Puerto Rico Symphony, Rising Stars to Open Reichhold Center’s 34th Season on Oct. 13 UVI’s Reichhold Center for the Arts opens its 34th season at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13, with an exciting combination of classical and steel pan music featuring the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra in concert with the Superior Court Rising Stars Youth Steel Orchestra. More than 100 performers will gather on stage as the two orchestras collaborate on a number of musical selections. Then each will present their individual brand of music. The Symphony, under the direction of Chilean Maestro Maximiano Valdés, will conclude the evening with Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.
Tickets – $75, $35 and $20 – are available from the Reichhold Box Office at 693-1559, the UVI Bookstore, Dockside Bookshop, Interiors in Fort Mylner, Home Again in Red Hook, and V.I. Bridal & Tuxedo in Tutu Park Mall. For more information contact The Forum at 690-4350 or visit http://www.theforum.vi/. The presentation is funded in part by the VI Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Reichhold’s next show – Motown & More: The Power of Music from the 60s, 70s and 80s – follows at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20. Motown & More is presented by the VI Lottery and the UVI Music Department. The event will also showcase members of the UVI Summer Youth Music Program. More on the season is available from the Reichhold Center Web site http://www.reichholdcenter.com.
UVI Soccer Squad Defeats UPR-Carolina 1-0 to End 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 played against schools in the LAI league’s western division during October, with playoffs slated to begin on Nov. 3.
UVI Soccer Schedule
• Oct. 13: UVI at UPR-Ponce – in Ponce at 3 p.m.
• Oct. 17: UPR-Mayaguez or Inter-American at UVI on St. Croix – time TBD
• Oct. 20: UVI at InterAmerican or University of Turabo – in Cayey at 2 p.m.
• Oct. 27: UPR-Cayey at UVI on St. Croix – time TBD
Some matchups to be finalized after make-up games are completed.
World Food Day Set on UVI’s Albert A. Sheen Campus on Oct. 14 The popular World Food Day activity on UVI’s Albert A. Sheen campus is slated from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 14. The 2012 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.
Topping 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. While admission is free, those attending are asked to bring a non-perishable food item for the day’s food drive. World Food Day is sponsored by UVI’s Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station, and the V.I. Department of Agriculture. For details, call Clarice Clarke at 692-4060.
UVI Students Invited to Information Session on 13D Entrepreneurship Competition on Oct. 18 All UVI students are invited to an informational meeting for the second annual 13D Student Entrepreneurship Competition, at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 18. The meeting will be available, via videoconference, in the UVI Administration and Conference Center on St. Thomas and in the Great Hall on St. Croix. Four UVI students were awarded a total of $60,000 to support their start-up business ideas last year in the inaugural 13D Competition. A total of 72 UVI students in 21 teams participated.
Another $60,000 in funds is available for this year’s competition. Student teams on both St. Thomas and St. Croix will be invited to enter two rounds of competition. The prizes for first, second and third place in the competition are $30,000, $20,000 and $10,000. Funding is provided by a $5 million gift to UVI from investment strategist and entrepreneur Kiril Sokoloff, the founder of 13D Research, which is now based on St. Croix.
Details are available from UVI business professor Dr. Glenn Metts by calling 693-1303 send e-mail to gmetts@uvi.edu.
Workshop on Advantages of Hiring Individuals with Disabilities on St. Thomas Set for Oct. 24 A workshop on the advantages of hiring individuals with disabilities from an employer’s perspective will be held by the VI University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (VIUCEDD) from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 24. The session will be held at the VI Small Business Development Center at Nisky Center on St. Thomas. Presentations are scheduled by a regional manager of a local business and a local attorney discussing the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The workshop is being held as part of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. For more information, contact Pauline Lee at 776-4303. Registration is available on line from the SBDC Web site – www.sbdcvi.org.
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.
UVI Employees, Others Urged to Review UVI Online Job Postings UVI employees and external interested individuals are encouraged to review the University’s online job postings for updates on available vacancies from the Human Resources Office section of the University website – http://www.uvi.edu – or from this direct link: http://careers.uvi.edu. UVI is committed to attracting, developing and retaining a highly qualified workforce to support our mission of excellence in education and research. The University of the Virgin Islands is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
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’s Frenchman’s Reef 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.
