Jared Stirland | Assistant Lifestyle Editor | [email protected] On January 19, 2006, NASA’s New Horizons space mission sent their satellite probe on a trajectory for Pluto and the Kuiper belt. At 36,373 miles per hour, New Horizons set a record for the fastest man-made object to be launched from Earth. Early Tuesday morning, July […]
Jeanette Blain | News Editor | [email protected] Gabi Campbell | Art Director | @gabicampbellphotos Record holding speed pilot Mike Patey showed off his new plane design July 16 at UVU’s Hangar B at Provo Airport. Earlier this year, Patey held a Paint the Plane contest for a design for his new speed plane, Turbulence. […]
Missy Jensen | Staff Writer | @missyjensen19 | Photo by Julie Ostler | Assistant Photo Editor | @jules1lo On April 25, a devastating 7.8 earthquake killed 8,800 people and injured 23,000 others in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal. Utah Valley University Chemistry professor Fern Caka, was in the middle of it and survived […]
Jeanette Blain | News Editor | @JeanetteBlain Photo credit: Julie Ostler | Assistant Photo Editor | @jules1lo Musa Francis Ecweru, the State Minister for Relief and Disaster Preparedness for Uganda, visited UVU campus, June 3. His work in Ugandan refugee camps was conveyed to students through stories of the living conditions of men, women […]
By Robby Poffenberger | Assistant News Editor | @robbypoff Photo credit: Gabi Campbell | Art Director | @gabicampbellphotos As a single mother of six, Jennilyn Watson-Jessop would walk out to her car most mornings praying it would start. But she need not worry any longer. On May 16, the Utah Valley University automotive department […]
Carrie Laudie | Editor in Chief | @carrielaudie On Tuesday, April 28, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard arguments about whether or not same-sex marriage should be legalized. An amicus brief was submitted by “100 scholars of marriage,” including President Matthew Holland, who not only used his name, but also his […]
On May 1st, The Salt Lake Tribune published a letter signed by approximately 108 members of the faculty and staff of Utah Valley University. The letter, which can be found here, addresses President Holland’s recent participation in an amicus brief filed in the 10th circuit court, in opposition of gay marriage. Faculty and staff who […]
This letter was featured in the Salt Lake Tribune on Saturday May 2 as the Letter of the week. There were 108 signatures when it was submitted. There are now 114. (More than) 100 UVU Scholars Committed to Diversity and Inclusion George Pyle wrote Sunday in the Salt Lake Tribune that Gene Schaerr, the lawyer […]
Carrie Laudie | Editor in Chief | @carrielaudie Photo credit: Gabi Campbell | @gabicampbellphotos, Brooke Morrill | @BrookeMorrill Utah Valley University held its 74th commencement on April 30. There were 5,143 graduates earning 5,341 degrees. The graduates heard messages from Tyler Brklacich, outgoing student body president, President Matthew Holland and Mitt Romney, former governor […]
Tiffany Frandsen | Managing Editor | @tiffany_mf Photo credit: Gabi Campbell | @gabicampbellphotos Mitt Romney and UVU President Matthew S. Holland advised UVU graduates to value friendship, happiness and hard work over money at the 2015 Commencement ceremony on April 30, 2015. Check out highlights and the full transcripts of both Holland and Romney’s speeches […]