Life: year in review

April 23, 2012

Reading Time: 5 minutes Student thanks taxpayers for keeping her alive By Kelly Cannon, Life Editor   The only reason Kiera Sloan Scholz is alive and well today is due to the social programs that taxpayers help fund. She was the first of six children who were born to an uneducated single mother who was also a prostitute and a […]

Best of the Best

April 23, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Baseball Goose Kallunki first baseman – 34 games – .381 batting average (2nd on team) – 43 RBI (1st on team) – nine home runs (1st on team)   Austin Heaps designated hitter – 34 games – .383 batting average (1st on team) – .464 on base percentage (1st on team)       Softball […]

UVU Top 10: Dominating runs. Signature wins. Championships.

April 23, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Here’s a look at the top 10 NCAA stories from the 2011-12 sports season at UVU.   10. Stellar start In 2010-11, the softball team won 20 games.   The 2011-12 version reached that mark at roughly the midway point this season, making for the best start in program history.     9. Cinderella in […]

Senior stories

April 23, 2012

Reading Time: 4 minutes After injury, Rickenbach cashing in on senior year By Alex Rivera, Staff Writer   From Provo to Pleasant Grove to Utah Valley to wherever his life takes him, Jake Rickenbach is going to say goodbye to the Wolverines after five years playing in a Wolverines uniform.   Rickenbach was born in Provo, Utah, but started […]

The V – a year in review

April 23, 2012

Reading Time: 4 minutes Freemasons By Celeste Rosenlof October 10, 2011   One joins the Freemason fraternity for one of three reasons: to feel part of something, gain a social network of people or to find out their secrets.   Matthew Nelson, Junior Warden of the Damascus number 10 chapter, joined for what he describes as a healthy combination […]

What changes would like you like to see made at UVU in the coming year?

April 23, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Quit harassing the smokers. They keep taking away our smoking areas, they put up cameras to watch us – it’s ridiculous. -Birchall Perkins, Junior, Psychology         I don’t think that changes need to be made on the university level, I think changes to be made more the student level, as far as […]

2012 Valedictorians

April 23, 2012

Reading Time: 14 minutes WOODBURY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS LISA MERRILL BS Valedictorian   What is your major? Finance   What led you to choose this major?  I originally majored in Economics, but after being a bookkeeper at a law firm for a couple of years, I decided that I wanted to specialize in finance because I loved the corporate […]

A Letter from Holland

April 23, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Dear Students, The end of the academic year should be a time of reflection for everyone connected to the university.  Very soon, we will celebrate the scholarly accomplishments of a record 4,634 graduates at Utah Valley University’s 71st Commencement. This culminating event is an opportunity to recognize what has been achieved in completing various academic […]

UVU accomplishments 2011-2012

April 23, 2012

Reading Time: 7 minutes “I think we are really coming into our own,” Holland said. “In terms of university quality level, it’s been happening all over the place. This really is a significant step forward for us. It’s a building that is worthy of a university and worthy of the high quality faculty that we have.” – President Matthew […]