UVU Alumni Up the Ante with an Instructional Poker Deck

January 14, 2021

Reading Time: < 1 minute With the rising popularity of card games during the pandemic, UVU alumni Brady Aste and Nathan Wilson envisioned a new kind of deck of cards for Texas Hold ’em poker, one that could dissolve barriers for new and casual players.  Instead of relying on players’ (or the internet’s) knowledge of strategies, jargon and hand rankings, […]

UVU alumnus slain in line of duty

January 13, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] The UVU community recently lost one of its alumni on Saturday, Jan 5., when Provo police officer Joseph Shinners died in the line of duty.  Shinners was shot Saturday evening while attempting to apprehend a suspect at the Bed Bath & Beyond […]

UVU alum writes and directs movie

September 8, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo courtesy of Deep Blue Films, Cocolalla Pictures, and Excel entertainment UVU alum, Isaac Halasima, has written and directed a movie titled “The Last Descent.” The feature film tells the story of cave explorer John Jones and his tragic rescue attempt from Utah’s Nutty Putty Cave in 2009. Halasima was born in Provo and attended […]

From UVU to the NBA

February 4, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Ronnie Price’s Basketball Road Kyle Bruderer | Sports Writer | @ brudkyle It’s not every day that you see a professional athlete’s profile with Utah Valley University as the college that they played for, but the starting point guard of the Los Angeles Lakers wears that Wolverine green label with pride. As a senior in […]

UVU graduate starts activity-based social networking website

July 2, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes What began earlier this year as only an idea has become a budding entrepreneurial project for Eliecer Trillos and Daniel Niquet. Trillos, a UVU graduate, and Niquet, a freelance webpage designer, were seeking an easier way for students to connect with peers that have like-minded interests. “Sometimes I want to do something,” said Trillos,  a […]

Alumni engage students long after graduation

September 29, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Education, degrees, endless opportunities and lifelong friends are just a few of the things that most students come out with at the end of their college careers. With all the focus on what students gain from their education here, it’s easy to forget to give back.   The Alumni Association is a non-profit volunteer organization […]