Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU has a goal to get 2,000 students to vote in this year’s presidential election Nov. 8 and win the Utah Campus Cup. The Utah Campus Cup is a statewide voting challenge sponsored by the Utah Lieutenant Governor’s Office. Universities and colleges in Utah compete for the cup every two years by getting the most […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Collin Cooper Domestic violence does not just occur but is a process that develops in stages, William Erb, senior director of Student Health Services at UVU, told an audience at the Grande Ballroom Oct. 11. Erb, along with four other professionals who have worked with domestic abuse survivors, were part of a panel […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Cody Glasset The UVUSA Senate Student Voice Forum tackled the issue of grey areas between plagiarism and technological use in classrooms Oct. 4 at Centre Stage. Jon Anderson, assistant professor of developmental math, Tanner Mcquivey, a UVU student and member of UVUSA, and Kolene Mills, director of academic tutoring, were the panelists who […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Collin Cooper The theme of Pizza and Politics, organized by UVUSA, revolved around how the U.S. government’s tactics have evolved in handling terrorist situations since the 9/11 attacks. It was presented to an audience of students at Centre Stage Sept. 20. Speakers Ryan Vogel, director of National Security Studies at UVU, and John Macfarlane, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Collin Cooper The number one cause of death for children ages 11-17 is suicide, says Maj. Gen. Jeff Burton, who spoke at the Suicide Prevention Symposium Sept. 14. “That’s not something we want to be number one in this state,” said Burton. Burton, the keynote speaker at the symposium, shared his personal experiences […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kimberly Bojorquez | News Editor A warning notice from UVU police chief, John Brewer, was sent to the campus community Sept. 6 regarding the alleged sexual assault of a male student. The assault occurred in a locker room located in the Physical Education Building Sept. 1 at 5:45 p.m. “Following the alert notification being issued […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Illustration by Rebecca Cho Lindsay Rahn, a student who has attended UVU for over three years, was pulling into a parking stall by the Liberal Arts Building Wednesday morning, when another driver almost collided with her car and stole the parking spot as she was pulling into the stall. “I was circling around, waiting for […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes During her first semester at UVU, Mckell Wall, a communication major, struggled to find her place in a university setting after graduating from her small-town high school of approximately 1,000 students. Wall, who is now the university college senator of UVUSA, attributes her college success to getting involved outside the classroom. “I started out as […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes McKhelyn Jones | Staff Writer Chris Hawker, an earthquake preparedness expert, shared his firsthand account of survival, to UVU students and faculty on Aug. 12. Hawker saved countless lives at the University of Canterbury, during the February 2011 earthquake that shook Christchurch, New Zealand, by using earthquake preparedness techniques he developed after a magnitude 7.1 […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Garret Stirland | Senior Staff Writer UVU has announced the appointment of three individuals to new positions among the faculty and administration of the university: Jacob Atkin as the associate vice president for finance, Justin Jones as chief of staff and Darrel Hammon as associate vice president of academic outreach and economic development. Atkin has […]