NEWS 
          
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
August 19, 2015 
 
 
	
  
 USVI Pesticide Applicator Recertification Workshops 
 
 
The University of the Virgin Islands Cooperative Extension Service’s Pesticide Safety 
Education Program announces Pesticide Applicator Recertification Workshops on St. Thomas on 
Tuesday, August 25 from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. in the UVI Neil Weiss Education Classroom 
located in the West Hall and on St. Croix on Thursday, August 27 from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. in 
the Research and Extension Center, Room 133. 
 
The workshops will be conducted by Dr. Hipólito O'Farrill-Nieves, Extension Entomologist, 
Agricultural Extension Service, College of Agricultural Sciences, University of Puerto Rico. 
All pesticide applicators, especially certified applicators, are encouraged to attend this important 
workshop. The topics will include “Pesticide Use Calculations,”  “Safe Use Practices for Pesticides,” 
and “Managing Pesticide Resistance.” 
 
  
 
For additional information and to register, please contact the University of the Virgin Islands 
Cooperative Extension Service - Stafford Crossman at (340) 692-4071, email scrossm@uvi.edu (St. 
Croix), Dr. Louis Petersen at (340) 692-1083, email louis.petersen@live.uvi.edu  or Dale Morton at 
(340) 693-1086, email dmorton@live.uvi.edu (St. Thomas). 
 
Extension programs and policies are consistent with federal and state laws and regulations on 
non-discrimination regarding race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender preference, age, 
disability and political beliefs. 
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