Eighteen months ago, UVU’s Alumni Student Life Intern Erin Fleming witnessed a miracle: a life brought into this world when everything confirmed the infant’s death. Many complications afflicted the pregnancy of Fleming’s niece, but she was carried to term and survived. To Fleming, her niece is the most beautiful person, and she has Down syndrome. […]
Annual “Socks for Homeless” drive puts collection bins around campus. When thinking of items that homeless people may need during the cold winter months, coats, caps, gloves and scarves all come to mind, but not socks. Yet Dr. Sandy McGunigall-Smith has put a new spin on clothing donations, collecting socks in small bins throughout […]
UVU is home to a large variety of clubs, sports and other organizations run by students. These organizations are an integral part of the positive experiences colleges have to offer. With so many options, people are able to find peers with similar interests. The Utah Valley Interfaith Association is an organization for those interested or […]
Africa, meet Utah: Second annual pageant at UVU. African culture is coming to Utah Valley on Saturday, Feb. 25 in the form of the second annual Miss Africa Utah pageant. Founded by senior Journalism major Gloria Kajo, the pageant will feature eight young women representing various African countries with traditional dress, talents and platforms […]
Called the Screaming Green Pep Band, the group of musicians can be found at the home basketball games helping to cheer on the mighty Wolverines. As one of the teams calls a time-out, the UCCU center erupts with the sound of trombones, trumpets, french horns, saxophones, flutes and sousaphones, all kept in time by […]
Saturday-morning students beware – the vast, interconnected hallways of UVU will be transformed into a 3.1-mile track on Feb. 25. The fourth annual No Snow Indoor 5K will commence at Center Stage in the Sorensen Center at 9 a.m., opening the campus’ corridors to more than 100 anticipated participants. UVU Vice President for University […]
As with traditional hunger banquets, attendees were randomly given cards upon entry, assigning them to either upper-, middle- or low-income living situations, determining where they would sit and what they would eat. The Grande Ballroom was divided into three sections once more this year, as it has been for the past eight years for […]
Several theater students participated in the annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival held Feb. 6-11, at the end of the week, a few lucky students came home with prestigious awards. UVU prides itself on letting its students experience a hands-on education. This is especially true in the Theater Department, that not only has […]
Sounds of the thunderous banging of huge taiko drums contrasted with the peaceful, almost hypnotic sound of the harp-like koto music in the Ragan Theatre Saturday night, Feb. 11, in front of a nearly sold out auditorium. This conglomeration of culture, the third annual Japan Culture Night, focused on the intense gratitude of the […]
Mary McLerran came up with the name for her idea from Thomas Jefferson’s reference to UVA as an ‘Academic Village’. For most students, classroom learning doesn’t truly take effect until later, when real life situations bring the need for what was learned. For one student, the “norm” wasn’t enough. Mary McLerran, a senior […]