A critical view of the stained-glass project The Roots of Knowledge doesn’t represent most peoples on Earth, according to David Knowlton, professor of behavioral science. The stained glass project has sparked a debate between UVU academics about the historical representation of humankind — from the multicultural figures of the story the mural is telling, to […]
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Project will take two years to complete Construction for the Noorda Center for the Performing Arts Building has begun. The $60million project is estimated to be completed in the spring of 2019. Frank Young, associate vice president of facilities planning, said that the purpose of this building is not for classes, but for a performance […]
Political science alumnus Carl Moore, wants to reach out to UVU students who are interested in activism. “We need to do stuff in Utah County. I think that there’s people there, I think that it’s mostly youth and college students that are going to be the ones coming out, because it’s such a conservative area,” […]
In front of a full auditorium of Honors students, Madison Hanks, psychology major and president of the Black Student Union, asked the audience after they had finished watching 13th, if they thought that the documentary was biased. Their answers ranged from saying the documentary was an unfair portrayal of police officers, to others calling it […]
Hanna Rosin speaks on the end of men The 2016 presidential election became centered around the topic of masculinity, according to Hanna Rosin, co-host of NPR podcast Invisibilia and author of “The End of Men: And the Rise of Women.” Rosin talked about the increase of women in the U.S. workforce March 1 in the […]
Undergrad students drive research Dehumanizing people of color can lead to deadly consequences, according to James McGraw, a UVU student who presented at the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, (UCUR) Feb. 17 in the Classroom Building. McGraw, who worked on the research with UVU students Madison Hanks and Brandy Tidwell, cited the police officer-involved shootings […]
Student Body President Rob Smith If elected, Smith will place student success as his top priority. UVU is branded with a vision of student success and Smith’s goals seek to reinforce and accelerate that momentum. In doing so, Smith plans to avoid reinventing things that already work. Smith has not been involved in student government […]
The Fulton Library will be open on Sundays from 1-9 p.m. for a trial period starting Feb. 19 until June 30. The goal of the trail period is to determine if the traffic of students coming in to study on Sundays is large enough to support a permanent change. The library staff has been pushing […]
In mainstream culture, there is not much diversity in leadership, according to Kyle Reyes, assistant professor of secondary education at UVU. Reyes, who is also a special assistant to UVU president Matthew Holland, spoke about how the lack of diversity is due to traditional Western cultural expectations at the Diversity Lecture on leadership, race and […]