University of the Virgin Islands News

Daily News Photo by SEAN McCOY Don Anderson of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute speaks at UVI on Friday.

Reichhold goes from arts center to farmers market St. Thomas-St. John Agriculture and Food Fair this weekend at UVI By GENEVIEVE RYAN Saturday, December 5th 2009 Daily News File Photo by SEAN McCOY Ras Kamahoo watches Karanja James as he shows a cassava.

Daily News Photo by CRISTIAN SIMESCU VICARE executive director Sandra Phaire, left, and other participants place electric candles on the steps of the Eliza McBean Clock Tower in Frederiksted during a World AIDS Day vigil .

The University of the Virgin Islands Community Engagement and Lifelong Learning Center has been awarded a $794,220 grant from U.S. Housing and Urban Development to expand their existing facility in Frederiksted.

The V.I. Education Department is again offering to pay for tuition for one college course at the University of the Virgin Islands to boost the professional development of its teachers, administrators and staff.

As part of his trip to the Virgin Islands this week, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Areas Anthony presented a $1.25 million grant to the National Park Service to design a marine education and research center on St.

Ivor Thom In a press release the Friends of Victoria Village Diaspora said November 29 marks 170 years the freed slaves bought the village.

Seven colleges will have representatives available to speak with public and private high school students and their families at a free College Fair from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Monday in the Marin Center at Antilles School.

St. Croix Central High School math teacher Moordale Bryan has been named the top teacher in the territory for the 2009-2010 school year and will travel to Washington, D.C., next year to be honored by President Barack Obama as part of his prize.

The University of the Virgin Islands will host a series of free environmental health and safety workshops on its St.

Two accomplished and talented writers will be joining the University of the Virgin Islands faculty and offering several new courses to students for the spring semester.

11, 12, and 13 at NMCa TMs Rota instructional site. Workshops will run from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Similar workshops will be held on Nov.

White House to hold HIV/AIDS discussion at UVI Event will be teleconferenced between St.

In its ongoing efforts to educate the community about innovative agricultural management practices, the Northern Marianas College has partnered with other colleges to launch the Marianas Grazing Academy, which is aimed at building local agricultural capacity and educating farmers and ranchers about increasing the economic viability of their ...

Daily News Photo by SEAN McCOY Captain Lee Hicks and mate Lucas Farber help passengers off the Screaming Eagle tour boat in the shadow of a cruise ship at the West Indian Co.

In August, the University of the Virgin Islands' new president hit the ground running to make improvements for the territory's sole public collegiate institution.

Relatives say goodbye to deploying V.I. Guard units 73 guardsmen will deploy for one year to Guantanamo Bay By SEAN McCOY Monday, October 26th 2009 Daily News Photo by SEAN McCOY V.I. National Guard soldiers take part in a deployment ceremony Sunday at Leonard B. Francis Armory on St.

Daily News Photos by CRISTIAN SIMESCU Virgin Islands Police Department and St. Croix Rescue Squad personnel examine the wreckage of a small aircraft that crashed Thursday on St.

Clad in bright red T-shirts and chanting "Down with dope, up with hope," a group of students made their way along Moravian Highway to the University of the Virgin Islands on Wednesday afternoon for a vigil and speakout contest to mark Red Ribbon Week.

The Northern Marianas College Cooperative Research Extension and Education Service will be hosting two series of workshops, one focused on Alternative Herbal Medicine for Livestock Healthcare in the Western Pacific and the other on the Extension Outreach and Assistance in Improved Pasture and Livestock Management Practices.