Reading Time: 2 minutes For most, learning from the best is a habit they would like to form. For Doris Kearns Goodwin, learning from the best isn’t just a good habit; it’s her job. Now she is going to share some of her job expertise with the students here on campus. On Sept. 16, UVUSA will present Goodwin, a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s a big blue ocean out there. Only the fastest swimmers will survive. If incoming freshman aren’t careful, the sharks of college life can overtake them. Kohl Callister wants to be one of the survivors, but there are a few things he’s had to learn so far: 1. Don’t move to a new town only […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Michael Negale wades through the knee-high grass, instruments in hand and equations in mind. His job isn’t easy — measuring solar radiance in a stalk is hard enough, but calculating the amount of energy storage? Tough as it was, 10 weeks of practice made this a comfortable routine during his summer internship. Negale, a senior […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes After spending the last decade doing glamorous photo shoots for clients like Nike and Apple, former teacher John Rees is back for a tour of duty in the Arts and Visual Communications department. Rees is a new lecturer of photography and brings a lot of real life experience to the table. His other clients include […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Orientation Office and the Latino Initiative is sponsoring an orientation dinner Sept. 1 for new Latin American students and their parents. An announcement for the event states that the “Latino Initiative aims to increase educational and career opportunities for Latina/o students and their families in our local communities.” The event offers information about the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute This year, parent night will be held on Aug. 24, the day before classes begin. The event is designed to give parents of potential, future or current students the opportunity to have a meet-and-greet with President Holland and the vice presidents of the administration. In order to avoid feelings of detachment from the leaders, parents […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The human tendency to divide into distinct and exclusive groups doesn’t need much prodding. Racism is alive and well in Bolivia. The premise is different, the names of the opposing sides are different, but it’s still the same seething, separating aversion. It doesn’t take long for any child growing up in the United States to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Rachel Potter, an Integrated Studies major in Anthropology and Spanish, is in the middle of a three-month anthropological investigation in Bolivia, researching the way globalization is affecting the youth who are of Aymaran and Bolivian descent. During a normal workday, Potter stops to talk to Elsa, a Bolivian street vendor. Potter asks Elsa what she […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Professors Wayne Whaley and Bill Dinklage of the biology department are taking 14 participants on a veritable jungle safari where they will watch glowing lava blocks rolling off a volcano, whitewater raft the Pacuare River and observe flowers and wildlife such as howler monkeys, sloths, poison dart frogs, 18-foot salt water crocodiles. “We stay in […]