PROVO, Utah (AP) — A judge has sentenced a former Utah Valley University employee to four months in county jail after she pleaded guilty to stealing more than $380,000 from the university to pay for travel expenses and a private theater business. The Daily Herald reported Tuesday that 43-year-old Jennifer […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — Police in Orem say a Utah Valley University basketball recruit has been accused of sexually abusing a woman at a house party and punching a man who confronted him. They say 20-year-old Zachary Mogbo was booked into the Utah County Jail on Saturday on suspicion of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Statewide enrollment in Utah’s higher education system has increased by 3% or more than 5,400 students. The Utah System of Higher Education released enrollment numbers Wednesday saying there are more than 189,000 students enrolled in public colleges for the fall of 2019. State education officials […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — Utah Valley University is introducing lactation pods for new mothers. The Daily Herald reports the five pods are the size of small rooms, and they provide spaces where parents can privately breastfeed, pump and feed their infants. Dean of Students Alexis Palmer says the university in Orem learned […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Federal officials and environmentalists are joining efforts to boost protection for a rare poppy that is only found in southern Utah. The Spectrum & Daily News reports that the U.S. forest Service, Utah Valley University and The Nature Conservancy are examining how to manage the dwarf bear-poppy […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Board of Regents has approved changes to tuition amounts across the state’s public higher education system for the coming year. The Deseret News reports the changes are specific to individual institutions within the system. For example, there will be no tuition change at Southern Utah […]
OREM, Utah (uvu.edu)-Per numerous sources, including The Daily Herald, Salt Lake Tribune and Utah Valley University’s Twitter account, UVU received a new president Friday. Friday, Astrid Tuminez was selected by the Utah System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents to be the seventh president in the Orem-based university’s history. Tuminez […]
