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Academic Diary 2010/2011

The University of the West Indies

Open CampusCave Hill Mona St Augustine

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Dates for Academic Diary 2010/2011

Graduation Dates

Saturday October 16, 2010 Open Campus, Country Site, Grenada

Saturday October 23, 2010 Cave Hill

Thursday October 28–Saturday 30, 2010 St. Augustine

Friday November 5–Saturday 6, 2010 Mona

Semester I Dates 2010/2011

Semester I begins Sunday August 29, 2010

Teaching begins Monday September 6, 2010

Teaching ends Friday December 3, 2010

Examinations December 6–21, 2010

Semester I ends December 21, 2010

Semester II Dates 2010/2011

Semester II begins Sunday January 23, 2011

Teaching begins Monday January 24, 2011

Teaching ends April 21, 2011

Examinations April 27–May 13, 2011

University Meetings

University Strategy & Planning Committee Retreat at Cave Hill – August 18–20, 2010

Cross Campus Meetings at St. Augustine – October 11–15, 2010

Cross Campus Meetings at Mona – February 7–11, 2011

Cross Campus Meetings at Cave Hill – May 16–20, 2011

Annual Business Meeting of Council – Friday April 29, 2011

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Sunday 1 Public Holiday in Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & The Grenadines and theTurk & Caicos Islands – Emancipation Day(to be observed on Monday August 2)

Senior Administrative, Professional and Academic Staff, Mona(Deadline for agreed objectives for 2010/2011 to be forwarded to theRegistry, Mona)

Summer Camp, St. Vincent & The Grenadines

Monday 2 Public Holiday in Anguilla – Carnival Celebrations

Public Holiday in Antigua and Barbuda – Carnival Monday

Public Holiday in the Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada, Montserrat and St. Kitts& Nevis – Emancipation Day

Public Holiday in the Commonwealth of Dominica and Montserrat –August Monday

Public Holiday in the British Virgin Islands – Festival Monday

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Academic Diary 2010/2011

AUGUST 2010

AUGUST 2010

Tuesday 3 Public Holiday in Antigua and Barbuda – Carnival Tuesday

Culturama in St. Kitts & Nevis

Public Holiday in Barbados – Kadooment Day

Public Holiday in the British Virgin Islands – Festival Monday

August Festival Celebrations in the British Virgin Islands

Wednesday 4 August Festival Celebrations in the British Virgin Islands

Academic Quality Assurance Committee, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Thursday 5 Public Holiday in Anguilla – Carnival Celebrations

Friday 6 Public Holiday in Anguilla – Constitution Day

Public Holiday in Jamaica – Independence Day

Saturday 7

Sunday 8

Monday 9 Public Holiday in Grenada – Carnival

Tuesday 10 Public Holiday in Grenada – Carnival

Wednesday 11 Academic Board Sub-Committee on Student Matters, Mona, 9:00 a.m.

Thursday 12 –

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AUGUST 2010

Friday 13 –

Saturday 14 –

Sunday 15 Jim Allen Lecture Series, Montserrat

Monday 16 Mona IDU, Teaching and Learning Summer Institute, 9:00 a.m.

Tuesday 17 Mona IDU, Teaching and Learning Summer Institute, 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday 18 University Strategy & Planning Committee Retreat begins at Cave Hill

Mona IDU, Teaching and Learning Summer Institute, 9:00 a.m.

Orientation for new Academic and Senior Administrative Staff, Mona

Board, Faculty of Science & Agriculture, St. Augustine, 1:30 p.m.

Security Committee, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Pre-departure Seminar, the Bahamas

Thursday 19 Mona IDU, Teaching and Learning Summer Institute, 9:00 a.m.

Friday 20 University Strategy & Planning Committee Retreat ends at Cave Hill

Saturday 21 –

Sunday 22 Orientation for Undergraduate Students, Mona begins

Monday 23 –


AUGUST 2010

Tuesday 24 Faculty of Social Sciences, Mona, Faculty Day

Orientation for Undergraduate (B.Sc. ) Students, St. Lucia

Orientation to Teaching and Learning for new Academic and SeniorAdministrative Staff, Mona, 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday 25 Orientation for Undergraduate (B.Ed.) Students, St. Lucia

Orientation to Teaching and Learning for new Academic and

Senior Administrative Staff, Mona, 9:00 a.m.

