UVUSA Speaker Series: Brian Crosby ‘Marvels’ Audience

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November 18, 2018

schedule 4 min read

UVU was visited by Marvel’s Creative Director of Themed Entertainment Brian Crosby. On Nov. 15, Crosby shared tales of his time with Marvel, starting out with a touching tribute to the late Stan Lee and some personal anecdotes from his relationship with the legend. Following this, Crosby showed a demo reel from the Marvel Cinematic […]

Frosted vinyl hiding UVU’s rock wall is removed

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November 9, 2018

schedule 3 min read

Mount Timpanogos faces directly into the windows of the UVU rock climbing wall located in the Student Life and Wellness Center, but the view has been blocked by vinyl frost covering the windows since the construction about four years ago. While scaling the side of the rock wall, climbers couldn’t take advantage of the view […]

Student forum held to address parking concerns at UVU

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November 9, 2018

schedule 3 min read

UVUSA hosted a panel on Nov. 5 at Centre Stage to address the parking concerns of students, in the hopes of providing transparency to the student body and those over parking. The panel consisted of entrepreneurship professor, Vance Gough, parking services manager, Tina Medina, director of parking operations, Barbara Young, UTA’s senior service planner, Ken […]

‘My Big Break’ lecture teaches UVU students how to turn dreams into reality

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November 9, 2018

schedule 4 min read

Provo-native singer-songwriter Madilyn Paige, professional dancer Chelsie Hightower and Caitlyn Cutler Daw, director of The Killers music video for their song “Wonderful, Wonderful”, sat at a stage in the Grand Ballroom to answer questions on what they’ve learned from their accomplishments in the entertainment industry. On a screen above was technical Broadway crew member Tim […]

Candlelight vigil held at UVU to increase awareness of domestic violence

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November 7, 2018

schedule 2 min read

The Center for Women and Children in Crisis (CWCIC) held a candlelight vigil on Oct. 29 to honor the survivors of domestic violence. Held in the Reflections Center, Dennis Hansen, CEO and director of CWCIC introduced Brian Parnell, the domestic violence program administrator for the Utah Department of Human Services, to inform the crowd of […]

UVU Announces new Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer

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November 5, 2018

schedule 2 min read

This story is developing. The university named Dr. Belinda ‘Otukolo Saltiban as the new Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer (CIDO), with her official start date being Nov. 19, according to a press release. Saltiban was the assistant dean of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Utah for over five years. In her role as assistant […]

Painful memories shared, comfort found with The Clothesline Project

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November 3, 2018

schedule 4 min read

Rather than the ghouls and goblins usually found during Halloween, UVU’s Center for Social Impact explored some of the actual horrors of life by participating in the Clothesline Project in UVU’s Grande Ballroom. The National Clothesline Project is a way to create awareness for the prevalence of violence against women. Survivors can write messages on […]

A dark night of bluesy fright with Queenadilla

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November 2, 2018

schedule 4 min read

“That was one hell of a night and I hope Jesus forgives me tomorrow.” Queenadilla frontman and rhythm guitarist Chase McKnight’s breathless words after a long set give you some hint as to what can be expected from a Queenadilla show. What the musicians left on that stage was incredibly clear—at the beginning of the […]

Interfaith work strives to build bridges between religions

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November 2, 2018

schedule 2 min read

The following is a letter to the editor sent to the UVU Review. Dear UVU, On October 27th, 11 people were murdered at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburg, Pa., while celebrating weekly Shabbat. This was the deadliest anti-semitic attack ever committed against Jewish people in American history. In the wake of this heinous […]

UVU hosts Republican John Curtis, Democrat James Singer in 3rd district debate

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October 23, 2018

schedule 3 min read

Congressional candidates, Republican Rep. John Curtis and Democrat James Singer, debated in front of a live audience Oct. 23 for Utah’s Congressional 3rd District seat in the Sorensen Center’s Grande Ballroom. The debate, which consisted of a UVU student panel, was moderated by David Magelby, a professor of political science at Brigham Young University, and […]