Before life as a highly esteemed motivational speaker, musician and American soldier, Ryan Stream, an alumnus of Utah Valley University, spent some time living on the streets without a stable home and a true sense of direction. “Stream has performed at dozens of school districts, universities, Youth and Adult Correctional facilities including State Prisons. He […]
Qualtrics co-founder Scott M. Smith and his wife Karen Smith announced a $25 million donation to aid in the funding of the new engineering building to be constructed on campus. The building will be named the Scott M. Smith Engineering and Technology Building and the college will now officially be the Smith College of Engineering […]
President Astrid Tuminez cut the ribbon on the brand new Campus Store on Wednesday, formally opening it to campus. Students can lounge on couches, play video games, grab a beverage at Starbucks or ice cream at Scoops. Students can pick up tech at the authorized Apple Store and represent their school pride with available spirit […]
The Utah Valley University Public Relations Student Society of America (UVU PRSSA) hosted their first in-person event since the beginning of the pandemic, on Oct. 5. This event brought two guest speakers to teach about journalism, marketing, event planning and media relations. The PRSSA is a national club with more than 11,000 student members at […]
ARUP Laboratories held a public blood drive in the Grand Ballroom on Wednesday. According to their website, “ARUP Labs is a non-profit collection center that is… the sole provider for the Huntsman Cancer Institute [and the] University of Utah’s hospitals and clinics.” This blood drive saw thirteen people donate blood over the six-hour time frame. […]
Renowned economist and author, Dr. Dambisa Moyo, spoke about the role that corporations play in the twenty-first century. Regarding the main question she addressed “why should we care given the current state of the world,” Moyo listed various challenges that society faces, such as debt, demographic and population shifts, inequality, climate change, and energy poverty. […]
The annual Bitcoin Conference and Tech Business Summit was held at UVU on Oct. 1, with the goal of bringing together like-minded people to discuss and learn from each other. According to the event’s website, “[it] is the one and only conference that’s connecting clean energy, bitcoin, and the blockchain economy and presenting it to […]