Members of the media are invited to cover and photograph the University of the Virgin Islands Spring 2025 Student Convocation featuring the United States Supreme Court Justice the Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 7, in the Elridge Wilburn Blake Sports and Fitness Center on the Orville E. Kean Campus on St. Thomas. The event will be live streamed to a close circuit feed in the Great Hall on the Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix. 

Judge Jackson serves as an associate justice with the Supreme Court and is the first African American woman to serve on this high court and is honored to be a part of the University’s 63rd Anniversary of its existence. Judge Jackson will also receive an honorary degree at the Convocation. 

Priority seating will be provided for students attending. Faculty, staff, and administrators are also invited to attend. 

 

Media Guidelines: 

 

The University has been asked to adhere to strict guidelines for this event. 

  • Reporters will be seated in a designated press and may not participate in the audience question and answer, should there be one. 
  • Photos by the press will be limited to the first and last one to two minutes of the Justice’s program, but no photos can be taken from beyond the official press area on the floor. Photos will be provided to the media on the day of the event.   
  • Broadcast cameras should work from a fixed position at the back of the room. 
  • The Justice will not be available for interviews. 

Interested reporters must RSVP by Tuesday, Feb. 4, by contacting the Public Relations Office. Press credentials will be provided at the event. 

 

What:    Spring 2025 Student Convocation with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson 

When:            Friday, February 7, 2025 

Time:             3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. 

Where:           UVI Elridge Wilbur Blake Sports and Fitness Center – O.E. Kean Campus 

                         Livestream to Albert A. Sheen Campus – The Great Hall – St. Croix 

 

Contact:         UVI Public Relations Office – (340) 693-1059 pr@uvi.edu