A Glimpse Of The University Of The Virgin Islands

Located in the core of the Caribbean in the United States virgin island, UVI or the University of Virgin Islands comes in the category of the top U.S. universities. UVI was instituted as the college of Virgin Islands on March 16 in the year 1962, as a coeducational public college. But, it was officially reincarnated as university of Virgin Islands in the year 1986, to exhibit the escalation and diversification of its academic and research curriculum and regional community services. In the current day, UVI runs its two campuses – one on the island of St. Thomas and other located in the island of St. Croix. And presently, the university offers graduation as well as masters course in an assortment of subjects. The purpose of the establishment of the University is to endow to its students a broad spectrum of educational skill which will help not only in their individual but also in their professional growth.This one of the top U.S. Universities proffers six academic divisions that are business division, education division, humanities division, nursing division, science and math division and social science division. There is further division seen in graduate and undergraduate programs. Out of several U.S. universities, UVI takes pride in providing the world with Rhodes Scholar as well as Pulitzer award winner in journalism. The university excels not only in academics but also in athletics too. Both the colleges under university run its sports program which inculcate in students the leadership quality and helps in their development. Currently, UVI has in its arena the teams for basket ball, volleyball, tennis, swimming, cross-country and table tennis. A member of the Caribbean university Sports Association (CUSA), this UVI is one of the numerous US Universities which are the members of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).Apart from this, the colleges held various cultural events and maintain a proper events calendar. The UVI little theater is also a part of cultural events taking place in the colleges.The online college directory provides you assess to the contact numbers and places of all the prominent person of the college. One can search the college directory for accurate contact even if he knows the partial information about the person to be contacted. One interested in taking admission in any of the colleges of UVI can search for the appropriate person through this directory.UVI has excelled over the years in all the fields be it sports or academics or cultural. It has strictly stayed true to its motto – “Historically American, Uniquely Caribbean, and Globally Interactive”.