University of the Virgin Islands News

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.

Local animal healthcare professionals, agriculture extension personnel, and local farmers and ranchers are encouraged to attend.

The V.I. Labor Department and the Virgin Islands Center for Excellence on Developmental Disabilities are working together to present Employment and Disability workshops to mark National Disability Employment Awareness Month.

The University of the Virgin Islands is gearing up for its annual Red Ribbon Week observance, aimed at raising awareness about drug and alcohol abuse prevention, early intervention and treatment.

University of St. Martin has appointed former Education Head Joyce Watson to head its Academic Affairs Department.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif: Ingres Corporation , a provider in open source database management company, today announced that the company is actively supporting university and open source organization initiatives to promote students in open source.

Senior citizens can get their flu shots and pneumonia vaccines and a variety of health screenings at no cost to them as CareForce 2009 makes its way across the territory next week.

Gov. John deJongh Jr. has appointed Carmelo Rivera to be Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources.

Today is Columbus Day - " known here as Virgin Islands Puerto Rico Friendship day.

An annual forum aimed at drawing attention to the issues people with disabilities face in the territory - and at finding solutions - is scheduled for Oct.