UVI Board Approves New B.S. Degree In Physics, Fundraising Goals For 2016-17 And Re-elects Trustees To Board

ST. THOMAS -- In the regular session of its quarterly meeting on Oct. 22, on the St. Thomas Campus, the University of the Virgin Islands Board of Trustees approved a Bachelor of Science Degree Program in Physics with a concentration in astronomy, UVI announced Saturday. The new degree program will provide educational training and research opportunities for undergraduate students who wish to specialize in physics and/or astronomy and who may intend to pursue graduate studies. Dr. David Morris, assistant professor of physics and director of the Etelman Observatory, said the degree program will allow UVI to retain students who would normally transfer to schools on the U.S. mainland to complete their degrees. Students currently enrolled at UVI will continue to follow the applied mathematics paradigm until their sophomore year then begin taking specific courses in physics, which includes eight new courses and two seminars, toward the completion of their degrees at UVI. “I whole heartedly su...