Class of 2009
Reading Time: 25 minutes Graduation and Transfer Services Commencement Program ? List of Graduating Students Alphabetical by School ? Degree ? Last Name Terms: 200830, 200840, 200920, 200930 Report Tracking ID: SGT0020 Developed by J.
Senior spotlights
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ashley Robertson What is your major and emphasis? English major with emphasis in Literature What was your best UVU moment? My best moment at UVU was during a class lecture when my professor got so passionate about the subject that they threw themselves against the wall and accidentally cracked it.
Arthur Laffer visits UVU
Reading Time: < 1 minute Arthur Laffer, a prominent economist during the Regan administration, spoke to a group of about 200 students last Wednesday about the current economic climate. Following a long history of U.S. economic policy, Laffer reveled in his memories working with Reagan, calling him, “The only real president,” while tapping on his chest and swooning, “Ah, Ronny.
News briefs
Reading Time: 3 minutes UVU’S PBL STUDENTS WIN AT STATE For the second year in a row, Utah Valley University’s Phi Beta Lambda won the traveling trophy for the most awards won with 47 and was named the Most Outstanding Chapter at the annual Phi Beta Lambda State Leadership Conference held April 3-4 in Ogden.
Police beat April 2009
Reading Time: < 1 minute April 2nd – Theft – A wallet was stolen from the men’s PE locker room. April 6th – Man with gun – UVU Police responded to the Liberal Arts building on a report of a male that had reportedly dropped a weapon which had been in his backpack, and then picked it up and returned it to his bag.
Wolverine Spotlight: Carol Acevedo
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Library of Congress Junior Fellows internship program brings together a variety of talented and highly qualified college students from around the country. The 2009 intern class will include UVU’s own Carol Acevedo. She will be the first student from UVU to have an internship with the Library of Congress.
Letters to the editor
Reading Time: 3 minutes To the Editor: I, for one, was pretty disgusted with Orin Hatch’s visit to UVU. From the amount of petty groveling and sucking up the faculty did, to Hatch’s overall presentation. If you missed it, it was something like this. Old man takes stage, old man is given ties, books, laser pointers.
Boxed-In
Reading Time: < 1 minute Eric Madsen has taken over the Utah Valley baseball program after serving the past five seasons as an assistant coach under Steve Gardner. Madsen has been a part of the program since the school’s first season of NCAA Division I competition in 2003 and is now the first head coach of Utah Valley University.
Sports briefs
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bargewell Earns GWC Co-Player of the Week Utah Valley junior Dick Bargewell was named the Great West Conference Baseball Player of the Week along with Houston Baptist’s Andrew Taccolini, the league office announced today. Bargewell was pressed into service and made the most of his chance with a .
Making headlines
Reading Time: < 1 minute Isaiah Thomas to coach FIU Former Detroit Piston great Isaiah Thomas has accepted the head-coaching job at Florida International University. Thomas, who had recently coached the New York Knicks, said he would donate his first year’s salary to the FIU athletic program.