Technology expert and author Inari Marakatti to speak at annual Open House on January 29

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The President and Governors of the University of West Terrier are pleased to announce that technology expert and author Inari Marakatti will speak at the University’s annual Open House on January 29, 2022.

Marakatti , author of the groundbreaking book, “I’ve Seen the Future and It Has a Joystick,” will discuss the value of higher education in general and, in particular, the vital rôle that education in technology plays in broadening the scope of opportunity and enjoyment for Park Animals in all aspects of life. We look forward to welcoming Marakatti 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 2022

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

University to host December forum on the effects of HumanSpeak on the languages of other species resident in The Park

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The President and Governors of the University of West Terrier are pleased to announce that the Faculty of Communications will host a forum in early December to discuss the effects of HumanSpeak on the languages of other species resident in The Park.

Participants in the forum will include faculty members of the Cuthbert School of Journalism, as well as faculty of the F. Varrah Flanagan School of Education, the Faculty of Arts and Culture, the Department of Human Studies, the Torgeir School of Information Technology, the Chittenden School of Law, the School of Economics and Social Science, and the Winston School of Business. In addition, professionals working in the fields of mental health and well-being have been invited to share their insights and expertise. The forum chair will be Noreen, adjunct professor in the Department of Human Studies.

The forum will take place on the campus of the University of West Terrier on December 8, 9, and 10 2021.

University to host three-day symposium on Human Error

The President and Governors of the University of West Terrier are pleased to announce that the university will host a three-day symposium on the subject of Human Error. 

This will be the first time in its history that the university will host an academic event focussed on Humans and Human behaviour. The multi-dimensional symposium will bring together researchers from all university schools and departments to discuss the aspects of Human behaviour that lead to error.

Among the topics to be discussed are the effects on other Animals of Human Error (HE), the ways in which Animals can determine when a problem has been caused by Human Error, how to mitigate the effects of Human Error in order to prevent disaster, and the rôle of technology in predicting and preventing Human Error. The symposium will include a discussion open to the public on 19 March.

Noreen, adjunct professor of Human Studies, will chair the symposium.

The university is honoured to welcome as keynote speakers, Dr. Berthilidis Strix, author of Shaken But Not Stirred and co-author, with Cornelia Panthera, of The Silent Cluck, Dr. Simone Gibbon, Chief of Research, UWT School of Medicine researcher, and Llewellyn Fox, Adjunct Professor of Information Technology, Torgeir School of Information Technology, President, Quick Brown Fox Technologies, and author of The Lazy Dog’s Guide to Technology.

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.

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.