Reading Time: 2 minutes University employees have a new way to give back to the community through various service projects that were part of a yearly conference called Summer University. “We start in early January, identifying potential projects within the community that our staff can participate in and last year was the first time that we added service projects […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes At UVU, students have the opportunity not only to study, but also to apply what they learn through the Volunteer & Service-Learning Center. The center works with thousands of volunteer students and UVU clubs who want to have a better understanding of the responsibility of a big project. They also cater to those who want […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Utah Women and Education Project has completed its first year of research, which intended to discover why enrollment in and completion of post secondary education by women in Utah is so low. Their first year also coincided with the release of their second of four briefs describing their research and findings thus far. “A […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Professors Wayne Whaley and Bill Dinklage of the biology department are taking 14 participants on a veritable jungle safari where they will watch glowing lava blocks rolling off a volcano, whitewater raft the Pacuare River and observe flowers and wildlife such as howler monkeys, sloths, poison dart frogs, 18-foot salt water crocodiles. “We stay in […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes Ronnie Lee Gardner, a 49-year-old originally committed to the Utah State Prison in 1980 for a third degree offense of simple robbery, is now awaiting his execution. Gardner sits on death row for the murder of a defense lawyer, Michael Burdell. While on trial for a separate charge of homicide, Gardner was being escorted to […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The volleyball team arrived home on May 18 from their 16-day humanitarian trip to New Zealand and Samoa, returning successful not only in four international matches, but more importantly in service. The team’s members spent nearly a week and a half in New Zealand playing three matches and enjoying the country and a week in […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The halls at UVU do more than keep students warm in the winter and cool between summer classes. A string of buildings connected by halls provide numerous opportunities to practice the skill of avoiding possibly awkward encounters. You know what I’m talking about here, guys. We’ve all done it. Each of us has foregone the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Last month, UVU experienced a brush with fame when the ballroom dance team won the Dancing with the Stars College Dance Championship. This was the first time the popular television show, which just finished its tenth season, included college teams in their competition. The team had the chance to compete live on the show two […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Biology major Janae Hadley will be traveling to the University of Cape Town’s Cape Peninsula Baboon Research Unit (BRU) in Africa on June 13th. Hadley will be spending three weeks in the Table Mountains following the trail of a troop of wild Chacma Baboons through the hills of the Cape of Good Hope. A research […]