New & Updated Items posted March 27, 2008

Videotape Replay of Giovanni Lecture
Set March 27 on St. Croix Campus

Members of the UVI community on St. Croix are invited to attend a special, videotaped replay of the dynamic lecture given by world-renowned poet, writer and activist Nikki Giovanni at last Friday's Alfred O. Heath Distinguished Speaker Series presentation on the St. Thomas campus.

The lecture replay is scheduled for 6 p.m. today (Thursday, March 27) in the Great Hall of the North West Wing building. The replay - which will include the lecture in its entirety - is free and open to the public. Giovanni, who has been named Woman of the Year by Mademoiselle Magazine, The Ladies Home Journal and Ebony Magazine, is the author of some 30 books, including Rosa - a childre n's picture book about civil rights legend Rosa Parks. Rosa reached #3 on The New York Times Best Seller list.

UVI to Host Second Caribbean Law Fair
on St. Thomas and St. Croix Campuses

Career Exploration Week
Set on UVI's St. Croix Campus

Representatives from more than 35 companies and 11 law firms will be on hand on the University of the Virgin Islands' St. Croix campus for the 2008 Career Exploration Week scheduled for March 31 through April 3. Sponsored by UVI's Student Affairs and Counseling and Placement offices, the week's activities are designed to help "open the eyes of students to the world of work and the opportunities that are available," said Doris Farrington-Hepburn, UVI's supervisor of counseling and placement on St. Croix. A news release is available on the UVI home page - http://www.uvi.edu - or from this direct link.

Morgan State University Choir
to Perform at Island Center, Reichhold

Reichhold Center for the Arts and the Virgin Islands Council on the Arts present the return of the Morgan State University Choir to the Virgin Islands. The choir performs on Friday, March 28, at Island Center on St. Croix and Saturday, March 29, at the Reichhold Center on St. Thomas. Both shows start at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $18 and $25 on St. Croix and are available at Alliance Clothing, Urban Threadz and UVI Bookstore. On St. Thomas, tickets are $15, $18 and $25 and are available at Modern Music, UVI Bookstore, V.I. Bridal & Tuxedo, Urban Threadz, Essentric Shoe Boutique, Island Video (Nisky), Home Again (Red Hook) and the Reichhold Center Box Office at 693-1559. Details are also available at the Reichhold Center web site - http://www.reichholdcenter.com.

• Web Contest: Four Free Tickets
  Offered for Island Center Show

UVI's Reichhold Center is offering four free tickets the Morgan State Choir's Island Center performance on Friday, March 28. Two tickets each will go to the first two UVI St. Croix employees - faculty and staff - who call in to the Public Relations Ticket Contest Line - 693-1059 - at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 28.

Carnival Troupe Participants
Sought for 2008 Adults Parade

Members of the UVI community are invited to join in the fun of Carnival 2008 by becoming members of the University's Carnival troupe. UVI's 2008 theme is "Aquatic Escape - Coral Reefs ... a Learning Environment." A web page featuring the 2008 costumes will be posted in the near future. The troupe will consist of five sections - mermaids, turtles and coral reefs for women, and sea horses and stingrays for men. The adults parade is scheduled for Saturday, April 26. Individuals interested in participating should call Liza Margolis at 693-1053 or Sean Georges at 693-1112.

Workshops on Autism Slated
April 14 and 15 by the VIUCEDD

Workshops on autism will be offered by the Virgin Islands University Center for Excellence on Developmental Disabilities (VIUCEDD) on St. Thomas on April 14 and on St. Croix on April 15. The workshops will run from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., with breakfast and lunch included. The St. Thomas session will take place in the UVI Administration and Conference Center. The St. Croix session is scheduled for the Great Hall in the North West Wing. For details or to reserve space call 693-1322.

Luncheon to Honor Cynthia Richards
as Librarian of the Year Set for May 18

The St. Thomas St. John Library Association's VI/Women's History Month luncheon to honor Cynthia Richards as Librarian of the Year, which was postponed, has now been rescheduled for Sunday, May 18. The luncheon will take place at 2 p.m. at Pilgrim's Terrace. For more information, call Bethany Wilkes at 693-1363 for more information.

