Dean of College of Health and Public Service wins national award

August 20, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) award recognizes outstanding efforts within emergency management and homeland security disciplines every year. This year’s award was presented to the dean of UVU’s College of Health and Public Service, David McEntire. Presented at the Federal Emergency Management Agency Higher Education Symposium, the SoTL award was given to McEntire […]

Four tips to help you succeed in college

September 14, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes College life can be a fun transition, but it can also be a difficult one. You’re thrown into a new life with different surroundings and a whole new schedule. It can be quite a shock at first. Once you start to get the hang of it, you’ll learn things that will help you succeed and […]

Is college a waste of time?

July 2, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes I had a debate with a friend recently. The topic in question was whether a college degree is valid or necessary in today’s society. The friend argued that employers aren’t interested in a diploma as much as they are experience. My friend hasn’t gone to college, and he landed an amazing job as a film […]

Saudi Arabian student thrives at UVU

June 18, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes There is a long list of factors and questions students must ponder about when preparing to attend college. Picking which college, earning and saving enough money for tuition, deciding whether it is smarter to attend a school in a home state or move to a new state, and whether to live in dorms or at […]

Guest writer Vegor Pedersen on quality education

January 15, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Why 12 credits is just fine   In my capacity as an academic advisor I interact with about 50 students a week on average. Of those 50 about 48 have the exact same question every time they come see me. “How fast can I get the hell out of here?”   I sometimes feel like […]

How I learned to stop worrying and love UVU

August 1, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes Believe it or not, I started attending UVU a little over a year ago. I had attended Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah from 2006-2010 but due to unfortunate circumstances, I had to move home and transfer to UVU. My first few weeks here were rough. In a word, I hated it. The campus […]