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RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS Purpose: To confer Faculty Emeritus status on Dion E. Phillips, Ph.D. WHEREAS, at the June 18, 1981, meeting, the UVI Board of Trustees approved a policy for conferring of emeritus stats on former faculty members of the University of the Virgin Islands; and WHEREAS, Dr. Dion Phillips has made several noteworthy contributions to the University of the Virgin Islands, including Chairing the Social Sciences Department in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences; serving as Acting Dean; selection as Professor of the Year on various occasions, and teaching a wide range of courses, including Social Science 100, a course in which he played a major role in its redesign of the curriculum and its link to Reading, Writing, and Math Skills and WHEREAS, during his years as a faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Dr. Dion Phillips published and presented nationally and internationally on scholarship of importance to the Caribbean including terrorism in the Caribbean, drugs and crime in the Caribbean, and Caribbean defense forces; and WHEREAS, Dr. Dion Phillips retired from full time active teaching at the University of the Virgin Islands in 2017 after 34 years of service. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY THAT: 1. The conferring of Faculty Emeritus status on Dr. Dion Phillips is hereby approved. 2. The President is authorized to take such action as is needed to implement this resolution. 3. This resolution shall become effective June 20, 2020. CERTIFICATION The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing is a true and exact copy of a resolution of the Board of Trustees of the University of the Virgin Islands and adopted at its meeting on Saturday, June 20, 2020, as recorded in the minutes of the said meeting. JUNE 20, 2020 ______________________________________ __________________ Secretary of the Board Date