Reading Time: 3 minutes Photo Credit: Laura Fox You may be spending too much money on healthcare, according to a group of professionals who met last Monday at UVU for a panel discussion about their campaign. Choosing Wisely is a campaign which aims to educate the community about making wise health care decisions. “The Choosing Wisely campaign is about […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Photo credit: Laura Fox UVU students may not be receiving the sex health information that they need, according to recent national studies. Last November, UVU was ranked in the bottom ten in Trojan and Sperling’s BestPlaces’ annual ranking of sexual health resources at American colleges and universities. The university currently offers testing for sexually transmitted […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The largest amount of equity funding ever granted by the Utah System of Higher Education has been awarded to UVU. Students and employees will enjoy the benefits of an alleviated financial burden resulting from the millions of dollars allocated by the state for university development. During the annual Truth in Tuition hearing last month, President […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The “F bomb” to some is a word so commonly used and overheard that it has been deprived of meaning. Others abstain from the word with every at all costs—perhaps even take offense whenever the idle word is cast in their direction. How did the f-word achieve such a high ranking on our profanity blacklist? […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Graphic by Trevor Robertson As a result of the 2014 legislative session, UVU has been granted $21 million in outgoing funding due to new budget priorities from the Utah System of Higher Education. The university will receive an additional $1.7 million to go toward employee compensation and healthcare, along with nearly $1 million to enhance […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes KresLynn Knouse, Assistant News Editor, @KresLynn Candidates from Team Rise erupted in tears and embraced as all six representatives were announced as winners of the 2014 UVUSA election. A record-breaking percentage of the student body participated in voting this year, with more than 15 percent of students casting ballots. There were 3,652 ballots cast, which […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Photos by Gabi Campbell UVUSA opponents Rise and Limitless were in the hot seat last Tuesday during the 2014 election debate at Centre Stage. The crowd filled the room with suspense as team members gave candid and occasionally shocking responses to students’ questions. The debate was moderated by UVU Review News Editor Nicole Shepard, who […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Holland and Linda Makin, vice president of Budgeting and Planning, collaborated last Tuesday to present the annual ‘Truth in Tuition’ hearing. Their presentation offered students and faculty an inside look at the proposed tuition increase of zero to three percent, contingent on state funding. The Utah System of Higher Education has set a priority […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Faculty, staff, students and community members filled the Ragan Theater as President Holland delivered his annual State of the University address last Tuesday. Holland presented an evaluation of the university’s pertinent issues, including building expansions, increasing state funding, faculty compensation and the continuing decrease of student enrollment. Holland began by celebrating the triumphs of Olympians […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU’s office of Technology Commercialization is currently in the process of developing a unique model of a nuclear reactor known as the molten salt reactor, or MSR. MSRs have the ability to recycle the 270,000 metric tons of toxic waste generated from traditional light water reactors into a substantial power supply. MSR development has received […]