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The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) has named Shaquana Miller as its new director of athletics, bringing more than a decade of NCAA administrative and coaching leadership to the role. Miller began her position on Sept. 15, and will oversee athletics administration, NAIA (conference) compliance, fundraising, external engagement and student-athlete development for the University.

The University of the Virgin Islands Board of Trustees will hold its regularly scheduled meeting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. Members of the public may access the meeting virtually through Microsoft Teams.

press release about Youth Ocean Explorers diving in Honduras

The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) is clarifying tuition rates for each student group for the Spring 2027 semester. UVI is reminding students and their families that the undergraduate and graduate per-credit rates currently in effect will remain unchanged for Spring 2027. Undergraduate per-credit rates are $275 for in-territory students, $481.25 for Caribbean students, and $828.13 for out-of-territory students. Graduate per-credit rates are $500 per credit for in-territory students, $875 per credit for Caribbean students, and $952.47 per credit for out-of-territory students. The current Fall 2026 full-time, on-the-ground tuition rates will remain in effect through the end of this semester.

More than 21 University of the Virgin Islands student researchers will present original research at the 2026 Fall Student Research Symposium, held simultaneously on UVI's St. Thomas and St. Croix campuses.

The University of the Virgin Islands reinforced its growing influence in global marine science as 23 researchers and students from UVI’s Center for Marine and Environmental Studies (CMES) delivered 26 presentations at the 16th International Coral Reef Symposium, held this summer, in Auckland, New Zealand.

Lomar Yearwood, a University of the Virgin Islands junior majoring in computer science, has won an Outstanding Poster Award at the Mathematical Association of America's (MAA) MathFest in Boston — one of only 26 posters recognized out of 93 presented at the conference. Yearwood's research uses mathematics and computing to explore how coral reefs across the Virgin Islands may be connected.

The University of the Virgin Islands Board of Trustees, during a special meeting held virtually on Wednesday, Sept. 2, unanimously approved a series of financial, policy and governance measures designed to strengthen institutional oversight, accountability and long-term planning.

Virgin Islanders pursuing professional certifications and career advancement now have access to even more testing opportunities without leaving the Territory.