Aug. 26, 2002 – Roy L. Schneider Hospital is bleeding to the tune of $12 million a year in uncompensated care to the indigent and illegal immigrants, but Rodney Miller, new chief executive officer, plans to slow that hemorrhaging down.
In a presentation to a luncheon meeting of the St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce on Monday, Miller said 43 million Americans are currently uninsured, so the problem of uncompensated care is not exclusive to the Virgin Islands. But, he said, as the only hospital in the district, Schneider Hospital, along with its Myrah Keating Smith Community Health Center on St. John, has an obligation to serve the entire community. Illegal immigrants and indigent people are not the only problem, he said. Uninsured dependents of government workers also end up coming to the emergency room and running up bills they can't or don't pay.
Miller said another part of the problem, which he is addressing with the help of Delegate Donna M. Christensen, is the federal Medicaid cap imposed on the territory. Getting the cap lifted, updating computer systems and improving collections by 20 percent are "key to elevating and expanding our services to the community," he said.
Despite ongoing challenges, the hospital can become a "world class" health care facility, in part because of the distinguished medical specialists who have been drawn to the islands, Miller said.
A big step toward that goal, he said, will be the opening of the hospital's cancer center, slated for groundbreaking this year. He announced that he had just cut a deal with Oncology Solutions, a nationally recognized organization specializing in the development of cancer centers, to work with the hospital administration to "establish the clinical infrastructure for a successful cancer center."
He also said negotiations are ongoing with Dr. Bert Petersen Jr. to spearhead the project. Petersen, a native Virgin Islander, is a New York City surgeon, cancer specialist and medical school professor. He has already begun working to establish academic affiliations "that would result in specialists, residents and interns being based at the center," he said at the 8th annual Bio-Medical Ethics Workshop in November. (See "Cancer center will bring more than care".)
Miller sees the Charlotte Kimelman Cancer Treatment Center, as it will be called, as one big step toward keeping residents on island for their health care. More specialists will help further, he said, adding to revenues. But more important, he added, patients will be able to stay on island, thus alleviating the added stress involved in traveling long distances for care.
Miller said the availability of specialists locally is no longer the problem it used to be. For a community of its size, St. Thomas has an impressive number of highly trained physicians, he said. Infrastructure and technology, which cost money, are the areas that cry out for improvement and funding.
Miller said an investment in the hospital is really "reinvestment." "If you made a one-time investment in the hospital, you would get your ROI [return on investment] immediately." He also said if health care spending stayed on island, "it would change the face of the Roy L. Schneider Hospital overnight."
Among his other goals, Miller said, he hopes to:
– Obtain accreditation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
– Increase federal grants and private endowments.
– Complete a certified audit for Fiscal Year 2002 to insure the hospital's financial solvency.
– Complete computer automation to improve billing and accountability.
He also is bent on improving morale both in the hospital and in the community.
He said when he arrived, staff morale was low. Employees "had been made promises, and those promises had been broken," he said. "They had lost hope in the hospital."
Miller said he is "big on promotion from within," but not without merit. "We don't promote just to promote. The ones that go above and beyond will be the ones to get recognition," he said.
Included in his plans to improve the hospital's prestige in the community is cleaning the facility up. He got that project started last weekend, attracting more than 200 volunteers to the hospital to clean, wash and wax floors, and paint.
He said he plans to have the outside of the hospital repainted, too. This also had been a goal, never achieved, of his predecessor, Eugene Woods, who referred to it as "painting away the blues."
Most important, Miller said, "It's my job to build trust" in the community. "I've got to prove that I can provide health care." But, he added, "It's going to take the community, too."
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HOSPITAL CEO SETS GOALS HE SEES AS ACHIEVABLE
Aug. 26, 2002 – Roy L. Schneider Hospital is bleeding to the tune of $12 million a year in uncompensated care to the indigent and illegal immigrants, but Rodney Miller, new chief executive officer, plans to slow that hemorrhaging down.
