UVU’s intermediate poetry writing class organized a poetry open mic on Nov. 27 at 7 p.m. in the Student Center. At this poetry reading night, students exposed people to poetry who hadn’t had much previous experience. The night began with the students, who are in intermediate poem writing (ENGL 3440), reading their poems. It then […]
Unlike the original play of Much Ado About Nothing set in Italy, UVU students performed the play as though it was set in 1945 at the Noorda Blackbox Theatre on Friday, Nov. 9 at 7:30. In this production, Dr. John Newman, the director, chose to adapt the setting in 1945, when WWII was coming to […]
Utah Valley University Students Association (UVUSA) holds monthly SoundBites— an open mic night— on either the first or second Thursday from 8:00-10:00 p.m. at Center Stage. This month, on Nov. 8, UVUSA partnered with UVU Student Alumni to host a Valley United Against Hunger campaign and open mic night combined. Valley United Against Hunger is […]
Oct. 29 – Nov. 3 was the Non-Traditional Student Awareness Week. UVU Student Success invited non-traditional students and their children to join in campus life. One of the events in the week was Trunk or Treat at the UVU visitor parking garage on Monday, Oct. 29 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Unlike the traditional students who attend […]
Everyone loves hearing stories, and more importantly, we know our history through stories. At UVU, Roots of Knowledge specialists Trevor Petersen and Nick Lawyer hosted ghost tours, telling the stories of ghosts every Tuesday night in October. These ghost tours started every 30 minutes, from 6:00 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Roots of Knowledge […]
There are many benefits to learning a new language, including having more job opportunities or being able to better understand different cultures. However, there is no doubt that learning a foreign language takes time and effort. Zachary Yoshida, a junior studying English at UVU, said, “ I think it helps one to understand a little […]
Thomas Lowe Fleischner, Jana Richman and Nalini Nadkarni, the authors of “Nature, Love, Medicine: Essays on Wildness and Wellness”, came to UVU to read and share their writing about the affinity between human and nature on Oct. 11. The event began with the three writers reading some excerpts from their essays to give the audience […]
Enliten Bakery & Cafe hosts a creative writing open mic every Thursday at 7:30 p.m., which Marianne Hales Harding, a co-founder of Speak for Yourself Open Mic, founded as a venue for creative writers to share their pieces in Utah County four and a half years ago. “We wanted to have this venue for people […]
A month into the semester, I have already heard many students talk about feeling stressed from their schoolwork, especially those who work and go to school at the same time. Alma Lopez, a junior studying Entrepreneurship at UVU, said, “I have had semesters that are more difficult than others. Trying to balance homework while working […]