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BULK RATE PERMIT NO. 17 CHARLOTTE AMALIE VIRGIN ISLANDS POSTAGE PAID FORM 3547 REQUESTED - COLLEGE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, CARIBBEAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ST. THOMAS, V.1. 00801 RE, VOLUME III, NUMBER 3 . SEPTEMBER 1979 Administration <. K iy On July 1 Dr. Orville Kean; associate professor of mathematics and former ACE Fellow,at CVI, became acting director of the Institute in the absence of Dr. Norwell Harrigan, who is on a year's sabbatical leave. Dr. Kean will develop.a plan for CRI to become a regional center for research and development within the next five years. Also, he plans to upgrade and expand efforts to have the Institute's MICROSTATE STUDIES series accepted as a legitimate field of study by regional and interna- tional funding agencies. As in the past, research pertinent to the Virgin Islands will be emphasized in research projects, conferences, workshops and lectures sponsored by CRI. Two new staff members began assignments with the Institute in August. Dr. Leonard Bliss — accepted a position as research associate in education; he is also assistant professor of education at the College. Dr. Bliss holds a Ph.D. in curriculum development and evaluation from Syracuse University. He has conducted research and taught at the State University of New York at Potsdam and the University of Maine. Dr. Bliss may be reached at 774-1252, ext. 236, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to noon. Ms. Charlotte Reeder comes to St. Thomas from California State at Fresno, where she was assistant professor of economics. At CVI she is assistant professor of social sciences and at CRI is research associate specializ- ing in development economics. Ms. Reeder earned both undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Illinois, Champagne/Urbana. In addition to teaching, she has been analyst and consultant for the National Science Foundation. Also, Ms. Reeder was part of a U.S. State Department study team that traveled to the Mid-East this summer to evaluate policy and economic aspects of that region. Ms. Reeder may be reached at CRI and in Room 7 of the new social sciences: building, Quarters C, or by call- ing 774-1252, ext. 445. age A 13-month research project, "Water Management Under Conditions of Extreme Scarcity: The U.S. Virgin Islands," was accepted for funding by the Office of Water Research and Technology. It will be carried out by the Boston engineering firm of Coffin and Richardson in cooperation with the WRRC. A major component of the study will be a survey to identify how various sectors of the community value and use fresh water for a variety of purposes. The study will be carried out in close coordination with the current efforts of other local and federal azencies involved with water. Anyone wishing to contribute to the survey as respondents are urged to contact the WRRC by mail or by phone (the number is listed on page 3). Henry Smith, research associate, attended the Seventh Annual Conference of the National Water Supply Improvement Association (NWSIA) in New Orleans September 16-20. NWSIA is a non-profit organization dedicated to the improvement of the world's water supplies through desalting, waste- water reclamation and other water sciences. Several topics covered at the eight-session meeting were relevant to the Virgin Islands, particular- ly "Domestic Water Supply Systems" and "Water Reuse Systems." Outreach Activities Dr. Clifton E. Marsh, CRI assistant director, , has been the recipient of a number of profes- sional awards this quarter. He is included in the 1979 edition of OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN OF AMERICA," sponsored by the U.S. Jaycees. Dr. Marsh was chosen to receive a National Endowment of Humanities Fellowship and was selected for membership on the 1979 Eastern Sociological Societies Papers Committee. Locally, he is an advisory board member. and co-leader of the educational task force for the project "Emancipation: A Second Look," funded by a $108,000 grant from the National Endowment of Humanities. The project is headed by Dr. Henry Chang, director of the V.X. Bureau of Libraries, Museums and Archaeological Services. Dr. Marsh is also a free-lance writer for the Virgin Islander. His article,"Black Muslims in the Virgin Islands," appears in the magazine's September/October issue. In addition, Marsh is serving on the V.I. Olympic Committee and is vice-president of the V.I. Weightlifting Federation. In July Dr. Marsh traveled to the Chicago headquarters of the World Community of Islam in the West to interview the group's chief minister, Emam. Wallace D. Muhammad. The religious group (formerly called the Nation of Islam) has a membership of 500,000 throughout the world. The 40 pages of information received by Marsh during the inter- view will be incorporated into his book, FROM BLACK MUSLIMS TO MUSLIMS: THE TRANSITION FROM SEPARATISM TO ISLAM, 1930-1979.