Members of LGBT Club attend Alpine School District board meetings to advocate for equal rights

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August 23, 2016

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Karlee Stauffer | Staff Writer Over the summer members of Spectrum: Queer Student Alliance, an LGBT club at UVU advocated for LGBT rights in Utah Valley. Members of Spectrum attended two Alpine School District Board meetings, where they defended transgender students’ rights. Members of the Alpine School District Board wrote a letter stating their intention […]

Seven decades of UVU history now on display at Woodbury Art Museum

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August 23, 2016

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Bonny Dowling | Staff Writer In celebration of UVU’s 75th anniversary, George Sutherland Archives, Woodbury Art Museum,and UVU, have come together to open a free exhibit at the Woodbury Art Museum showcasing art, photographs, and artifacts from the past seven decades through Sept. 24. There are over 100 artifacts on display, to show not only […]

Hiker who inspired ‘127 Hours’ comes to UVU

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March 22, 2016

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Aron Ralston, who inspired the movie “127 Hours”, told an audience on March 9 if he had the choice to go on the canyoneering trip, which ended in him amputating his right arm to survive, he would do it again. “For me this was not the worst thing that’s ever happened to me. It was […]

Real-life ‘Hitch’ gives advice on love

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February 11, 2016

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Photo credit: Preston Yardley When Aaron Garcia was stumped on how to approach a woman after not speaking to her for a year, he asked Relationship Expert David Coleman how to start off the conversation. Coleman, the guest speaker at a UVUSA speed-dating event, advised Garcia to send the text, “365. I didn’t want to […]

Holland: Utah Valley University is 75 years strong

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January 29, 2016

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Photo credit: Collin Cooper | Photo Senior Staff | @coop.97   During his seventh State of the University address Jan. 26, President Matthew S. Holland celebrated the 75th anniversary of the institution. “If the main purpose of our institution is student success. Then when it comes to the state of the university, I say that […]

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration: Building upon a Dream

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January 19, 2016

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Photo credit: Collin Cooper | Photo Senior Staff | @coop.97 Former Washington Post journalist and Pulitzer Nominee Wil Haygood told an audience at Utah Valley University on Jan. 14 how Eugene Allen, a former White House butler, became the inspiration for his New York Times bestseller, “The Butler: A Witness to History.” Haygood, speaker at […]

Earthquake preparedness: duck, cover and hold

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January 11, 2016

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  According to a Be Ready Utah Earthquake scenario video, the Wasatch Fault has a major earthquake every 350-400 years. The last major earthquake in the area was 350 years ago. The four-minute video depicts a major earthquake happening and effecting 80 percent or 2.7 million Utahn’s who live and work in the region. In […]

RCA’s recent graduates showcase new skills in Fire Games

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January 6, 2016

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  Photo credit: Mike Richardson   Hours before the graduation of UVU’s Firefighter Recruit Candidate Academy spring class #71, the new graduates won the RCA’s traditional Fire Games, where they got to compete against RCA alumni in activities such as, pulling fire engines full of 500 gallons of water and breaching sheetrock walls. The event […]

David Knowlton: Country would collapse without constant immigration

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December 22, 2015

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  David Knowlton, Behavioral Science professor at Utah Valley University and sociocultural anthropologist spoke about nativism in the U.S., immigration in the 19th century and current immigration in the U.S. at the Multicultural Student Council’s Diversity Lecture Dec. 9. In the 19th century, Scandinavians in Utah were immigrants who were often blamed for many problems […]