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BULK RATE Permit No. 17 Charlotte Amalie _ - ao ~ ae eee a - ® ‘ Virgin Islands oe Postage Paid ® — COVICRIER & MARJORIE MASTERS rs LIBRARIAN CvI @ STX CAMPUS K-—-HILL ST CROIx vI 00850 Se Form 3547 Requested COLLEGE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, CARIBBEAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ST. THOMAS, U.S.V.1. 00801 VOLUME IV, NUMBER 4 EDITED BY S.J. OLIVERIO DECEMBER 1980 Administration CHAMPNEY IS NEW Dr. Richard D. Champney has been appointed WATER DIRECTOR director of the Water Resources Research Center (WRRC), effective October 28, 1980. He comes to the Virgin Islands, from Washington, D.C., where he was affiliated with the U.S. Department of the Interior for five years. Champney held positions at the Bureau of Land Management and the Office of Surface Mining. Most recently he administered the Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Program of the Office of Surface Mining. Prior to federal employment Champney worked in various capacities in the field of geology in Arizona, Michigan and Colorado. He is originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Champney obtained his doctoral degree in geology in 1971 from the University of Arizona at Tucson. The subject of his dissertation was "Studies of Geologic Structures by Paleomagnetic Methods." Champney replaces Henry H. Smith, who was named acting director in the second quarter of 1980. Smith resigned from the Institute in December to pursue doctoral studies at Colorado State University at Fort Collins. He had been on the CRI staff since February 1979. HARRIGAN TRAVELS The Sixteenth Training Workshop of the Consor- TO CORT WORKSHOP tium on Research Training (CORT) was held on November 6-8 in Atlanta. Attending as campus coordinator from CVI was Dr. Norwell Harrigan. "Researcher's Round- table" was the theme of the workshop, which was attended by approxi- mately 25 representatives from 12 constituent educational institu- tions. George Breathett, CORT director, presided and also headed the workshop planning staff. -4- WEATHER STATION In conjunction with the project "Land Use SET UP ON CAMPUS Runoff and Recharge on Selected Watersheds in the U.S. Virgin Islands," the WRRC has estab- lished a weather monitoring station on the St. Thomas campus of CVI. This station is primiarily intended to measure the various compo- nents of the water budget. A recording evaporimeter measures evaporation while a recording rain gauge measures rainfall. Soil moisture blocks are being installed to measure changes in soil moisture. It is planned that this station will remain active even after the project ends. Outreach Activities CRI STAFF MEMBERS Dr. Clifton E. Marsh, the Institute's assistant SPEAK TO STUDENTS director, and Henry H. Smith of the WRRC took part in Career Exploration Week on the CVI campus October 27-31 by addressing groups of students on various aspects of their professions. Several hundred local high school and college students took the opportunity to gain knowledge of "real world'' job experiences related to them, as well as to get proper insight on how to adequately prepare for acceptance into graduate schools. Twice in December Dr. S.B. Jones-Hendrickson spoke on campus. "Motivation and Going to College" was the title of a CVI lecture and "America's Influence in the Caribbean" was his topic for an address to the Student Progressive Club. MARSH COMPLETES This quarter Dr. Clifton E. Marsh completed SOCIAL RESEARCH a research project entitled "A Socio-Historical Analysis of the Emancipation of 1848 and the Labor Revolt of 1878 in the Danish Virgin Islands." The report is 105 pages in length and includes four chapters: Review of Collec- tive Behavior-Social Movement Theories, Perspectives and Definitions; A Socio-Economic Analysis of the Labor Revolt (Fireburn) of 1878; The Pre-Emancipation Era and the Emancipation of 1848; and The Labor Revolt of 1878, A Brief History. HARRIGAN ADDRESSES Dr. Harrigan was guest speaker at a meeting of TORTOLA ROTARIANS the Rotary Club of Tortola in November. His main topic was research on the British Virgin Islands which he undertook during the first five months of 1980 in England. He also made a call for the initiation of a project to preserve the local cultural heritage as well as a call for a citi- zens committee on the future of the BVI.