JOANNE SYLVIA LUCIANO has been appointed professor of data science at The
University of the Virgin Islands. Prior to her new role, she served as a visiting associate professor at Indiana University.
One chapter is devoted to an HBCU in the Caribbean: the
University of the Virgin Islands. The book concludes with reflections on African Americans choose HBCUs in the 21st century.
She also toured the
University of the Virgin Islands and met with university President Dr.
The
University of the Virgin Islands has been awarded a five-year $1.3 million grant from the U.S.
fulva problems continued to be reported to the Cooperative Extension Office at the
University of the Virgin Islands on St.
Croix, Make Interventions a Learning Experience), the group conducted a health fair at a local farmer's market, screened patients for hypertension, diabetes, and scoliosis, provided chronic disease case management to a senior living community, attended a pinning ceremony at the
University of the Virgin Islands, and more.
Edgecombe was director of the Reichhold Center for the Arts at the
University of the Virgin Islands from 1992 to 2006 and currently teaches in the Communication, Art, and Theatre Division there.
Martin has a doctorate in educational leadership and change from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, Calif., a master's in education, curriculum and instruction/special education from Seattle University and a master's in elementary education from the
University of the Virgin Islands.
James Rakocy has been offering training each June at the
University of the Virgin Islands. Contact him by email: jrakocy@uvi.edu or call: 340-692-4020.
The project was conceived and carried out by Robert Nicholls, a professor at the
University of the Virgin Islands, who has researched the trees for the past three years.
Collaborating are the University of North Carolina-Wilmington (UNCW), the University of South Carolina, New Jersey's Rutgers University, and the
University of the Virgin Islands. The four not only will do Caribbean-wide research but also offer undergraduate and graduate marine science courses, just as the West Indies Lab did for twenty years.