The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) will reopen on Thursday, Aug. 15, following the passing of Hurricane Ernesto. UVI employees are expected to return to work at their regularly scheduled times. However, employees are asked to coordinate with their supervisors if they anticipate challenges.
Orientation events on St. Thomas have been rescheduled. The New and Transfer Student Convocation, originally scheduled for Thursday, will now be held at noon on
Monday, Aug. 19, in the Ralph M. Paiewonsky Library on the Orville E. Kean Campus.
Additionally, students who did not attend the Saturday, Aug. 10, orientation are asked to attend the rescheduled orientation, which will be held on
at 8 a.m on Friday, Aug. 16, in the Library on St. Thomas.
Residence Hall check-in will also resume on Friday, Aug. 16, at noon and will continue over the weekend
until all students are checked in. Students are asked to contact the Office of Residence
Life and Student Housing on St. Thomas at (340) 693-1110 or via email at shousing@uvi.edu for more information or to schedule check-ins after 5 p.m. For more details, visit https://orientation.uvi.edu.
UVI President Dr. Safiya George’s State of the University Address scheduled for Thursday on the St. Thomas Campus has been canceled, however the address on St. Croix will continue as planned on Friday, Aug. 16. The address will be live streamed. For details and the link to the stream, visit https://MyCampus.uvi.edu. Orientation on the Albert A. Sheen Campus will continue as scheduled from Thursday, Aug. 15 to 17. See this link for details - https://www.uvi.edu/student-life/student-affairs/nso-calendar-aas.html. Residence Hall Move-in Day on the Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix will be held on Friday, Aug. 16, from 8:30 a.m. to noon for new students. Move-in for returning students will be on Sunday, Aug. 18, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information contact Dr. Colvin T. Georges, Jr., dean of students on St. Croix at (340) 692-4002 or via email colvin.georgesjr@uvi.edu.
The University community is advised to be prepared for all emergencies and monitor UVI communications. Please review UVI’s Emergency Preparedness Plan (https://www.uvi.edu/about/hurricane-preparedness-2024.pdf ). Status updates will be available on the homepage of the UVI website, www.uvi.edu and on social media: www.facebook.com/uvi.edu, twitter.com/uvi_edu and instagram.com/uvi_edu.
All UVI students and employees are urged to sign up for Bucs Alert, UVI’s emergency notification system which is used to share critical information via text messages and e-mail. Participants must simply log in to My Campus and add their cell phone numbers and email addresses to the “Personal Information” page in UVI’s BanWeb accounts. Those who have already added information to the system are encouraged to periodically check their details in case updates are needed. Sign up today using this direct link – https://tinyurl.com/UVIUpdates.
Additional instructions on signing up for Bucs Alert (also known as Rave) are available from this direct link: https://www.uvi.edu/files/documents/Institutional_Advancement/Public_Relations/RAVE_signup_procedure.pdf
For more information, contact the Public Relations Office at (340) 693-1059 or at pr@uvi.edu.
