President Astrid Tuminez cut the ribbon on the brand new Campus Store on Wednesday, formally opening it to campus. Students can lounge on couches, play video games, grab a beverage at Starbucks or ice cream at Scoops. Students can pick up tech at the authorized Apple Store and represent their school pride with available spirit […]
Applications are now open for next year’s Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research (UCUR). At UCUR, students can showcase their research, and engage with other peers and academic professionals. Students attending institutions throughout Utah are invited to celebrate, “academic, professional, and personal achievements resulting from undergraduate research projects or creative endeavors,” during this year’s Utah Conference […]
A tentative agreement announced on Oct. 16 averted a nationwide strike by members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) that was slated to begin Monday. This strike could see the film industry come to a grinding halt if carried out. With a workforce of about 60,000 people, and support of the union […]
Students and faculty came together Oct. 19 in the Grande Commons to discuss voting laws and their protection or suppression of voters during UVUSA’s “Pizza and Politics” forum. Voting laws encompass laws that require people to show ID at the polling place, meet various conditions to register to vote, and place certain restrictions on voter […]
The Utah Valley University Public Relations Student Society of America (UVU PRSSA) hosted their first in-person event since the beginning of the pandemic, on Oct. 5. This event brought two guest speakers to teach about journalism, marketing, event planning and media relations. The PRSSA is a national club with more than 11,000 student members at […]
UVU Latinx students and faculty gathered Sept. 28 to discuss their experiences with imposter syndrome, during an open forum hosted inside of the Fulton Library. Imposter syndrome is described as the feeling that one is not deserving of their own academic success. According to the McNair Journal, imposter syndrome is disproportionately felt by first-generation students, […]
On Sept. 30, Dr. Rachel Arocho, assistant professor of family science at Utah Valley University and graduate of Demography and Quantitative Research Methods, spoke about her research. She delineated a complex family tree, including the challenges and promises of fertility technologies and how they’ll change how we define family. It was featured in the Roots […]
The former mayor of Ouelessebougou, Mali, and 2013 Malian presidential candidate, Niankoro Yeah came to Utah Valley University on Oct. 6 to give a speech about his experience with leadership in his country. “Ouelessebougou is a rural commune (territory) in the Koulikoro region. It is located approximately 50 miles from the capital city of Bamako,” […]
Renowned economist and author, Dr. Dambisa Moyo, spoke about the role that corporations play in the twenty-first century. Regarding the main question she addressed “why should we care given the current state of the world,” Moyo listed various challenges that society faces, such as debt, demographic and population shifts, inequality, climate change, and energy poverty. […]
The Fall 2021 STEM Career and Internship Fair was held on Oct. 6 in the Grande Ballroom, giving students an opportunity to network with potential employers. The annual event is organized by the Career Development Center. This fair is reserved for employers recruiting for professional career positions, or degree-related internships in STEM. The goal of […]