If you’ve set foot on campus this year (or even the area surrounding it) chances are you’ve heard of the debate going on about Proposition 5, slated to hit the ballot on Nov. 6. This proposition aims to rezone 9.58 acres at approximately 1000 South and 400 West from the current R8 residential zone, to […]
At 39,931 students enrolled for the 2018 fall semester, Utah Valley University is the largest school in the state. Earlier this month, the Utah System of Higher Education released figures that show UVU has grown by 2,649 students from just a year ago, nearly triple the growth of all other public institutions in Utah. Despite […]
UVU and Melissa Frost reached a settlement regarding Frost’s wrongful termination lawsuit filed in May 2018 and filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit as a condition of the settlement. The motion to dismiss was filed in the Utah’s Third District Court in Salt Lake City Oct. 26 and says that each party must pay […]
Utah Valley University prides itself on its diverse cultural understanding. One of the initiatives of this is a very active Multicultural Student Council. This council fully supports diversity and regularly has Diversity Dialogues. This is done through a lecture on Tuesdays and a dialogue on the following Thursday. The most recent was about SAFE Justice […]
SR Education Group, an education research publisher, recently released updated rankings for online colleges, with UVU ranking as one of the best online colleges in Utah, as well as one of the best universities in the nation for studying aviation. SR Education Group’s 2019 Best Online Colleges in Utah list was composed based off of […]
Proposition 5, the referendum containing the proposed PD-48 zone change to develop student housing in the Palos Verdes neighborhood, only affects this project, according to Taylor Woodbury and Kyle Jardine. Woodbury is the COO of Woodbury Corp, and Jardine is the development manager of PEG Development. The proposed zone change will allow the developers to […]
This story was updated Fri. Oct. 19 at 9:37 a.m. MST. A student athlete at UVU has been suspended from the men’s wrestling team after being charged with the sexual assault of a woman at a music festival in June. The wrestler in question, Dayton Lee Racer, was charged this week in the 4th District […]
To honor five of Utah’s female presidents of higher education, Girl Scouts of Utah bestowed the 2018 Girl Champion award to Dr. Noelle Cockett, Dr. Bethami Dobkin, Dr. Deneece Huftalin, Dr. Astrid Tuminez and Dr. Ruth Watkins. The event took place Oct. 12 at the Marriott in Salt Lake City. With over 100 people […]
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]This week the Cyber Security Studies Center kicked off Hacktober, a month long campaign designed to foster a culture of increased cybersecurity awareness and the importance of staying safe online. The campaign’s first event was a lecture from cybersecurity expert and […]
To encourage the next generation of college students to extend their development of personal and social impacts into college, UVU staged the annual High School Leadership Conference on Oct. 9 at the Sorensen Center. The conference was led by the keynote speech of author and executive coach of the coaching program “Authentic Strengths Advantage” Fatima […]