Friday, December 9, 2011

Alumni Join Effort to Develop New Strategic Plan


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 UVI alumni and special alumni joined the effort to develop the University's next strategic plan in sessions held Dec. 7 and 8, on St Croix and St. Thomas, respectively. Sixteen alumni on St. Croix and another 15 on St. Thomas gathered to provide input into the process. Their suggestions will be added to those offered by students, faculty, and staff who have already attended similar, wide-ranging sessions designed to develop a series of common themes on which the next strategic plan will be based.


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 Input has also been received from the Board of Trustees. The effort is organized by the University’s Planning Task Force (PTF). The PTF will develop a draft strategic plan which will be presented to the University's formal shared governance process prior to being submitted to Planning Committee of the Board and the full Board of Trustees for approval in June 2011. The new strategic plan will be launched in the fall of 2012.


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Participating in the alumni session on St. Croix were Malkia Morton (’11), Darlene Baptiste (’98), Cassandra Dunn (’87), B. Patricia Welcome (’87), Wendy Wheeler (’01, ’03, ’05), Benon Kisuule (faculty), Ellsworth London (’10, ’12), Beresford Edwards (’96), Wayne E. Petersen (’09), Prospero Lewis (’74, ’84), Nissa Bailey (’04), Ann-Merrie Hendrickson (’10), Shelly Anslyn Jones (’08), Abdul R. Ali (’10), Sammuel Sanes (’09) and Marthious Clavier (’09).


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Participating in the alumni session on St. Thomas were Basil Ottley (’94), Jacqueline A. Sprauve (’94), Delaun Mercer (’97), Deanna E. Rogers (’85), Alyssa Ryan (’11), Rick S. Grant (’09), Joss Springette (’00), Allie-Allison Petrus (’01), Beverly Petrus (SA), Verna Rivers (’88), Mariga R. Fleming (’68), Joel J. Buchanan (’93), Denise Humphrey (SA), Claudette Georges (’86, ’88, ’94, ’04, ’06) and Carla Sarauw (’89). SA = Special Alumni 

 
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Thursday, December 1, 2011

“O Christmas Three!” Performances Set Today (Dec. 1) at UVI on St. Thomas Campus

UVI Theatre entertained students at four area grade schools – part of the group is shown above at E. Benjamin Oliver Grade School – this week with performances from the children’s holiday musical “O Christmas Three!” The musical, written and directed by UVI Playwright-in-Residence Dr. Doug Larche, features more than 40 UVI students, faculty and staff members. It consists of a trilogy of children’s Christmas plays published by Dramatic Publishing and performed originally across the U.S. and Canada.

The trilogy consists of “Peas on Earth: A Birds-Eye View of Christmas,” “Dorcas the Christmas Duck (Or Vincent the Violet-Nosed Vulture) A Cautionary Christmas Tale” and “The Last Straw: A Christmas Fable.”

Two performances of the full trilogy are set for today – Thursday, Dec. 1 – at the UVI Administration and Conference Center on the St. Thomas campus. Those shows are set for 4 and 7:30 p.m. Admission is free for children and students of all ages. Adult admission is $10.
Cast members, from left, for “Dorcas the Christmas Duck,” “Peas on Earth” and “The Last Straw.”