UWI Alumni Association Meeting (Jamaica Chapter), 6:00 p.m.

Orientation to University Teaching, St. Augustine begins

Thursday 26 Campus Appointments Committee, Mona, 9:30 a.m.

Orientation for Undergraduate Students, Mona ends

Friday 27 Campus Appointments Committee, St. Augustine, 1:30 p.m.

Orientation to University Teaching, St. Augustine ends

Orientation for Undergraduate Students, Cave Hill

Saturday 28 –

Sunday 29 Semester I begins


AUGUST 2010

Monday 30 Open Campus students collect Course Material Package, St. Lucia

Orientation for Graduate Students, Cave Hill

Tuesday 31 Public Holiday in Trinidad & Tobago – Independence Day

Campus Non-Faculty Advisory Committee on Assessment and Promotions,9:30 a.m.

Campus Non-Faculty Assessing Committee, Mona


SEPTEMBER 2010

Wednesday 1 Academic Quality Assurance Committee, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Orientation of New Students, Open Campus, the Bahamas

Thursday 2 Board, Faculty of Social Sciences, St. Augustine, 1:30 p.m.

Campus Audit Committee, Mona

Open Campu students collect Course Material package, St. Lucia

Launch of Website, Open Campus, St. Vincent & The Grenadines

Friday 3 Board, Faculty of Humanities & Education, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Matriculation Ceremony, Cave Hill, 5:00 p.m.

Saturday 4 –

Sunday 5 –

Monday 6 Teaching begins

Public Holiday in Bermuda – Labour Day

Tuesday 7 Board of Studies, Institute for Gender and Development Studies, Cave Hill2:00 p.m.



SEPTEMBER 2010

Thursday 9 Matriculation & Welcome Ceremony, Mona

Board, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Friday 10 Public Holiday in Belize – St. George’s Caye Day

Board of Studies, Institute for Gender and Development Studies, Mona,10:00 a.m.

Board, Faculty of Pure & Applied Sciences, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Board, Faculty of Law, 9:00 a.m.

Campus Committee on Examinations, Cave Hill,

Saturday 11 Faculty of Humanities & Education Student Awards Ceremony, Mona, 2:00 p.m.

Sunday 12 Welcome Service, Mona, 9:00 a.m.

Monday 13 –

Tuesday 14 Campus Non-Faculty Advisory Committee on Assessment and Promotions,Mona, 9:30 a.m.

Campus Non-Faculty Assessing Committee, Mona

Campus Committee for Graduate Studies & Research, Mona, 9:30 a.m.

Management Committee, Open Campus


SEPTEMBER 2010

Wednesday 15 Campus Finance and General Purposes Committee, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Housing Committee, Mona, 2:30 p.m.


Thursday 16 Academic Board, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Academic Quality Assurance Committee, Open Campus, 10:00 a.m. (E.C. time)

Campus Committee on Graduate Studies & Research, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Friday 17 Public Holiday in St. Kitts & Nevis – National Heroes’ Day

Campus Quality Assurance Committee, Cave Hill, 10:00 a.m.

Saturday 18 –

Sunday 19 Public Holiday in St. Kitts & Nevis – Independence Day(celebrated Monday 20th)

Monday 20 –

Tuesday 21 Public Holiday in Belize – Independence Day

Academic Board, Open Campus, 10:00 a.m. (E.C. time)

Wednesday 22 Steering Committee of Academic Board, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Campus Finance & General Purposes Committee, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

UWI Alumni Association Meeting, Jamaica Chapter, Mona, 6:00 p.m.


SEPTEMBER 2010

Thursday 23 Campus Appointments Committee, Cave Hill at 9:30 a.m.

Campus Appointments Committee, Mona at 9:30 a.m.

Campus Research Awards Funds Committee, Cave Hill 2:00 p.m.

