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Schedule 2019

Date: Thursday February 7
Date Time Type Details Venue
Thursday February 7 10:00AM - 3:00PM COURTYARD EXHIBIT

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES DEPARTMENT COURTYARD EXHIBIT

Overview: The DLIS Booth will house flyers, posters and brochures promoting the department as well as its posters, event and other contributions for the UWI RDs 2019. The department will also seek to carry out a miniaturized knowledge based interactive in the form of a dart game aimed at showcasing the department's social and economic contribution to development in areas such as Knowledge Management, Archives and Records Management, Librarianship, Media and Information Literacy.

Faculty of Humanities and Education Courtyard
Thursday February 7 10:00AM - 3:00PM PARTICIPATORY EXPERIMENTS

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY Ice cream making and other scientific experiments

Overview: Demonstrating basic scientific principles and interactive demonstrations to excite High School Students.

AUDIENCE: UWI Students, High School Students, General Public

The Spine, Faculty of Science and Technology
Thursday February 7 10:00AM - 12:00PM Seminar

Academic Research and Funding the Enterprise: A Look at Key Strategies for Success

Overview: The Seminar will provide effective tools for writing viable research proposals for funding; and present strategies for transferring research results into the marketplace

Speakers: Dr. Julie-Ann Grant, Grant Development Coordinator, Mona Office of Research and Innovation (MORI); Professor Daniel Coore, Chair, Mona Campus Entrepreneurial Committee

Moderator: Professor Donna Hope

The Assembly Hall
Thursday February 7 10:00AM - 3:00PM COURTYARD EXHIBIT

CARIMAC DEPARTMENT COURTYARD EXHIBIT

Overview: Visit our table top display in the courtyard!

Faculty of Humanities and Education Courtyard
Thursday February 7 10:00AM - 3:00PM MATH GAMES

DEPARTMENT OF MATH: A Selection of Math games

Overview: A Selection of Math games

AUDIENCE: UWI Students, High School Students, General Public

The Spine, Faculty of Science and Technology
Thursday February 7 10:00AM-12:00PM FORUM

Reaping Rewards: Fruitful Investments in Inner-City Youth and their contribution to Nation Building” and "Community Engagement: Developing communities towards the Vision 2030 Agenda

Overview: Participants will gain insight into look at Mona Social Service’s (MSS) contribution to development particularly through the UWI Township Scholarship and Entrepreneurship programmes. UWI Township graduates and high achievers will share their tertiary education journey and how they now contribute to social and economic development. Stakeholders from other tertiary institutions will also present how they engage with communities and the impact they have been making.

The Council Room, Senate Building
Thursday February 7 10:00AM - 3:00PM COURTYARD EXHIBIT

MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES DEPARTMENT COURTYARD EXHIBIT

Overview: Visit our table top display in the courtyard!

Faculty of Humanities and Education Courtyard
Thursday February 7 11:00AM - 12:00PM FACULTY TOURS

FACULTY TOURS

Overview: Special tours offered of the state-of-the-art Faculty of Law facilities, guided by current students in the Law programme.

Faculty of Law Foyer
Thursday February 7 11:00AM MUSEUMS AND BOTANY GARDENS TOURS

FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TOURS

Overview: Campus visitors will have the opportunity to explore or research facilities and museums, by participating in the following tours:

  • Tour of Geology Museum
  • Tour of Map Library
  • Tour of Herbarium
  • Tour of Medicinal Plants (Botany Gardens)
  • Tour of Zoology Museum
  • Tour of the Natural Products Institute’s Mosquito Research facilities, Biochemistry Lab and Cell Culture Screening Laboratory.

Audience: UWI Students, High School Students, General Public

Venue Description: URD Students and Tours Centre, adjacent The Assembly Hall

URD Tours Centre
Thursday February 7 11:00AM -12:OOPM WORKSHOP

Critical Thinking and Fun with Languages

Overview: Three members of staff, Department of Language, Linguistics and Philosophy will guide the scheduled workshops. There will be two daily scheduled daily.

Target Audience: Specially invited High School students and visiting school groups.

The Writing Centre, Faculty of Humanities and Education

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