Reading Time: < 1 minute Twenty individuals, one department and one club were honored at the 2013 Wolverine Achievement Awards Ceremony, held in the Grande Ballroom on April 4. Recognized for challenging the status quo, the annual awards celebrate those who have made significant contributions to the university. Dean’s Choice Awards: College of Aviation and Public Services – Kristen Verdi […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute ISSUE: June 18, 2012 Students will say goodbye to the Bunnell House and the north visitor parking lot. In their place the new Student Life and Wellness Building, as well as a four-story parking structure, will be built. A groundbreaking ceremony will take place on Monday, June 18 at 11:30 a.m. Both the north […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Exemplary Engaged Learning Student Stephen Wickhamshire College of Humanities and Social Sciences With a bachelor’s in political science, two minor degrees and an internship through the President’s Office under his belt, Stephen Wickhamshire feels better prepared for life beyond UVU. “My major was good for thinking about things critically,” Wickhamshire said. “I learned some […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute ISSUE: Jan. 14, 2013 About 100 members of the UVU community looked on as President Matthew Holland and donor Barbara Barrington Jones broke ground Jan. 10 on the two-level building expansion of the Wee Care Center, newly named the Barbara Barrington Jones Family Foundation. School administrators, faculty and other donors attended the event, which […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes A month after two Ohio teen boys were found guilty of raping an incapacitated 16-year-old girl last August, the headlines are still sickening: “Gang rape by football stars in Steubenville, Ohio,” “Disturbing video leaked of Ohio high school students joking about alleged gang rape,” “Rape charges against high school players divide football town.” Aside […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Nearly three years ago, international student Claudine Kuradusenge moved to Utah from Belgium and enrolled at Utah Valley University. She was just six years old when she moved from her home country of Rwanda to Belgium, only a few months after the 1994 Rwandan genocide began. Now graduating this spring with a bachelor’s degree in […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Nearly three years ago, international student Claudine Kuradusenge moved to Utah from Belgium and enrolled at Utah Valley University. She was just six years old when she moved from her home country of Rwanda to Belgium, only a few months after the 1994 Rwandan genocide began. Now graduating this spring with a bachelor’s degree […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute More people seem to be turning to social media to voice disdain for their jobs, but before you share how much you hate your boss on Twitter, one app, FireMe!, just might keep you employed for one more day. Developed in Germany, the app searches a user’s Twitter history for potentially harmful posts using a […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes After six months at UVU and a 40-hour certification course, 19-year-old Cesar Ahumada received the national Wildland Firefighter certification by the Utah Fire and Rescue Academy on Feb. 20. While he isn’t the first or the youngest student ever to receive the certification, Ahumada is among a young, ambitious crop of students that has completed […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The following events are written as reported by UVU Police, compiled by Mallory Black, News Editor. 3/2/2013, 12:42 p.m. Medical Emergency Medical response to the Grande Ballroom involving a 12-year-old female that had taken a bite of a cookie that contained nuts that she did not know about. The female said that she had a […]