In a presentation to a luncheon meeting of the St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce on Monday, Miller said 43 million Americans are currently uninsured, so the problem of uncompensated care is not exclusive to the Virgin Islands. But, he said, as the only hospital in the district, Schneider Hospital, along with its Myrah Keating Smith Community Health Center on St. John, has an obligation to serve the entire community. Illegal immigrants and indigent people are not the only problem, he said. Uninsured dependents of government workers also end up coming to the emergency room and running up bills they can't or don't pay.
Miller said another part of the problem, which he is addressing with the help of Delegate Donna M. Christensen, is the federal Medicaid cap imposed on the territory. Getting the cap lifted, updating computer systems and improving collections by 20 percent are "key to elevating and expanding our services to the community," he said.
Despite ongoing challenges, the hospital can become a "world class" health care facility, in part because of the distinguished medical specialists who have been drawn to the islands, Miller said.
A big step toward that goal, he said, will be the opening of the hospital's cancer center, slated for groundbreaking this year. He announced that he had just cut a deal with Oncology Solutions, a nationally recognized organization specializing in the development of cancer centers, to work with the hospital administration to "establish the clinical infrastructure for a successful cancer center."
He also said negotiations are ongoing with Dr. Bert Petersen Jr. to spearhead the project. Petersen, a native Virgin Islander, is a New York City surgeon, cancer specialist and medical school professor. He has already begun working to establish academic affiliations "that would result in specialists, residents and interns being based at the center," he said at the 8th annual Bio-Medical Ethics Workshop in November. (See "Cancer center will bring more than care".)
Miller sees the Charlotte Kimelman Cancer Treatment Center, as it will be called, as one big step toward keeping residents on island for their health care. More specialists will help further, he said, adding to revenues. But more important, he added, patients will be able to stay on island, thus alleviating the added stress involved in traveling long distances for care.
Miller said the availability of specialists locally is no longer the problem it used to be. For a community of its size, St. Thomas has an impressive number of highly trained physicians, he said. Infrastructure and technology, which cost money, are the areas that cry out for improvement and funding.
Miller said an investment in the hospital is really "reinvestment." "If you made a one-time investment in the hospital, you would get your ROI [return on investment] immediately." He also said if health care spending stayed on island, "it would change the face of the Roy L. Schneider Hospital overnight."
Among his other goals, Miller said, he hopes to:
– Obtain accreditation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
– Increase federal grants and private endowments.
– Complete a certified audit for Fiscal Year 2002 to insure the hospital's financial solvency.
– Complete computer automation to improve billing and accountability.
He also is bent on improving morale both in the hospital and in the community.
He said when he arrived, staff morale was low. Employees "had been made promises, and those promises had been broken," he said. "They had lost hope in the hospital."
Miller said he is "big on promotion from within," but not without merit. "We don't promote just to promote. The ones that go above and beyond will be the ones to get recognition," he said.
Included in his plans to improve the hospital's prestige in the community is cleaning the facility up. He got that project started last weekend, attracting more than 200 volunteers to the hospital to clean, wash and wax floors, and paint.
He said he plans to have the outside of the hospital repainted, too. This also had been a goal, never achieved, of his predecessor, Eugene Woods, who referred to it as "painting away the blues."
Most important, Miller said, "It's my job to build trust" in the community. "I've got to prove that I can provide health care." But, he added, "It's going to take the community, too."
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In a presentation to a luncheon meeting of the St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce on Monday, Miller said 43 million Americans are currently uninsured, so the problem of uncompensated care is not exclusive to the Virgin Islands. But, he said, as the only hospital in the district, Schneider Hospital, along with its Myrah Keating Smith Community Health Center on St. John, has an obligation to serve the entire community. Illegal immigrants and indigent people are not the only problem, he said. Uninsured dependents of government workers also end up coming to the emergency room and running up bills they can't or don't pay.
Miller said another part of the problem, which he is addressing with the help of Delegate Donna M. Christensen, is the federal Medicaid cap imposed on the territory. Getting the cap lifted, updating computer systems and improving collections by 20 percent are "key to elevating and expanding our services to the community," he said.
Despite ongoing challenges, the hospital can become a "world class" health care facility, in part because of the distinguished medical specialists who have been drawn to the islands, Miller said.
