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• Report to UVI Board of Trustees - June 14, 2008 (PDF)
  • Covering February 1, 2008 to April 30, 2008
  • Update to Report to UVI Board of Trustees - June 14, 2008 (PDF)
• Report to UVI Board of Trustees - March 16, 2007 (PDF)
  • Covering October 1, 2006 to January 31, 2007.
• Report to UVI Board of Trustees - March 12, 2005 (PDF)
  • Covering October 1, 2004 through February 1, 2005
• Report to UVI Board of Trustees - October 16, 2004 (PDF)
  • Covering June 4 through October 1, 2004.
• Report to UVI Board of Trustees - February 22, 2003
  • Covering October 2002 through February 2003.

Speeches by Dr. LaVerne E. Ragster - UVI's Fourth President

• Site Visit Message to UVI Community - April 19, 2007
  Email message from Dr. LaVerne E. Ragster to the UVI Community concerning the upcoming reaccreditation site visit.
• Newspaper Essay Regarding 'College Hill 4' - March 12, 2007
  The text of a newspaper essay by UVI President Dr. LaVerne E. Ragster. The essay appeared in the March 10-11, 2007, issue of the V.I. Daily News and the March 11-12, 2007, issue of The Avis.
• Message to UVI Faculty and Staff - March 13, 2006
  Comments from Dr. LaVerne E. Ragster on the opening day of Charter Week 2006 - following the Board of Trustees meeting of March 11, 2006.
• Physical Plant & Security Employee Appreciation Day - February 8, 2006
  Proclamation by Dr. LaVerne E. Ragster, St. Thomas CEA John D'Orazio and St. Croix CEA Dr. Monique Guillory declaring the Eighth Day of February, 2006, to be recognized as Security and Physical Plant Employee Appreciation Day.
• Remarks at Launch of the UCSIS - January 14, 2005
  Launch of the Universities Consortium for Small Island States (UCSIS) at Port Louis, Mauritius.
• UVI Charter Day 2004 - March 16, 2004
  "I stand before you today with a feeling of great joy and a sense of awe for the unfolding dream we call the University of the Virgin Islands."
• UVI - Approaching the Future - September 18, 2003
  Dr. Ragster's presentation to UVI faculty and staff members focuses on the University's budget approach for fiscal year 2003-2004 and beyond.
• UVI Strategy for Securing the Future - May 1, 2003
  A PowerPoint presentation made by Dr. LaVerne Ragster on Thursday, May 1, 2003, to members of the UVI faculty and staff in videoconferenced meetings on St. Thomas and St. Croix.
• Inaugural Address of UVI's Fourth President - March 16, 2003
  The inaugural address given Dr. LaVerne Ragster on the occasion of her installation as the University's fourth president and first woman president.
• Message to UVI Faculty and Staff - September 11, 2002
  Comments from Dr. LaVerne Ragster on the first anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks of 2001.
• Message to UVI Faculty and Staff - August 1, 2002
  Greetings from UVI's new president on her first day in office.

 Presentations to the Virgin Islands Legislature by Dr. LaVerne E. Ragster

• Presentation to Virgin Islands Finance Committee - August 9, 2005 (PDF)
  Fiscal Year 2005-2006 Budget Presentation by Dr. LaVerne E. Ragster before the Finance Committee of the Virgin Islands Legislature.
• Presentation to Virgin Islands Finance Committee - July 16, 2004 (PDF)
  Fiscal Year 2004-2005 Budget Presentation by Dr. LaVerne E. Ragster before the Finance Committee of the Virgin Islands Legislature.

• Presentation to Virgin Islands Finance Committee- July 21, 2003
  Fiscal year 2003-2004 Budget Presentation by Dr. LaVerne E. Ragster before the Finance Committee of the Virgin Islands Legislature.