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 Left to right: Eric Baltayan, Cedric Justet, Celine Isaac and David Ferracci. |
Four engineering students from France spent the months of June and July conducting a computer science research project at The University of the Virgin Islands as part of an innovative new exchange program between UVI and Institut Universitaire des Sciences Pour l'Ingénieur de Marseille (IUSPIM). At the Summer Science Symposium, the French students presented a poster display on the research they completed. | |
 Left to right: Davia Rogers explains a biology research project that examined whether or not whelks are changing in size. Listening to Davia are Earl Brewley, Kira Lettsome and physics professor Austin Walters. |
UVI students who conducted scientific research during the summer and high school students who participated in the Summer Science Enrichment Academies at UVI displayed posters featuring their work at the Second Annual UVI Science and Mathematics Summer Research Symposium at the UVI Sports & Fitness Center. Joined by their families, administrators and faculty of UVI, the students were enthusiastic as they explained their projects and discussed the academic activities they engaged in this summer. From the chemistry of paper making to asteroid tracking and calculating the size of whelks, the students displayed a wide range of interests. |
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| Leo Francis, former director of facilities for UVI's St. Thomas campus, recognizes donors at a flag raising ceremony at the new UVI entrance signs. Donors include: Butch Hodge/Apex Construction Company, Ms. Linda Wright/deSigns, Thomas Brunt/MSI Building Supplies, Devon Charles/Patrick Charles Enterprises, Euston David/E.D. Plumbing, Audain Brown/Fortress Electrical Contracting Corp., Gerald Roy/Roy's Construction, Siewdath Sookram/S & S Services Corporation, Cassandra Francis/Francis Properties, Inc., Bob de Francesco/Import Supply, Ron Moorehead/St. Thomas Concrete -VI Cement, Steel Fabricators, L.L.C./ Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Andy Smith/Island Roads Corporation, John P. deJongh, Jr./Lockhart Caribbean Corp., Donna C. deJongh/The deJongh Partnership, P.C., Jim McCoy/Tip Top Construction, John McCleverty, Jr./Mack Construction Enterprises, John Dimopoulos/Magen's Bay Concession, Valerie Knight-David/Val's Insurance, Dale Gregory/Virgin Islands Port Authority, James Sturgess/Majestic Construction, Inc.; Gregory Moorehead/Prestige Painters, Jackie Neuberger/Bryan's Plants/Garden Supplies, Ivan H. Diaz/I H Associated Architects PC. Leo Francis, who served as UVI's director of facilities from February 1995 until January 2001, was the catalyst behind the entrance sign construction project. Francis, a former commissioner of Public Works, drew upon the personal relationships he had built with local business people to obtain the donations that led to the project's completion. |
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   Future Global Leaders participants (left to right) Celestino de Hoyos, InterAmerican Bayamon Giovanna Gomez, InterAmerican Metropolitan Eduardo Mendoza, Ana G. Mendez UT |
The University of the Virgin Islands convenes its 7th Annual Summer Institute for Future Global Leaders in the Caribbean on the St. Thomas campus on Monday, May 21, 2001. "UVI is opening its doors to a new crop of future global leaders in the Caribbean as we welcome over 40 participants in the 7th Annual Summer Institute for Future Global Leaders," said Dr. Solomon Kabuka, chairman of UVI's St. Thomas business division and director of the summer institute. "I trust that during the intensive two-week program these academic high achievers and promising leaders from educational institutions across the Caribbean and the U.S. mainland will engage in vigorous discourse to shape their roles as future leaders in this region." |
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UVI grads overcame many obstacles before walking across the commencement stages on St. Thomas and St. Croix. They spent sleepless nights writing paper after paper, completing projects and never letting go of their goal of degree completion. After the tears, cheers, hugs and reflections of their college years, the graduates must now look to a new future - a future of higher goals and achievements. For some it was a lifetime dream to earn a college degree. For others, degree completion was a stepping stone to yet another goal. Friends and family came in support and admiration of the graduates' dedication and hard work, which were spent to achieve this very special honor. Joel Webbe, President and CEO of W & W Electronics, gave the inspirational keynote address. "This graduation ceremony, the degrees, diplomas and certificates, tell the world that you are ready to go ahead to take the next step in your life," he said. "For all of you it is an accomplishment that your parents, your friends and all of us applaud you for." |
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| The UVI's Nursing Class of 2001 pinning ceremony on Thursday, May 17, 2001. All graduates recieved a Bachelor of Science of Nursing and will particpate in the UVI commencement on Saturday, May 19, 2001. | ||||
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 Wendy Kelsick received a Business Award and an award in Computer Information Systems. |
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 Antonette R. Hodge won the accounting award and is listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges. |
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 Acting Student Housing Supervisor Sean Georges, Resident Assistant of the Year Bonnilyn Thomas, left, and Resident Assistant Shanelle Francis, who accepted the House Award for Middle E dorm - the female dorm with the highest GPA. |