Board, Faculty of Humanities & Education, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Board, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Friday 24 Public Holiday in Trinidad & Tobago – Republic Day

Public Holiday in the Turks & Caicos – National Youth Day

Academic Board, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Saturday 25 –

Sunday 26 –

Monday 27 –

Tuesday 28 Teaching Excellence Forum, St. Augustine

Wednesday 29 Campus Committee on Curricular Credits, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Thursday 30 Board, Faculty of Medical Sciences, St. Augustine, 1:30 p.m.

Lecture on 1935 Riots, St. Vincent & The Grenadines

Formalisation of Students’ Guild, St. Vincent & The Grenadines


OCTOBER 2010


Campus Finance and General Purposes Committee, St. Augustine 1:30 p.m.

UWI/Guardian Life Premium Teaching Awards, St. Augustine

Board, Faculty of Humanities & Education, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Saturday 2 –

Sunday 3 –

Monday 4 Public Holiday in St. Lucia – Thanksgiving Day

Grounds, Buildings & Premises Committee, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday 5 –


Thursday 7 Board, Faculty of Humanities & Education, St. Augustine 1:30 p.m.


Evaluation and Promotion, Open Campus, 10:00 a.m. (E.C. time)

Board, Faculty of Social Sciences, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Friday 8 Appointments Committee, Open Campus, 10:0 a.m. (E.C. time)

Saturday 9 –


OCTOBER 2010

Sunday 10 –

Monday 11 Public Holiday in Belize – Columbus Day

Public Holiday in the Turks & Caicos – Columbus Day

Committee of Deans, at St. Augustine, 9:00 a.m.

University Archives & Records Management Committee at St. Augustine, 2:00 p.m.

Vice Chancellor and WIGUTS Meeting, at St. Augustine, 3:30 p.m

Tuesday 12 Board for Undergraduate Studies, at St. Augustine, 9:00 a.m.

Public Holiday in the Bahamas – Discovery Day

Wednesday 13 University Appointments Committee, at St. Augustine, 9:00 a.m.

Academic Board Sub-Committee on Student Matters, Mona, 9:00 a.m.

UWI/Guardian Life Premium Teaching Awards 2010, Mona, 6:00 p.m.

Thursday 14 Board for Graduate Studies & Research, at St. Augustine, 9:00 a.m.

Board, The UWI Press at St. Augustine, 3:00 p.m.


Board, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Annual Independence Lecture, Open Campus, St. Vincent & The Grenadines


OCTOBER 2010

Friday 15 Finance and General Purposes Committee at St. Augustine, 9:00 a.m.

Board, Faculty of Law, Cave Hill, 9:00 a.m.

Joint Board of Teacher Education, Mona, 10:00 a.m.

Saturday 16 Graduation Ceremony, Open Campus at Grenada

Sunday 17 –

Monday 18 Public Holiday in Jamaica – National Heroes’ Day

Tuesday 19 Campus Research & Publications and Graduate Awards Committee, Mona,9:30 a.m

Academic Quality Assurance Committee, St. Augustine, 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday 20 Board, Faculty of Social Sciences, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.


Thursday 21 Public Holiday in the British Virgin Islands – St. Ursula’s Day

Academic Board, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Appointments Committee, St. Augustine 10:00 a.m.

Friday 22 –

Saturday 23 Graduation Ceremony at Cave Hill, 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.


OCTOBER 2010

Sunday 24 Public Holiday in the Turks & Caicos – International Human RightsDay

Monday 25 Public Holiday in Grenada – Thanksgiving Day

Tuesday 26 –

Wednesday 27 Public Holiday in St. Vincent & The Grenadines – Independence Day


UWI Alumni Association (Jamaica Chapter) Meeting, Mona, 6:00 p.m.


Graduation Ceremony at St. Augustine, 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.



Friday 29 Graduation Ceremony at St. Augustine, 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Saturday 30 Graduation Ceremony at St. Augustine, 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Sunday 31 –


NOVEMBER 2010

Monday 1 Public Holiday in Antigua and Barbuda – Independence Day

Tuesday 2 –

Wednesday 3 Public Holiday in the Commonwealth of Dominica – Independence Day

Board, Faculty of Social Sciences, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.


