UVI Bulletin Board for September

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UVI Bulletin Board for September

Here is what's happening on both campuses of the University of the Virgin Islands.

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Watkins, Dr. Levi, Jr. (1944-2015)

Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr. was a cardiac surgeon who, in 1980, performed the first implantation of an automatic defibrillator into a human heart. He was also a professor of cardiac surgery and associate dean at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in

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Jasmine Bowers Becomes First Black Person To Earn Ph.D. In Computer Science From University Of Florida

Jasmine Bowers is the first Black person to earn a doctorate degree in computer science from the University of Florida.

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Legendary SA musician Steve Kekana dies - NewsDay Zimbabwe

The news broke on Thursday that 63-year-old Kekana had died after a long illness. Kekana was born on 4 August 1958 in The post Legendary SA musician Steve Kekana dies appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.

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Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (1870- )

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School was established in 1870 as the Preparatory High School for Colored Youth with 45 students and one teacher, Emma J. Hutchins, to provide secondary education for the city’s African American children after efforts to integrate schools in Washington, D.C. failed. Within

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UVI’s Board of Trustees Approve Two New Agriculture Degrees

The University of the Virgin Islands Board of Trustees on Saturday unanimously approved of two new degree programs for the School of Agriculture in a move to "rebirth" the agriculture program.

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Rice University’s Black Students Association Demands Addition Of Black Safe Space On Campus

They also want a statue of the school’s founder removed.

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A Dismantled Post Office Destroys More Than Mail Service - Blavity

The post office shapes American public and private life in cities and towns, large and small.

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Watch Nick Cannon’s Emotional Speech As He Graduates From Howard University

“I look forward to this new journey in my life.”

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Marian Anderson

Marian Anderson was 42 when she sang her legendary open-air concert at the Lincoln Memorial on 9 April 1939. Anderson was a famous contralto of the day, and the concert was arranged after the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to let her perform at Constitution Hall because she was

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Brown Undergraduate Students Vote for University to Offer Reparations

Undergraduate students at Brown voted for descendants of slaves affiliated with the school and its founders, to receive reparations.

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Pre-Law Summer Boot Camp Offers Up Close Look At The Legal Profession | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

ORLANDO, Fla Pre-law students who registered for the Florida AM University (FAMU) Legal Scholars Summer Boot Camp were up for the challenges presented in this thought-provoking two-week virtual session. “Students had an opportunity to present legal arguments on the George Floyd case as either

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Scholarships help to diversify YSU student population - African American News Today - EIN News

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University senior Randall Gillum, 29, is working to earn his Bachelor of Science in nursing degree by the end of the 2020-21 sch

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Three children, three doctorates - Jamaican parents credits the help from God for their children’s achievements

Oral and Ornell Christie are two beaming parents today as their three children – Omari, Malikah and Kofi - have all graduated with doctorates, either in the medical or engineering

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Turning Grief for a Hidden Past Into a Healing Space

The University of Virginia in Charlottesville, designed by Thomas Jefferson, was built by enslaved people. The Memorial to Enslaved Laborers acknowledges that long-suppressed history.

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Fall B term enrollment underway at Daytona State College – Daytona Times

Enrollment for Daytona State College’s Fall B term is underway, and a team of admissions specialists are available to help future DSC students through the entire process. Classes begin on Monday, Oct. 19 and enrollment can be completed online or by making an appointment to speak with an admissions

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MSU Awarded $150K: Henry Luce Foundation Supports Relief | Afro

The Center for the Study of Religion and the City (CSRC) at Morgan worked with the Black Church Food Security Network, BUILD Baltimore: Turnaround Tuesday workforce reentry program, and others to develop the successful grant

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Pennsylvania Professor on Paid Leave After Using the N-Word Three Times During a Lecture, Gave Students Permission to Use It In a ‘Pedagogical Sense’

