Art as a creative mode of civic engagement

October 6, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Center for the Study of Ethics held their annual “Ethics Awareness Week” from Sept. 28 to Oct. 1, featuring live-streamed lectures on the Ethical Dimensions of Civic Life. Barbara Schaffer Bacon was the first speaker, covering “The Arts in American Civic Culture.” She is the co-director of Animating Democracy, a program of Americans for […]

Black Student Union discusses black representation in politics

September 28, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes During UVU’s annual Ethics Awareness Week, the Black Student Union (BSU) hosted a panel titled “Black Representation in Politics.” The panel consisted of Sandra Hollins, Utah State Representative for District 23, and Robert Burch, candidate for Utah State House for District 30. Kira Smalls, BSU president and American Sign Language major, moderated for the panel. […]

Panel suggests that empowering women can improve gender equality at UVU

September 28, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] As a part of Ethics Awareness Week, the Utah Women and Leadership Project hosted a panel to discuss the need for a better approach to dealing with gender issues both on campus and in the general public sphere. The panel […]

Princeton professor encourages UVU students to seek the truth in media

September 26, 2018

Reading Time: 3 minutes [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]The annual Ethics Awareness Week, held by the Center for the Study of Ethics (CSE), took place in the Clarke Building, with this year’s topic being “Truth and Misinformation.” The 19 different events over the course of the week contained talks, […]

Sanitization and Self-Censorship in the Arts

October 11, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes A board consisting of educators from UVU’s arts programs held a panel discussing self-sanitation in the arts September 27 as part of UVU’s Ethics Awareness Week. The focus of this panel was self-imposed restrictions. “Are there themes or content that are avoided in the arts because of the fear of offending or creating backlash?” Courtney […]

Euthanasia, race among topics at ethics week

September 28, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lauren Barney | Staff Writer Photo credit: Collin Cooper | Photo Senior Staff | @coop.97   Eugenics and euthanasia, peer review, racial profiling and air pollution are just a few of the diverse topics brought forward at the recent Ethics Awareness Week. Although held annually at UVU for the past 29 years, the 2015 event offered […]

Ethics awareness and the artistic edge

September 25, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ryan Dangerfield | Staff Writer | [email protected]   On Sept. 23, as part of Ethics Awareness Week, Deborah L. Escalante, assistant professor in elementary education, gave a speech entitled “21st Century Education: Our Ethical Responsibility to Teach the Arts.” “More and more employers today are ignoring diplomas, and are looking for competent people,” said Escalante. […]

The necessity of suffering

September 24, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes On Monday, Sept. 17, UVU hosted an ethics panel headlined by academics and professionals. Students filtered in and out of the event listening to the ensuing topic of discussion, which focused on one central idea: Is it necessary for one to suffer in