How UVU supports first-generation students

July 28, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes I am First is part of UVU’s First-Generation Student Initiative program that “seeks to provide first-generation students with evidence-based support needed to thrive in their university experience.” It is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is located in the First-generation Student Success Center in LC 412.  Being a first-generation college […]

Culinary student hungry for success gains national title

August 18, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Madeline Black, a culinary arts student, was named the nation’s Student Chef of the Year at the American Culinary Federation’s national convention July 13. “She just finished her first year [of culinary school] and already won the most prestigious competition for a student chef,” Todd Leonard, UVU’s chef instructor and Black’s mentor, said. “I was […]