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UVU Cyber Security Club advances to regionals
Last month UVU’s Cyber Security club placed second in the qualifiers for the regional Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cyber Defense competition, marking the third year in a row that a CSC team has advanced to regionals. This year’s team was composed of Kyle Baker, Kade...
Conspiracy theories are not passive in the age of Trump
Robert Goldberg, director of the Tanner Humanities Center and Professor of History at the University of Utah, visited UVU as the guest speaker for the Appomattox Project to discuss the role of conspiracy under the current U.S. president Wednesday, Feb. 20 in the...
Jan Kickert discusses Austrian role in U.N. politics
Austrian Ambassador Jan Kickert permanent representative of Austria to the United Nations, addressed students on campus about the importance of Austria and the U.N. on Tuesday, Feb. 19. Kickert has held various positions within the Austrian government and was...
Student Voice forum raises common scheduling issues
UVU Student Association’s latest Student Voice forum focused on students’ struggles with class scheduling Tuesday at Center Stage. The forum provided students with an opportunity to voice their concerns and specific issues to a panel of faculty and staff who work on...
UVU’s Woodbury Museum of Art moving to Lakemount Manor after massive donation
The Woodbury Museum of Art is moving to the Lakemount Manor, a home donated to the school by the family of longtime UVU donor Melanie Bastian, beginning early 2020. The eight-acre estate, which is located south of UVU campus at 240 W. 1800 S., was built by Bastian in...
Students take center stage as UVU’s Noorda Center for the Performing Arts opens
The performing arts at UVU are now “literally on the map” because of the addition of the soon-to-be-open Noorda Center for the Performing Arts, according to Linda Moore, assistant dean of the School of the Arts. “The Noorda” — the center’s common name — is a $58...
Ground breaking ceremony held for Palos Verdes housing by UVU
New student housing complex, The Green on Campus Drive, to be located near Woodbury Building Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 Woodbury Corporation and PEG Development hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the future student housing, The...
Two cars burn in mock crime fire
Forensic science students analyze mock vehicle fire crime scene. On Tuesday, Feb. 12, two cars were lit on fire in a controlled burn by the Fire Recruit Candidate Academy at UVU in a criminal recreation of an arson crime. Students in the Advanced Crime Scene...
‘Untold Story of the Tortoise and the Hare’ premieres at SCERA
Longtime collaborators Chase Ramsey and David Paul Smith have put a high-energy spin on the popular children’s fable “The Tortoise and the Hare”. This production for young audiences, showing at the SCERA Center, places the focus on friendship, cooperation, and...
Students discuss federal government shutdown and border wall
Members of the Talk It Out club gathered in the Reflection Center on Thursday, Feb. 7 to discuss controversial issues in contemporary politics. Guidelines were set out before the start of the meeting to identify when the discussion had gone to a unhealthy place. The...
Eboo Patel speaks on religious diversity
Eboo Patel, founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core, spoke in the Clarke Building to students about religious diversity and American civic culture on Feb. 4. Patel has worked for over 15 years to make interfaith cooperation a social norm. He is the author of...
Vice President of Elevate emphasizes positivity
The Center for the Advancement of Leadership hosted Ricky Hacking as part of its Mastermind Lecture Series on Monday, Feb. 4 in the upper conference rooms of the Sorensen Center. Hacking is vice president of operations and marketing at Elevate, a branding company...