Nov. 14, 2002 — The University of the Virgin Islands Bulletin Board issued today includes:
UVI To Host High School Seniors at Open House Nov. 15
UVI's St. Thomas campus will host an expected 200 high school seniors from Tortola, St. Croix and St. Thomas at its fall open house from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15, at the Sports and Fitness Center. The day's activities, which begin with a welcome from Associate Chancellor Dr. Doris Battiste, will include campus tours, sports and games, meals and an information fair highlighting the University's various divisions and offices. For details call 693-1220, 693-1224, 693-1163 or 693-1168.
"The Dancing Mice" Opens Friday in UVI's Little Theatre
The UVI Little Theatre's fall presentation of "The Dancing Mice," a play by Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Patrick, opens Friday, Nov. 15, in the Little Theatre in the CA building on the St. Thomas campus. The play will run for two weekends, Nov. 15-17 and 22-24. Show time is 8 p.m.
Tickets – $5 for students and $10 for adults – are available at the Humanities Building and UVI Bookstore on the St. Thomas campus, and at Nisky Pharmacy and Dockside Bookstore. For details see The St. Thomas Source story in Things To Do.
NASA Awareness Days Set Nov. 17 to 20 at UVI
UVI will celebrate its partnership with the National Aeronautics & Space Administration with NASA Awareness Days from Sunday, Nov. 17, to Wednesday, Nov. 20, on both campuses.
Included will be three days of exhibits, panel discussions, workshops and presentations by NASA astronauts and scientists. Featured will be exhibits from NASA's Ames Research Center, the Kennedy Space Flight Center, the Glenn Research Center, the Goddard Space Flight Center, and the Langley Research Center. UVI student research posters and science fair projects will also be on display. A number of workshops are being offered and UVI faculty and staff are encouraged to participate.
For more information, or to register to participate on St. Thomas, call Dr. Hernandez-Badia at 693-1383. For information about the events on the St. Croix campus call Kichma Nieves at 692-4150. See more details in The Source front page story.
Information and Knowledge Sharing Conference Set Nov. 18-20
UVI and the International Association of Science and Technology (IASTED) will host a conference on Information and Knowledge Sharing (IKS 2002) on St. Thomas from November 18 through 20, at the Marriott's Frenchman's Reef Resort. Details are available from a "Latest Links" section of the UVI home page or www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/vi/iks.htm.
A preview of the keynote lecture can be accessed at: www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/vi/361-keynote.htm.
Sea Grant Opportunities Will Be Focus of NOAA Presentation
UVI's Center for Marine and Environmental Studies will host a presentation highlighting opportunities available through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Sea Grant Program on Tuesday, Nov. 19. Kurt Grove of the NOAA Sea Grant Program at the University of Puerto Rico will make the videoconferenced presentation at 1 p.m. It will be available in Teacher Education room T101 on the St. Thomas campus and Evans Center room 713 on the St. Croix campus.
UVI's V.I. Marine Advisory Service is funded by NOAA and administered through the University of Puerto Rico's Sea Grant Program. Several researchers at UVI have applied for, obtained and used Sea Grant funds. EPSCoR Administrator professor Roy Watlington said the opportunities Grove will discuss have the potential of supporting more research and outreach at UVI and of resonating well with envisioned EPSCoR activities. EPSCoR – the Experimental Program for the Stimulation of Competition – is sponsored by the National Science Foundation,
SBDC Offers Seminars on Writing Business Plans
UVI's Small Business Development Center will offer a two-part seminar on "Writing An Effective Business Plan" on Tuesday, Nov. 19, and Thursday, Nov. 21, at the SBDC Training Facility at Nisky Center on St. Thomas. Admission is $20. A $5 discount is available to individuals who pre-register by 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, and Wednesday, Nov. 20.
The seminars will run from 10 a.m. to noon each day. Those who pre-register and pay for both seminars by 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, will be charged only $25. Veterans of the U.S. armed forces are admitted free to all SBDC seminars during the month of November. Proof of veteran's status and pre-registration are required. Admission to the seminars is free to UVI faculty, staff and students, although they must pre-register. For details call the SBDC at 776-3206.
Musical Afternoon Offered on St. Thomas Campus
The public is invited to an informal Music Afternoon featuring rehearsal performances by UVI music students. The rehearsal is scheduled for 12:20 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 21, in the Choir Room of the UVI Music Building on the St. Thomas campus. For more information call Prof. Austin Venzen at 693-1192.
St. Thomas-St. John Agriculture and Food Fair Set Nov. 23-24
The 21st annual St. Thomas-St. John Agriculture and Food Fair is scheduled for Nov. 23 and 24 on the grounds of UVI's Reichhold Center for the Arts. The fair will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days, with official opening ceremonies planned for 2 p.m. Saturday. The theme for the 2002 fair is "Support Agriculture: Eat What You Grow."
