Grateful and optimistic: Semester recap from the Health and Wellness section
While The UVU Review has grown to new heights this year, the Health and Wellness section has also made incredible changes. What other changes will be coming in the future?
A closer look at Tasty Tuesdays
Tasty Tuesdays, a UVU Wellness Programs event, occurs every Tuesday between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Located in the Student Life and Wellness Center’s demo kitchen, the event provides free and healthy snacks for hungry students.
UVU Interfaith Student Council prepares for Interfaith Week on campus
Tayler Fearn, co-president of UVU’s Interfaith Student Council, shares details of the upcoming Interfaith Week. “[Interfaith] … is really about building relationships and coming to a point of understanding across lines of difference.”
Intuitive Eating: Helping individuals re-establish healthy relationships with food
Intuitive Eating’s principle-based approach has been helping individuals re-establish healthy relationships with food. What are the principles, and how can they be implemented?
Collegiate Substance Use Disorder Conference convenes at UVU
On March 14, 2023, the Collegiate Substance Use Disorder Conference convened at UVU. The purpose of the meeting was “to address the challenges surrounding Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health.”
Maggie Adamson: Survivor, overcomer, advocate
Maggie Adamson, a UVU nursing student and NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) presenter, shares her personal journey of overcoming trauma and choosing faith in humanity.
A review of UVU mindfulness practice
Mindfulness is more than just allowing our thoughts to flow freely. It is about being conscious of our thoughts, accepting that they’re okay, and befriending ourselves in the process.
UVU Substance Use Prevention Coalition convenes for first historical meeting
“College age … is where [drug addiction and misuse] takes off. This is where it either gets really bad really, really quick, or we have the opportunity to steer them in the right direction away from it. We are just here to help,” said Wade Gale, relations manager of Brighton Recovery Center.
Experiencing West Africa from the kitchen: Kedjenou chicken (Ivory Coast stew)
To me, food is medicine. Food is love. Food is insight into other walks of life and is central to human connection. This is my story and recipe experiencing West African culture from my kitchen.
Beauty from ashes: looking for the positive after COVID-19
Horrific things came out of the pandemic. Yet what can we learn, and how can we grow from it?
