Utah Valley President Matthew S. Holland took to Twitter on Nov 18 for a live Q & A with students using the hashtag #AskPresidentHolland. He introduced students to the “Scooby Doo of UVU,” said that cats are evil and told students to “never, never give up” in the pursuit of their education. Thank you […]
Tiffany Frandsen | News Editor | @tiffany_mf Photo Credit: UVU Woodbury Business School Rusty Butler, associate vice president of international affairs at Utah Valley University and Christian Olinquevitch, executive vice president of Instituto Nacional de Pós-Graduação (INPG) Business School in Brazil signed an academic agreement that will allow programs and exchanges of faculty and […]
More than 1,000 elementary, secondary and university students will descend on Utah Valley University on Nov. 13 to participate in activities and educational events for the seventh annual Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day. Students will be separated into tracks so the classes, lectures, and activities they engage in are best suited to their age. Topics […]
On November 8, Utah Valley University hosted the ninth annual Empowering Your Tomorrow STEM conference to introduce boys grade six – twelve to science, technology, engineering and mathematics. There were more than 30 interactive workshops and lectures about robotics, aviation, artificial intelligence, engineering, computer science, graphic design, architecture and more. Parents and educators were also […]
Tiffany Frandsen | News Editor | @tiffany_mf In Utah County, 32.82 percent of registered voters cast votes at the polls (this doesn’t include all mail-in ballots). 85 percent of all Utah County voters that chose a straight-party ticket voted Republican. Incumbent Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) will serve a fourth term for Utah’s fourth district (which […]
Tiffany Frandsen | News Editor |@tiffany_mf Illustration by Ashley Fairbourne Last year, the top most failed class for fall semester at Utah Valley University was CS 1400: Fundamentals of Programming. Out of the 247 students that enrolled – not including the 13 who withdrew during the drop period – 85 students, comprising 34 percent, […]
Tiffany Frandsen | News Editor | @tiffany_mf Monday night was the second alt-J concert at the Complex in Salt Lake, and they have developed a cult following. Fans threw up the band’s sign (a triangle with your pointer fingers and thumbs). It’s a tribute to the band’s name; press alt + J on a Mac […]
Tiffany Frandsen | News Editor | @tiffany_mf Watching bands play at Kilby Court is sort of like watching a friend’s band play in their garage; it’s a small, intimate venue. Desert Noises, a band from Provo, opened the Apache Relay and Wild Feather concert at Kilby on October 21. They have been touring – seemingly […]
Tiffany Frandsen | News Editor |@tiffany_mf Somini Sengupta, the United Nations bureau chief for the New York Times, spoke about Ebola, ISIS, the Syrian war and other global crises at Utah Valley University on October 29. She had been a foreign correspondent in Liberia in 2003 and told the story of the civil war […]
Tiffany Frandsen | News Editor |@tiffany_mf Dr. Emily Hoffman and Speaker of the House of Representatives Becky Lockhart (R-Provo) spoke about perception and working relationships in the workplace, and verbal and non-verbal cues at Utah Valley University as the second installment of the UVU’s Utah Women & Leadership Project Talk Like A Girl series […]