Reading Time: 2 minutes On Sept. 8, United Way will be hosting its annual Day of Caring, bringing businesses, employees and residents from the entire valley to clean up the community. As a national event, companies throughout the country participate in the Day of Caring events and organizers are very optimistic this year. The morning will begin with breakfast […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute This university recently received its first-ever endowed scholarship in the amount of $30,000 from an anonymous donor. The scholarship is called the Gardner H. Russell Leadership Endowed Scholarship Fund and will be used primarily for the new MBA program. Russell is 90 years old now and retired in Florida. During his career, he would find […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The chance to live or study abroad can be a great experience, but one needs to stand out when competing in the market with others who have gained similar experiences and skill sets. Completing a successful international internship can be a way to enhance superiority above competitors. On Thursday, Sept. 9, a panel discussion will […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes [monoslideshow id=5]Two months ago, Utah photographer Matt Spencer co-founded a simple organization with a simple idea: unite as many individuals together under the motto “we are stronger when we are together.” Thus began the I Am Equal project. Spencer’s idea is simple. He gathers people under the idea that everyone is equal and takes their […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Peanut butter and chocolate. Strawberry and cheesecake. Glenn Beck and tears. But miniature golf and fine art? If you had dared dream of such a combination and woke up unfulfilled at the thought of such a union’s absence, the good people at the 337 Project have made sure that eighteen holes of artist-designed putt-putt is […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Up-and-coming band SafetySuit will be coming to the UCCU Center on Sept. 18. Hailing from Tulsa, Oklahoma, the band is currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. From small clubs and local theaters in the South to performing with popular bands such as Seether and 3 Doors Down, they have come a long way from where they […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes With the new school year beginning, the UVU Student Association (UVUSA) has been hard at work planning interesting and fun activities. Student Body President Richard Portwood has stated that the whole purpose of student activities is to increase student involvement and provide a well-rounded college experience. Their goal is to get students involved, “not only […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Touchstones, UVU’s student-run literary journal, is now accepting submissions for its Fall 2010 volume. The journal, which is published at the end of both fall and winter semesters, features the fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, drama and art of UVU students. While each issue is supervised by a creative writing faculty member, the journal is designed, […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes UVU: path to your future Remember those days when students used to say, “Yeah, I’ll only be at UVU for a semester, maybe two. Then I’ll go back to BYU or the U to finish”? Well, that’s not really happening now. The institution has changed quite a bit from a vocational center of schooling to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes A recent decision made by the Utah state board of regents approved of the proposed Student Life and Wellness Center and parking structure. The building and parking structure will be erected in the employee parking lots south of the library. Any parking spots destroyed by construction will be replaced by the new parking structure, which […]