UVU Wellness Programs

March 4, 2013

Reading Time: 2 minutes Maintaining school, work and a healthy lifestyle can be difficult while attending college. Because of this, UVU provides a number of health programs to help in many different aspects of life. These programs consist of physical, emotional, nutritional, social, intellectual and spiritual health. Amy Grubbs, director of the student wellness programs, said, “These programs are […]

Dance class turns into life-passion

February 11, 2013

Reading Time: 2 minutes Professor Todd Wakefield has been teaching dance at UVU for 12 years. Before UVU, he taught at BYU and Timpanogos High School. He also performed on the UVU ballroom tour team for a year and a half, the BYU ballroom tour team for four years and BYU’s company for 5 years and Wakefield had the […]

Dangers of Facebook and Being Employed

February 4, 2013

Reading Time: 2 minutes In today’s society one of the biggest social media tools is Facebook. People use Facebook for various reasons which include: keeping in touch with those that live distantly, planning activities, sharing information, forming groups and sharing causes. Recently however, Facebook is being used by many employers for a different reason. Many employers are beginning to […]

Laser Tag at UVU

February 4, 2013

Reading Time: 3 minutes Laser Tag is a sport in which teams or individuals use a gun that emits an amplified infrared beam when the trigger is pulled. If this beam hits a sensor on the vest or in some cases gun, on the opposing player then he/she is hit and loses a “life.” The game continues until all […]

Technology takes over communication

January 7, 2013

Reading Time: 2 minutes Today’s society is filled with modern technology that has made our lives easier and more convenient. Today we are able to travel quicker, do everyday chores more efficiently, discover more and communicate more efficiently. One technology that has revolutionized our society is the cell phone. The cell phone was created in 1973 by Martin Cooper and […]

Statistics professor and choreographer

October 29, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Statistics and methodology professor Barton Poulson is a successful example of how to connect two seemingly opposite career fields – modern dance and data science. Poulson was introduced to the modern dance community through his wife, Jacque Bell, who is a modern dance choreographer. They would go to many performances and compare their views on […]