Fee proposals change to accommodate larger COLA estimate

February 13, 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes Student fee proposals are being subjected to increases due to a higher projected cost of living adjustment than previously estimated. The compensation/COLA increase is established by the state to be competitive with the rising cost of living. These pay increases are the result of that action. Through the Office of Legislative Affairs on campus, the […]

UVUSA prepares for upcoming student fee hearings

December 13, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes Student fee hearings are slated for January, a date which is quickly approaching. In preparation, the Utah Valley University Student Association heard a presentation from Marissa King, director of student leadership and involvement, on what to expect and what to do during these meetings. Student fees are fees charged to students in order to give […]

UVU approves 6 weeks paid maternity leave for university employees

January 25, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU’s Board of Trustees approved a motion to enact paid medical maternity leave for employees in a temporary emergency policy on Thursday Jan. 17, 2019 in the first Board of Trustee meeting of the year. Set to become a permanent policy after its temporary enactment, HR Policy 361 is the first maternity policy of its […]

Board of trustees not a reflection of UVU’s diversity

August 9, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes 40 years ago this spring, Latter Day Saint prophet Spencer W. Kimball gave the dedicatory prayer at the opening of the school’s Orem campus. Kimball concluded his prayer with “we now dedicate this total institution to Thee for Thy holy purposes, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.” In 2012, the university named a science […]

Popular author returns for 71st commencement

March 12, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Erin Gruwell will once again grace the UCCU Center to speak at UVU’s 71st Commencement Ceremony on April 26 at 6:30 p.m. Graduates and members of the community will recognize Gruwell as the author of “The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them,” […]