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UVI Celebrates Black History Month |
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Event Title |
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Event Organizers |
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10am to 12pm, Wednesday, February 8, 2012 |
Mini-Parade |
STX - Starts at UVI stoplight and proceeds towards the Cafeteria. |
SGA Black Heritage Committee & Student Activities |
Show your support by wearing black, red and/or green clothing. |
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11am to 5pm, Saturday, February 11, 2012 |
Historical & Cultural Island Tour |
STX - Starts at UVI Student Center. Participants will tour the Whim Plantation Museum, Cruzan Rum Distillery, Salt River Marina, St. Croix Rain Forest, and Fort to Fort. |
SGA Black Heritage Committee & Student Activities |
Sign-up in the Student Activities Office or via email at hfinch@uvi.edu |
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10:30am to 12:30pm, Saturday, February 12, 2012 |
African Drumming & Dance - Let's Celebrate our culture . . . through the rhythms of the drums and African dance with master drummer . . . Baba Tyehimba Mtu. |
STT - UVI Wellness Center |
SGA Black Heritage Committee & Student Activities |
Open to ALL UVI students, alums, and members of our community. Sign-up at UVI Wellness Center or Student Activities Center. |
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6:30pm, Friday, February 17, 2012 |
Movie Night - documentary film highlighting the life and career of Dr. Percy L. Julian, Chemist |
STT - B110 |
UVI Chapter of the American Chemical Society & Dr. LaVerne Brown |
Dr. Percy Julian was a black American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. He was the first to synthesize the natural product physostigmine that would lay the foundation for the production of cortisone and birth control pills. Percey Julian later started his own company to synthesize steroid intermediates from the Mexican Wild Yam. His work helped to reduce the cost of steroid intermediates for manufacture by multinational pharmaceutical companies. |
Firsts in African-American Achievements
Have you ever wondered about who was the first African American doctor, nurse, scientist, college president, legislator, millionaire, inventor, published author or some other career field? In the links provided here you can explore some fascinating facts, compelling biographies, and inspiring stories. We hope you will find yourself aspired to make some of your own history.
Black Entrepreneur Profile features profiles & success stories of black business leaders.
This website has the most comprehensive database of successful black entrepreneurs,
black CEO's, black executives and black business leaders from around the world. This
website inspires black youth to be successful. The only limit in achieving success
is the limits you place on yourself. So be inspired by the achievers in this database. http://www.blackentrepreneurprofile.com/
Black History Month activities, history, timeline, ideas, events, facts & quizzes
are found on this website. The 500 notable African American biographies includes civil
rights leaders, figures in abolitionism, government leaders, religious leaders, scholars
& educators, scientists & inventors, entertainers, and athletes. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmscientists1.html
Meet African-American Pioneers in Psychology. Dr. James Arthur Bayton directed marketing
research for DuPont, IBM, Armstrong Cork, Chrysler, Eli Lilly, Curtis Publishing,
Johnson and Johnson, Schick, Pet Milk, America Dairy Association, Federal Reserve
Board, Smith Kline, French, Proctor and Gamble, and the Office of Naval Research.
He was responsible for a series of research projects over a span of thirty years dealing
with the self-concept of Black people. Also, he served as an expert witness for the
NAACP Legal Defense Fund in cases dealing with legal aspects of school desegregation
and discrimination in employment. In addition, he studied the factors related to racial
tension in military settings. http://psychology.okstate.edu/museum/afroam/bio.html
A timeline of the accomplishments of African American Nurses are featured on Aetna's
website. Each month, they feature an applied health (also known as nursing) researcher.
Last month (January), they featured Dr. Ora L. Stickland, Professor of Nursing at
Emory University. "Her most recent studies have probed coronary heart disease in premenopausal
African American women; the integration of home care for sickle cell patients; premenstrual
syndrome in women; and hormone replacement therapy as a measure to prevent heart disease
and colon cancer. She was also the first researcher in the United States to track
and document the symptoms of expectant fathers." http://www.aetna.com/diversity/aahcalendar/2003/history.html