Thursday 4 Award Ceremony, Open Campus, Belize

Public Holiday in the Commonwealth of Dominica – CommunityService Day


Board, Faculty of Science & Agriculture, St. Augustine 1:30 p.m.

Board, Faculty of Engineering, St. Augustine, 1:30 p.m.

Board, Faculty of Humanities & Education, St. Augustine, 1:30 p.m.

Board, Faculty of Medical Sciences, St. Augustine, 1:30 p.m.


Graduation Ceremony at Mona, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday 6 Graduation Ceremony at Mona, 10:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Sunday 7 –


NOVEMBER 2010

Monday 8 Blue Book Committee at Cave Hill, 9:00 a.m. (to be confirmed)

Tuesday 9 Public Holiday in the Cayman Islands – Remembrance Day

UWISTATT Visit, Open Campus, St. Vincent & The Grenadines

Open Campus Fund Raising Events begin, St. Vincent & The Grenadines

Wednesday 10 Career Path Review Group at Cave Hill, 9:00 a.m. (to be confirmed)

Thursday 11 Public Holiday in Bermuda – Remembrance Day

Open Campus Public Lecture by Professor Carolyn Cooper – AlliouaganaFestival of the Word, Montserrat

Board, Faculty of Pure & Applied Sciences, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Friday 12 Board, Faculty of Pure & Applied Sciences, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.


Open Campus Alliouagana Festival of the Word, Montserrat

Open Campus Fund Raising Events end, St. Vincent & The Grenadines

Board of Studies, Institute for Gender & Development Studies, Cave Hill,2:00 p.m.

Board of Studies, Institute for Gender & Development Studies, Mona,10:00 a.m.

15th Caribbean Women: Catalysts for Change Lecture, Cave Hill


NOVEMBER 2010

Saturday 13 –

Sunday 14 Open Campus Alliouagana Festival of the Word, Montserrat

Monday 15 Annual Staff Review, Mona, 9:00 a.m.

Tuesday 16 Academic Board, Open Campus, 10:00 a.m. (E.C. time)

Wednesday 17 Annual Staff Review, Mona, 9:00 a.m.



Campus Finance and General Purposes Committee, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Thursday 18 Board, of Studies, Institute for Gender & Development Studies, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.


Friday 19 Public Holiday in Belize – Garifuna Settlement Day

Annual Staff Review, Mona, 9:00 a.m.


Saturday 20 Campus Quality Assurance Committee, Cave Hill, 10:00 a.m.


NOVEMBER 2010

Sunday 21 –

Monday 22 Annual Staff Review, Mona, 9:00 a.m.

Tuesday 23 –





Ceremony to recognize Graduates, Open Campus, Montserrat

Thursday 25 Campus Appointments Committee, Cave Hill, 9:30 a.m.

Campus Appointments Committee, Mona, 9:30 a.m.



Friday 26 Academic Board, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Campus Finance & General Purposes Committee, St. Augustine, 2:00 p.m.


NOVEMBER 2010

Friday 26 –

Saturday 27 –

Sunday 28 –

Monday 29 –

Tuesday 30 Public Holiday in Barbados – Independence Day


DECEMBER 2010


Thursday 2 Board, Faculty of Social Sciences, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Board, Faulty of Humanities & Education, St. Augustine, 1:30 p.m.

Board, Faculty of Science & Agriculture, 1:30 p.m.

Friday 3 Joint Board of Teacher Education for the Eastern Caribbean, Cave Hill

Teaching ends


Saturday 4 Long Service Awards, Cave Hill

Sunday 5 Nine Lessons and Carols, Cave Hill

Monday 6 Semester I Examinations begin


On the Road Information Sharing Sessions begin, Open Campus, St. Vincent & The Grenadines

Celebrating University Teaching Week, St. Augustine begins

Tuesday 7 Campus Committee for Graduate Studies & Research, Mona at 9:30 a.m



DECEMBER 2010

Thursday 9 Public Holiday in Antigua and Barbuda – National Heroes’ Day



Long Service Awards, Mona

Friday 10 Celebrating University Teaching Week, St. Augustine, ends


Saturday 11 –

Sunday 12 Carol Service, Mona, 7:00 p.m.

