Student News Impacting the Caribbean One Story at a Time
By Gimel Pinto (STT-December 2022) Many people outside of the Caribbean see the enthusiasm that carnivals and festivals provide. Still, the natural origins of Caribbean carnivals and festivals lie in the colonization and religious conversion that took place when European explorers made their way to the region. Today, it is a celebration and occasion to …
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, …
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 …
byEarl Morris, Jr.
By: Maxiene Cabo St.Thomas, USVI – St. Thomas native, Peter Bailey is proud to announce that his documentary “Paradise Discovered: The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders” will now be taught as part of the University of Delaware’s Development & Family Sciences curriculum this coming fall semester. The film, based on Bailey’s infamous New York Times Op-Ed “Has …