The fair will include the sale of a variety of fruits and vegetables, plants, fruit trees and seedlings in addition to crafts and food. Educational displays and workshops will be offered. A petting zoo and pony rides will be offered for youngsters. Entertainment will be offered throughout, with gospel groups featured on Sunday morning. For details call 774-5182 or 693-1080.
Fall Semester Student Music Recital Set Nov. 24 on St. Thomas
The Music Department of the UVI Humanities Division will conduct the fall semester Student Recital and Open House at 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 24, in the choir room of the UVI Music Building on the St. Thomas campus. Approximately 20 music majors and applied music students are expected to perform. The public is invited. Admission is free.
"Folk Nativity" Scheduled Dec. 14-15 at Reichhold Center
UVI's Reichhold Center for the Arts will present the musical "Folk Nativity" at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14, and Sunday, Dec. 15. (Please note date change.) "Folk Nativity" was written by Caribbean dramatists Alwin Bully and Einstar LeBlanc. It is the story of an eccentric hermit on trial for stealing bananas. The action is set in a rural village, with contemporary characters in traditional Biblical roles.
Reichhold Center Director David Edgecombe will serve as the production's director. Josephine Thomas-Lewis is the musical director. Tickets are $15, $10 and $5, and are available at all Reichhold ticket outlets: Krystal Gifts Galore, Modern Music stores, Parrot Fish, the UVI Bookstore (St. Thomas campus), Connections on St. John and the Reichhold Center Box Office. For more information contact the Reichhold box office at 693-1559 or check out www.reichholdcenter.com.
For more on the University of the Virgin Islands, visit the website at www.uvi.edu.
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Nov. 14, 2002 — The University of the Virgin Islands Bulletin Board issued today includes:
UVI To Host High School Seniors at Open House Nov. 15
UVI's St. Thomas campus will host an expected 200 high school seniors from Tortola, St. Croix and St. Thomas at its fall open house from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15, at the Sports and Fitness Center. The day's activities, which begin with a welcome from Associate Chancellor Dr. Doris Battiste, will include campus tours, sports and games, meals and an information fair highlighting the University's various divisions and offices. For details call 693-1220, 693-1224, 693-1163 or 693-1168.
"The Dancing Mice" Opens Friday in UVI's Little Theatre
The UVI Little Theatre's fall presentation of "The Dancing Mice," a play by Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Patrick, opens Friday, Nov. 15, in the Little Theatre in the CA building on the St. Thomas campus. The play will run for two weekends, Nov. 15-17 and 22-24. Show time is 8 p.m.
Tickets – $5 for students and $10 for adults – are available at the Humanities Building and UVI Bookstore on the St. Thomas campus, and at Nisky Pharmacy and Dockside Bookstore. For details see The St. Thomas Source story in Things To Do.
NASA Awareness Days Set Nov. 17 to 20 at UVI
UVI will celebrate its partnership with the National Aeronautics & Space Administration with NASA Awareness Days from Sunday, Nov. 17, to Wednesday, Nov. 20, on both campuses.
Included will be three days of exhibits, panel discussions, workshops and presentations by NASA astronauts and scientists. Featured will be exhibits from NASA's Ames Research Center, the Kennedy Space Flight Center, the Glenn Research Center, the Goddard Space Flight Center, and the Langley Research Center. UVI student research posters and science fair projects will also be on display. A number of workshops are being offered and UVI faculty and staff are encouraged to participate.
For more information, or to register to participate on St. Thomas, call Dr. Hernandez-Badia at 693-1383. For information about the events on the St. Croix campus call Kichma Nieves at 692-4150. See more details in The Source front page story.
Information and Knowledge Sharing Conference Set Nov. 18-20
UVI and the International Association of Science and Technology (IASTED) will host a conference on Information and Knowledge Sharing (IKS 2002) on St. Thomas from November 18 through 20, at the Marriott's Frenchman's Reef Resort. Details are available from a "Latest Links" section of the UVI home page or www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/vi/iks.htm.
A preview of the keynote lecture can be accessed at: www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/vi/361-keynote.htm.
Sea Grant Opportunities Will Be Focus of NOAA Presentation
UVI's Center for Marine and Environmental Studies will host a presentation highlighting opportunities available through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Sea Grant Program on Tuesday, Nov. 19. Kurt Grove of the NOAA Sea Grant Program at the University of Puerto Rico will make the videoconferenced presentation at 1 p.m. It will be available in Teacher Education room T101 on the St. Thomas campus and Evans Center room 713 on the St. Croix campus.