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UVI Alumna Laurel Royer to Conclude
Presentations on St. Thomas Campus

UVI alumna Laurel Royer, a Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University, will conclude a series of UVI presentations on Friday, March 28 on the St. Thomas campus. She will make a presentation on her current research topic - Investigating the Environmental Fate and Behavior of Perfluoroalkylated Substances - at 2 p.m. in Chase Auditorium (B-110). Following that, at 3 p.m., also in Chase Auditorium, she will offer a motivational speech titled "Preparing for Graduate School: The Inside Scoop from a UVI Alumna." Royer, who graduated from UVI in 2003 with a BS in Chemistry, conducted her first research projects under the direction of UVI's Dr. Thomas Zimmerman. She also presented the motivational speech and her research presentation on the St. Croix campus. For details, contact Dr. Velma Tyson at 692-4157.

Cooperative Extension Service Office
on St. Thomas to be Relocated

The Cooperative Extension Service offices on UVI's St. Thomas campus will be temporarily relocated to the University's former Business and Finance Office (behind the golf course) while the CES's quarters in the Newhouse Building are renovated and repaired. The CES office move will take place this week (March 24-28), with limited services available from the old location. Full service will be provided from the new, temporary location, beginning Monday, March 31. For more information, contact Carlos Robles at 693-1083.

UVI Employee of the Year
Nominations Sought by March 28

Friday, March 28, is the deadline for full-time UVI employees to submit nominations for individuals they think should be honored as UVI's 2008 employees of the year on the St. Thomas and St. Croix campuses. The objective of the program is to recognize employees who have made demonstrated contributions to the improvement of the quality and performance of the University. Employees of the year will be recognized during Service Awards ceremonies set for April 17 on St. Thomas and April 18 on St. Croix. Each will receive a $200 savings bond, an engraved plaque, and fruit and flower baskets. Employee of the Year program rules and regulations - including selection criteria and a nomination form - are available from the HR Section of the UVI Announcements web page - http://announce.uvi.edu - or from this Employee of the Year link. The material is also available from the Forms section of the Human Resources web site - http://hrweb.uvi.edu/forms. For more information contact UVI's Human Resources Office at 693-1410.

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UVI Accounting Association to Honor
Nine Couples with Dinner, Dance

The Virgin Islands community is invited to honor the lifelong marriage commitments of nine couples on St. Thomas and St. John at the Golden Anniversary Dinner and Dance to be held at 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 30, at the Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort. Proceeds from the event will benefit the UVI Accounting Association Study Abroad Program. The honored couples have been active in the community and are role models in terms of sustaining their marriages. The honorees are: Lloyd S. Gardner and Dr. LaVerne E. Ragster; Adrian Bishop and Rosalie Dance; George and Eirleen January; Irad and Andina Ruan; Alberto and Ethelyne King; Theodis and Dr. Angela McGhee; Othniel and Vivian Vanterpool; Bernard and Eunipha Douglas; and Wingrove and Muriel Fenton.

P'Your Passion Band will entertain. Tickets - $75 in advance and $90 at the door - can be purchased at Modern Music, VI Bridal and Tuxedo and by contacting the UVI Accounting Association. For details, call 344-5414 or send a fax to 866-456-3058.

Student Employment Appreciation Week
Set on St. Thomas; Nominations Sought

The week of April 7 through 11 has been designated Student Employment Week on UVI's St. Thomas campus. Students will be recognized for their dedication, desire and determination. Nominations are now being accepted for the student employee of the year and the "Lighter Side" awards. Click here for details of the award process and a nomination form. The deadline for making submissions is 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1. The award winners will be announced on Thursday, April 10. There will be a reception for the student employees and supervisors immediately following the award presentations. For more information, contact Mary Myers at 693-1088 or send email to mmyers@uvi.edu.

Staff Council Seeks Committee Members

The UVI Staff Council is seeking members to serve on its Standing Committees. Each of the four committees has a number of assigned responsibilities outlined in the bylaws. Now, after several months of work by the Executive Committee, tasks are being assigned to each committee to fulfill the mission of the Staff Council. Employees are asked to contact committee chairpersons directly to indicate interest and willingness to serve. A description of the role each committee plays and the names of the committee chairpersons is available from this Staff Council Membership link.

