UVU approves 6 weeks paid maternity leave for university employees

January 25, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU’s Board of Trustees approved a motion to enact paid medical maternity leave for employees in a temporary emergency policy on Thursday Jan. 17, 2019 in the first Board of Trustee meeting of the year. Set to become a permanent policy after its temporary enactment, HR Policy 361 is the first maternity policy of its […]

Multicultural Student Council aims to bring people together

January 24, 2019

Reading Time: < 1 minute The UVU Multicultural Student Council is hosting its first open social event of the semester in the LA building room 114 Thursday Jan. 24th from 6-8 p.m. The social mirrors the popular first social of last semester and will feature board games, video games, and food. The Multicultural Student Council aims to bring students closer […]

University officials reveal details of New First-Year Center

January 24, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes As a measure to improve the current 37 percent, eight-year graduation rate amongst students, university officials announced the creation of the UVU First-Year Center (FYC) via a mass email sent to all faculty and staff on Friday Jan. 18. The new student success initiative will be available to all UVU students with 30 credits or […]

UVU drops first conference contest at NM State

January 23, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Utah Valley University women’s basketball team suffered its first defeat of the conference campaign when they travelled to Las Cruces, New Mexico to take on the New Mexico State Aggies. UVU entered the matchup having won all four of its first conference games, but fell 58-52. Junior Alexis Cortez led the way for Utah […]

Val Peterson Moves Forward with Stride

January 23, 2019

Reading Time: < 1 minute Val Peterson, vice president of finance and administration, looks forward to his future with UVU. From a general in the military, VP of finance and administration, to eighth year holder of the District 59 Representative seat for the Utah House of Representatives, Peterson has served in many positions that have required him to to be […]

UVU’s 22 game home winning streak snapped by New Mexico State

January 22, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo Courtesy of: UVU Athletics Jake Toolson’s game high 26 not enough as Wolverines fall 83-78 Utah Valley University welcomed conference foe New Mexico State University to the UCCU Center on Saturday night. It was slated as a big game on the schedule, and it showed with a sold out crowd and Utah Jazz players, […]