Reading Time: 2 minutes Ryan Dangerfield | staff writer | @ryandanger23 Utah Valley University Student Association (UVUSA) announced the inaugural TEDx UVU conference will be held April 1 in the Ragan Theater. Recently TedX events have been spreading across the country. There are only two primary TED events (exclusively held by TED) each year in California, the original […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ryan Dangerfield | Staff writer | @ryandanger23 Photo courtesy of UVU Utah Valley University announced Thursday that $15.4 million has been raised to fund a new performing and visual arts building to be located on their Orem campus. “The arts are an essential part of a genuine university education that prepares students for lifelong […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ryan Dangerfield | Staff Writer | @ryandanger23 Photo credit: Gabi Campbell | Photo Editor | @gabicampbellphotos Former Utah Jazz player Thurl Bailey came to Utah Valley University students on Jan. 27 to speak about his triumph over adversity when he started out as a basketball player, and the ingredients it takes to be successful […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ryan Dangerfield | Staff Writer | @ryandanger23 Photo Credit: Gabi Campbell Over a thousand students and community members crowded into the Grand Ballroom at Utah Valley University on Dec. 10 to hear Elizabeth Smart speak about her kidnapping and her struggle to get back to her family. “Everyone has problems, in fact I do […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ryan Dangerfield | Staff Writer |@ryandanger23 Utah Valley University offers scholarship money for students hoping to graduate early that would help pay part of tuition for summer semester. Federal Pell Grants, which are available for up to 24 credits during an academic school year, are usually used up by summer semester. “Hopefully 15 credits […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ryan Dangerfield | Staff Writer | @ryandanger23 Photo Credit: Tiffany Frandsen | @tiffany_mf November 11, 2014 marked the anniversary of Veterans Day to celebrate the men and women who have fought to protect the United States and the freedom of all United States citizens. Utah Valley University planned a variety of different events to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Brooke Morrill Banned Book Week is celebrated at libraries and bookstores all across the United States hoping to draw additional attention to the problem of censorship. Ryan Dangerfield | Assistant Features Editor | @ryandanger23 Banned Books Week is the nation’s opportunity to celebrate the freedom to read. Bookstores and libraries this week are […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ryan Dangerfield | Staff Writer | @ryandanger23 Testing requires confidence. The more confident a student is about a test, the better he or she is likely to do. However, confidence can be there one moment and gone the next. The Testing Center should be a place that reaffirms confidence when taking a test. It allows […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ryan Dangerfield | Staff Writer | @ryandanger23 In the five years since Utah Valley University created its public relations chapter, UVU has begun to receive national attention for the public relations program. Since UVU does not have the major selling points other areas of the nation can use when attracting conferences, UVU Public Relations […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ryan Dangerfield | Staff Writer | @RyanDanger23 Baroness Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne visited Utah Valley University on October 20, 2014 to expand awareness of events occurring in Iraq. She discussed her previous career in the English government, and the current obstacles faced in everyday life of living in the Middle East. The death total […]