UVI's V.I. Marine Advisory Service is funded by NOAA and administered through the University of Puerto Rico's Sea Grant Program. Several researchers at UVI have applied for, obtained and used Sea Grant funds. EPSCoR Administrator professor Roy Watlington said the opportunities Grove will discuss have the potential of supporting more research and outreach at UVI and of resonating well with envisioned EPSCoR activities. EPSCoR – the Experimental Program for the Stimulation of Competition – is sponsored by the National Science Foundation,
SBDC Offers Seminars on Writing Business Plans
UVI's Small Business Development Center will offer a two-part seminar on "Writing An Effective Business Plan" on Tuesday, Nov. 19, and Thursday, Nov. 21, at the SBDC Training Facility at Nisky Center on St. Thomas. Admission is $20. A $5 discount is available to individuals who pre-register by 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, and Wednesday, Nov. 20.
The seminars will run from 10 a.m. to noon each day. Those who pre-register and pay for both seminars by 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, will be charged only $25. Veterans of the U.S. armed forces are admitted free to all SBDC seminars during the month of November. Proof of veteran's status and pre-registration are required. Admission to the seminars is free to UVI faculty, staff and students, although they must pre-register. For details call the SBDC at 776-3206.
Musical Afternoon Offered on St. Thomas Campus
The public is invited to an informal Music Afternoon featuring rehearsal performances by UVI music students. The rehearsal is scheduled for 12:20 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 21, in the Choir Room of the UVI Music Building on the St. Thomas campus. For more information call Prof. Austin Venzen at 693-1192.
St. Thomas-St. John Agriculture and Food Fair Set Nov. 23-24
The 21st annual St. Thomas-St. John Agriculture and Food Fair is scheduled for Nov. 23 and 24 on the grounds of UVI's Reichhold Center for the Arts. The fair will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days, with official opening ceremonies planned for 2 p.m. Saturday. The theme for the 2002 fair is "Support Agriculture: Eat What You Grow."
The fair will include the sale of a variety of fruits and vegetables, plants, fruit trees and seedlings in addition to crafts and food. Educational displays and workshops will be offered. A petting zoo and pony rides will be offered for youngsters. Entertainment will be offered throughout, with gospel groups featured on Sunday morning. For details call 774-5182 or 693-1080.
Fall Semester Student Music Recital Set Nov. 24 on St. Thomas
The Music Department of the UVI Humanities Division will conduct the fall semester Student Recital and Open House at 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 24, in the choir room of the UVI Music Building on the St. Thomas campus. Approximately 20 music majors and applied music students are expected to perform. The public is invited. Admission is free.
"Folk Nativity" Scheduled Dec. 14-15 at Reichhold Center
UVI's Reichhold Center for the Arts will present the musical "Folk Nativity" at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14, and Sunday, Dec. 15. (Please note date change.) "Folk Nativity" was written by Caribbean dramatists Alwin Bully and Einstar LeBlanc. It is the story of an eccentric hermit on trial for stealing bananas. The action is set in a rural village, with contemporary characters in traditional Biblical roles.
Reichhold Center Director David Edgecombe will serve as the production's director. Josephine Thomas-Lewis is the musical director. Tickets are $15, $10 and $5, and are available at all Reichhold ticket outlets: Krystal Gifts Galore, Modern Music stores, Parrot Fish, the UVI Bookstore (St. Thomas campus), Connections on St. John and the Reichhold Center Box Office. For more information contact the Reichhold box office at 693-1559 or check out www.reichholdcenter.com.
For more on the University of the Virgin Islands, visit the website at www.uvi.edu.
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Nov. 14, 2002 — The University of the Virgin Islands Bulletin Board issued today includes:
UVI To Host High School Seniors at Open House Nov. 15
UVI's St. Thomas campus will host an expected 200 high school seniors from Tortola, St. Croix and St. Thomas at its fall open house from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15, at the Sports and Fitness Center. The day's activities, which begin with a welcome from Associate Chancellor Dr. Doris Battiste, will include campus tours, sports and games, meals and an information fair highlighting the University's various divisions and offices. For details call 693-1220, 693-1224, 693-1163 or 693-1168.
"The Dancing Mice" Opens Friday in UVI's Little Theatre
The UVI Little Theatre's fall presentation of "The Dancing Mice," a play by Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Patrick, opens Friday, Nov. 15, in the Little Theatre in the CA building on the St. Thomas campus. The play will run for two weekends, Nov. 15-17 and 22-24. Show time is 8 p.m.
Tickets – $5 for students and $10 for adults – are available at the Humanities Building and UVI Bookstore on the St. Thomas campus, and at Nisky Pharmacy and Dockside Bookstore. For details see The St. Thomas Source story in Things To Do.
NASA Awareness Days Set Nov. 17 to 20 at UVI
UVI will celebrate its partnership with the National Aeronautics & Space Administration with NASA Awareness Days from Sunday, Nov. 17, to Wednesday, Nov. 20, on both campuses.
