Reading Time: 2 minutes To honor five of Utah’s female presidents of higher education, Girl Scouts of Utah bestowed the 2018 Girl Champion award to Dr. Noelle Cockett, Dr. Bethami Dobkin, Dr. Deneece Huftalin, Dr. Astrid Tuminez and Dr. Ruth Watkins. The event took place Oct. 12 at the Marriott in Salt Lake City. With over 100 people […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Students started a petition to have the removed route 831 bus stop outside of UVU’s Wee Care Center reinstated into the new Utah Valley Express bus line. Anna Wilson, a junior design major, and her husband, Lazlo Van Wilson, a sophomore accounting major, take their four-year-old son to the center before classes. The changing of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Utah Valley University surpassed 39,000 students this semester making it the largest university in the state of Utah, according to recently released data from Utah State of Higher Education. This calculation was created by counting the number of students who were enrolled at UVU the third week of fall semester. The students included in this […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]Taylor Woodbury, chief operations officer at the Woodbury Corporation, and Southwest Orem Neighborhood Association Vice Chairman Murray Low both agreed that student housing is essential to UVU during a Pizza and Politics discussion Sept. 11. Students gathered in the Ragan Theatre […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mindful yoga incorporates meditation and emotional regulation techniques into customized yoga poses to help students train both their mind and body for the demands of school, social settings and work . The class is located in room 309a in the Student Life Building every Tuesday from 1 to 2 p.m. — free to all UVU […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Theft of Property Aug. 20 —11:00 a.m. While patrolling the Browning Administration Building, a police officer was approached by a student who wanted to report the theft of their scooter while they attended class. The officer tried to use camera recordings to determine who stole the scooter, but was unable to see the location that […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute UVUSA decides to trade the True Wolverine tradition of kissing before the UVU fountain with more inclusive options to redefine what it truly means to be a wolverine for generations to come. As the university pushes to make the campus safe and inclusive for all students, the topic of the True Wolverine kissing tradition came […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Stacy Hamm, project manager and chair of UVU’s Sustainability Committee, secured a grant from Rocky Mountain Power to fund the equipment and installation of six new chargepoint stations around UVU, bringing the total to eight stations on campus. “Rocky Mountain [Power] is trying to create a network for this project. We’re just one stop along […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Tobacco Trouble July 31 — 3:04 a.m. While inside the University Parkway tunnel, an officer made contact with two people who were carrying tobacco illegally.The officer confiscated and destroyed the tobacco and issued a warning to the underaged adults. Traffic Offense July 31 — 11:58 p.m. An officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo courtesy of Paul Parkin Paul Parkin is an adjunct professor at UVU who uses his understanding and research of empathy to reinforce his teaching style and the way he approaches life. Parkin, like many, approached college with the mindset of becoming rich. It wasn’t until he experienced the death of both his father and […]