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.
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Faculty Courtyard |
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 ”
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UWI Regional Headquarters |
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
1:00pm-2:30pm |
WORKSHOP |
Plagiarism & EndNote
The UWI Library Workshop Series Topic: Plagiarism & EndNote Overview: Workshop on Plagiarism & EndNote for graduate students Presenter: Mrs. Karlene Nelson, Librarian, Loan & Reference
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UWI Mona Science Branch Library PGLC Computer Lab |
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 ”
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UWI Regional Headquarters |
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
1:00PM - 3:00PM |
LECTURE PRESENTATION |
The lecture will focus on the barriers to gender
URD 2016 SIGNATURE EVENT Title: “Gender Equity in ICT” Overview: The lecture will focus on the barriers to gender equality for women, youths, unattached males and persons with disabilities and the identification of strategies to increase opportunities and access to education, training, and employment in the ICT industry Presenter: Miss Ayanna Samuels, Independent ICT for Development Consultant/Entrepreneur and Technology Policy Consultant.
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Multi-functional Room, UWI Main Library |
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
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Lawn adjacent to the Office of Graduate Studies and Research |
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
2:00PM - 3:00PM |
INTERACTIVE SESSION |
All will be moving with the Xbox Kinect filled with popular music.
School of Physical Therapy Title: Dance Exercise! Overview: All will be moving with the Xbox Kinect filled with popular music. Meeting Point: Outside Lobby
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FMS Teaching & Research Complex Exhibition Room |
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
2:00PM |
POETRY CLASH |
Competition featuring performance of original poetry by visiting poets and the wider UWI Community with cash prizes.
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.
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Faculty Courtyard |
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.
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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.
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Faculty Courtyard |