A big step toward that goal, he said, will be the opening of the hospital's cancer center, slated for groundbreaking this year. He announced that he had just cut a deal with Oncology Solutions, a nationally recognized organization specializing in the development of cancer centers, to work with the hospital administration to "establish the clinical infrastructure for a successful cancer center."
He also said negotiations are ongoing with Dr. Bert Petersen Jr. to spearhead the project. Petersen, a native Virgin Islander, is a New York City surgeon, cancer specialist and medical school professor. He has already begun working to establish academic affiliations "that would result in specialists, residents and interns being based at the center," he said at the 8th annual Bio-Medical Ethics Workshop in November. (See "Cancer center will bring more than care".)
Miller sees the Charlotte Kimelman Cancer Treatment Center, as it will be called, as one big step toward keeping residents on island for their health care. More specialists will help further, he said, adding to revenues. But more important, he added, patients will be able to stay on island, thus alleviating the added stress involved in traveling long distances for care.
Miller said the availability of specialists locally is no longer the problem it used to be. For a community of its size, St. Thomas has an impressive number of highly trained physicians, he said. Infrastructure and technology, which cost money, are the areas that cry out for improvement and funding.
Miller said an investment in the hospital is really "reinvestment." "If you made a one-time investment in the hospital, you would get your ROI [return on investment] immediately." He also said if health care spending stayed on island, "it would change the face of the Roy L. Schneider Hospital overnight."
Among his other goals, Miller said, he hopes to:
– Obtain accreditation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
– Increase federal grants and private endowments.
– Complete a certified audit for Fiscal Year 2002 to insure the hospital's financial solvency.
– Complete computer automation to improve billing and accountability.
He also is bent on improving morale both in the hospital and in the community.
He said when he arrived, staff morale was low. Employees "had been made promises, and those promises had been broken," he said. "They had lost hope in the hospital."
Miller said he is "big on promotion from within," but not without merit. "We don't promote just to promote. The ones that go above and beyond will be the ones to get recognition," he said.
Included in his plans to improve the hospital's prestige in the community is cleaning the facility up. He got that project started last weekend, attracting more than 200 volunteers to the hospital to clean, wash and wax floors, and paint.
He said he plans to have the outside of the hospital repainted, too. This also had been a goal, never achieved, of his predecessor, Eugene Woods, who referred to it as "painting away the blues."
Most important, Miller said, "It's my job to build trust" in the community. "I've got to prove that I can provide health care." But, he added, "It's going to take the community, too."
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V.I.-EPA DEAL ALLOWS 20% MORE RUM PRODUCTION
Aug. 26, 2002 –- It's official. Gov. Charles Turnbull announced last week that he signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that allows 20 percent more rum production on St. Croix.
The governor had announced the deal in late July. The estimated $13 to $15 million a year in rum tax generated by the increase will go to pay for upgrading the territory's sewage treatment facilities.
"The revenue derived from the increased rum production will be used to guarantee financing of the improvements to the territory's wastewater treatment systems," Turnbull said in a news release.
The agreement was the result of negotiations with the U.S. Justice Department and the EPA. It gives the government until Feb 28, 2006, to bring St. Croix into compliance with a U.S. District Court consent decree and until Feb. 28, 2007, to achieve compliance in St. Thomas. Preliminary work on both islands is slated to begin by Oct. 1.
St. John's new sewage treatment plant went on line last year, so that island's sewage treatment system is not in need of a major overhaul. And St. Thomas has a new sewage treatment plant at the Mangrove Lagoon.
Under a consent decree originally issued by U.S. District Court in 1984 and amended in 1996, the government was slated to bring its sewage treatment system up to snuff by 2004. This was not physically or financially possible.
The governor said that V.I. Rum Industries Ltd., St. Croix's only rum producer, had applied to the Planning and Natural Resources Department to renew its pollutant discharge elimination system permit required to discharge waste while producing rum. The request asks for an increase in allowable discharge by 20 percent from 115,000 gallons a day to 138,000 gallons a day.
The signing of the memorandum took place Aug. 21 at the Battery on St. John. Jane M. Kenny, Region II administrator for the EPA, signed on behalf of the U.S. Interior Department.
