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The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) has been named the recipient of the 2026 Student Journey Award by the Education Advisory Board (EAB), a national education technology and services company, in recognition of the University's commitment to improving the student experience and advancing student success.

The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) Board of Trustees, during a special meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 11, unanimously ratified a limited procurement policy exception to support the University’s response to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) Show Cause action. The Board also outlined next steps to strengthen governance, audit oversight, risk management and institutional accountability following a governance development session and Board assessment.

Members of the media are invited to cover and photograph the University of the Virgin Islands New Student Convocation, to be held at the Albert A. Sheen Campus and the Orville E. Kean Campus on Aug. 12, and Aug.14, 2006, respectively.

The University of the Virgin Islands Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, from 2 to 5 p.m. The meeting will be held in person at The Westin Beach Resort & Spa at Frenchman’s Reef on St. Thomas, immediately following the Board Retreat. Members of the public may access the meeting virtually via Microsoft Teams.

The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) will welcome new and transfer students to its Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix and Orville E. Kean Campus on St. Thomas for Fall 2026 New Student Orientation, beginning Aug. 11. All newly admitted students are required to participate.

The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) has been recognized by Forbes as one of the nation’s leading Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), earning the No. 5 ranking among public HBCUs in the publication’s inaugural Top HBCUs: 20 Historically Black Colleges & Universities That Set Grads Up for Success.

The University of the Virgin Islands' Reichhold Center for the Arts (RCA) invites the community to attend the free world premiere of The Mother of the Tide, an original short film created, produced and performed by participants in the Summer 2026 Youth Movie-Making Workshop. The premiere will be held on Saturday, July 25, at 6 p.m. at the Eldridge W. Blake Sports and Fitness Center on the Orville E. Kean Campus. Admission is free and open to the public.

The University of the Virgin Islands is pleased to invite the media to cover and photograph the 58th Annual Caribbean Food Crops Society Conference hosted by the UVI School of Agriculture, July 12 –17, 2026, at the Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix.

A robotic ocean float is now drifting through the waters south of St. Thomas, collecting the first biogeochemical water column data ever recorded in U.S. Virgin Islands offshore waters. The deployment, carried out in collaboration with NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) and the University of Miami’s Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, marks a significant milestone for ocean science in the Eastern Caribbean and a major step forward for the Virgin Islands Center for Autonomous Research (VICAR), a program of VI-EPSCoR at the University of the Virgin Islands.

Led by the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) and the Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources, a dedicated force of 264 community volunteers from across the U.S. Virgin Islands united for the Ninth Annual Great Mangrove Cleanup events held from February through April 2026.