Monday 13 Public Holiday in St. Lucia – National Day

Tuesday 14 –




On the Road Information Sharing Sessions end, Open campus, St. Vincent & The Grenadines

Friday 17 Public Holiday in Anguilla – National Heroes’ Day

Saturday 18 –


DECEMBER 2010

Sunday 19 –

Monday 20 –

Tuesday 21 Semester I Examinations end

Semester I ends

Wednesday 22 –

Thursday 23 –

Friday 24 –

Saturday 25 CHRISTMAS DAY

Sunday 26 BOXING DAY

Monday 27 Boxing Day observed

Tuesday 28 –

Wednesday 29 –

Thursday 30 –

Friday 31 Public Holiday in Montserrat– Festival Day


JANUARY 2011

Saturday 1 New Year’s Day

Sunday 2 Public Holiday in Montserrat – Second New Year’s Day

Public Holiday in St. Kitts & Nevis – Carnival Day(celebrated on Monday 3rd )

Monday 3 Advertising begins for the Annual Creative Writing Competition,Montserrat

Tuesday 4 –

Wednesday 5 –

Thursday 6 –

Friday 7 Annual Recognition of Graduates,Open Campus, St. Vincent & TheGrenadines


Saturday 8 –

Sunday 9 –

Monday 10 UWI Open House, St. Vincent & The Grenadines

Tuesday 11 Evaluation and Promotions Committee, Open Campus, 10:00 a.m. (E.C. time)

Wednesday 12 Campus Appointments Committee, Open Campus, 10:00 a.m. (E.C. time)


JANUARY 2011

Thursday 13 Academic Quality Assurance Committee, Open Campus, 10:00 a.m. (E.C. time)


Campus Appointments Committee, St. Augustine, 10:00 a.m.


Friday 14 Board, Faculty of Law, Cave Hill, 9:00 a.m.



Board, Faculty of Engineering, St. Augustine 1:30 p.m.

Open Day, Open Campus, The Bahamas

UWI Open House, St. Vincent & The Grenadines

Saturday 15 –

Sunday 16 Campus Examiners’ Meeting, Mona

Monday 17 Academic Board, Open Campus, 10:00 a.m. (E.C. time)

Campus Examiners’ Meeting, Mona

Tuesday 18 2011Annual Teaching Skills Workshop, Mona, 9:00 a.m.



JANUARY 2011

Wednesday 19 2011 Annual Teaching Skills Workshop, Mona, at 9:00 a.m.


Campus Committee on Curricular Credits, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.


Security Committee Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Thursday 20 2011 Annual Teaching Skills Workshop, Mona, at 9:00 a.m.


Faculty of Social Sciences Student Awards Ceremony, Mona

Board of Studies, Institute for Gender and Development Studies, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Campus Research Awards Fund Committee, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Friday 21 Public Holiday in Barbados – Errol Barrow Day


Joint Board of Teacher Education, Mona, 10:00 a.m.

Saturday 22 Campus Examiners’ Meeting, Mona

Sunday 23 Semester II begins



JANUARY 2011

Monday 24 Teaching begins


Tuesday 25 Campus Committee on Curricular Credits, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Joint Campus Team School Visits, Open Campus, St. Lucia


Wednesday 26 Public Holiday in the Cayman Islands – National Heroes’ Day

The New York Gala, The Pierre Hotel

Joint Campus Team School Visits, Open Campus, St. Lucia

Steering Committee of Academic Board, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.




Thursday 27 Open Day, Open Campus, St. Lucia

Research Day, Mona begins

Campus Appointments Committee, Cave Hill, 9:30 a.m.

Academic Board St. Augustine, 1:30 p.m.



JANUARY 2011

Friday 28 Research Day, Mona ends


Campus Committee on Examinations, Cave Hill

Campus Finance and General Purposes Committee, St. Augustine, 1:30 p.m.

Saturday 29 –

Sunday 30 –

Monday 31 –


FEBRUARY 2011

Tuesday 1 –



Outreach to Secondary Schools & The NGO Community, Open Campus,St. Vincent & The Grenadines

Open Campus Fund Raising Events begin, St. Vincent & The Grenadines

Thursday 3 Board, Faculty of Social Sciences, Mona, 2:30 p.m.




