Author Otis J. Oxpecker to speak at annual Open House January 29

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The President and Governors of the University of West Terrier are pleased to announce that author Otis J. Oxpecker will speak at the University’s annual Open House on January 29, 2020.

Oxpecker will discuss the value of education in general and, in particular, the vital rôle that higher education plays in broadening the mind, a necessity for those interested in pursuing a career in the arts. We look forward to welcoming Oxpecker and we invite all Park residents to attend the talk and to discover the world of the University of West Terrier.

Annual Open House • 29 January 2020

Snacks, beverages, and brochures will be available from 12:00 until 20:30

University to host one-day symposium on zoocracy and nature

The President and Governors of the University of West Terrier are pleased to announce the university will host a one-day symposium on the subject of zoocracy and nature.

The one-day symposium is entitled “The Nature of Zoocracy/The Zoocracy of Nature,” and will be hosted by the University’s departments of history, political philosophy, and psychology. Faculty members and other experts in those fields will discuss the reciprocal relationship between natural behaviour and zoocracy.

The university is honoured to welcome as keynote speakers, Magnus Marmoset, holder of the Simian Chair in Political Philosophy and BirdBrains directors Gwendolyn Goose and Henry Gander, authors of “Zoocracy After Thirty-Five: A New Avian Era.”

The symposium will take place on 5 January 2020.

University’s Underwater Campus to host first public forum during Enforced Domestication Awareness Month

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The President and Governors of the University of West Terrier are pleased to announce the first public forum to be hosted by its underwater campus.

Participants in the forum will discuss the Piscine experience of domestication, including topics such as adapting to domestic life, how to stay yourself in a Human household, and dealing with the lack of privacy in a domestic situation. Other important topics will be how to detect deception in Humans and how to truthfully answer the question, “Do I have a false sense of security?”

The event will be chaired by Chitter Radio Literary Award winner Barbara Puntius Everetti, whose new book, “Out of the Fish Tank and into the Fryer,” was released in May.

The forum will take place in the underwater campus of the University of West Terrier on June 26, 2019.

Non-Piscine spectators are welcome to attend. Facilities will be in place for the non-Piscine to view the proceedings either through the glass floor on the university’s main floor or on large screens on the second floor of the university.

University to host three-part series on the relationship between economic difficulties and Animals’ vulnerability to enforced domestication

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The President and Governors of the University of West Terrier are pleased to announce that the Winston School of Business and the Livingstone School of Economics and Social Science will host a three-part series of talks on the relationship between economic difficulties and Animals’ vulnerability to enforced domestication.

The series of talks and debates, which will explore the relationship between economics and life choices, will take place on the University’s campus. The full schedule of events and participants will be announced in the first week of June.

The first of the series will explore the effects of economic hardship on the choices Park Animals make regarding not only domestication, but extra-hortulanial employment (employment outside The Park).

Participants will include faculty members from the Winston School of Business, the Departments of Psychology, History, and Political Science, staff from the Park Hospital for the Afflicted and Infirm, and staff and volunteers from Park charities, including LynxLink, CatsCare, Runaway Rovers, and Cautionary Tails.

The series will take place on June 10, 17, and 24. All events will be open to the public. Tickets are available free of charge at BilletBox.

University announces 2019 commencement speaker

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The President and Governors of the University of West Terrier are pleased to announce that Dr. Jagger Zebu will deliver the 2019 UWT Commencement Address.

Dr. Zebu, who holds the title of Professor of Mammalian Medicine at the University of West Terrier, has had a distinguished career since he graduated from the university. Considered a giant in his field, Dr. Zebu, along with his team, have made significant discoveries in the area of premature awakening from hibernation and in the origin and effects of Squeaky Yawn Syndrome (SYS). In 2016, Dr. Zebu and his team were able to pinpoint the location of harrumphocytes in Mammals, a discovery that he believes will soon improve the lives of many. His name was included on Eureka’s  “Seventeen to Watch in 2017” list and, in 2016, he was awarded the prestigious Eureka prize for “pioneering research and innovative experimentation.” The Eureka editorial board called Dr. Zebu “a meticulous scientist and a pioneer in harrumphocyte research.”

