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| UVI President Dr. David Hall presented, Nereida Washington, UVI director of campus operations on the Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix with the UVI Presidential Appreciation Award. UVI Chief Information Officer Tina Koopmans (left), Albert A. Sheen Campus Maintenance Supervisor John Waugh, Albert A. Sheen Campus Security Supervisor Ralph Cook and UVI Chief of Staff Dr. Noreen Michael, members of the Emergency Management Committee, were present at the board of trustees meeting. |
Dr. Hall presented Nereida Washington, UVI director of campus operations on the Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix and Emergency Management Committee chair with the UVI Presidential Appreciation Award. Dr. Hall said her efforts are “at the core of what UVI needs to make this institution better.”
Washington spearheaded the effort to develop UVI’s first comprehensive emergency response plan. “We now have in place a comprehensive emergency response plan that I think will ensure that this university is safer and better able to deal with the things that we hope will never happen,” said Dr. Hall.
Since arriving at the University in 2009, President Hall was aware that UVI had a hurricane preparedness plan, but knew a comprehensive emergency response plan needed to be developed. Work was being done on the plan, but Dr. Hall was not satisfied with the pace.
“In the last six to seven months, the plan was not only developed but training was done throughout the University on both campuses,” Dr. Hall said. “We all feel we have made a tremendous step forward.”
