students in the FSS and FHE rap directly

OGSR Graduate Lounge
Activity: Rap Session with Deputy Deans for Graduate Studies – Faculties of Social Sciences and Humanities and Education
Overview: Graduate Students in the FSS and FHE rap directly with their respective Deputy Deans.
Speakers: Professor David Tennant and Professor Halden Morris

Lawn adjacent to the Office of Graduate Studies and Research
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 1:30PM – 2:30PM LECTURE PRESENTATION

The Role of Science in the Red Stripe Business.

Department of Chemistry
FST URD LECTURE SERIES
Lecture Title:
The Role of Science in the Red Stripe Business.
Overview: The application of scientific know-how in the production of Red Stripe from raw materials through to the finished product is discussed.
Presenter:
Mr. Winston Cousins, Brewing Manager, Red Stripe

Science Lecture Theatre 1 (S1)

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