UVI Alerts Public of Unauthorized Solicitations The University of the Virgin Islands is alerting the community of unauthorized solicitations being made using the University’s name. UVI received several calls from businesses in the Crown Bay area of St. Thomas, seeking to confirm whether a UVI student was authorized to collect cash for a new aquatic or marine center. No plans are under way at UVI to build a new aquatic or marine center. Any such solicitations are fraudulent and should be reported to the Virgin Islands Police Department or to UVI’s Security Department at 693-1530.
“There are no plans for UVI to build an aquatic center at this time and even if such plans were under way, we would never task students with the responsibility of fundraising for a capital project by collecting cash from businesses,” said UVI’s Vice President for Institutional Advancement Dionne V. Jackson. “We thank the representatives from the businesses who brought this matter to our attention,” Jackson added. For more information about legitimate fundraising campaigns at UVI, call Mitchell Neaves at 693-1046 or 693-1040.
Annual Crime Report Available from UVI Security Web Page UVI’s 2012 Annual Security Report has been posted to the Security page of the UVI website – www.uvi.edu. The report is updated annually and posted for public access in accordance with the Cleary Act, a federal statute that requires all colleges and universities that participate in federal financial aid programs to keep and disclose information about crime on and near their respective campuses. Please use these links to access the report:
• UVI Security Web Page
• UVI’s 2012 Annual Security Report
School of Nursing Announces BSN Program Applications Are Due Monday, Oct. 15 UVI’s School of Nursing has announced that applications for admission to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program are due by Monday, Oct. 15. Applications may be downloaded and printed from the BSN section of the UVI Web site –http://www.uvi.edu – and from this direct link – BSN Admission Application. Entry requirements for all students can be found here at this direct link – BSN Entry Requirements.
UVI Accepting Applications for 2013 MA Program in Psychology-Counseling; Oct. 30 Deadline The University of the Virgin Islands Master of Arts in Psychology with a Counseling Concentration Program is accepting applications for the Spring 2013 semester. The program is designed to provide students with the necessary academic knowledge base, problem solving skills and experiential opportunities to work in a variety of social service and counseling settings. Program overview and admission criteria are available online from the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences section of the UVI Web site –http://www.uvi.edu – and from this direct link. Interested applicants on St. Croix and St. Thomas should submit admission applications by Oct. 30, 2012 to be considered for the Spring 2013 semester. For more information contact Dr. Lucia DiMeo at 692-4264 or ldimeo@uvi.edu.
Kappa Gamma to Host ‘Women Empower’ Conference for Candidates on Oct. 4 The Kappa Gamma student organization at UVI’s Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix will host a “Women Empower” forum at the Great Hall for women candidates seeking senatorial positions in the St. Croix District and all women running for the office of delegate to Congress at 6:30 p.m. today (Thursday, Oct. 4).
The purpose of the “Women Empower Forum” is to provide the university community, human service advocates, community service organizations, and the local community an opportunity to meet the women candidates and express concerns in regard to issues that affect women. This forum will include discussions about women’s health, energy, crime, education, women’s participation in politics, and other legislative subject matter from a woman’s perspective. This forum will provide the candidates an opportunity to express their positions on funding priorities and solutions to critical and pressing issues.
For more information, contact Hedda Finch-Simpson at 692-4228 or hfinch@live.uvi.edu.
UVI’s Upcoming World Food Day to be Featured on Radio Talk Show Oct. 6 Clarice Clarke of UVI’s Cooperative Extension Service on St. Croix will be a guest on the Abdul Ali Talk Show on 970 AM WSTX at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6. She will discuss the upcoming World Food Day activities scheduled for noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 14, on the grounds of the Albert A. Sheen Campus. (See related item below.)
UVI Soccer Squad Downs UPR-Carolina 1-0 to Close First Half of Season; Play Resumes Oct. 13 UVI’s men’s soccer team won a home game on Sept. 29, downing UPR-Carolina, 1-0. The win moves the squad’s record for the first half of the 2012 season to 2-4-1. Matches in the second half of the 2012 season are slated to resume on Oct.13. UVI’s final set of games will be against schools in the LAI league’s western region during October, with playoffs slated to begin on Nov. 3.
