UVI Scholarly and Creative Committee Presents “Sankofa” Film Screening The UVI Scholarly and Creative Committee will present a screening of ‘Sankofa’ Friday, from 1-4 p.m. (AST), Friday, Feb. 11.
“Sankofa” follows Mona, a Black African American fashion model, on a photoshoot in Cape Coast, Ghana, who undergoes a journey back in time to a plantation in North America. There she becomes “Shola,” an enslaved African woman who labors in the master’s house and experiences the horrors of slavery firsthand. To register for the screening click, SANKOFA.
For more information, contact Assistant Professor Djassi DaCosta Johnson at djassi.johnson@uvi.edu.
UVI School of Business in Conjunction with VI SBDC to Host its Fourth Webinar in a Series Benefiting Small Businesses The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) School of Business, in conjunction with the U.S. Virgin Islands Small Business Development Center (SBDC), will host its fourth webinar in the series of business-related seminars entitled “Small Business Conversations from the Frontline.” The upcoming webinar will be held from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. (AST), Thursday, March 3, and will focus on “Supply Chain Challenges and Opportunities During COVID.”
Featured speakers will share insights that pertain to supply chain challenges, while also addressing opportunities that have arisen from those challenges. Attendees will have the opportunity to gain basic knowledge of how to mitigate the challenges and to leverage the opportunities.
“The continuing effects of the pandemic are palpable for small businesses. Supply chain issues are one of the manifestations of those effects,” said Kendra Harris, Ph.D., dean of the School of Business. “The School of Business at the University of the Virgin Islands and the Small Business Development Center continue to work with businesses in the USVI on their challenges in this environment. Our webinars continue to be one of the ways we are providing that support.”
To register for the webinar, click School of Business Webinar. For more information, contact Renel Smith, Ph.D., at renel.smith@uvi.edu
Registration Now Open for Junior Ocean Explorers Summer Program The Virgin Islands Marine Advisory Service (VIMAS) announces the opening of registration for the Junior Ocean Explorers Summer Program. This program, which is open to Virgin Islands youth in grades 3-6, will focus on teaching the fundamentals of swimming, marine animal identification and enhancing STEM skills.
Two, one-week sessions will be hosted:
June 13-17, 2022 – Session 1
- June 20-24, 2022 – Session 2
For more information about this and other VIMAS programs, log on to www.vimas.uvi.edu
Registration Now Open for the Youth Ocean Explorers Summer Program Reconnect with Nature this Summer!
Registration for the 2022 Youth Ocean Explorers Summer Program on St. Thomas and St. Croix is now open until May 1, 2022. The program will be conducted from July 11 to Aug. 5. Students in grades 7-12 are eligible to apply. Scholarships will be available to USVI residents to cover registration and scuba certification costs.
Log on to this link and register today.
https://www.uvi.edu/community/virgin-islands-marine-advisory-service/default.aspx
For additional information, contact Howard Forbes Jr. at 693-1672 at the Center for Marine and Environmental Studies or email howard.forbes@uvi.edu
