Governor Albert Bryan announced on Wednesday that more than 12,000 U.S. Virgin Islands students qualify for President Biden’s plan for student loan forgiveness program. According to information from the Biden Administration, 7,800 USVI student loan borrowers are eligible for debt relief from student loans and 4,700 Pell borrowers in the territory are eligible for Pell Grant debt relief, Gov't House said. “This is very welcomed news for the former students who never had the opportunity to take advantage of the free tuition law that Lt. Governor Tregenza Roach authored in the Senate or the scholarship funds the Bryan-Roach Administration has been giving to help those aspiring to a college degree afford the high costs associated with it,” Governor Bryan said. “President Biden is to be commended for his courage and determination to ensure that…
School monitors on St. Croix at a number of public learning facilities on Thursday participated in a…
The V.I. Dept. of Education commissioner nominee and at least two lawmakers have questioned whether…
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While the 2022/2023 school year continues to be plagued by a shortage of professional educators, a rise…
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Journalism Students Represent UVI at Top National…
Staff Consortium September 07, 2022Four University of the Virgin Islands journalism students recently attended one of the nation’s leading…
Dept. of Education Says Parental Involvement…
Staff Consortium September 03, 2022“You make the choice but you don’t get to determine the consequence,” Dr. Stefan Jurgen, the insular…
Dept. of Education Announces Initiatives to Address…
Staff Consortium September 02, 2022The V.I. Dept. of Education said Friday it has announced a series of initiatives to ensure the safety…
First Monkeypox Death in U.S. Confirmed in Texas;…
Ernice Gilbert August 31, 2022A person in Texas who was diagnosed with monkeypox died on Tuesday, Texas state health officials have…
The V.I. Dept. of Education announced Tuesday that in an effort to curb teacher shortages impacting public schools, Education Commissioner Nominee Dr. Dionne Wells-Hedrington launched a campaign to re...
Details relating to the start date of the Evelyn M. Williams school demolition were announced at a press briefing on Wednesday. The event was held jointly with the V.I. Department of Education and the...
Last updated at 9:55 a.m. on Wed. Aug. 17, 2022. Many schools in the U.S Virgin Islands opened last week with low staff numbers, resulting from sudden resignations and retirements during the summer ...
The University of the Virgin Islands announced Monday that it has received a $1 million award from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to support UVI students who wish to pursue a master’s in...
Ocean Point Terminals, formerly Limetree Bay Terminals announced Friday that fourteen USVI high students who graduated this year were awarded scholarships totaling $22,000 for the 2022-2023 school yea...
The V.I. Dept. of Education is inviting the territory’s fathers and male caregivers to take their children to school on Aug. 8, the first day of school, as part of the DADS (Dedicated Achievement De...
Today voters registered as Democrats across the U.S. Virgin Islands will be casting their ballots for their candidates of choice, as the Democrats vie for one of 7 slots in the primary election to sec...
The V.I. Board of Education has shed some more light on recent changes made to the student dress code guidelines of the territory. In the statement released days after the Consortium published the bo...
Last updated at 3:53 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6 2022. Members of the V.I. Board of Education has given the V.I. Dept. of Education until August 26th to comply with the operational guidelines and to pro...
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