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The governor had announced the deal in late July. The estimated $13 to $15 million a year in rum tax generated by the increase will go to pay for upgrading the territory's sewage treatment facilities.
"The revenue derived from the increased rum production will be used to guarantee financing of the improvements to the territory's wastewater treatment systems," Turnbull said in a news release.
The agreement was the result of negotiations with the U.S. Justice Department and the EPA. It gives the government until Feb 28, 2006, to bring St. Croix into compliance with a U.S. District Court consent decree and until Feb. 28, 2007, to achieve compliance in St. Thomas. Preliminary work on both islands is slated to begin by Oct. 1.
St. John's new sewage treatment plant went on line last year, so that island's sewage treatment system is not in need of a major overhaul. And St. Thomas has a new sewage treatment plant at the Mangrove Lagoon.
Under a consent decree originally issued by U.S. District Court in 1984 and amended in 1996, the government was slated to bring its sewage treatment system up to snuff by 2004. This was not physically or financially possible.
The governor said that V.I. Rum Industries Ltd., St. Croix's only rum producer, had applied to the Planning and Natural Resources Department to renew its pollutant discharge elimination system permit required to discharge waste while producing rum. The request asks for an increase in allowable discharge by 20 percent from 115,000 gallons a day to 138,000 gallons a day.
The signing of the memorandum took place Aug. 21 at the Battery on St. John. Jane M. Kenny, Region II administrator for the EPA, signed on behalf of the U.S. Interior Department.
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REGISTRATION FOR ADULT ED CLASSES OPENS
Aug. 26, 2002 – Daphne F. Wilson Williams, principal of the St. Croix Day Adult Education Center, announces the opening of registration. Interested persons 16 years and over are urged to register week days from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Center located in La Grande Princesse.
Programs offered include:
GED preparation
Basic Skill and Computer classes
English as a second language
Classes begin on Tuesday, Sept. 3.
For more information contace Ms. Williams at 773-6401.
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Programs offered include:
GED preparation
Basic Skill and Computer classes
English as a second language
Classes begin on Tuesday, Sept. 3.
For more information contace Ms. Williams at 773-6401.
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ROTARY OF ST. THOMAS II MEETS AT THE REEF
The Rotary Club of St. Thomas II will meet at Marriott's Frenchman's Reef Beach Resort with Chief of Police Novelle Francis as guest speaker. His topic will be crime prevention.
ROTARY CLUB OF ST. THOMAS II MEETS AT THE REEF
Aug. 26, 2002 – The Rotary Club of St. Thomas II will meet at 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28, at Marriott's Frenchman's Reef Beach Resort with Chief of Police Novelle Francis as the guest speaker.
His topic will be crime prevention.
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His topic will be crime prevention.
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V.I. PACE RUNNERS TEAM NO. 1 IN FORT-TO-FORT RELAY
Aug. 26, 2002 – Seven teams of four runners each competed in the 19th Annual Fort-To-Fort Relay Road Race Sunday on St. Croix.
The 15.5-mile race was definitely for the physically fit, observed Wallace Williams.
With the early morning start, Billy Bohlke, a recent graduate of NCAA Track and Field Champion at Louisiana State University, where he was the school's top miler, ran the first leg for the V.I. Pace Runners team. The effort put the team, consisting of Bohlke, Wallace Williams, Marlon Williams and George Cannon, in first place all the way. The team's finishing time was 1 hour 38 minutes and 12 seconds for the 15.5 miles.
The Untouchables, with Kent Bradbury, Jeremy Laurent, Theresa Harper and Luke Frederick, took second place with a time of 1:50.52. Third place went to V.I. Express Track Club — with Leslie Caesar, Donald Shillingford Jr., Leopold Fredericks and Barrymore Berley – in 2:02.48. Fourth place was the V.I. National Guard team of Kevin Liburd, Dwayne Cromwell, Emil James and Mervin Mills in 2:05.12. Fifth place went to The Road Runners with Javier Roman, Leslie Farrelly, Ray Lutz and Luis Hill.
