Reading Time: 3 minutes Growing up, UVU graduate Stephen Gashler had an imagination that often became a bigger part of his life than reality. As early as middle school, Gashler and friends created a fantasy world with complex characters and story lines that would span for months. Now, over a decade later, Gashler has taken the stories his imagination […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Make note of the name Akwasi Frimpong, because if he has anything to say about it, the name will soon be recognized worldwide. A junior studying business management, Frimpong has already established himself among runners, shattering school records as well as winning multiple gold medals in Dutch races. He has even earned the nickname “GoldenSprint” […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ever wanted to test your guts and luck and possibly win big, but have been too scared to use actual hard-earned money? Now is your chance. Kind of. UVUSA is sponsoring a Cowboy Casino Night on Nov. 4 from 8:30 p.m. to midnight at the Commons (outside the Grande Ballroom) to aid aspiring gamblers. Games […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute On Oct. 7, hundreds of students gathered under the stars to earn the title of “true wolverine.” Though the night was cold, things quickly heated up. For those unfamiliar with the tradition, a “true wolverine” is someone who kisses another at the top of the courtyard’s fountain at midnight on a specific date. Rather than […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Utah Women and Education Project, a study being conducted by Associate Professor of Management Dr. Susan Madsen, seeks to explain why Utah women have fallen behind the national average in completion of college degrees in the last 10 years. During a time when a college education is integral to personal economic stability and more […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Education has always been on set schedules. Class is at a specific time, on a specific day. Online classes, however, provide students with a freedom that on-campus classes do not — freedom of time. Referred to as Distance Education, online classes are no different in coursework and length than attending class on campus. The courses […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes A Biker’s plea for help proves humanity of online communities. On Oct. 23, Nick Moore learned that he was going blind. Moore’s face does not look like a blind man’s face. He looks young, trendy and invulnerable at first glance. There is no sign of old age, no drooping lids. Nonetheless, the 24-year-old graphic designer […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes In 2007, Paramount released the film Freedom Writers, starring Hilary Swank and based on the story of Erin Gruwell, a teacher at Wilson High School in Long Beach, California. Gruwell inspired her 150 students with the hope to succeed when everyone else doubted their potential. Gruwell wrote of her experiences in her book The Freedom […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes He knows about feeling frustrated and defeated. If you had experienced half of what he has, you would too. He also knows the sweet taste of victory. He knows how it feels to get what you deserve, and just how amazing it feels when hard work prevails. He knows this because he’s lived it all. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the first time in 13 years, a woman has won the University Aviation Association’s prestigious William A. Wheatley Award. Dr. Mavis Green of the Aviation Science department, became only the fourth woman in 55 years to win the award. Green won the award at the UAA Fall Education Conference Awards Banquet Oct. 7. The […]