A Year of Incredible Growth

June 21, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes A little over one year ago, President Holland arrived during the transitional phase between a state college and a fully developed university. Through strong leadership and with a constant eye on the mission set before him, Holland shaped a serious and engaged, yet inclusive, institution. He has built a strong university, even while wading through […]

Theatre department’s summer workshop begins

June 10, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Many members of the campus community have seen performances in the state-of-the-art Noorda Theatre, completed in 2009. What not everyone might know is that funding for the theater was only part of a larger program with an emphasis on helping youth. When Tye Noorda made a generous, university-matched donation to the Department of Theatrical Arts, […]

Grassroots Shakespeare company tours with Romeo and Juliet

June 10, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Grassroots Shakespeare Company’s Romeo and Juliet is likely different from any Shakespeare performance its audiences have seen before. This troupe is composed of thirteen actors and that’s all. There’s no director, no stage manager, no costume designer. “The greatest part of Grassroots Shakespeare is that there is no one director,” says company member Jessamyn […]

Summer classes can keep momentum going

June 10, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Computers have a fantastically awful little switch called a reset button. Deviously simple, it quickly reboots your computer, even if you spent hours writing a paper and did not intend to push the button. But when your computer locks up and begins crashing, that same reset button is a lifesaver and gets you back to […]

Informed opinions are a necessity – now form one

June 10, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes During a recent conversation, I told mentioned that the same pattern of reasoning used against homosexuality – the ruin of the nuclear family, society and human civilization as we know it – was used by early Mormon leaders Brigham Young, John Taylor and Orson Pratt in order to argue the evils of monogamy. A friend […]

Woodbury Art Museum open for summer

June 10, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Located adjacent to the Nordstrom in Orem’s University Mall, the Woodbury Art Museum is an official extension of Utah Valley University, despite its distance from campus. Led by director and curator Marcus Alan Vincent, the Woodbury remains a fascinating destination for students and non-students alike, even in the summer. While class offerings are substantially smaller […]

Volleyball plays, pitches in during trip overseas

June 10, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes The volleyball team arrived home on May 18 from their 16-day humanitarian trip to New Zealand and Samoa, returning successful not only in four international matches, but more importantly in service. The team’s members spent nearly a week and a half in New Zealand playing three matches and enjoying the country and a week in […]