UVI Bulletin Board for March and April

The verdant inner courtyard of the St. Croix campus of the University of the Virgin Islands. (Bill Kossler photo)

UVI Closed for Good Friday Holiday The University of the Virgin Islands will be closed on Friday, March 29, in commemoration of the Good Friday holiday.

Administrative offices will re-open, and classes resume at their regular schedule on Monday, April 1.

University of the Virgin Islands invites the Community to a Special Convocation on April 3 with U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock. The University of the Virgin Islands is pleased to announce that United States Sen. Raphael Warnock will be the guest speaker at a special convocation at 1 p.m., Wednesday, April 3, in the Elridge Wilburn Blake Sports and Fitness Center on UVI’s Orville E. Kean Campus on St. Thomas.

The convocation will be livestreamed on UVI’s Facebook page @UVI.edu and YouTube page @UVIvideos, allowing a wider audience to participate in this special event.

This convocation will provide our students, faculty, staff and community members with a unique opportunity to engage with Warnock’s insights on pressing issues facing our society today. His address promises to inspire and engage all attendees, encouraging us to reflect on the importance of education and civic responsibility,” said President Hall, who would like the entire community to attend this convocation.

For more information about the convocation and to access the livestream, visit UVI’s website at https://www.uvi.edu

 The University of the Virgin Islands Pre-Law Society Will Host Informative Session on April 5 The University of the Virgin Islands Pre-Law-Society is partnering with the Virgin Islands Bar Association Division of Young Lawyers and the Virgin Islands Department of Justice to host a panel event “What Do Lawyers Do?” from noon to 1 p.m., on April 5.

This event exposes students to a variety of career paths in the legal field with young Virgin Islands attorneys who practice in business/corporate law, immigration law, criminal prosecution and defense, government offices, family law and private practice.

Attorneys will share their experiences and paths to law school.

The society is reaching out to the middle and high schools to encourage students, teachers and classes to attend in person on the Orville E. Kean Campus in Business 110 on St.  Thomas and the Albert A. Sheen Campus in the RTPark on St Croix or join the event via Zoom.

For more information, contact Professor Molly Perry at 693-1279 or email molly.perry@uvi.edu