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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...
UVU student named Western Region Student Chef of the Year
First-year culinary arts student Emma El-Farra won the American Culinary Federation competition held in Las Vegas on Feb. 2. El-Farra was named the Western Region Student Chef of the Year. This year five students were accepted to compete and create a winning dish...
Fox Running debuts first single ‘Fox or Flower’ at Velour
Provo’s Fox Running celebrated the release of their debut single, “The Fox or Flower,” with a blissful set at Velour Live Music Gallery on Thursday, Jan. 31. The band is fronted by former Pipes member Emmelie Arntz, who brought members of her previous group on to...
Tuminez announces MBA Program with Technology Management emphasis during tech summit.
President Astrid S. Tuminez announced a new Technology Management emphasis as part of UVU’s MBA program in front of thousands of attendees at the technology conference in Salt Lake City Friday, Feb. 1. The new program begins in the fall and will be held on the...
Backseat Lovers celebrate album release at Velour
One of Utah’s hottest bands, The Backseat Lovers, performed at Velour on Saturday, January 26 in front of a sold-out crowd to celebrate the release of their first full-length album When We Were Friends. Opening for the Lovers were another trending name in the Utah...
UVU IT department donates money, supplies to charity
UVU’s IT department collected and assembled around 200 necessities kits for Tucker’s Totes, the department’s chosen local charity for the holidays, in December 2018 as part of their annual fundraising efforts. Tucker’s Totes provides small totes containing basic...