SGA-St. Croix to Host Virgin Islands Senatorial Forum on Oct. 23 The Student Government Association on UVI’s Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix will sponsor a Senatorial Election Forum on Tuesday, Oct. 23. The forum, to be held in the Great Hall, is designed to give students, faculty, staff and members of the Virgin Islands community the opportunity to become better acquainted with the 2012 senatorial candidates. The evening begins with a meet-and-greet session at 6 p.m., with the forum beginning at 7 p.m. During the forum, candidates will have the opportunity to make a short presentation, discuss his or her platform, and address concerns raised by the audience.
For more information, call SGA President Kevin Dixon at 692-4191 or send email to sgastx@myuvi.net. Information is also available from Student Activities Supervisor/SGA Advisor Hedda Finch-Simpson, at 692-4228 or 692-4191 or via email at hfinch@uvi.edu.
UVI Board of Trustees to Meet on St. Thomas on Oct. 27 The next regular meeting of the UVI Board of Trustees is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27. It will take place on the St. Thomas campus.
Do you know this week’s “We Are UVI” contributor? To find out who it is, visit “We Are UVI” at: http://weareuvi.blogspot.com. “We Are UVI” is our Golden Jubilee blog. It features people sharing CVI/UVI stories from the past 50 years. A new submission is added each week.
This submission was posted Sunday, Sept. 23. It joins stories from Sinclair Wilkinson (’72), Rafe Boulon, Jr. (’76), Carmie Thompson (’10), Frank Mills (’67), James Rakocy, Arah Lockhart (’78), Utha Williams (’82), former UVI President LaVerne Ragster, Marthious Clavier (’02,’08), John Lucas, Maxine Nunez, Rosary Harper, Yegin Habtes, Gloria Callwood, Laurent Javois (’76), Helen Dookhan (’79, ’84, ’98), Curtis Gilpin (’80), Carolyn O’Neal-Morton (’85), Ali McClean (’93), Constance Gumbs (’87, ’91), Malcolm Kirwan (’67), Sharleen Fahie (’86, ’93), Sam Hall Jr., Richard Lippke, Randy Brown, Paul Flemming (’95, ’98, ’99), Kishma Allen (’09), Lawrence Lewis (’73), Aimery Caron, Quilin Mars (’08), Alvincent Hutson (’76), Vincent Cooper (’72), Dennis Parker, UVI President Emeritus Orville Kean, Richard Schrader, Albert Bryan (’04), Jerome McElroy, Velma Tyson (’80, ’83) and Marchelle D. Clarke Brown (‘82).
UVI Marking National Student Awareness Month on Albert A. Sheen Campus UVI’s Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix is marking National Student Awareness Month with the following series of open house sessions and campus events. For more information call 692-4188 or 692-4000. Information is also available in Evans Center Room 802.
• Oct. 4 – Open House – 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Student Affairs – EVC 801
• Oct. 9 – Open House – 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Health Services
• Oct. 10 – Open House – 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Student Activities
• Oct. 11 – Open House – 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. – College Access Program
• Oct. 16 – Hoops at Half Court – 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. – UVI Court
• Oct. 16 – Battle of the Sexes – 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. – UVI Court
• Oct. 19 – Campus Challenge/Fun Day – 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. – UVI Lawn
• Oct. 23 – Open House – 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Residence Life
VIUCEDD to Host 9th Voices That Count Policy Forum Oct. 11-12 The Virgin Islands University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (VIUCEDD) will host the 9th annual Voices That Count policy forum entitled “An Inclusive Workforce is a Strong Workforce.” During the forum, people with disabilities and their families, along with concerned community members will have an opportunity to solicit the views of those seeking to represent the Virgin Islands in the U.S. Congress and the territorial legislature.
This event will be held on St. Thomas on Oct 11 and 12, at UVI’s Administration and Conference Center on the St. Thomas campus. On St. Croix, the forum will take place on Oct. 15 and 16, in the Great Hall on UVI’s Albert A. Sheen Campus. Both activities will run from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. There is no fee for the event, but space is limited and registration is required. Register online at: http://vtc.viucedd.org or contact Sandra Pierre-Louis on St. Croix at 692-4266 and on St. Thomas contact Jerae Forde at 776-9200 ext. 2334. Special accommodations, such as Sign Language Interpreters, need to be requested in advance. For more on National Disability Employment Awarenss Month visit www.dol.gov/odep.
