LDS Pres. Thomas S. Monson is set to address the 2009 class during the 68th graduation ceremony to be held May 1 in the McKay Center. Pres. Monson, along with his wife Frances and long-time friend of UVU Phyllis Christensen, will be presented with honorary degrees at the main commencement ceremony.
CAMPUS NEWS ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS ENERGY ALTERNATIVES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY- In its 22nd year, the annual symposium on environmental ethics will take place April 1-2 in LI 120. This event is free and open to the public. April 1 will feature the topic “The Future of Non-conventional (wind, solar and geothermal) Energy Sources” organized by Phil Matheson, Chair of the UVU Physics Department.
Utah’s Rocky Anderson is known far and wide, as an advocate for human rights, a political ally, and as an unapologetic liberal. On March 25th, he lectured at UVU on the High Road for Human Rights advocacy project. The goal of the project is to empower individuals through this grassroots community effort to mobilize the political will to fulfill the promise of “Never Again,” as seen on the monument in Dachau, Germany.
UVU Physics professor Steve Wasserbaech will soon take a leave from the university for a yearlong appointment at the world-renowned CERN laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. CERN is a French acronym for the European Organization for Nuclear Research. Wasserbaech will spend his sabbatical at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a gigantic scientific instrument spanning some 17 miles beneath the border between France and Switzerland.
In a day-long political discussion and presentation on “Traditions of Rule of Law, Good Governance and Consultative Government in the Turkic World,” students at UVU were able to learn more about the traditions of the Western world government. This conference is part of a three-part symposium with UVU as its first stop, followed by Washington, D.
Arches National Park became the first national park to capitalize on former Pres. Bush’s lame duck loosening of environmental safeguards. They will now hold auctions that will allow advertisers access to the red-rocked tourist destination. Delicate Arch, the longstanding symbol of Utah, stands to be the big-ticket real estate.
This Tuesday, UVU’s administration issued a shocking proclamation; UVU has officially declared war on Brigham Young University. The declaration stated that UVU was forced to take action because of BYU’s “repeated and annoying acts of douchebaggery against the faculty, staff, and students of Utah Valley University.
Bikini Cuts hair salon is set to open up shop on UVU campus in the Sorensen Student Center as soon as summer semester classes begin. “We’re very excited to open up our UVU Bikini Cuts location,” said Bikini Cuts owner Rod Ellis. “We’ve always wanted a Utah Valley presence, and UVU just seems like the perfect fit.
Jimmy Vipple is excited (to put it mildly) to make the big bucks this summer. “I’m stoked,” Vipple said. “I mean, EPX says that the least amount made by a sales rep last summer was around 20 grand. That’s so much money!” Vipple, along with others, attended a meeting in which they learned they “would be fools not too sell for EPX this summer.
After decades of attempting to clean up the seagull’s reputation, the American Avian Society has finally decided to call a spade a spade and admit that seagulls are douchebags. The AAS released an official proclamation last week. This news has hit the citizenry of Utah especially hard, as the seagull is recognized as the certified State Bird.