We Are UVI Contribution for Dec. 30

This submission was posted Sunday, Dec. 30, to UVI's Golden Jubilee blog. It joins more than 50 other stories from individuals with close ties to the University.

Do you know who this is? To see photos of this week’s “We Are UVI” contributor and read her story, visit http://weareuvi.blogspot.com/. “We Are UVI” is our Golden Jubilee blog. It features people sharing CVI/UVI stories from the past 50 years. A new submission is added each week.

We Are UVI Contribution for Dec. 23

This submission was posted Sunday, Dec. 23, to UVI's Golden Jubilee blog. It joins more than 50 other stories from individuals with close ties to the University.

Do you know who this is? To see photos of this week’s “We Are UVI” contributor and read her story, visit http://weareuvi.blogspot.com/. “We Are UVI” is our Golden Jubilee blog. It features people sharing CVI/UVI stories from the past 50 years. A new submission is added each week.

We Are UVI Contribution for Dec. 16

This submission was posted Sunday, Dec. 16, to UVI's Golden Jubilee blog. It joins more than 50 other stories from individuals with close ties to the University.

Do you know who this is? To see photos of this week’s “We Are UVI” contributor and read her story, visit http://weareuvi.blogspot.com/. “We Are UVI” is our Golden Jubilee blog. It features people sharing CVI/UVI stories from the past 50 years. A new submission is added each week.

Students, UVI Housing Get Into the Holiday Spirit

UVI St. Thomas campus Student Housing Supervisor Sean Georges discusses the donation made by students and Student Housing to Bethlehem House with James Gardner for a TV 2 news report. 

Before UVI St. Thomas campus students left for their holiday break, they got into the holiday spirit by responding to a clothing drive, for distribution by the Bethlehem House Shelter for the Homeless, operated by Catholic Charities of the Virgin Islands. St. Thomas campus Student Housing Supervisor Sean Georges topped up the offering by donating a sizable amount of used furniture – mattresses, dressers and lounge furniture, etc. – that had been replaced in several of the student residence halls during the fall semester.

UVI to Close for Annual Holiday Recess; St. Croix Festival, Three Kings Holiday

The University of the Virgin Islands will be closed from Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, through Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, for its annual holiday recess. University offices will reopen on their regular schedules on Wednesday, Jan. 2. UVI will also be closed on Friday, Jan. 4, for the St. Croix Festival, and Monday, Jan. 7, in observance of the Three Kings Day holiday. The VI Small Business Development Center offices on St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John will observe the same holiday schedule.

For details see the UVI Bulletin Board at http://www.uvi.edu/sites/uvi/pages/news_show.aspx?newsid=481&s=co&sectioncode=public_relations&typecode=

We Are UVI Contribution for Dec. 9

This submission was posted Sunday, Dec. 9, to UVI's Golden Jubilee blog. It joins 50 other stories from individuals with close ties to the University.

Do you know who this is? To see photos of this week’s “We Are UVI” contributor and read her story, visit http://weareuvi.blogspot.com/. “We Are UVI” is our Golden Jubilee blog. It features people sharing CVI/UVI stories from the past 50 years. A new submission is added each week.

We Are UVI Contribution for Dec. 2

This submission was posted Sunday, Dec. 2, to UVI's Golden Jubilee blog. It joins almost 50 other stories from other individuals with close ties to the University.

Do you know who this is? To see photos of this week’s “We Are UVI” contributor and read her story, visit http://weareuvi.blogspot.com/. “We Are UVI” is our Golden Jubilee blog. It features people sharing CVI/UVI stories from the past 50 years. A new submission is added each week.

2012 STT/STJ Ag and Food Fair Views

Charles Leonard and Nathaniel Tuitt were honored as the 2012 crop and livestock farmers of the year, respectively, at the St. Thomas/St. John Agriculture and Food Fair held this month on the grounds of UVI’s Reichhold Center for the Arts. This year’s theme was “Agriculture: Key to Improving Our Economy.”

The two, long-time local farmers headlined the list of other competition winners. Their selection was announced during the Fair’s opening ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 3. The annual Fair, which continued through Nov. 4, featured tempting displays of some of the best locally produced fresh produce, plants, arts and crafts, and specialty products.

Crop Farmer of the Year Charles Leonard joins with other fairgoers in visiting the wide array of vendor displays, this one featuring hot sauces and more offered by Theresa Davis.

Ayanna Simon of the USVI Department 
of Agriculture Veterinary Services area 
and Michael E. Austrie of the Cooperative 
Extension Service on St. Croix spend 
time judging entries in the livestock 
competitions.

Victorine Williams of St. 

Thomas displays some of the 
hot sauces offered at the booth 
she operated with her mother 
Theresa Davis of St. Croix, who 
has been attending the fair for 

more than 20 years.


UVI Crop Farmer of the Year
for 2012 Charles Leonard and
his daughter Britaney proudly
display the award plaque.

Click to view a
news release and the
complete list of 2012
competition winners.

Vendors, from left, Victorine Williams, Tassili Maat and Marie Paul took time out from their tables to feel the music as local radio personality and UVI alum Rashidi Clenance, in the background, handled the Fair’s master
of ceremonies duties.

We Are UVI Contribution for Nov. 25

This submission was posted Sunday, Nov. 25, to UVI's Golden Jubilee blog. It joins more than 45 other stories from other individuals with close ties to the University.

Do you know who this is. To see more about this week’s “We Are UVI” contributor visit http://weareuvi.blogspot.com/. “We Are UVI” is our Golden Jubilee blog. It features people sharing CVI/UVI stories from the past 50 years. A new submission is added each week.

UVI Jazz Ensemble and a Few Friends



The UVI Jazz Ensemble rehearses with some of the nation’s top jazz professionals who just happen to hail from St. Thomas, Dion Parson (UVI’s Artist in Residence), Ron Blake and Reuben Rogers.

The UVI Jazz Ensemble and Dion Parson and Friends play at today’s (Tuesday, Nov. 20)  Thanksgiving Musical Celebration at 5 p.m. at the West Indian Company dock in Havensight Mall on St. Thomas. The Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Joseph H. Francis, Jr., along with Parson, Blake and Rogers will open the show. At 6:30 “Dion Parson and Friends” take over, with Blake on saxophone, Rogers on bass, Roan Creque on piano and Abu on percussion. Lorna Freeman will provide the vocals.



Dion Parson and Friends - Shown are,
from left, Roan Creque, Parson, Ron
Blake and Reuben Rogers.

The show – which is free and open to the public – is part of a monthly concert series Parson has been offering with WICO since August. "It’s a fun, family event,” Parson said. The final concert in the series for 2012 is slated for Dec. 11, which is WICO’s 100th anniversary. He also added that plans are in place to continue the series in 2013.