The V.I. National Guard Female Team was sixth overall and the first-place female team with Almira Fahie, Nancy Camacho, Pauline Haywood and Carol Morris in 2:28.32, and De Tre and Me was seventh with Rey Ruiz, Jo Shim, Diane Schueber and Marie Witmer in 2:36.24.
The next event on the V.I. Pace Runners Calendar is the 18th V.I. Pace Runners Labor Day 5K at 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 2, from Southgate to Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I. More information, including a St. Croix map, and entry forms are available at virginislandspace.org, or call (340) 777-0258.
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The 15.5-mile race was definitely for the physically fit, observed Wallace Williams.
With the early morning start, Billy Bohlke, a recent graduate of NCAA Track and Field Champion at Louisiana State University, where he was the school's top miler, ran the first leg for the V.I. Pace Runners team. The effort put the team, consisting of Bohlke, Wallace Williams, Marlon Williams and George Cannon, in first place all the way. The team's finishing time was 1 hour 38 minutes and 12 seconds for the 15.5 miles.
The Untouchables, with Kent Bradbury, Jeremy Laurent, Theresa Harper and Luke Frederick, took second place with a time of 1:50.52. Third place went to V.I. Express Track Club — with Leslie Caesar, Donald Shillingford Jr., Leopold Fredericks and Barrymore Berley – in 2:02.48. Fourth place was the V.I. National Guard team of Kevin Liburd, Dwayne Cromwell, Emil James and Mervin Mills in 2:05.12. Fifth place went to The Road Runners with Javier Roman, Leslie Farrelly, Ray Lutz and Luis Hill.
The V.I. National Guard Female Team was sixth overall and the first-place female team with Almira Fahie, Nancy Camacho, Pauline Haywood and Carol Morris in 2:28.32, and De Tre and Me was seventh with Rey Ruiz, Jo Shim, Diane Schueber and Marie Witmer in 2:36.24.
The next event on the V.I. Pace Runners Calendar is the 18th V.I. Pace Runners Labor Day 5K at 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 2, from Southgate to Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I. More information, including a St. Croix map, and entry forms are available at virginislandspace.org, or call (340) 777-0258.
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UVI BULLETIN BOARD
Aug. 26, 2002 — The University of the Virgin Islands Bulletin Board issued today includes these announcements:
Free Seminar Will Cover Money Matters and the College Student
A seminar on "Money Management for College Students" featuring personal finance author Mary Grate-Pyos is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 29, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. The seminar will be videoconferenced between Chase Auditorium (Business Education 110) on St. Thomas and Evans Center room 401 on St. Croix.
The seminar is designed to provide practical tips in these areas: basic money management, enrolling in business and finance courses, the proper use of credit and credit cards, and setting personal financial goals. The seminar is free and members of the UVI community are invited to attend.
Meeting Set for Class of 2003 on St. Croix
A meeting for member of the UVI graduating class of 2003 on the St. Croix campus is set for Sunday, Sept. 8, at 3 p.m., in the student activities lounge of the Student Center. The session will cover graduation requirements and deadlines, the selection of representatives to the Graduation Committee, and information from the Alumni Affairs Office. For more information call 692-4188.
'For Better, For Worse' Traveling to St. Croix in September
Tickets are on sale for two September performances of David Edgecombe's popular play "For Better, For Worse" on St. Croix. The comedy enjoyed a six-week run on St. Thomas during the summer. It will be presented at 8 p.m. on Sept. 7 and 8, at the Educational Complex in Kingshill. The play, which pokes fun at middle-class hypocrisies in a Caribbean society, is produced by the Reichhold Caribbean Repertory Company and directed by Edgecombe.
Tickets – $15 for adults and $8 for students – are on sale at the UVI Bookstore on the St. Croix Campus, at Sam Goody in Sunny Isle Shopping Center and at John E's Gallery in Christiansted.
For more on the University of the Virgin Islands, visit the website at www.uvi.edu.
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Free Seminar Will Cover Money Matters and the College Student
A seminar on "Money Management for College Students" featuring personal finance author Mary Grate-Pyos is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 29, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. The seminar will be videoconferenced between Chase Auditorium (Business Education 110) on St. Thomas and Evans Center room 401 on St. Croix.
