New House liaison

January 10, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes New place, new face, same title. Student advocate to the legislature is now Vale Hale With this university growing and Utah’s budget for education decreasing, getting in contact with the State Legislature is more important than ever. Now there is a new liaison between the university and the state. Val Peterson has been serving as […]

Wrestling returns home with fine-tuning in mind

January 10, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes After two months of matches abroad, the UVU wrestling team can finally look forward to competing at home. Coach Greg Williams is confident Wolverine fans will like it as much as his players. “We like the fact that Utah loves wrestling,” Williams said. “There’s a lot of fans. We have a good team to watch. […]

Student Spotlight: Living the Dream

January 10, 2011

Reading Time: 4 minutes Stay-at-home dad by day, paid musician by night: Some would say that senior Nate Robinson is living the dream. He, however, laughs at them and jokes that in his dreams he imagined making a lot more money. Still, being a full-time musician and being able to support a wife and two kids on that income […]

Institute kicks off a new semester of fun

January 10, 2011

Reading Time: < 1 minute With the new semester comes a new slate of devotionals and activities from the LDS Student Association and the Orem Institute of Religion. The new devotional schedule includes Elder Robert D. Hales, members of the Seventy, and the Latter-Day Celebration Choir. Bronco Mendenhall, coach of the BYU football team, was the first speaker on Jan. […]

No money, big problem

January 10, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Local budgeting software company owner offers free workshop Any student can experience financial woes. If you haven’t, you might be at the wrong university. For those who feel they need some help understanding how to stretch their dollars, Jesse Mecham has some answers. Mecham will be offering a free budgeting workshop at the Provo Library […]

Wolverines begin 2011 with big win

January 10, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Five Wolverines finish with double-digits To start off the new year, the Utah Valley men’s basketball team took to their court against Haskell Indian Nations University Jan. 4 and came away with a 48-point win, 98-50. Senior Jordan Swarbrick started the Wolverines off with a 3-pointer to put them on the board first.  Utah Valley […]

Money for Mexican descendents

January 10, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Latino Initiative received a $20,000 scholarship grant to be dispersed to students of Mexican descent this semester. The money will help many students who may have had to quit school if not for the grant. The grant comes from Instituto de Mexicanos en el Exterior, or the Institute of Mexicans Abroad (IME). A non-profit […]

Legendary coach to speak

January 10, 2011

Reading Time: < 1 minute Herman Boone, of ‘Remember the Titans’ fame, comes to campus The school will host legendary Coach Herman Boone as part of the week-long 17th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration on Tuesday, Jan. 18, from 12-1 p.m. in the Grande Ballroom, as the conclusion to the commemoration. “We wanted to get a speaker that could […]

Ambassador Andrew Young visits

January 10, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes As part of the 17th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Utah Valley University will be able to hear from someone that knew and worked directly with Dr. King. The school is welcoming Ambassador Andrew Young, former US ambassador to the United Nations, Congressman, Mayor of Atlanta and assistant to Dr. King, to give a […]