Dr. Zebu is only the second in the field of medicine to speak at the annual University commencement ceremony.

Cuthbert School of Journalism to host full day Month Without Metaphor event on campus

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The President and Governors of the University of West Terrier are pleased to announce that the Cuthbert School of Journalism will host a Month Without Metaphor event on its campus this May. The full day event will focus on the subject of Human values and the ways in which they are reflected in Human media.

Participants in the discussion will include faculty members of the UWT Cuthbert School of Journalism, as well as faculty members of the Departments of Human Studies, Interspecial Studies, and Social Science. In addition, journalists currently working in all areas of Park media have been invited to share their knowledge and expertise. The discussion will be led by Noreen, adjunct professor in the Department of Human Studies.

The forum will take place at the University of West Terrier on May 21, 2019.

UWT School of Medicine to host public information session on Squeaky Yawn Syndrome (SYS)

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The President and Governors of the University of West Terrier are pleased to announce that the UWT School of Medicine will host a day-long public information session on the subject of Squeaky Yawn Syndrome (SYS).

The information session will run from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on Friday 1 March 2019 and will be led by Dr. Jagger Zebu of the Department of Mammalian Medicine.

Much of the information discussed will focus on Dr. Zebu’s groundbreaking work on Squeaky Yawn Syndrome (SYS) and the results of his most recent study. He will also discuss the connection between harrumphocyte imbalance and SYS, as well as the increase in incidence of both in hibernators and estivators.

Tickets are free of charge and may be reserved through BilletBox ticket agency.

Mapping a changing landscape: University of West Terrier to host three-day symposium on The Park of the future

How will The Park of the future look?

That will be the topic of discussion this Spring, when a delegation of experts gathers at the university for a conference on “the nature of the future and the future of nature.”

The three-day symposium is entitled “Mapping a Changing Landscape,” and a panel of experts is expected to draw heavily on historical trends in order to create a “map” of The Park as it will be fifty years from now.

The panel will include zoographers, ecologists, geographers, historians, and population specialists, as well as non-academic participants such as A.P. Civet, president, of the Society of Concerned Park Cultivators, Planters, Growers, and Farmers, Kalliope Wollybear, president of the Weather Makers, Producers and Sellers Alliance of The Park, Vadim Kobras, Chief Architect, Fleck + Stone, Kerman Astoa of Burrows and Beyond, and Wellington Whistlepig, president of the Park Association of Shops and Services.

The university is honoured to welcome as keynote speakers BirdBrains directors Gwendolyn Goose and Henry Gander, authors of “Zoocracy After Thirty-Five: A New Avian Era.”

The conference will take place April 26-28, 2019.

One-day course on Park government

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The President and Governors of the University of West Terrier are pleased to host a one-day course on Park government on Saturday, 12 January 2019.

The course, entitled, “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Park Government,” is designed to teach everything any new Archon would need to know about zoocracy, sortition, and the duties of Archonship. The course will be taught in modules of one hour by historians Pieter Paard, Beatrice Zilonis, and Clark Cascanueces, and by political philosopher Magnus Marmoset. Special guests Noreen, adjunct professor of Human Studies, and technology expert Inari Marakatti, will lead a discussion.

The course is open to all Park residents and is offered free of charge.

The course will run from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., including a one-hour break and discussion.

Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. 12 January 2019.

Raymond H. Mink, Former Chief Archon and Park’s Chief Officer of Peace, to speak at annual Open House January 29

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The President and Governors of the University of West Terrier are pleased to announce that Raymond H. Mink, The Park’s Chief Officer of Peace, will speak at the University’s annual Open House on January 29, 2019.

Mink will talk about the importance of education and the rôle that higher education plays in the maintenance of peace, order, and interspecial harmony. We look forward to welcoming Mink and we invite all Park residents to attend the talk and to discover the world of the University of West Terrier.

Annual Open House • 29 January 2019

Snacks, beverages, and brochures will be available from 12:00 until 20:30