New Video Highlights UVI/DPNR Partnership to Clean Up USVI’s Forgotten Shorelines
February 13 2025
A video released this week highlights the efforts of dedicated community volunteers to clean up marine debris from the “forgotten shorelines” of the U.S. Virgin Islands’ (USVI) mangroves and offshore cays. These areas, rarely included in cleanups, face a persistent challenge with marine debris.
UVI & NOAA Conduct Survey on the Uses, Knowledge, and Perceptions of Coral Reefs
February 11 2025
The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) Eastern Caribbean Center is collaborating with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to facilitate local surveying efforts on St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John. The NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program is engaging local surveyors to conduct a USVI-wide survey that will collect information on residents’ use of coral reefs and their knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of coral reef ecosystems and coral reef management.
Media Invited to Cover & Photograph the Grand Opening of the UVI St. John Community Resource and Development Center
February 7 2025
Members of the media are invited to cover and photograph the Grand Opening of the University of the Virgin Islands St. John Community Resource and Development Center (CRDC), from 4-8PM, located in the St. John Marketplace on the 2nd Floor.
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February 4 2025
The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) School of Agriculture has signed an articulation agreement with the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) to establish combined degree programs leading to Bachelor of Science degrees in Agricultural Business, Agroecology, Animal Science, Aquaponics, and Horticulture. The signing ceremony took place in January 2025 at UVI’s Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix.
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February 4 2025
The Caribbean Writer today applauds the work of graphic novelist Devon Pelle on the publication of his first book titled, “The Mortal Pulse – The new humans” — a work appearing under his pen name, GuzBez.
Media Invited to Cover & Photograph U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson at Spring 2025 Student Convocation
February 3 2025
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.
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February 3 2025
The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) will mark the historic inauguration of its sixth President Dr. Safiya George with a series of events culminating with the official Investiture Ceremony on Monday, March 17, at 10 a.m. in the Elridge W. Blake Sports and Fitness Center on the Orville E. Kean Campus on St. Thomas. As part of the inauguration celebration, UVI will commemorate the 63rd anniversary of its charter when the University was formed by an act of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands in 1962.
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January 28 2025
n preparation for the annual Afternoon on the Green celebration on Sunday, March 16, 2025, which benefits the Edward Thomas Volunteer Scholarship Fund, the event planning committee is accepting student scholarship applications to attend the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI). Additionally, cooks, caterers and restaurants are invited to participate in the event’s taste-testing competition that showcases the creativity and skill of local culinary artists.
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January 24 2025
The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) will host the public memorial and celebration of life service for President Emeritus Dr. Orville E. Kean on Saturday, February 8, 2025, at 10 am in the Elridge W. Blake Sports and Fitness Center on the Orville E. Kean Campus on St. Thomas. Dr. Kean, who passed away at the age of 86 on January 19, 2025, was the University’s third president from 1990 to 2002.
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January 24 2025
The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) is proud to announce that the Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, will be the featured speaker at a Student Convocation at 3 p.m. on Feb. 7, in the Elridge W. Blake Sports and Fitness Center on its Orville E. Kean Campus on St. Thomas and streamed live in a closed link to members of the UVI Community.