Departments seek student fee increases, student fee hearings begin

January 18, 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes Campus Recreation and the Sorensen Student Center Operation and Management are asking the student council for increased fees to improve service quality and accommodate university-mandated wage increases.  Every year the student council meets in the beginning of January to reassess student fees and propose changes to the Presidential Council. As mentioned in a previous piece, […]

Welcome to Health & Wellness

January 16, 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes Bring on Health and Wellness, our readers have spoken. A random poll of UVU students revealed the largest interest in topics concerning fitness, wellness and health when it came to daily media consumption. It’s time to get you what you want! Starting today The Review, in collaboration with the Outdoor Adventure Center and The Student […]

Nature positively affects mental health

November 24, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes With another semester coming to a close, stressors are quickly piling onto many students’ already-hectic schedules and they’re looking for a source of relief. For those of us in Utah Valley, that relief may be an escape into nature.  According to a summary of 14 studies conducted in the United States, Sweden, and Japan, spending […]

Holistic wellness through the wellness wheel

November 19, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes The wellness wheel at Utah Valley University provides a template to help students balance wellness in different areas of their life. The wellness wheel is split up into six different wellness areas that include: intellectual, emotional, physical, spiritual, social, and nutritional. “The wellness wheel encompasses the overall health, not just physical health,” said Trevor Carter, […]

Health and wellness in the UVU community

July 28, 2021

Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s easy to think about wellness when physical activities such as hiking, camping, climbing and swimming abound. However, as the summer comes to an end and the rigors of a new semester set in, health often takes a back seat to the seemingly “more important” matters. While it’s important to prioritize education, health and wellness […]

Talking Snow Safety and Remembering Those Killed in Fatal Avalanche

March 1, 2021

Reading Time: 3 minutes Conditions were the best they could have been that fateful day in early February according to avalanche survivor Chris Gmitro, who noted that although the conditions were perfect, his group should have known better.  Gmitro’s group consisted of his girlfriend, Sarah Moughamian, and two close friends, Louis Holian and Thomas Steinbrecher. All four members of […]