Don't Miss the UVI 2021 Online Commencement Ceremony

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS —The University of the Virgin Islands will stream the 2021 Commencement Ceremony online this year in an effort to mitigate the spread of the Coronavirus. The public is invited to watch at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 14.

The ceremony will be streamed on UVI's Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts.

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United States Senator and reverend Dr. Raphael Warnock will be the keynote speaker. The Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock has served as the Senior Pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church since 2005. The Ebenezer Baptist Church is the spiritual home of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

UVI will give an honorary degree to the Honorable Wilma A. Lewis, the Chief Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands. Just Lewis is first woman to serve as a federal judge in the United States Virgin Islands.

UVI will also bestow an honorary degree upon Board Chair Emeritus Alexander Moorhead of the UVI Board of Trustees. Born on St. Croix, Moorhead was elected to three terms in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, from 1971-1976, where he served as a Senate Minority Leader.

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