Saturday 5 –

Sunday 6 –

Monday 7 Public Holiday in Grenada – Independence Day

Committee of Deans at Mona, 9:00 a.m.


Tuesday 8 Board for Undergraduate Studies, at Mona, 9:00 a.m.


FEBRUARY 2011

Wednesday 9 University Appointments Committee, at Mona, 9:00 a.m.


Campus Committee on Examinations, Mona,

Thursday 10 Board for Graduate Studies & Research, at Mona, 9:00 a.m.



Friday 11 Finance and General Purposes Committee, at Mona, 9:00 a.m.


Board of Studies, Institute for Gender & Development Studies, Mona,10:00 a.m.

Saturday 12 –

Sunday 13 Commemoration Service, Mona, 9:00 a.m.

Monday 14 Commemoration Celebrations, Mona

Tuesday 15 Commemoration Celebrations, Mona

Campus Research & Publications and Graduate Awards Committee, Mona, 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday 16 Commemoration Celebrations, Mona


FEBRUARY 2011

Wednesday 16 (Cont’d) Campus Finance and General Purposes Committee, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.




Commemoration Celebrations, Mona

Friday 18 Commemoration Celebrations, Mona

Saturday 19 Commemoration Celebrations, Mona

Sunday 20 –

Monday 21 Open Campus Open Day and Careers Fair, Montserrat begins

Tuesday 22 Public Holiday in St. Lucia – Independence Day

Academic Quality Assurance Committee, St. Augustine, 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday 23 Campus Finance & General Purposes Committee, Mona, 2:30 p.m.







FEBRUARY 2011

Friday 25 Outreach to Secondary Schools & The NGO Community, Open Campus,St. Vincent & The Grenadines

Fund Raising Events end, St. Vincent & The Grenadines

Saturday 26 –

Sunday 27 –

Monday 28 Open Campus Admissions Week begins in Antigua & Barbuda

Advertising ends for the Annual Creative Writing Competition, OpenCampus, Montserrat

Open Day and Careers Fair, Montserrat ends


MARCH 2011

Tuesday 1 –

Wednesday 2 Public Holiday in the British Virgin Islands – H. Lavity Stoutt’s Birthday(in lieu of March 7, 2010)


Thursday 3 Board, Faculty of Engineering, St. Augustine, 1:30 p.m.


Board, Faculty of Medical Sciences, St. Augustine, 1:30 p.m.


Board, Faculty of Social Sciences, St. Augustine, 1:30 p.m.


Intramural Sports Day, Mona (Classes suspended)

Friday 4 Campus Council, Mona, 9:00 a.m.


Open Campus Admissions Week ends in Antigua & Barbuda

Saturday 5 –


MARCH 2011

Sunday 6 –

Monday 7 Public Holiday in Dominica – Carnival Monday

Carnival Monday in Trinidad and Tobago

Tuesday 8 Carnival Tuesday in Trinidad and Tobago


Wednesday 9 Public Holiday in the Cayman Islands, Commonwealth of Dominica, andJamaica – Ash Wednesday

Thursday 10 Board, Faculty of Pure & Applied Sciences, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Friday 11 Campus Council, Cave Hill, 9:30 a.m.

Saturday 12 Public Holiday in the British Virgin Islands – Commonwealth Day

Sunday 13 –

Monday 14 Public Holiday in St. Vincent & The Grenadines – National Heroes’ Day

Public Holiday in the Turks & Caicos – Commonwealth Day

St. Patrick’s Week of celebrations begins, Montserrat

Tuesday 15 –

Wednesday 16 Evaluation and Promotion Committee, Open Campus, 10:00 a.m. (E.C. time).


MARCH 2011

Wednesday 16(Cont’d) Board, Faculty of Social Sciences, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.



