Utah Valley University and men’s basketball head coach Mark Madsen have agreed to a five-year contract extension that secures Madsen through the 2025-26 season. The extension comes off of the heels of a successful 2020 campaign which saw the Wolverines secure a regular season WAC title for just the second time in school history. “I’m […]
Utah Valley University announced on Tuesday, Sept. 28 that they have signed women’s basketball coach Dan Nielson to a five year contract extension. Nielson’s original contract was set to expire in 2023 and he is now signed through the 2025-2026 season. He led his team to the program’s first ever NCAA Tournament berth last season. […]
For the first time in three weeks and just the third time all season, the Utah Valley men’s soccer team took to the pitch at Clyde Field Thursday, Oct. 7, falling 1-0 to the San José State Spartans in WAC play. The match was scoreless for the first 75 minutes of action, and despite being […]
The Utah Valley women’s volleyball team defeated Seattle U 3-2 (25-13, 20-25, 21-25, 25-22, 15-8) on the road at the Redhawk Center. The Wolverines secured their second straight conference road win, improving their record to 7-8 on the season and 2-2 in Western Athletic Conference play. In the victory, senior Kazna Tanuvasa climbed to third […]
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. […]
“Map the System” is a yearly competition held by Oxford University’s Said Business school. This competition is open locally for universities and post-secondary institutions from around the world to participate in. This year, UVU’s Woodbury School of Business and the Center for Social Impact are hosting the local competition. “The UVU Map the System Challenge […]
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 […]
The annual Bitcoin Conference and Tech Business Summit was held at UVU on Oct. 1, with the goal of bringing together like-minded people to discuss and learn from each other. According to the event’s website, “[it] is the one and only conference that’s connecting clean energy, bitcoin, and the blockchain economy and presenting it to […]
The Center for the Study of Ethics held their annual “Ethics Awareness Week” from Sept. 28 to Oct. 1, featuring live-streamed lectures on the Ethical Dimensions of Civic Life. Barbara Schaffer Bacon was the first speaker, covering “The Arts in American Civic Culture.” She is the co-director of Animating Democracy, a program of Americans for […]