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UVI PRIDE DAY OF SERVICE

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Volunteers repaint the kiosk information center as part of Pride Week activities.

Olinger Augustin |

ST. CROIX – Students, faculty, and staff met on Monday, March 28 to provide a day of service on the Albert A. Sheen campus by sprucing up the kiosk information center.

As part of the university’s annual Pride Week, the UVI community gathered to provide community service on the campus itself.

Student Activities’ Hedda Finch-Simpson noted, “Often times we tend to go off campus to provide community service, but this time we decided to bring it to the actual campus to get students excited about school pride.” Continue reading UVI PRIDE DAY OF SERVICE

Proud We Are

Students from both campuses celebrate UVI Pride Day

Sameca Hendrickson|

ST. THOMAS – On March 28,  both University of the Virgin Islands’ campuses flourished with students, faculty, staff and alumni sporting the university’s paraphernalia.

The festivity dubbed Pride Day was chosen to take place in March to signify the university’s Charter Day.

Implementing Pride Day, the university used the event to not only reflect on its impact on the territory, but also on alumni.

UVI community members were all encouraged to wear some form of the school’s  apparel to show school spirit. To gain more participants, both UVI Bookstores offered 20 percent off all UVI apparel  from March 26-28. Continue reading Proud We Are