World Food Day Set for Oct. 14 on UVI’s Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix October on St. Croix means it’s time for World Food Day at UVI. This year’s event is slated for noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 14, on the grounds of the Albert A. Sheen Campus. The theme is “Agricultural Cooperatives: Key to Feeding the World.” As always, World Food Day will include a food vendors’ court, a farmer’s market, workshops, field tours, seedling distribution, a petting zoo for children, music and a variety of competitions.
Top on the competitions list is the fifth annual Youth Super Chef Competition. There will also be a Banana Splash Competition for the general public. Workshops will focus on the banana family, cassava and chicken. Workshop participants will receive free samples of dishes featuring these crops.
This year’s entertainment will feature the Rising Stars Youth Steel Orchestra, DJ Porter and performances by the St. Croix Martial Arts and the Ay Ay Cultural Dance Company. There is no entry fee. Everyone attending is asked to bring a non-perishable food item for the day’s food drive.
The St. Croix event is part of a worldwide activity observed each October designed to increase awareness and understanding of hunger issues, while provoking year-around action to alleviate hunger. It is sponsored by UVI’s Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station, and the V.I. Department of Agriculture. For more information, call Clarice Clarke at 692-4060.
29th St. Thomas-St. John Ag Fair Set Nov. 3-4; Booklet Articles and Ads Needed by Oct. 19 The 29th Annual St. Thomas-St. John Agriculture and Food Fair is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 3-4, on the grounds of UVI’s Reichhold Center for the Arts. Vendor applications can be obtained from the V.I. Department of Agriculture offices on St. Thomas and St. Croix, UVI’s Cooperative Extension Service, Sea Chest and the Natural Livity Kulcha Shop. The deadline for submitting AgFair Booklet articles and advertising copy is Oct. 19. The fair committee is seeking participants and judges for the best tasting sweet bread, maubi and Ital contests. Call 693-1080for details on how to register as either a participant or a judge. A new coal pot lighting contest is planned this year. Interested persons are encouraged to enter to win a chance at one of five spots in the contest.
Raffle tickets are available now. Books of 11 are sold for $10. Raffle prizes include: a 200-gallon water tank, 20 pounds of local lamb (dressed), a 100 pound bag of 10-10-10 fertilizer, two local chickens (dressed) and one bottle each of local honey and honey pepper sauce. For more information, e-mail dcooper@uvi.edu or call (340) 693-1080 or 774-5182. Join the CES Facebook event (UVICES) to stay updated and watch the Wednesday, Oct. 17, edition of "Face to Face" on Channel 12 – WTJX-TV.
VI-EPSCoR ‘Living On Earth III’ Workshop in October to Attract Representatives from 29 States VI-EPSCoR will host a four-day “Living on Earth III” (LOE III) workshop, from Oct. 23 to 26, on St. Thomas. Some 50 individuals representing all 29 EPSCoR states and jurisdictions have been invited. The workshop will address the need for effective integration of processes that link scientific knowledge and analytical approaches in social-ecological systems research. It will continue the work of the two previous workshops (LOE I and II) which were organized and hosted by Alaska EPSCoR, in 2009 and 2011. The Virgin Islands workshop will focus on conceptualizing Social-Ecological Systems science in the context of small, yet critical communities and ecosystems with challenging human dimensions. For more information contact EPSCoR Assistant Director Nick Drayton at 692-4068 or visit the Web site: http://epscor.uvi.edu/event-living-earth.html.
Public Asked to Mark their Calendars for UVI’s ‘Golden Gala’ Fundraisers The final public event of UVI’s 50th Anniversary Golden Jubilee celebrations will be Golden Gala fundraisers on St. Thomas and St. Croix. The entire community is invited to celebrate with UVI at the black-tie events. On St. Thomas the Golden Gala will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1 at Marriott Frenchman’s Reef and Morning Star Resort. On St. Croix the Golden Gala will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8 at the Divi Carina Bay Beach Resort and Casino. The public is invited to mark their calendars for “A Grand Affair to End the Year.” Ticket prices and locations will be announced shortly. For more information contact Liza Margolis at 693-1053 or lmargol@live.uvi.edu.
