Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo credit: Collin Cooper | Photo Senior Staff | @coop.97 During his seventh State of the University address Jan. 26, President Matthew S. Holland celebrated the 75th anniversary of the institution. “If the main purpose of our institution is student success. Then when it comes to the state of the university, I say that […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes This January marks the beginning of the 75th anniversary year of Utah Valley University, and much of the year’s events on and off campus revolve around the idea of ‘75 years of strength’. Officially, the precise anniversary lands on the first day of class of the fall semester in 2016, leading to a large […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo credit: Mike Richardson | Photo Intern | @itsmikerichy Cathy Goldsmith, the keynote speaker at the continuing education conference, spent ten years working with Dr. Seuss and shared her memories of him with students and the community during her speech. Goldsmith has worked for Random House since 1977. During her career she worked as […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Confidence is key and women are selling themselves short. Susan R. Madsen was part of a workshop highlighting women in education and how to gain the confidence to act. The Ragan Theater welcomed women of all ages Jan. 27 and the result was a full house. Madsen, a professor of leadership and ethics at the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo credit: Julie Ostler | Assistant Photo Editor | @jules1lo People are less likely to provide help to a sexual assault victim if others are present. That theory is known as the bystander effect, which was one of the key topics discussed in a sexual assault workshop that focused on bystander intervention. The workshop […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo courtesy of UVU Marketing. Ryan Vogel, a 2004 alumnus and recognized expert in national security was hired as director of UVU’s new Office of National Security Studies. The new office will offer a wide range of internship and career opportunities for UVU students and also plans to bring several different speakers to campus […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The UVU Board of Trustees met Jan. 14 to discuss the current goals and affairs of the university. A common theme throughout the meeting was that UVU is currently the largest university in the state, and the institution needs funding to match this title. The new campus buildings, including a proposed performing and visual arts […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Photo credit: Collin Cooper | Photo Senior Staff | @coop.97 Former Washington Post journalist and Pulitzer Nominee Wil Haygood told an audience at Utah Valley University on Jan. 14 how Eugene Allen, a former White House butler, became the inspiration for his New York Times bestseller, “The Butler: A Witness to History.” Haygood, speaker at […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU Millennials for Bernie Sander’s hosted an event on January 13 at UVU where those in attendance participated in phone banking to advocate for the Sanders campaign. The purpose of this phone banking session was to gather demographic data by calling lists of people who had voted for a democratic presidential candidate in a previous […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo credit: Julie Ostler | Assistant Photo Editor | @jules1lo January’s Pizza and Politics event gave students the opportunity to ask Keith Squires, Utah’s Commissioner of Public Safety, and Utah County Sheriff James Tracy, questions about local law enforcement. Tracy said it was a great opportunity for them to find out what students […]