Hey Joe

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU has a unique history of inviting eccentric speakers to campus. There was of course the cataclysmic 2004 Michael Moore/Sean Hannity episode. Then there was Ralph Nader conducting an alternative commencement for disgruntled BYU students in 2007. Well, the good news is, it seems, we intend to continue this tradition. On Nov. 18, Joe the […]

BLOG: Joe the Plumber, come to plumb

November 11, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute So apparently Joe the Plumber is coming to UVU.  There’s been some initial backlash to the news, but I kinda don’t get why everyone’s so upset.  Think back a ways.  When we became a university, much was made of the fact that we were “not losing our roots as a trade school”. And our school […]