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“The Caribbean Writer - Where the Caribbean Imagination embraces the World,” has launched Volume 29 of the University of the Virgin Islands’ international, refereed, literary journal with a Caribbean focus.

Miss UVI 2015-2016, Katherine Callwood, will compete in the 2015 National Black College Alumni (NBCA) Hall of Fame Queens pageant from Sept. 25 to Sept. 27, in Atlanta, Ga., at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

More than 1,000 Virgin Islands residents will take part in the 30th annual Ocean Conservancy International Coastal Cleanup Sept. 19 – Oct. 31. ridding the territory’s beaches of waste, from soda cans and plastic bags to tires and home appliances.

The Reichhold Center for the Arts unveiled its 37th season at their annual Business After Hours reception with a cadre of stellar performers and artistic performances.

The University of the Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands Next Generation Network (viNGN) and the VI Department of Education (VI-DOE) have partnered to establish a K-16 STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) Academy.

The University of the Virgin Islands offers condolences to the friends and family of an unidentified man found unresponsive near the St. Thomas Campus.

Educators seeking to enhance the marine and environmental knowledge offered to their students, can do so with the aid of the Virgin Islands Marine Advisory Service (VIMAS).

The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has named Dr. Haldane Davies, vice president for Business Development and Innovation at the University of the Virgin Islands, to the Board of Examiners for the 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

In executive session of a special meeting of the University of the Virgin Islands Board of Trustees held on Aug. 29, the Board approved a resolution authorizing UVI President David Hall to execute a contract with FirstBank Puerto Rico, to secure a loan of $30 million to establish an endowment for the UVI School of Medicine.

The University of the Virgin Islands will be closed on Friday, Aug. 28. VI Gov. Kenneth Mapp has issued a curfew until 5 p.m. territory-wide.