FAQ

General Information
. Where is UVI located?
. What is the makeup of the UVI student body?
. Where do UVI students come from?
. What is the makeup of UVI's faculty?
. Who are UVI's alumni?
. What entertainment opportunities exist at UVI?
. What athletic opportunities exist at UVI?
. How can I make a donation to UVI?
. What is the UVI school song?

General Information

• Where is UVI located?
  

  The University of the Virgin Islands is situated in the U.S. Virgin Islands, which include St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix and Water Island. The islands are located in the Eastern Caribbean, approximately 40 miles east of Puerto Rico, UVI has campuses on St. Thomas and St. Croix, with an Academic Center and an Environmental Resources Station on the island of St. John.
  
  View an interactive Google Map of UVI's main campuses.

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• What is the makeup of the UVI student body?
  

  For the latest facts and figures on UVI's diverse student body, visit our UVI Fact Sheet.
   
  More detailed information is included in our UVI Fact Books.
  

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• Where do UVI students come from?
  

  UVI's approximately 2,500 full-time, part-time and graduate students come from the U.S. Virgin Islands, 21 states and approximately 15 other countries, primarily in the Eastern Caribbean.

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• What is the makeup of UVI's faculty?
  

  The faculty is comprised of 225 highly qualified, full-time and part-time members. Sixty-three percent of the full-time faculty hold doctoral degrees. Faculty members represent diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, from the mainland U.S., the Virgin Islands and abroad.

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• Who are UVI's alumni?
  

  The University boasts more than 5,000 alumni who have gone on to excel as professionals in many fields, as physicians, attorneys, judges, university administrators, teachers and heads of state. Among the many accomplishments of UVI students and graduates are two Rhodes Scholars and an alumnus who won a Pulitzer Prize for journalism.

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• What entertainment opportunities exist at UVI?
  

  The Reichhold Center for the Arts http://www.reichholdcenter.com on St. Thomas is a state-of-the-art performing arts center that has hosted top classical music, R&B, jazz, dance and theatrical performers from around the world. The 1,200-seat facility celebrates its 30th anniversary during the 2008-2009 season

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• What athletic opportunities exist at UVI?
  

  UVI has men’s and women’s sports teams in basketball, volleyball, track & field, cross country, tennis and swimming.
   
  The St. Croix campus has the Bucs Fitness Center, a 900-square-foot fitness facility, where students, faculty and staff are able to work out daily.
  
  On St. Thomas, the University’s Sports and Fitness Center is the premier athletic facility of its type in the Caribbean. A dual cross-court is available for teaching and practice activities, as well as two official-size basketball courts, and a resilient portable wooden floor for basketball and volleyball games. The arena seats 2,500-3,000 people. In addition, the building houses several administrative offices, three classrooms and a VIP sky box/public relations area.
  
  UVI opened a 6,250 square-foot Wellness Center on the St. Thomas campus on Sept. 24, 2010. The center boasts a mirrored aerobics and dance studio with a sprung wood floor and a large fitness equipment room with state-of-the-art weight training and cardiovascular equipment. The Wellness Center is open to all UVI students. Memberships are available to UVI alumni, faculty and staff, and the Virgin Islands public. For information call (340) 693-1410.
  
  

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• How can I make a donation to UVI?
  

  UVI will work with you and your advisors to identify ways that you can invest "social capital" in UVI, its students and the Virgin Islands community.
  
  Safe, secure and convenient online giving using your debit or credit card is available from this link:
  Investing In UVI.
  
  For more information, contact the Office of Institutional Advancement at (340) 693-1042 on St. Thomas or (340) 692-4023 on St. Croix. University of the Virgin Islands faculty and staff may make gifts to the Annual Fund by payroll deduction.

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• What is the UVI school song?
  

  The UVI School Song is "Alma Mater By The Sea
  
  Words and Music by Wilbur "Bill" LaMotta
  (Click here for a printer-friendly version. - PDF format)
  

  Hail to thee, dear Alma Mater
  Beside the blue Caribbean calm
  Hail to thee, dear Alma Mater
  ‘neath sunny skies and whisp’ring palm
   
  Proud we are to tread thy ways
  Loud and true we voice our praise
  Open door thy every portal
  ‘mid sand and sea and golden days
   
  Long the ties that will endure
  Strong in heart and memory
  Faithfully we’ll always honor
  Our Alma Mater by the sea
   
  Hail to thee, dear Alma Mater
  For guiding stars so brightly shown
  Hail to thee, dear Alma Mater
  How wide the bound’ries we have flown
   
  Sing we now of bright tomorrows
  Yesterday we never knew
  Walking down thy halls of wisdom
  The towerin’ heights are all in view
   
  Here to us on islands famed
  Dear to us thy name will be
  University of the Virgin Islands
  Our Alma Mater by the sea.
   

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