leaders who will find
international solutions to regional issues. The
University of the Virgin Islands was chartered in 1962 as the College of
the Virgin Islands, a publicly funded, co-educational, liberal arts
college. Its first campus was established in 1964. The University began by
offering AA degrees, but in 1967 added a four-year BA programs in liberal
arts and education.
The
University became a land-grant college in 1972. In 1986, the College of
the Virgin Islands officially changed its name to the University of the
Virgin Islands, to reflect the growth and diversification of its academic
curricula, community and research programs. In that same year, Congress
named the University of the Virgin
Islands one of the nation's historically black colleges and
Universities. It is the only one of the 117 HBCUs outside the continental
United States, and the only one to offer an undergraduate degree in marine
biology.
With
Campuses both on the Island of St. Thomas and St. Croix, the
University of the Virgin Islands is connected to the world by a campus wide
information system linked to the World Wide Web. The
Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of
Colleges and Schools accredits UVI
and the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission accredits its
program on Nursing. Currently, UVI enrolls approximately 3,000
full - and part-time students on
both campuses, and has about 3,500
alumni.
So when you are about to send in those college applications, just remember that out there in the Caribbean sea, there is a University that can provide you with a quality education while you still enjoy the rays of the Caribbean sun.
Note: To contact the University of the the Virgin Islands please call: (340) 776-9200 to contact the St. Thomas Campus or (340) 778-1620 to contact the St. Croix Campus.
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