The seminar is designed to provide practical tips in these areas: basic money management, enrolling in business and finance courses, the proper use of credit and credit cards, and setting personal financial goals. The seminar is free and members of the UVI community are invited to attend.
Meeting Set for Class of 2003 on St. Croix
A meeting for member of the UVI graduating class of 2003 on the St. Croix campus is set for Sunday, Sept. 8, at 3 p.m., in the student activities lounge of the Student Center. The session will cover graduation requirements and deadlines, the selection of representatives to the Graduation Committee, and information from the Alumni Affairs Office. For more information call 692-4188.
'For Better, For Worse' Traveling to St. Croix in September
Tickets are on sale for two September performances of David Edgecombe's popular play "For Better, For Worse" on St. Croix. The comedy enjoyed a six-week run on St. Thomas during the summer. It will be presented at 8 p.m. on Sept. 7 and 8, at the Educational Complex in Kingshill. The play, which pokes fun at middle-class hypocrisies in a Caribbean society, is produced by the Reichhold Caribbean Repertory Company and directed by Edgecombe.
Tickets – $15 for adults and $8 for students – are on sale at the UVI Bookstore on the St. Croix Campus, at Sam Goody in Sunny Isle Shopping Center and at John E's Gallery in Christiansted.
For more on the University of the Virgin Islands, visit the website at www.uvi.edu.
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UVI BULLETIN BOARD
Aug. 26, 2002 — The University of the Virgin Islands Bulletin Board issued today includes these announcements:
Free Seminar Will Cover Money Matters and the College Student
A seminar on "Money Management for College Students" featuring personal finance author Mary Grate-Pyos is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 29, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. The seminar will be videoconferenced between Chase Auditorium (Business Education 110) on St. Thomas and Evans Center room 401 on St. Croix.
The seminar is designed to provide practical tips in these areas: basic money management, enrolling in business and finance courses, the proper use of credit and credit cards, and setting personal financial goals. The seminar is free and members of the UVI community are invited to attend.
Meeting Set for Class of 2003 on St. Croix
A meeting for member of the UVI graduating class of 2003 on the St. Croix campus is set for Sunday, Sept. 8, at 3 p.m., in the student activities lounge of the Student Center. The session will cover graduation requirements and deadlines, the selection of representatives to the Graduation Committee, and information from the Alumni Affairs Office. For more information call 692-4188.
'For Better, For Worse' Traveling to St. Croix in September
Tickets are on sale for two September performances of David Edgecombe's popular play "For Better, For Worse" on St. Croix. The comedy enjoyed a six-week run on St. Thomas during the summer. It will be presented at 8 p.m. on Sept. 7 and 8, at the Educational Complex in Kingshill. The play, which pokes fun at middle-class hypocrisies in a Caribbean society, is produced by the Reichhold Caribbean Repertory Company and directed by Edgecombe.
Tickets – $15 for adults and $8 for students – are on sale at the UVI Bookstore on the St. Croix Campus, at Sam Goody in Sunny Isle Shopping Center and at John E's Gallery in Christiansted.
For more on the University of the Virgin Islands, visit the website at www.uvi.edu.
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Free Seminar Will Cover Money Matters and the College Student
A seminar on "Money Management for College Students" featuring personal finance author Mary Grate-Pyos is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 29, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. The seminar will be videoconferenced between Chase Auditorium (Business Education 110) on St. Thomas and Evans Center room 401 on St. Croix.
The seminar is designed to provide practical tips in these areas: basic money management, enrolling in business and finance courses, the proper use of credit and credit cards, and setting personal financial goals. The seminar is free and members of the UVI community are invited to attend.
Meeting Set for Class of 2003 on St. Croix
A meeting for member of the UVI graduating class of 2003 on the St. Croix campus is set for Sunday, Sept. 8, at 3 p.m., in the student activities lounge of the Student Center. The session will cover graduation requirements and deadlines, the selection of representatives to the Graduation Committee, and information from the Alumni Affairs Office. For more information call 692-4188.
