VI SBDC to Offer Seminars on Surety Bonding on St. Croix and St. Thomas UVI’s Virgin Islands Small Business Development Center (VI SBDC) will present seminars on surety bonding at its training facilities on St. Croix at the Sunshine Mall on Thursday, Jan. 14, and on St. Thomas at Nisky Center on Friday, Jan. 15. The St. Croix seminar is from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and the St. Thomas session is from 10 a.m. to noon. The St. Thomas presenter is Steve Golia, executive vice president of IBCS Group Inc. Admission is free. Pre-registration is required. Seating is limited.
For more information, call 776-3206 on St. Thomas or 692-5270 on St. Croix.
College Student Health Survey Results Will Be Presented on Jan. 28 Julie Sanem, MPH of Boynton Health Services of the University of Minnesota, will be presenting the results of the College Student Health Survey on Thursday, Jan. 28, to administrators, faculty and staff from noon – 1 p.m. in the ACC first floor conference room on the St. Thomas campus. A presentation for students will take place from 1-2 p.m. in the same room.
The College Student Health Survey was the first comprehensive survey of UVI students that sought to understand their health status, health care coverage and utilization, emotional and mental health, personal safety, nutrition and physical activity, chemical health and sexual health. The presentation will include the survey results, services offered by UVI Counseling and Health Services, how the data is used at other institutions and how it will be used at UVI. Refreshments will be served. Individuals interested in attending the presentation should RSVP to UVI Counseling Supervisor Andrea Hamm at 693-1136 or [email protected] or to UVI Career and Counseling Supervisor Doris Farrington Hepburn at 693-4188 or [email protected] by Jan. 21.
VI Historians to Hold Annual Meeting at UVI Jan. 16 UVI’s Division of Humanities and Social Sciences will cosponsor the 24th annual conference of the Society of Virgin Islands Historians from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 16, at the at the Great Hall of the Northwest Wing Annex on the university’s St. Croix campus. The theme for the annual meeting is “Virgin Islands Crossroads: Managing our Cultural Resources.”
Presenters include Dr. Jeannette A. Bastian, associate professor and director of the Archives at Simmons College in Boston, Mass. Her paper, “‘Play Mas’: Carnival in the Archives and the Archives in Carnival,” will be followed by a workshop. Cultural production workers wishing to participate in her blog and a post-lecture on-site workshop (“Community and Culture”) at UVI, may contact Dr. Bastian at [email protected].
A news release is available from the UVI home page – www.uvi.edu.
Reichhold Center Offers Sneak Peek at Soweto Gospel Choir Jan. 15 The Reichhold Center for the Arts invites the public to a sneak peek at the Soweto Gospel Choir featured on the home page of the Reichhold’s Web site: http://www.reichholdcenter.com.
The Soweto Gospel choir will launch its U.S. tour with a performance at the Reichhold Center at 8 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 15. The choir, based in South Africa, will perform a series of traditional American gospel songs, along with upbeat African freedom songs. The choir is noted for its explosive harmonies and exuberant choreography. Performing in colorful African attire, the Soweto Gospel Choir’s presentation is stunning.
In 2007 the choir received a Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album, followed by a 2008 Grammy Award for its third album, “African Spirit.”
Tickets are available at Home Again, Urban Threadz, Essentric Shoe Boutique, VI Bridal and Tuxedo, the UVI Bookstore on St. Thomas and Connections on St. John. They are also available for purchase online at www.reichholdcenter.com or call 693-1559.