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 Sharyn Niles received a Virgin Islands Rum Scholarship. She has also been selected for the Boston Medical School Early Admissions Program. |
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 (L to R) Loinette Harris, Asha Warner, Anthea Jenkins and Vexilla Jurgen. Loinette is listed in Who's Who Among students in American Universities & Colleges. Asha received the William A. Koier International Scholarship, the Accounting Award and is a new member of the Golden Key International Honour Society and Alpha Mu Gamma National Collegiate Foreign Language Honor Society. Vexilla Jurgen, vice president of the Accounting Association, received an Accounting Award. |
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 Editha Guishard, left, and Evadney Herbert are new members of the Alpha Mu Gamma National Collegiate Foreign Language Honor Society pose with Humanities Professor Gene Emanuel. Editha also received the Dr. Carmen H.A. Padgett Spanish Award. |
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Click here to see UVI's Carnival troupe 2001 photo gallery scrap book |
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The University of the Virgin Islands host the 12th Triennial Symposium of African and Caribbean Art, which is sponsored every three years by the Arts Council of the African Studies Association (ACASA). The conference theme, "Transitions, Passages and Confluences" reflects that it is the first triennial of the new millennium and the first in the Caribbean. Over 200 international scholars, including distinguished Virgin Islanders, will take part in the conference activities at Marriott's Frenchman's Reef on St. Thomas from April 26-29, 2001. Panelists will consist of approximately 200 international scholars, including those from Yale, UVI, Fort Christian Museum, UCLA, National Museum of African Art, University of Lagos, University of the West Indies [Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica], University of South Africa, National Museum of Natural History, Harvard, Drew University, Virgin Islands Humanities Council, and the Smithsonian. Special workshops for teachers are planned, in coordination with the V.I. Department of Education, as well as a Museum Day composed of round-tables and discussions with museum curators, archivists and historians from the Virgin Islands, US mainland and Africa. Click here for the press release.. |
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The St. Thomas chapter held its annual induction ceremony on Sunday, April 22 at 4:00pm in the Sport and Fitness Center on the second floor mezzanine. The honorary inductees include Chancellor Roy Watlington, of the St. Thomas Campus; Professor Austin Venzen, Associate Professor of Music; Dr. Camille McKayle, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Dr. Frank Mills, Director of the Eastern Caribbean Center. Scholarship recipients include Asha Warner, Junior Scholarship Winner and Johanna Narsham, Senior Scholarship Winner. |
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Ford Motor Company Scholarship recipients are: |
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The Japanese Consulate in New York, the Japan Foundation and the University of the Virgin Islands collaborated to present a series of Japanese cultural events in March 2001. The events included two films, a Japanese Stamp Art Exhibit and an Ikebana demonstration. Click Here for more pictures.
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On the grounds of the St. Croix campus on March 18th 2001, scheduled entertainment included music by Stroka Band, Xpress Band and the St. Lucia Creole Dancers. Click Here for more pictures.
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Faculty and students of the Science and Math Division took on the harrowing roles of Dracula, Igor and Star Wars' Queen Amidala as well as a host of cadavers, witches and hobgoblins to scare the bejeebers out of those who visited the division's creepy "Haunted House" on Friday, October 27 and Saturday, October 28.
Escorted in small groups into a pitch-black realm, UVI students, staff, their families and friends could be heard screaming as they worked their way through a labyrinth of ghoulish (and sometimes grizzly) surprises.
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On Tuesday, October 24 a contest for the best dormitory and office door was held in celebration of Red Ribbon Week. The door decorations depicted the theme "Hearts and Mines Together for Peaceful Drug Free Lives." The winners for this years contest were the East 202 Dormitory and the Upward Bound Office. The Upward Bound Office was decorated by Ashton Frett Jr. and Jermaine Tyson, who are both Charlotte Amalie students with the Upward Bound Program.
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The University of the Virgin Islands Annual Giving Fund kicked off its 2000-2001 fund drive and thanked its many volunteers and supporters on Thursday evening, October 12 on St. Thomas and Friday evening, October 13 on St. Croix. Dr. Alfred Heath, Chair of the St. Thomas Annual Giving Committee and Marvin Pickering, Chair of the St. Croix committee, announced this year's goal of $650,000. By the end of Friday evening, over $184,000 in gifts and pledges had been tallied toward the goal. Universities rely on the generous annual contributions of individuals and companies to augment their budgets for special projects and student scholarships. Click Here for more pictures.
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Jazz musician Chuck Mangione (left) takes time out to chat with V.I. Daily News editor, Marilynn Bailey at his sold out performance at the Reichhold Center. Click Here for more pictures.
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