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UVI Bulletin Board – July 13

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UVI Professor to Share Research Voyage with Students

This fall, freshman students at the University of the Virgin Islands will experience a new twist on a UVI staple – attending classes via videoconference. While the University routinely uses videoconferencing technology to connect instructors on one campus with students on the other, students enrolled in all sections of the fall semester’s Science 100 course will be treated to regular presentations by Dr. Nasseer Idrisi, who will be broadcasting from the decks of a research vessel steaming from Japan to Australia.

Dr. Idrisi, UVI research biological oceanographer and professor in the Marine and Environmental Science masters program, was selected to fill the “HBCU Educator” post for an international research project that will study an ocean plateau located about 900 miles east of Japan. In his position as a teacher at sea, Dr. Idrisi will have the opportunity to learn shipboard science alongside the expedition’s science party and translate his learning experiences for students, their families and the general public through the creation of blogs, live videoconferencing from the ship and other classroom activities.

A news release is available on the UVI web site – www.uvi.edu – and from this direct link.

Four Current and Former UVI Faculty Collaborate in Publication of Poetry, Art and Prose

Five Virgin Islanders, four of whom have ties to the University of the Virgin Islands, recently published “All This Is Love: A Collection of Virgin Islands Poetry, Art & Prose.”

Hilda Lewis Joyce, a retired UVI administrator and business systems professor, Elaine Warren Jacobs, an English teacher and part-time instructor at UVI, Tregenza A. Roach, Esq., UVI alum and adjunct instructor in law and humanities, and Jeanne O’Day, a former UVI English professor, were joined by former newspaper columnist and magazine publisher Daisy Holder Lafond on the project. “All This Is Love” is described as a poignant reminder of the reservoir of artistic talent constantly percolating in the Virgin Islands. The work is motivated by a sincere love of the art of oral elaboration, of telling; guided by a passionate love of traditions, cultures and histories; and sealed and delivered by an even more abiding love for the Virgin Islands and humanity itself.

“All This Is Love” is available from the www.authorhouse.com web site for $17.95 in paperback and $26.95 in hardcover. The book will be available in local bookstores in the near future.

UVI’s Fall Semester Classes to Begin Aug. 17

UVI’s Fall Semester classes are scheduled to begin on Aug. 17, 2009.

Returning Students: Fall Semester registration – online or in person – for returning students is available now through Aug. 7, 2009. Students must confer with advisors to receive information on their academic plans and to obtain PIN numbers needed for registration. Fall Semester Class schedules and detailed information for registration on each campus are available from the Academics/Class Schedules tabs on the UVI home page: www.uvi.edu – or from this direct link.

New and Transfer Students: Orientation for new and transfer students is scheduled to begin the week of Aug. 9. Advisement and registration for new students for the Fall Semester are scheduled for Aug. 12. Advisement and late registration are set for Aug. 13 and 14. Complete orientation schedules for both campuses and important information on UVI policies regarding placement exams and student rights are now available from the Admissions section of the UVI web site – www.uvi.edu. Orientation schedules and related information can also be accessed from this direct link.

UVI Process Technology Program Summer Employment/Internship Program Begins

The University of the Virgin Islands has obtained funding from several sources that will provide employment opportunities this summer for 21 Process Technology students at the HOVENSA Refinery. Six UVI students have been offered internships by HOVENSA LLC, which is a requirement for obtaining their associates degree in Process Technology at the end of the Fall Semester 2009. Another 15 students will be employed as summer students. A news release is available on the UVI web site – www.uvi.edu – and from this direct link.

June Issue of Dateline: UVI Available On-Line

The June Issue of the newsletter Dateline: UVI has been distributed to campus offices and is available from the Public Relations section of the UVI website – www.uvi.edu – and from this direct link. The June issue focuses on VI Small Business Week, during which local businesses were featured and awarded. The article contains a list of the 2009 award recipients of the UVI Small Business Development Center and the US Small Business Administration. Other articles feature UVI professor Dr. Nasseer Idrisi who will spend months conducting research in the Pacific Ocean and the upcoming television series ‘Home Grown’ – a partnership between UVI, WTJX and the VI Agriculture Department.

UVI Summer Band/Opera Camp Offering Weekly Public Concerts During July

UVI’s annual Summer Band and Opera Camp, co-hosted by the V.I.’s Law Enforcement Planning Commission and the University, is presenting a series of free, public concerts on St. Thomas each Wednesday during July. Junior and senior high school students from St. Thomas, St. Croix, Antigua and Virgin Gorda are expected to participate, according to Prof. Austin A. Venzen, camp director and professor of music at UVI.

The group’s concerts are scheduled each Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. beginning July, 1 in Emancipation Garden, in downtown Charlotte Amalie. Venzen said the group is also committed to attending and performing at Sunday services at various churches on St. Thomas.

  • Performance schedule:

Emancipation Garden: July 8, 15, 22, 29 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Closing Ceremony at Reichhold Center for the Arts: July 22 – time TBA

For more information, call the UVI Music Office at 693-1192.

UVI CELL Offering 40-Hour Skills Builder Program Beginning in August

A 40-hour Skills Builder Program designed to prepare individuals for employment or promotion exams will be offered on St. Croix and St. Thomas beginning in August by UVI’s Community Engagement and Lifelong Learning (CELL) Center. The program will help individuals enhance reading, writing and math skills and improve their problem solving, critical thinking and test-taking abilities. A 9th grade reading level is a pre-requisite. The program fee of $375 includes registration, instruction and course materials.

On St. Croix, the program will run on Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., from Aug. 8, through Oct. 17, at UVI CELL’s Frederiksted Office.

On St. Thomas, the program will run on Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., from Aug. 15, through Oct. 24, at the CELL Center on UVI’s St. Thomas campus.

For more information or to register, contact the UVICELL Center at 693-1100. The complete course schedule is also available online at http://cell.uvi.edu.

SBDC Plans Business Outreach Programs for Veterans

UVI’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will conduct free outreach workshops for veterans on St. Croix on July 13, on St. John on July 14, and on St. Thomas on July 15. Carl Christensen, the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) officer in charge will be the presenter. SBA services to be discussed include the Patriot Express Pilot Loan Initiative, the America’s Recovery Capital Loan Program and the Community Express Loan Program.

The St. Croix session is scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m. at the SBDC Training Center in Sunshine Mall. The St. John outreach will take place from 10 a.m. to noon in the V.I. Legislature Conference Room in Cruz Bay. The St. Thomas session will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at the SBDC Training Facility in Nisky Center.

To pre-register, call 692-5270 on St. Croix or 776-3206 on St. Thomas and St. John.

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