Thursday 17 Public Holiday in Montserrat – St. Patrick’s Day


Campus Appointments Committee, Open Campus, 10:00 a.m. (E.C. time)

Friday 18 Open Campus Campus Council

Saturday 19 –

Sunday 20 –

Monday 21 –

Tuesday 22 –







MARCH 2011

Friday 25 Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Mona, Student Awards Ceremony

Saturday 26 The Toronto Gala

Sunday 27 –

Monday 28 –

Tuesday 29 Campus Council, St. Augustine, 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday 30 Public Holiday in Trinidad & Tobago – Spiritual Baptist/ShouterLiberation Day

Thursday 31 –


APRIL 2011


Saturday 2 –

Sunday 3 –

Monday 4 Grounds, Buildings & Premises Committee, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday 5 Student Awards Ceremony, Cave Hill, 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday 6 Board, Faculty of Social Sciences, Cave Hill


Thursday 7 Board, Faculty of Humanities & Education, St. Augustine, 1:30 p.m.



Friday 8 Board of Studies, Institute for Gender & Development Studies, Mona, 10:00 a.m.

Board, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Saturday 9 UWI Mona Annual Student Awards Ceremony, Mona, 6:00 p.m.

Sunday 10 –

Monday 11 –



APRIL 2011

Tuesday 12 Campus Committee for Graduate Studies & Research, Mona, 9:30 a.m.


Thursday 14 Academic Quality Assurance Committee, Open Campus, 10:00 a.m. (E.C. time)

Campus Appointments Committee, St. Augustine, 10:00 a.m.


Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Friday 15 Joint Board of Teacher Education, Mona, 10:00 a.m.


Saturday 16 –

Sunday 17 Valedictory Service, Mona, 9:00 a.m.

Monday 18 –

Tuesday 19 Campus Appointments Committee, Cave Hill, 9:30 a.m.


Wednesday 20 Campus Finance and General Purposes Committee, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.


APRIL 2011

Thursday 21 Academic Staff Appraisal(Academic Staff to commence process of completing appraisalforms)



Teaching ends

Friday 22 Good Friday

Saturday 23 –

Sunday 24 Easter Sunday

Monday 25 Easter Monday

Tuesday 26 Board of Studies, Institute for Gender & Development Studies, Cave Hill

Wednesday 27 Semester II Examinations begin

Campus Research Awards Fund Committee, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.



Thursday 28 Public Holiday in Barbados – National Heroes’ Day



APRIL 2011

Thursday 28 (Cont’d) Senior Administrative & Professional Staff Assessment(Process of completing Self-Assessment forms [HR301] begins)

Academic Staff Appraisal(Deadline for submitting completed Appraisal Forms to Headsof Departments)




Friday 29 Annual Business Meeting of Council at St. Kitts, 9: 00 a.m.


Saturday 30 –

MAY 2011

Sunday 1 Public Holiday in Grenada, Montserrat, St. Lucia and St. Vincent & TheGrenadines – Labour Day (to be observed on Monday May 2)

Monday 2 Public Holiday in Barbados and the Commonwealth of Dominica – May Day

Public Holiday in St. Kitts & Nevis– Labour Day

Tuesday 3 Academic Staff Appraisal(Heads of Departments to commence appraisal interviews)



Thursday 5 Senior Administrative & Professional Staff Appraisal(Deadline for submitting completed Self-Assessment forms toHeads of Departments)



Friday 6 Board, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, St. Augustine, 1:30 p.m.

Board, Faculty of Social Sciences, St. Augustine, 1:30 p.m.


Saturday 7 –



MAY 2011

Sunday 8 –Monday 9 –Tuesday 10 –Wednesday 11 –

Thursday 12 Campus Appointments Committee, St. Augustine, 10:00 a.m.

Evaluation and Promotion Committee, Open Campus, 10:00 a.m. (E.C. time)


Friday 13 Senior Administrative & Professional Staff Appraisal(Assessment interviews begins)

Semester II Examinations end

Semester II ends

Campus Appointments Committee, Open Campus, 10:00 a.m. (E.C. time)

Saturday 14 –

Sunday 15 –

Monday 16 Committee of Deans at Cave Hill, 9:00 a.m.

University Archives and Records Management Committee atCave Hill, 3:00 p.m.

MAY 2011

Tuesday 17 Board for Undergraduate Studies at Cave Hill, 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday 18 Public Holiday in the Cayman Islands – Discovery Day

University Appointments Committee at Cave Hill, 9:00 a.m.