A Pennsylvania professor was placed on paid leave after a video showed him using the N-word during a lecture last week. Duquesne University instructor Gary […]

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SSU Taps Administrator To Serve As Interim Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs | The Savannah Tribune

Savannah State University Interim President Kimberly Ballard-Washington has named Sametria McFall, Ph.D., as interim provost and vice president for Academic Affairs effective Aug. 1, 2020. “We are fortunate to have Dr. McFall assume this important leadership roe,” said Ballard-Washington. “Her

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Why we need to revamp higher education right now

OFTENTIMES I enter into a monologue. In fact, it is now my second nature to ponder long and hard over my four-year university studentship, wondering if at all it was worthwhile. This thought keeps me awake up to the wee hours. I repeatedly arrive at the conclusion that my university tenure was not

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FEEL GOOD | UKZN team breaks African rocket altitude record | News24

A rocket test flight by a University of KwaZulu-Natal Aerospace Systems Research Group has been dubbed a resounding success after beating an African record for hybrid rocket altitude.

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Keeping it Real—Can You Spell Backwards, Forwards - Black Voice News

S.E Williams | Contributor “Why don’t they want us to vote? Why are they creating obstacles to us voting? Well, the answer is because when we vote, things change. When we vote, things get better. When we vote, we address the things we’ve been talking about.” - California Senator and

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Jackson State University (1877- )

A historically black college located in on a 125-acre campus near downtown Jackson, the capital city of the state of Mississippi, Jackson State University (JSU) has been the designated urban university of the state’s higher education system since 1979. The school was founded in 1877 by the

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NSFAS has received more than 300 000 applications so far for 2021 academic year | News24

This was 20 000 more applications compared to the same period last year.

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WEAA’s Womack to be Laid to Rest | Afro

Tyra Womack, who was known to listeners of WEAA as Tyra Phillips, will be laid to rest on June

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$6 Million Sussman Donation Anchors Vision for UVI Medical School  

This project will become only the fifth historically black medical school in the United States and its territories, subject to receiving approval by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.

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Remembering Sara Dunlap Jackson (1919-1991)

In 1944 Sara Dunlap Jackson became one of the first African American professionals hired by the National Archives in Washington, D.C. where she specialized in western, military, social and African American topics. She continued at the Archives until her retirement in 1990. In the following

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UVI Bulletin Board for June 2

Here's what is happening on both campuses of the Unversity of the Virgin Islands.

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SPC PITCH program graduates on the COVID front lines in Pinellas County

Through the Providing Instruction for Tomorrow’s Collegians and Hires (PITCH) program, a partnership between St. Petersburg College and the City of St. Petersburg’s Cohort of Champions program, Bill and Timothy Baptiste earned their Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) Certificates from SPC in 2018

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Founders | Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc

THE FOUNDERS OF THE OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY, INC.

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A half century of service at Harvard

On its face, the employment proposition a Harvard admissions officer put to David Evans seemed far-fetched: leave a prestigious job working at NASA and take a pay cut to come to Cambridge and work at Harvard

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Variably Cloudy, Isolated to Scattered Showers Monday

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John L. Steward Dies at 91

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Variably Cloudy, Passing Showers Tuesday

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Op-Ed: Peace Officers Memorial Day Honors Those Who Have Died in Line of Duty

Bryan Waives Graduation Fees for 2021 Graduates of Public High Schools

V.I. Unemployment Assistance Has Paid $133 Million Since Pandemic Began

V.I. Parole Board Schedules Parole Hearings

Sargassum’s Future Poses Bigger Mystery Than Its Origins

inspection and Maintenance of Wartsila Generators Completed at Harley Plant

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Mostly Dry, Breezy, Upper 80s Thursday

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CAHS to Host Virtual Pre-Orientation for Incoming 9th Graders on May 13

Plaskett: American Rescue Plan Gives Over $5M to UVI

Edward P. McKenzie Creates Scholarship Fund for USVI Graduating H.S. Seniors

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