Reading Time: 2 minutes Just before midnight on August 28, wolverines met in the courtyard for the traditional ritual of inducting themselves into the clan: kissing at the waterfall to become True Wolverines. An estimated 1,000 people attended. That number is up from about 200 people at each True Wolverine over the past few years. UVUSA scheduled the event […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The round nook in the west corner of the Utah Valley University library will be closed for construction until October while construction crews build frames for incoming stained glass. Regular glass will serve as placeholders, and over the next two or three years, the frames of glass will be replaced one by one with panels […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes To welcome incoming freshmen, Utah Valley University held its third annual freshman convocation on Monday night. Freshmen and their families were addressed by Associate Professor Laurie Harrop-Purser, UVU alum Kiera Scholz, UVU President Matthew S. Holland and UVUSA President Tyler Brklacich. During the addresses, Daniel Fairbanks, dean of the College of Science & Health, sculpted […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The board of regents approved two new graduate certificates for Utah Valley University students: the first cybersecurity and regulatory affairs certificates available in Utah. The cybersecurity certificate is earned over the course of a year, with classes taught in managing cybersecurity operations, understanding cybersecurity on a global scale, legal and ethical privacy, advanced defense and […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Marcy Grossman, the consul general of Canada, spoke with Utah Valley University students, faculty and members of the community on August 5 to discuss Canada’s economy, investments in the United States – particularly in Utah – and the relationship between the US and Canada. Canada is Utah’s third biggest export partner. Barrick Gold Corporation and […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes You’d think it was a steamy Saturday night at the Apollo Theater. Charles Bradley and the Extraordinaires blasted a hole through the fabric of time and took Pioneer Park back to the 1960s/70s on Thursday night, July 24, at the third installment of the Twilight Concert Series in Salt Lake City. From the look, feel […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Week two of Salt Lake City’s annual Twilight concert series and things are ramping up. July 17’s concert featured indie-rock band TV on the Radio as headliners and Twin Shadow as opener. The lines to get in were much more manageable this time around, what with the additional entrance. The sweet summer evening atmosphere of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mariusz M. Brymora, the consul general of Poland in Los Angeles, addressed Utah Valley University students and others on July 22, in an Introduction to Comparative Politics class (but open to all students and the public). His address, entitled “Why Poland,” gave a brief history and overview of Poland’s people and largest cities. This year […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Utah Valley University has joined Boston and Philadelphia in an effort to revolutionize local government. UVU is the third office and the first to be started at a university. The Office of New Urban Mechanics, led by Luke Peterson, partners with Provo, Orem and other cities throughout the valley to test ideas to make government […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Utah Valley University’s English and philosophy departments hosted a one-day conference for Lawrence Schiller, photojournalist, acclaimed filmmaker and director of the Norman Mailer Center. The conference included a screening of Schiller’s film, The Executioner’s Song, an Emmy award winning film that details the execution of Gary Gilmore, the first person to receive capital punishment after […]