You’re a sports-loving fanatic and it’s the summertime, which means it is downtime for many professional and collegiate sports. What should you do to pass the time while you wait for them to start up again? Collecting sports cards and memorabilia is how college students are still able to enjoy sports during the off-season in the summer.
Award-winning author of “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” Stephen R. Covey spoke on campus last Tuesday as part of UVUSA’s symposium “A New U.” Covey explained to the student audience the world they will enter after college and how to land any job.
With five weeks left until the last day of spring semester, it can only mean that summer is just around the corner. This summer offers the opportunity for students to take classes with a variety of options of different sessions. There are many benefits of attending summer semester.
As part of the clubs and organizations involved with the UVU service coalition, the first annual UVolunteer week will take place March 30 through April 4. “It is an effort to create more traditions at UVU, and especially to help students form a lifelong tradition of volunteering,” said Richard Portwood, president of UVU service council.
After months of searching and interviews of more than 46 applicants, Matthew S. Holland was chosen as the next president of UVU. He will assume his presidential duties on July 1, 2009. What does this new president mean for students? “Students can expect great involvement in student activities from him,” said Jed Pitcher, chair of the presidential search committee.
In an effort to help young Latino students prepare for college, UVU student volunteers and faculty members hosted local eighth graders last week. Around 36 Latino eighth graders from Centennial Middle School in Provo came to UVU as part of the school’s Latino Outreach program.
As the new year rolls around, so will the Utah Transit Authority’s (UTA) new electronic fare collection system (EFC). Starting Jan. 1, bus riders will be required to tap their card against an electronic reader when boarding and tap off when exiting a bus or train platform.
The epic love story that has been read by millions in the book Twilight was utterly bland when it came to the big screen. Bella Swan played by Kristen Stewart and Edward Cullen played by Robert Pattinson are two individuals who fall in love despite Edward’s innate vampire desire to kill Bella for her blood.
Utah Valley University’s school color is green, which is appropriate when looking at the school’s continued efforts in being an energy-efficient campus. So far, UVU has saved approximately $1.2 million in the past three years due to consolidation efforts and improving power utilization.
Two UVU students recently took first place against university students from around the world with their one-of-a-kind mixing board design at the 125th annual Audio Engineering Society’s Student Grammy Award competition held in San Francisco. The two digital media students, Sean Wolsey of Springville, Utah, and Jeremy Redd of Orem, built a prototype for their built-in microphone amplifier and equalizer circuit-in-one, creating a one-of-a-kind mixing board.