University of the Virgin Islands News May 10, 2021 Media Invited to Cover UVI’s 2021 Online Commencement Members of the media are invited to cover the University of the Virgin Islands’ Fifty-Seventh Annual Commencement Ceremony at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 14, virtually. The online commencement ceremony will honor the 2021 graduates from the Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix, the Orville E. Kean Campus on St. Thomas and the UVI extension campus at the University of St. Martin. United States Senator, spiritual leader and political trailblazer, Reverend Dr. Raphael Warnock, will be the keynote speaker and receive a Doctor of Humane Letters Honorary Degree from the University. Honorable U.S. District Court Judge Wilma Lewis, an esteemed jurist and outstanding public servant, will receive the Doctor of Law Honorary Degree. UVI Board Chair Emeritus Alexander Moorhead will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. Commencement will be live-streamed on UVI’s YouTube Channel<https://www.youtube.com/user/UVIvideos> -https://www.youtube.com/user/UVIvideos, Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/UVI.edu> https://www.facebook.com/UVI.edu and Twitter<https://twitter.com/UVI_edu> https://twitter.com/UVI_edu. For more information and for quick links to the ceremony, visit UVI’s website - www.uvi.edu<http://www.uvi.edu/> or see this direct link to the commencement page https://www.uvi.edu/virtualcommencement/default.aspx. What: UVI’s 2021 Online Commencement When: Friday, May 14, 2021 Time: 1 p.m. Where: Facebook Livestream, YouTube Channel and Twitter Contact: UVI Public Relations Office (340) 693-1059 or via email at pr@uvi.edu. Sandra M. Phoenix HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> Honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come. Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs – Become an ally and partner with us to protect, preserve and share a more authentic record of American history. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/humanities-2019.html for more information. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/ and click on the Donate Now button to invest in this project. Your support is appreciated. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/