'For Better, For Worse' Traveling to St. Croix in September
Tickets are on sale for two September performances of David Edgecombe's popular play "For Better, For Worse" on St. Croix. The comedy enjoyed a six-week run on St. Thomas during the summer. It will be presented at 8 p.m. on Sept. 7 and 8, at the Educational Complex in Kingshill. The play, which pokes fun at middle-class hypocrisies in a Caribbean society, is produced by the Reichhold Caribbean Repertory Company and directed by Edgecombe.
Tickets – $15 for adults and $8 for students – are on sale at the UVI Bookstore on the St. Croix Campus, at Sam Goody in Sunny Isle Shopping Center and at John E's Gallery in Christiansted.
For more on the University of the Virgin Islands, visit the website at www.uvi.edu.
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UVI BULLETIN BOARD
Aug. 26, 2002 — The University of the Virgin Islands Bulletin Board issued today includes these announcements:
Free Seminar Will Cover Money Matters and the College Student
A seminar on "Money Management for College Students" featuring personal finance author Mary Grate-Pyos is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 29, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. The seminar will be videoconferenced between Chase Auditorium (Business Education 110) on St. Thomas and Evans Center room 401 on St. Croix.
The seminar is designed to provide practical tips in these areas: basic money management, enrolling in business and finance courses, the proper use of credit and credit cards, and setting personal financial goals. The seminar is free and members of the UVI community are invited to attend.
Meeting Set for Class of 2003 on St. Croix
A meeting for member of the UVI graduating class of 2003 on the St. Croix campus is set for Sunday, Sept. 8, at 3 p.m., in the student activities lounge of the Student Center. The session will cover graduation requirements and deadlines, the selection of representatives to the Graduation Committee, and information from the Alumni Affairs Office. For more information call 692-4188.
'For Better, For Worse' Traveling to St. Croix in September
Tickets are on sale for two September performances of David Edgecombe's popular play "For Better, For Worse" on St. Croix. The comedy enjoyed a six-week run on St. Thomas during the summer. It will be presented at 8 p.m. on Sept. 7 and 8, at the Educational Complex in Kingshill. The play, which pokes fun at middle-class hypocrisies in a Caribbean society, is produced by the Reichhold Caribbean Repertory Company and directed by Edgecombe.
Tickets – $15 for adults and $8 for students – are on sale at the UVI Bookstore on the St. Croix Campus, at Sam Goody in Sunny Isle Shopping Center and at John E's Gallery in Christiansted.
For more on the University of the Virgin Islands, visit the website at www.uvi.edu.
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Free Seminar Will Cover Money Matters and the College Student
A seminar on "Money Management for College Students" featuring personal finance author Mary Grate-Pyos is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 29, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. The seminar will be videoconferenced between Chase Auditorium (Business Education 110) on St. Thomas and Evans Center room 401 on St. Croix.
The seminar is designed to provide practical tips in these areas: basic money management, enrolling in business and finance courses, the proper use of credit and credit cards, and setting personal financial goals. The seminar is free and members of the UVI community are invited to attend.
Meeting Set for Class of 2003 on St. Croix
A meeting for member of the UVI graduating class of 2003 on the St. Croix campus is set for Sunday, Sept. 8, at 3 p.m., in the student activities lounge of the Student Center. The session will cover graduation requirements and deadlines, the selection of representatives to the Graduation Committee, and information from the Alumni Affairs Office. For more information call 692-4188.
'For Better, For Worse' Traveling to St. Croix in September
Tickets are on sale for two September performances of David Edgecombe's popular play "For Better, For Worse" on St. Croix. The comedy enjoyed a six-week run on St. Thomas during the summer. It will be presented at 8 p.m. on Sept. 7 and 8, at the Educational Complex in Kingshill. The play, which pokes fun at middle-class hypocrisies in a Caribbean society, is produced by the Reichhold Caribbean Repertory Company and directed by Edgecombe.
Tickets – $15 for adults and $8 for students – are on sale at the UVI Bookstore on the St. Croix Campus, at Sam Goody in Sunny Isle Shopping Center and at John E's Gallery in Christiansted.
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