Included will be three days of exhibits, panel discussions, workshops and presentations by NASA astronauts and scientists. Featured will be exhibits from NASA's Ames Research Center, the Kennedy Space Flight Center, the Glenn Research Center, the Goddard Space Flight Center, and the Langley Research Center. UVI student research posters and science fair projects will also be on display. A number of workshops are being offered and UVI faculty and staff are encouraged to participate.
For more information, or to register to participate on St. Thomas, call Dr. Hernandez-Badia at 693-1383. For information about the events on the St. Croix campus call Kichma Nieves at 692-4150. See more details in The Source front page story.
Information and Knowledge Sharing Conference Set Nov. 18-20
UVI and the International Association of Science and Technology (IASTED) will host a conference on Information and Knowledge Sharing (IKS 2002) on St. Thomas from November 18 through 20, at the Marriott's Frenchman's Reef Resort. Details are available from a "Latest Links" section of the UVI home page or www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/vi/iks.htm.
A preview of the keynote lecture can be accessed at: www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/vi/361-keynote.htm.
Sea Grant Opportunities Will Be Focus of NOAA Presentation
UVI's Center for Marine and Environmental Studies will host a presentation highlighting opportunities available through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Sea Grant Program on Tuesday, Nov. 19. Kurt Grove of the NOAA Sea Grant Program at the University of Puerto Rico will make the videoconferenced presentation at 1 p.m. It will be available in Teacher Education room T101 on the St. Thomas campus and Evans Center room 713 on the St. Croix campus.
UVI's V.I. Marine Advisory Service is funded by NOAA and administered through the University of Puerto Rico's Sea Grant Program. Several researchers at UVI have applied for, obtained and used Sea Grant funds. EPSCoR Administrator professor Roy Watlington said the opportunities Grove will discuss have the potential of supporting more research and outreach at UVI and of resonating well with envisioned EPSCoR activities. EPSCoR – the Experimental Program for the Stimulation of Competition – is sponsored by the National Science Foundation,
SBDC Offers Seminars on Writing Business Plans
UVI's Small Business Development Center will offer a two-part seminar on "Writing An Effective Business Plan" on Tuesday, Nov. 19, and Thursday, Nov. 21, at the SBDC Training Facility at Nisky Center on St. Thomas. Admission is $20. A $5 discount is available to individuals who pre-register by 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, and Wednesday, Nov. 20.
The seminars will run from 10 a.m. to noon each day. Those who pre-register and pay for both seminars by 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, will be charged only $25. Veterans of the U.S. armed forces are admitted free to all SBDC seminars during the month of November. Proof of veteran's status and pre-registration are required. Admission to the seminars is free to UVI faculty, staff and students, although they must pre-register. For details call the SBDC at 776-3206.
Musical Afternoon Offered on St. Thomas Campus
The public is invited to an informal Music Afternoon featuring rehearsal performances by UVI music students. The rehearsal is scheduled for 12:20 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 21, in the Choir Room of the UVI Music Building on the St. Thomas campus. For more information call Prof. Austin Venzen at 693-1192.
St. Thomas-St. John Agriculture and Food Fair Set Nov. 23-24
The 21st annual St. Thomas-St. John Agriculture and Food Fair is scheduled for Nov. 23 and 24 on the grounds of UVI's Reichhold Center for the Arts. The fair will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days, with official opening ceremonies planned for 2 p.m. Saturday. The theme for the 2002 fair is "Support Agriculture: Eat What You Grow."
The fair will include the sale of a variety of fruits and vegetables, plants, fruit trees and seedlings in addition to crafts and food. Educational displays and workshops will be offered. A petting zoo and pony rides will be offered for youngsters. Entertainment will be offered throughout, with gospel groups featured on Sunday morning. For details call 774-5182 or 693-1080.
Fall Semester Student Music Recital Set Nov. 24 on St. Thomas
The Music Department of the UVI Humanities Division will conduct the fall semester Student Recital and Open House at 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 24, in the choir room of the UVI Music Building on the St. Thomas campus. Approximately 20 music majors and applied music students are expected to perform. The public is invited. Admission is free.
"Folk Nativity" Scheduled Dec. 14-15 at Reichhold Center
UVI's Reichhold Center for the Arts will present the musical "Folk Nativity" at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14, and Sunday, Dec. 15. (Please note date change.) "Folk Nativity" was written by Caribbean dramatists Alwin Bully and Einstar LeBlanc. It is the story of an eccentric hermit on trial for stealing bananas. The action is set in a rural village, with contemporary characters in traditional Biblical roles.
Reichhold Center Director David Edgecombe will serve as the production's director. Josephine Thomas-Lewis is the musical director. Tickets are $15, $10 and $5, and are available at all Reichhold ticket outlets: Krystal Gifts Galore, Modern Music stores, Parrot Fish, the UVI Bookstore (St. Thomas campus), Connections on St. John and the Reichhold Center Box Office. For more information contact the Reichhold box office at 693-1559 or check out www.reichholdcenter.com.
