Jeanette Blain | News Editor | [email protected] Photo credit: Collin Cooper | Photo Senior Staff | @coop.97 Gov. Gary Herbert spoke to a packed American Heritage class on campus Nov. 6 about federalism and answered questions posed by students. As chair of the National Governor’s Association, a bipartisan organization of the nation’s governors, he talked about […]
Jeanette Blain | News Editor | [email protected] Photo credit: Mike Richardson Women were encouraged to embrace their imperfections Nov. 3 at a panel discussion in the Ragan Theatre. The event, entitled You’re Already Good Enough: Embracing Imperfection & Cultivating Confidence is part of an ongoing series designed to empower women and encourage them to seek leadership […]
How The Voice contestant Madilyn Paige followed her dreams. Ryan Dangerfield | Staff Writer | [email protected] Photo credit: Collin Cooper | Photo Senior Staff | @coop.97 Madilyn Paige, a former contestant on The Voice, a highly rated singing competition show on NBC, visited UVU on Nov. 5 to talk to students about her […]
Jeanette Blain | News Editor | [email protected] Mark Pope said risk is necessary for growth in life. As head coach of men’s basketball at UVU, Pope told an audience in the Grande Ballroom Nov. 4 how to get out of their comfort zone and become extraordinary. He said there is a “gravity of average.” Gravity […]
Lauren Barney | Staff Writer Photo courtesy of UVU Marketing Susan R. Madsen, an advocate for women’s education, stressed that a shift needs to be made in how the role of education is viewed in the lives of women at the Utah Women & Education Forum on Oct. 27. The forum focused on why Utah […]
Kim Bojorquez | Senior Staff Writer Photo credit: Collin Cooper | Photo Senior Staff | @coop.97 The second annual Forum of Horror, an event co-organized by UVU’s Different Dimensions Club and the English and Literature Department, was held Oct. 28 to discuss horror topics, such as the origin of zombies in cinema, women as criminal […]
Robby Poffenberger | Assistant News Editor | @robby_poff Photo courtesy of City-Data.com Despite meeting only four times, 16 students working toward Communication degrees with an emphasis in public relations took on a full class curriculum to prepare for the PRSSA annual conference, which will be held in Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 5-10. Among the assignments was […]
Jeanette Blain | News Editor | [email protected] Photo credit: Jessica McClellan In the Ragan Theatre, Oct. 22, she told a packed house how gaming makes people more engaged, resilient and better at solving problems. McGonigal is a game designer and author of the popular books, Reality is Better and SuperBetter. Her research has led her to […]
Fourth annual conference focuses on finding the benefits of ADHD Kimberly Bojorquez | Senior Staff Writer Photo credit: Gabi Campbell | Photo Editor | @gabicampbellphotos Living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is challenging, but it’s also a great gift, successful entrepreneur Mark Patey told an audience at the fourth annual Conference on ADHD Oct. […]
Cheyenn Clayburn | Staff Writer There are more than two million children worldwide that are enslaved in the commercial sex trade industry. According to a 2013 Congressional Research Service report, there are more than 17,000 people that are trafficked into the United States alone. Many of these individuals are forced into slave labor, used to […]