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[25 Mar 2013 | No Comment | ]

March 25, 2013 For Immediate Release University Marketing & Communications: Mike Rigert Written by: Mike Rigert Utah Valley University’s Board of Trustees will honor four faculty and staff as recipients of the annual Trustees Awards of Excellence for making a sustained and significant contribution to advancing the mission of the University.

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[18 Mar 2013 | No Comment | ]

March 18, 2013 For Immediate Release University Marketing & Communications: Mike Rigert (801) 863-6807 Written by: Mike Rigert (801) 863-6807 Utah Valley University officials today released details regarding the $54 million Utah State Legislature-approved classroom building that will give students on the institution’s space-strapped campus some much-needed breathing room. The classroom building was approved by [...]

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[11 Mar 2013 | No Comment | ]

March 11, 2013 For Immediate Release University Marketing & Communications: Mike Rigert (801) 863-6807 Written by: Kaitlyn Tolman (801) 863-8208 Utah Valley University announces the selection of Anousheh Ansari as the speaker for its 72nd Commencement, slated for April 25 at 6:30 p.m. in the UCCU Center.

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[25 Feb 2013 | No Comment | ]

February 25, 2013 For Immediate Release University Marketing & Communications: Mike Rigert (801) 863-6807 Written by: Kaitlyn Tolman (801) 863-8208 and Mike Rigert (801) 863-6807 Utah Valley University’s Center for Constitutional Studies will host a special event Feb. 26 at 10 a.m. in the UVU Library’s Lakeview Room during which American founding figure Benjamin Franklin [...]

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[7 Jan 2013 | No Comment | ]

January 7, 2013 For Immediate Release University Marketing & Communications: Mike Rigert (801) 863-6807 Written by: Mike Rigert (801) 863-6807 Utah Valley University President Matthew S. Holland will join donor Barbara Barrington Jones and other major contributors, along with university and community guests, to break ground for an expansion of the Wee Care Center child [...]

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[20 Nov 2012 | No Comment | ]

November 19, 2012 For Immediate Release University Marketing & Communications: Mike Rigert (801) 863-6807 Written by: Barbara Hammond (801) 863-6246 As Utah Valley University embarks on the ambitious task of compiling the history of one of the state’s largest and newest universities, residents’ memories of the past 70 years will be key to telling that [...]

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[25 Sep 2012 | 2 Comments | ]

September 25, 2012 For Immediate Release University Marketing & Communications: Mike Rigert (801) 863-6807 Written by: Cheryl Kamenski (801) 863-6351 Utah Valley University was awarded a $3 million grant by the U.S. Department of Labor to bolster training for jobs in the fields of computer network and information security for students and workers that have [...]

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[13 Jun 2012 | No Comment | ]

June 13, 2012 For Immediate Release University Marketing & Communications: Mike Rigert (801) 863-6807 Written by: Cheryl Kamenski, (801) 863-6351 Three Utah Valley University professors recently spent nearly two weeks collaborating with faculty at the Higher School of Economics, located in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, to design courses for summer study programs that will begin in [...]

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[1 Feb 2012 | 2 Comments | ]

January 31, 2012 For Immediate Release University Marketing & Communications: Mike Rigert (801) 863-6807 Written by: Cheryl Kamenski, (801) 863-6351 The Utah Valley University Board of Trustees is pleased to announce educator Erin Gruwell will be the keynote speaker for UVU’s 71st commencement, set for April 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the UCCU Center on [...]

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[14 Dec 2011 | No Comment | ]

December 14, 2011 For Immediate Release University Marketing & Communications: Mike Rigert (801) 863-6807 Written by: Brad Plothow, (801) 863-7149 Utah Valley University provides a return of $7.97 for every state dollar invested for an annual economic impact of $534 million, according to a recently concluded study by Jack Faucett Associates, Inc. UVU’s return on [...]

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[29 Jun 2011 | 4 Comments | ]

University Marketing & Communications: Mike Rigert, (801) 863-6807 Written by: Brad Plothow, (801) 863-7149 For the second consecutive year, a Utah Valley University student will represent the state of Utah at the Miss America pageant. Danica Olsen, a junior majoring in speech communication, was crowned Miss Utah Saturday and will compete for the title of [...]

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[15 Jun 2011 | No Comment | ]

June 8, 2011 For Immediate Release University Marketing & Communications: Mike Rigert (801) 863-6807 Written by: Jim Rayburn (801) 863-8504 Enrollment at Utah Valley University for summer term 2011 is up nearly 6 percent over last year. On the 15th day of classes, there were 11,973 students enrolled in summer term at UVU. At that [...]

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[17 Feb 2011 | 2 Comments | ]

February 16, 2011 For Immediate Release University Marketing & Communications: Mike Rigert (801) 863-6807 Written by: Brad Plothow (801) 863-7149 In addition to addressing Utah Valley University’s current state of affairs, including the institution’s recent accreditation renewal, President Matthew S. Holland discussed Utah Valley University’s plans for accommodating anticipated future growth while maintaining the quality [...]

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[19 Oct 2010 | No Comment | ]

October 19, 2010 For Immediate Release For more information: Angie Banchero-Kelleher (801) 863-6453 University Marketing & Communications: Mike Rigert (801) 863-6807 Written by: Angie Banchero-Kelleher (801) 863-6453 “Lacuna,” a modern dance concert showcasing the work of several internationally recognized choreographers and featuring UVU dance students performing alongside Repertory Dance Theatre dancers, will be presented on [...]

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[19 Oct 2010 | One Comment | ]

October 19, 2010 For Immediate Release To schedule an interview with Ian Wilson or President Holland: Mike Rigert (801) 863-6807 University Marketing & Communications: Mike Rigert (801) 863-6807 Written by: Chris Taylor (801) 863-8484 Utah Valley University President Matthew S. Holland announced today that interim vice president for academic affairs Ian Wilson will assume the [...]