For more on the University of the Virgin Islands, visit the website at www.uvi.edu.
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Cleopatra Stevens, 60, of Estate Smithfield, died Thursday, Nov. 7, at Juan F. Luis Hospital. There will be a memorial service at 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15, at the Free Will Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband Clement Alexander Stevens; daughter Michelle Andra Stevens-Krauser; son Michael Alexander Stevens; brothers William, Perlis and Nelson Nixon; and other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.

Nov. 14, 2002 — Astronaut Stephanie D. Wilson and Astrophysicist Dr. Beth A. Brown will be the featured guests at the University of the Virgin Islands NASA Awareness Days from November 17-20 on both campuses.
Astronaut Wilson will give the keynote address at the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Awareness Days opening ceremonies at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 18, in the Sports and Fitness Center on the St. Thomas campus. Brown is the keynote speaker at 7 p.m. on Nov. 19 at the grand opening of the NASA Educator Resource Center at the Etelman House Observatory and at 11 a.m. Nov. 20 at the Student Center on the St. Croix campus.
Wilson and Brown are both African-American women who have set records in their fields. Wilson was the first woman and first African-American at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be selected for mission specialist training. Brown was the first African-American woman to obtain a doctorate in astronomy from the University of Michigan department of astronomy.
Wilson is a mission specialist at the Johnson Space Center in Texas. As a mission specialist Wilson, an astronaut who has qualified for flight assignment, is in charge of operating experiments, deploying satellites and handling many other aspects of Space Shuttle missions. She is assigned to the Astronaut Office CAPCOM Branch, working in Mission Control as a prime communicator with on-orbit crews. Wilson has a bachelor's degree in engineering science from Harvard University and a master's degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas.
Brown is the National Space Science Data Center principal astrophysics acquisition scientist. She works at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. Valedictorian of her high school class, she earned a bachelor's degree in astrophysics from Howard University and went on to the University of Michigan, where she earned master's and doctorate degrees in astronomy. At the Goddard Space Flight Center she conducts research on the hot interstellar medium in elliptical galaxies and mechanisms for X-ray emission from faint elliptical galaxies.
But both of them can speak regular English, too, and don't always have their heads in the clouds or above: see personal websites for Beth Brown and Stephanie Wilson.
NASA Awareness Days will celebrate UVI's partnership with NASA and bring an awareness of space administration to the community. The celebration will include three days of exhibits, panel discussions, workshops and speeches by Wilson, Brown and other NASA scientists and administrators. There will be NASA exhibits from the Ames Research Center, Kennedy Space Flight Center, Glenn Research Center, Goddard Space Flight Center, and the Langley Research Center. UVI student research posters and science fair projects will also be on display.
NASA Awareness Days are frequent at institutions around the world where NASA supports programs, but this is the first time for the Virgin Islands. NASA has supported UVI's Science and Math Division for many years, most recently with a $150,000 grant to support the Saturday and Summer Science Academies on both campuses.
For more information or to register for the events on the St. Thomas campus call Dr. Hernandez-Badia at 693-1383. For more information about the events on the St. Croix campus call Kichma Nieves at 692-4150.

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Nov. 14, 2002 — Astronaut Stephanie D. Wilson and Astrophysicist Dr. Beth A. Brown will be the featured guests at the University of the Virgin Islands NASA Awareness Days from November 17-20 on both campuses.
Astronaut Wilson will give the keynote address at the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Awareness Days opening ceremonies at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 18, in the Sports and Fitness Center on the St. Thomas campus. Brown is the keynote speaker at 7 p.m. on Nov. 19 at the grand opening of the NASA Educator Resource Center at the Etelman House Observatory and at 11 a.m. Nov. 20 at the Student Center on the St. Croix campus.
Wilson and Brown are both African-American women who have set records in their fields. Wilson was the first woman and first African-American at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be selected for mission specialist training. Brown was the first African-American woman to obtain a doctorate in astronomy from the University of Michigan department of astronomy.
Wilson is a mission specialist at the Johnson Space Center in Texas. As a mission specialist Wilson, an astronaut who has qualified for flight assignment, is in charge of operating experiments, deploying satellites and handling many other aspects of Space Shuttle missions. She is assigned to the Astronaut Office CAPCOM Branch, working in Mission Control as a prime communicator with on-orbit crews. Wilson has a bachelor's degree in engineering science from Harvard University and a master's degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas.