Thursday 19 Board for Graduate Studies & Research at Cave Hill, 9:00 a.m.

Board, The UWI Press at Cave Hill, 4:00 p.m.

Friday 20 Finance & General Purposes Committee at Cave Hill, 9:00 a.m.

Saturday 21 –

Sunday 22 –

Monday 23 Public Holiday in Jamaica – Labour Day

Tuesday 24 Public Holiday in Bermuda – Bermuda Day

Campus Research & Publications and Graduate Awards Committee, Mona,9:30 a.m.







MAY 2011

Thursday 26 (Cont’d Board, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Friday 27 –

Saturday 28 –

Sunday 29 –

Monday 30 Public Holiday in Trinidad & Tobago – Indian Arrival Day

Public Holiday in the Turks & Caicos – National Heroes’ Day

Tuesday 31 –

JUNE 2011


Thursday 2 –

Friday 3 Public Holiday in the Bahamas – Labour Day

Academic Staff Appraisal(Deadline for Heads of Department to submit Appraisal Formsto Deans)


Saturday 4 –

Sunday 5 –

Monday 6 Regional Planning and Strategy Committee, ICDS


Tuesday 7 Regional Planning and Strategy Committee, ICDS

Public Holiday in Montserrat – Queen’s Birthday

Wednesday 8 –

Thursday 9 Board, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Friday 10 Board, Faculty of Law, Cave Hill, 9:00 a.m.



JUNE 2011

Saturday 11 –

Sunday 12 –

Monday 13 Public Holiday in Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, theBritish Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat,St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent &The Grenadines and the Turks &Caicos – Whit Monday

Tuesday 14 –

Wednesday 15 Public Holiday in the Cayman Islands – Queen’s Birthday



Friday 17 –

Saturday 18 –

Sunday 19 Public Holiday in Trinidad & Tobago – Labour Day(observed on Monday 20th)

Monday 20 Public Holiday in Bermuda – National Heroes’ Day

Tuesday 21 –



JUNE 2011

Thursday 23 Public Holiday in Grenada and St. Lucia – Corpus Christi



Friday 24 –

Saturday 25 –

Sunday 26 –

Monday 27 –

Tuesday 28 Academic Staff Appraisal(Deadline for completed appraisal forms to be returned to theRegistry)

Senior Administrative & Professional Staff Assessment (Deadline for completed appraisal forms to be returned to theRegistry)

Wednesday 29 –

Thursday 30 Senior Administrative, Professional & Academic Staff (Deadline for agreed objective for 2010/2011 to be forwarded tothe Registry)



JULY 2011

Friday 1 Public Holiday in the British Virgin Islands – Territory Day

Campus Committee on Examinations, Cave Hill

Saturday 2 –

Sunday 3 –

Monday 4 Public Holiday in Antigua and Barbuda and St. Vincent & The Grenadines –CARICOM Day

Public Holiday in St. Vincent & The Grenadines – Carnival Monday

Tuesday 5 Public Holiday in St. Vincent and The Grenadines – Carnival Tuesday

Open Campus Fund Raising Event, St. Vincent & The Grenadines

Wednesday 6 Public Holiday in the Cayman Islands – Constitution Day


Thursday 7 –

Friday 8 Joint Board of Teacher Education, Mona, 10:00 a.m.

Saturday 9 –

Sunday 10 Public Holiday in the Bahamas – Independence Day

Monday 11 –

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Tuesday 12 –

Wednesday 13 –

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Friday 15 –

Saturday 16 –

Sunday 17 –

Monday 18 Public Holiday in St. Lucia – Carnival Monday

Tuesday 19 –

Wednesday 20 Housing Committee, Mona, 2:30 p.m.


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Friday 22 –

Saturday 23 –

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Tuesday 26 –



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Wednesday 27 UWI Alumni Association (Jamaica Chapter) Meeting, Mona, 6:00 p.m.

Thursday 28 Public Holiday in Bermuda – Emancipation Day – Cup Match


Friday 29 Public Holiday in Bermuda – Somer’s Day – Cup Match

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