UVIABJ: Changing the Game

  UVIABJ Members Represent the University at Top Journalism Conference: Changing the Game/Breaking the Barriers by Shugga Rosenblum (STT. August 24, 2022). -UVI’s Student Organization of the Year (2022), the UVI Association of Black Journalists (UVIABJ) received warm and enthusiastic greetings from thousands of communication professionals at the preeminent media conference for people of color …

KACTF presents play about Ethel Waters: More than Sweet

by Indeyah Todman (STX, February 5, 2022) Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) “Sweet Mama Stringbean,” is more than sweet. Directed by Evelyn D. Tyler, a cast of talented Florida A&M University (FAMU) student actors bring playwright Beth Turner’s vision to life in the hour-long play. Behind the play is a prolific group of skillful stage management, …

Three Times a Charm: 3rd UVI Student Participates in HBCU White House Press Briefing

  UVIABJ staff/prUVI-January 25, 2022. A communication major at the University of the Virgin Islands has become the third student this academic school year to be selected to participate in the historic White House Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Journalism Press Briefings. The events are part of a White House initiative to strategically position young …

The littlest SANTA: KOHL SEALEY leads Xmas Toy Giveaway, Again

Littlest SANTA UVIVOICE 2.0 staff (Christiansted, USVI). For the second year in a row, the University of the Virgin Islands Association of Black Journalists Xmas Toys Giveaway was led by one of the youngest Virgin Islander. 4-year-old Kohl Sealey, resident of St. Croix eagerly gathered up some of his favorite toys and filled two boxes …

Second UVI Student Selected to attend WH Press Briefing

(STX, USVI) For the second time this semester, a University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) communication student enjoyed the opportunity of a lifetime – the chance to participate in a White House press briefing.   UVI) communication student enjoyed the opportunity of a lifetime – the chance to participate in a White House press briefing.   Nadege Barber, sophomore, communication minor , and president of the student group UVI Association of Black Journalists (UVIABJ), joined 18 student journalists from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in a …