Brown is the National Space Science Data Center principal astrophysics acquisition scientist. She works at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. Valedictorian of her high school class, she earned a bachelor's degree in astrophysics from Howard University and went on to the University of Michigan, where she earned master's and doctorate degrees in astronomy. At the Goddard Space Flight Center she conducts research on the hot interstellar medium in elliptical galaxies and mechanisms for X-ray emission from faint elliptical galaxies.
But both of them can speak regular English, too, and don't always have their heads in the clouds or above: see personal websites for Beth Brown and Stephanie Wilson.
NASA Awareness Days will celebrate UVI's partnership with NASA and bring an awareness of space administration to the community. The celebration will include three days of exhibits, panel discussions, workshops and speeches by Wilson, Brown and other NASA scientists and administrators. There will be NASA exhibits from the Ames Research Center, Kennedy Space Flight Center, Glenn Research Center, Goddard Space Flight Center, and the Langley Research Center. UVI student research posters and science fair projects will also be on display.
NASA Awareness Days are frequent at institutions around the world where NASA supports programs, but this is the first time for the Virgin Islands. NASA has supported UVI's Science and Math Division for many years, most recently with a $150,000 grant to support the Saturday and Summer Science Academies on both campuses.
For more information or to register for the events on the St. Thomas campus call Dr. Hernandez-Badia at 693-1383. For more information about the events on the St. Croix campus call Kichma Nieves at 692-4150.

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Nov. 14, 2002 — Astronaut Stephanie D. Wilson and Astrophysicist Dr. Beth A. Brown will be the featured guests at the University of the Virgin Islands NASA Awareness Days from November 17-20 on both campuses.
Astronaut Wilson will give the keynote address at the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Awareness Days opening ceremonies at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 18, in the Sports and Fitness Center on the St. Thomas campus. Brown is the keynote speaker at 7 p.m. on Nov. 19 at the grand opening of the NASA Educator Resource Center at the Etelman House Observatory and at 11 a.m. Nov. 20 at the Student Center on the St. Croix campus.
Wilson and Brown are both African-American women who have set records in their fields. Wilson was the first woman and first African-American at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be selected for mission specialist training. Brown was the first African-American woman to obtain a doctorate in astronomy from the University of Michigan department of astronomy.
Wilson is a mission specialist at the Johnson Space Center in Texas. As a mission specialist Wilson, an astronaut who has qualified for flight assignment, is in charge of operating experiments, deploying satellites and handling many other aspects of Space Shuttle missions. She is assigned to the Astronaut Office CAPCOM Branch, working in Mission Control as a prime communicator with on-orbit crews. Wilson has a bachelor's degree in engineering science from Harvard University and a master's degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas.
Brown is the National Space Science Data Center principal astrophysics acquisition scientist. She works at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. Valedictorian of her high school class, she earned a bachelor's degree in astrophysics from Howard University and went on to the University of Michigan, where she earned master's and doctorate degrees in astronomy. At the Goddard Space Flight Center she conducts research on the hot interstellar medium in elliptical galaxies and mechanisms for X-ray emission from faint elliptical galaxies.
But both of them can speak regular English, too, and don't always have their heads in the clouds or above: see personal websites for Beth Brown and Stephanie Wilson.
NASA Awareness Days will celebrate UVI's partnership with NASA and bring an awareness of space administration to the community. The celebration will include three days of exhibits, panel discussions, workshops and speeches by Wilson, Brown and other NASA scientists and administrators. There will be NASA exhibits from the Ames Research Center, Kennedy Space Flight Center, Glenn Research Center, Goddard Space Flight Center, and the Langley Research Center. UVI student research posters and science fair projects will also be on display.
NASA Awareness Days are frequent at institutions around the world where NASA supports programs, but this is the first time for the Virgin Islands. NASA has supported UVI's Science and Math Division for many years, most recently with a $150,000 grant to support the Saturday and Summer Science Academies on both campuses.
For more information or to register for the events on the St. Thomas campus call Dr. Hernandez-Badia at 693-1383. For more information about the events on the St. Croix campus call Kichma Nieves at 692-4150.

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Nov. 14, 2002 – A three-judge panel of the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments this week in the U.S. Justice Department's appeal of a District Court ruling that it was unconstitutional for immigration authorities to challenge a Guyanese woman at a St. Thomas airport checkpoint.
The ultimate outcome of the criminal case of Camille Pollard could affect the way the Virgin Islands — or any other insular territory — deals with passengers traveling from one U.S. jurisdiction directly to another.
Pollard was arrested in May of 2001 after presenting a false identification before boarding a flight from St. Thomas to the U.S. mainland. She is now out on bail, awaiting the outcome of the Justice Department's appeal of the case.
Chief District Court Judge Thomas K. Moore ruled in June that the discovery by Immigration and Naturalization Service officials that Pollard had lied about being a U.S. citizen came about because of an unconstitutional action. He said the INS control area at Cyril E. King Airport violates the constitutional guarantee against unlawful search and seizure and goes against the principle of equal protection under the law. He stated that travelers from St. Thomas to the U.S. mainland should not have to show citizenship documents or answer questions about their immigration status, just as travelers between airports within the mainland United States are not required to do.