Summer Internship in Agriculture
Available at UPR-Mayaguez

UVI's Agricultural Experiment Station has announced that it has funding to support the attendance of one student from UVI at a four-week summer internship/course in agriculture at the University of Puerto Rico. The course goal is to provide an experience in Caribbean tropical agriculture to students from member institutions of Cari-Pac Consortium. For more information, contact Dr. Bob Godfrey, assistant director of UVI's Agricultural Experiment Station at 692-4042. Program details are also available at this link (PDF file).

UVI to Administer Noel-Levitz
Student Satisfaction Survey in March

UVI's Office of Institutional Research and Planning has announced that it will administer the Noel-Levitz 2008 Student Satisfaction Inventory (SSI) Survey from March 24 through 28.

The SSI is the first survey of its kind to measure student satisfaction and the importance of campus issues to students. UVI will benefit from consulting and data services provided by Noel-Levitz by identifying where attention is needed, especially in the area of student retention and enrollment. An initial overview of the survey and details of the requirements for UVI students, faculty and staff are included in this Noel-Levitz 2008 Student Satisfaction Survey document. For more information, call the Office of Institutional Research and Planning at 693-1013.

Student Activities ...

Friday, March 28 - St. Croix campus - 3 to 7 p.m. UVI West Field: Down on the Corner: Competition including kick ball and a relay race. All students, faculty and staff invited to participate or spectate. For details call Kelly-Ann Joseph at 692-4228.

Intramural Basketball - St. Croix campus - March 27, 31 and April 1. Games start at 9 p.m. at the outdoor court.

Ongoing Items ...

Summer Session Dates, Fall Semester
Information Available on UVI Web Site

Dates and detailed registration information on UVI's two 2008 summer sessions, as well as for the upcoming fall semester are available on the UVI web site. UVI's Summer Session I is scheduled for May 19 through June 23. Summer Session II will run from June 25 through Aug. 1.

UVI's fall semester classes begin on Aug. 18 and end on Dec. 3. Direct links to this information is available from the Academics link and the BUCSS - Banner Utilization Central for Self Service - button on the UVI home page: http://www.uvi.edu.

Online registration for both summer sessions and the fall semester begins on March 17. Students must confer with advisors on course selection and obtain personal information numbers before they can register online.

CELL Notes ...

UVI CELL Reschedules
Basic Computing Course

The University of the Virgin Islands' Community Engagement and Lifelong Learning (CELL) Center is rescheduling its Basic Computing for Beginners course. Classes will be held 1-3 p.m. every Wednesday from April 2 to May 7 on UVI's St. Croix Campus. The course is designed for individuals interested in learning the basics of using a computer. Participants will learn the essentials of computing such as working with windows, using the internet, emailing, safe computing and much more. For more information or to register, call 693-1100 or visit UVI CELL on-line at http://cell.uvi.edu.

Real Estate Sales Course
to be Offered on St. Thomas

Individuals interested in learning more about the real estate industry are encouraged to register for the Real Estate Sales course offered by the University of the Virgin Islands' Community Engagement and Lifelong Learning (CELL) Center. Classes will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturdays beginning April 19. All sessions will be held at the UVI-CELL Center on the St. Thomas campus. The Real Estate Sales course is designed to prepare individuals for the Real Estate Salesperson licensing examination. A variety of topics will be covered including Real Estate Theory, Mathematics, USVI Rules, and Regulations and all applicable sections of the VI Code. For more information on the course, call 693-1100 or visit UVI-CELL on-line at http://cell.uvi.edu.

Building High-Performance Teams
Is Subject of CELL Workshops

The University of the Virgin Islands' Community Engagement and Lifelong Learning (CELL) Center will host workshops titled "Building High-Performance Teams" on Friday, April 4. The day-long sessions, which begin at 8:30 a.m., will be offered on both St. Thomas and St. Croix. It is the third in a 10-part series of management skills workshops designed to help managers develop and refine the skills needed to manage their workforces more effectively. On St. Croix, the workshop will be held at the Joseph A. Simpson Building at #23A Hospital Street in Frederiksted. On St. Thomas, the workshop will be held at the UVI-CELL Center on the UVI campus.

The workshops are being held in collaboration with the American Management Association (AMA). Participants may elect to complete six of the workshops offered to obtain a Certificate in Management Skills in the Workplace from UVI and the AMA. For details or to register, call 693-1100 or visit UVI-CELL on-line at http://cell.uvi.edu.