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UVSC student Mark Winget held a week-long grand opening for his new restaurant, Dooners Fresh Seasoned Grille, in Riverton, May 5-10.

The Ethics Faculty Advisory Committee recently announced the recipient of the University Faculty Fellowship in Ethics: Dr. David Clark Knowlton, associate professor of behavioral science, received $7,000 for the 2008-2009 academic year.

Smiling faces along with an array of Wolverine green welcomed in the celebratory ribbon cutting of the first UVU Habitat for Humanity home Wednesday May 28. A ceremony and barbecue party took place to commemorate the finished home built by 24 of the campus’ building construction students in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity of Utah County (HFHUC). Excited students, faculty, community members and Habitat supporters joined together in the event ten months in the making.

The last time Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. was on campus was in March, 2007, when he officially signed Senate Bill 70, which made UVSC into a university.

As an honorary guest of UVSC, Kim Hyun-Chung visited campus on May 18-23.

Sick of lugging your ID, bus pass, lunch money, and debit card around campus? Why not carry something that combines it all — the new UV OneCard Plus?

Big things have happened since the announcement of UVSC becoming a university. With the addition of master’s programs, the new library, and the ever-rising count of bachelor’s degrees, the transition to university status couldn’t be more exciting.

This year’s commencement and convocation ceremonies will not simply mark the passing of yet another UVSC graduating class. They will mark the passing of the last UVSC graduating class — a realization that may create a celebration the whole school, not just the lucky seniors strutting down the aisle, can look forward to.

In the momentous transition for the school to become a university, many changes have occurred. New logos were unveiled, the digital learning center built, new faculty hired, a master’s degree introduced, and, following in suit, The College Times is moving away from its college days as well.

There is an uncanny disparity between the rates of enrollment for seniors and freshmen at UVSC.

The third annual “Giving of the Green” took place March 17-20. This year the money that was raised will go toward the new library. Students were given the opportunity to donate $50, with donors matching each of these contributions with $100.

Rarely do the residents of Utah Valley experience how severe the repercussions of living in a desert environment can be. Even amid the threat of water shortages each summer, and arid conditions year-round, most students never think twice about using water at what we deem the most basic level: the ability to have enough to drink and cook with each day, or the convenience of showering and laundering when we find a few spare moments.

A fire that recently ravaged College Terrace Apartments — a housing complex near UVSC campus — has temporarily displaced a number of students.

In an e-mail making its way around the Internet, a petroleum industry employee is trying to make gas consumers aware of ways to save money while filling up their tanks.

UVSC released a volume full of red wagons, teen angst and accidental feces. The eleventh edition of UVSC’s Touchstones is a literary journal comprising compositions from around campus.
Published by the English Department, Touchstones has become a creative zenith for many of UVSC’s English majors.