INS inspectors say Pollard made false claims to U.S. citizenship. Moore granted Pollard's request to suppress all evidence gathered at the immigration checkpoint, saying that the INS does not have the right to make unwarranted searches of travelers who are not crossing the U.S. border.
(For background on the case and Moore's ruling, see "V.I. INS operations 'schizophrenic,' judge says" and "INS official says ruling could have wide impact".)
In a weeklong session at the Federal Courthouse on St. Thomas, 3rd Circuit Judges Anthony J. Scirica, Samuel A. Alito and Marjorie O. Rendell heard arguments in the appeal of dozens of V.I. District Court cases. On Tuesday, they heard those in the Pollard case from U.S. Attorney David Nissman, representing the federal Justice Department, and federal public defender Doug Beevers, representing Pollard.
The panel is reviewing Moore's 80-page opinion, in which he said Pollard was discriminated against because she was given a different burden to prove she was a U.S. citizen than other travelers passing through the Cyril King checkpoint. He said that although she was using false identification, she was an immigrant on U.S. soil when the incident occurred and thus entitled to certain constitutional protections.
Moore challenged the legality of the checkpoint itself, saying that passengers traveling from the Virgin Islands to the U.S. mainland or Puerto Rico should be subject to the same identification requirements that would apply if they were flying from one state to another within the mainland.
Nissman told the appellate panel, "It is our view that the INS checkpoint does not violate either the Fourth Amendment [protection against unreasonable search and seizure] or the equal protection clause" of the constitution. He added, "Judge Moore, in his opinion, says that travelers leaving the Virgin Islands going to the continental U.S. are treated differently, say, from travelers going from New Jersey to Minnesota, and he's right. Travelers are treated differently, but there's a rational basis for that."
Both he and Beevers referred to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a California case upholding U.S. authority to stop Mexican immigrants crossing the border into the United States and ask them for identification.
Beevers told the appellate judges the test applied in that case was inappropriate for the Pollard case because the flow of illegal immigrants in the Virgin Islands is very small compared to that at the Mexican border. Moore found that the Pollard case "was different from the checkpoint the Supreme Court upheld in California," Beevers said. "That one applied to cars. This one was people walking. Here we are forced to prove their citizenship. In California they were only asked questions."
None of the attorneys who took part in Tuesday's proceedings would speculate as to how long it might be before the appellate panel renders a decision in the case.

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Nov. 14, 2002 – A three-judge panel of the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments this week in the U.S. Justice Department's appeal of a District Court ruling that it was unconstitutional for immigration authorities to challenge a Guyanese woman at a St. Thomas airport checkpoint.
The ultimate outcome of the criminal case of Camille Pollard could affect the way the Virgin Islands — or any other insular territory — deals with passengers traveling from one U.S. jurisdiction directly to another.
Pollard was arrested in May of 2001 after presenting a false identification before boarding a flight from St. Thomas to the U.S. mainland. She is now out on bail, awaiting the outcome of the Justice Department's appeal of the case.
Chief District Court Judge Thomas K. Moore ruled in June that the discovery by Immigration and Naturalization Service officials that Pollard had lied about being a U.S. citizen came about because of an unconstitutional action. He said the INS control area at Cyril E. King Airport violates the constitutional guarantee against unlawful search and seizure and goes against the principle of equal protection under the law. He stated that travelers from St. Thomas to the U.S. mainland should not have to show citizenship documents or answer questions about their immigration status, just as travelers between airports within the mainland United States are not required to do.
INS inspectors say Pollard made false claims to U.S. citizenship. Moore granted Pollard's request to suppress all evidence gathered at the immigration checkpoint, saying that the INS does not have the right to make unwarranted searches of travelers who are not crossing the U.S. border.
(For background on the case and Moore's ruling, see "V.I. INS operations 'schizophrenic,' judge says" and "INS official says ruling could have wide impact".)
In a weeklong session at the Federal Courthouse on St. Thomas, 3rd Circuit Judges Anthony J. Scirica, Samuel A. Alito and Marjorie O. Rendell heard arguments in the appeal of dozens of V.I. District Court cases. On Tuesday, they heard those in the Pollard case from U.S. Attorney David Nissman, representing the federal Justice Department, and federal public defender Doug Beevers, representing Pollard.
The panel is reviewing Moore's 80-page opinion, in which he said Pollard was discriminated against because she was given a different burden to prove she was a U.S. citizen than other travelers passing through the Cyril King checkpoint. He said that although she was using false identification, she was an immigrant on U.S. soil when the incident occurred and thus entitled to certain constitutional protections.
Moore challenged the legality of the checkpoint itself, saying that passengers traveling from the Virgin Islands to the U.S. mainland or Puerto Rico should be subject to the same identification requirements that would apply if they were flying from one state to another within the mainland.
Nissman told the appellate panel, "It is our view that the INS checkpoint does not violate either the Fourth Amendment [protection against unreasonable search and seizure] or the equal protection clause" of the constitution. He added, "Judge Moore, in his opinion, says that travelers leaving the Virgin Islands going to the continental U.S. are treated differently, say, from travelers going from New Jersey to Minnesota, and he's right. Travelers are treated differently, but there's a rational basis for that."
Both he and Beevers referred to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a California case upholding U.S. authority to stop Mexican immigrants crossing the border into the United States and ask them for identification.
Beevers told the appellate judges the test applied in that case was inappropriate for the Pollard case because the flow of illegal immigrants in the Virgin Islands is very small compared to that at the Mexican border. Moore found that the Pollard case "was different from the checkpoint the Supreme Court upheld in California," Beevers said. "That one applied to cars. This one was people walking. Here we are forced to prove their citizenship. In California they were only asked questions."
None of the attorneys who took part in Tuesday's proceedings would speculate as to how long it might be before the appellate panel renders a decision in the case.

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Nov. 14, 2002 – A three-judge panel of the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments this week in the U.S. Justice Department's appeal of a District Court ruling that it was unconstitutional for immigration authorities to challenge a Guyanese woman at a St. Thomas airport checkpoint.
The ultimate outcome of the criminal case of Camille Pollard could affect the way the Virgin Islands — or any other insular territory — deals with passengers traveling from one U.S. jurisdiction directly to another.
Pollard was arrested in May of 2001 after presenting a false identification before boarding a flight from St. Thomas to the U.S. mainland. She is now out on bail, awaiting the outcome of the Justice Department's appeal of the case.
Chief District Court Judge Thomas K. Moore ruled in June that the discovery by Immigration and Naturalization Service officials that Pollard had lied about being a U.S. citizen came about because of an unconstitutional action. He said the INS control area at Cyril E. King Airport violates the constitutional guarantee against unlawful search and seizure and goes against the principle of equal protection under the law. He stated that travelers from St. Thomas to the U.S. mainland should not have to show citizenship documents or answer questions about their immigration status, just as travelers between airports within the mainland United States are not required to do.
INS inspectors say Pollard made false claims to U.S. citizenship. Moore granted Pollard's request to suppress all evidence gathered at the immigration checkpoint, saying that the INS does not have the right to make unwarranted searches of travelers who are not crossing the U.S. border.
(For background on the case and Moore's ruling, see "V.I. INS operations 'schizophrenic,' judge says" and "INS official says ruling could have wide impact".)
In a weeklong session at the Federal Courthouse on St. Thomas, 3rd Circuit Judges Anthony J. Scirica, Samuel A. Alito and Marjorie O. Rendell heard arguments in the appeal of dozens of V.I. District Court cases. On Tuesday, they heard those in the Pollard case from U.S. Attorney David Nissman, representing the federal Justice Department, and federal public defender Doug Beevers, representing Pollard.
The panel is reviewing Moore's 80-page opinion, in which he said Pollard was discriminated against because she was given a different burden to prove she was a U.S. citizen than other travelers passing through the Cyril King checkpoint. He said that although she was using false identification, she was an immigrant on U.S. soil when the incident occurred and thus entitled to certain constitutional protections.
Moore challenged the legality of the checkpoint itself, saying that passengers traveling from the Virgin Islands to the U.S. mainland or Puerto Rico should be subject to the same identification requirements that would apply if they were flying from one state to another within the mainland.
Nissman told the appellate panel, "It is our view that the INS checkpoint does not violate either the Fourth Amendment [protection against unreasonable search and seizure] or the equal protection clause" of the constitution. He added, "Judge Moore, in his opinion, says that travelers leaving the Virgin Islands going to the continental U.S. are treated differently, say, from travelers going from New Jersey to Minnesota, and he's right. Travelers are treated differently, but there's a rational basis for that."
Both he and Beevers referred to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a California case upholding U.S. authority to stop Mexican immigrants crossing the border into the United States and ask them for identification.
Beevers told the appellate judges the test applied in that case was inappropriate for the Pollard case because the flow of illegal immigrants in the Virgin Islands is very small compared to that at the Mexican border. Moore found that the Pollard case "was different from the checkpoint the Supreme Court upheld in California," Beevers said. "That one applied to cars. This one was people walking. Here we are forced to prove their citizenship. In California they were only asked questions."
None of the attorneys who took part in Tuesday's proceedings would speculate as to how long it might be before the appellate panel renders a decision in the case.

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