Utah Valley State College
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Utah Valley University or UVU, is a publicly funded university in located in Orem, Utah
. With a current enrollment of 32,670 students as of 2011, Utah Valley University is now the largest public university in the State of Utah. UVU is a teaching institution which provides opportunity, promotes student success, and meets regional educational needs. The university currently offers approximately 58 bachelor degrees, 66 associate degrees, 21 certificate/diploma programs, and 3 high-demand master degrees in education, business and nursing. In the most recent fall 2010 semester the school had 32,670 students attending.
The university’s Wasatch Campus in Heber City, Utah
, also offers bachelor degrees in business management and secondary education, as well as associate degrees in accounting, behavioral science, business management, elementary education and general education.
Utah Valley University is a teaching institution that prepares students through a combination of academic and hands-on learning, a process dubbed "engaged learning" at UVU. The institution was awarded the Community Engagement Classification by the Carnegie Foundation in 2008.
Previously called Utah Valley State College (UVSC), the school attained university
status in July 2008, changing to Utah Valley University. Matthew S. Holland
, appointed as the first president of UVU, officially began his duties on June 1, 2009.
. At this time, the school was known as the Central Utah Vocational School.
Growth brought numerous changes to UVU over the following decades, and the school was renamed several times to reflect its changing role. In 1963, the name was changed from Central Utah Vocational School to Utah Trade Technical Institute. In 1967, the school became Utah Technical College at Provo, and was given the authority to confer associate degrees for the first time. In 1977, the institution began moving to its present location beside the I-15
in Orem. In 1987, it became Utah Valley Community College.
It wasn't until 1993 that the school was named Utah Valley State College and began awarding four-year degrees. The Utah legislature approved renaming it as a university in February 2007 (effective July 1, 2008), allowing it to begin offering master's degrees, although the school continues to place particular emphasis on its two- and four-year degree programs.
On July 1, 2008, the institution was awarded university status and changed its name to Utah Valley University to reflect the shift.
UVU is Utah's largest public university, and the largest employer in Orem with over 1,400 full-time faculty and staff, and over 3,200 part-time faculty and staff.
When it was a community college, the school had approximately 8,000 students enrolled, growing by approximately 3,000 students a year.
Currently there are 32,670 students enrolled for Fall semester 2010 at UVU.
in 1969, and had its accreditation renewed in 1984, 1995, and 2005. Vocational accreditation was granted in 1976, and renewed in 1990 and 1995 by the Utah State Office of Vocational Education. In December 2006, the UVU School of Business received accreditation from the AACSB
.
UVU is an open enrollment
university and despite the University's size and growth it looks as though administration will keep enrollment open for the time being.
About 88% of UVU students come from Utah but an increasing number of students are coming from different countries and states. In 2009, UVU students represented all 50 states and 67 countries.
, an author and radio producer whose stories have been featured on "This American Life
", Marty Val Hill, a NSA
national outstanding professor of the year, Craig Huish, a AHLEI
national Lamp of Knowledge award winner as an Outstanding U.S. Educator, and Jay DeSart, a geocacher, who created an election forecast model cited by The Wall Street Journal
in predicting Barack Obama’s presidential win.
college and university rankings. Since 2001, UVU student teams have placed first or second overall in the national SkillsUSA
competition. Each year, students from UVU place well in national Phi Beta Lambda
and Delta Epsilon Chi business competitions. At the 2008 national Phi Beta Lambda
conference in Atlanta, Georgia, UVU students were awarded twelve top-ten finishes.
, North Orem, Provo airport
, and Lehi
. UVU's main campus encompasses 228 acre (0.92268408 km²) and includes 48 buildings. Each building has been built using the same style of unfinished concrete with all ten of the major buildings on campus connected by 30 feet (9.1 m) concourses. UVU has beautiful grounds including two reflecting ponds on the west side of campus, a stream running through the east part of campus, and a multi-dimensional fountain in the middle of campus.
UVU is home to the Utah Community Credit Union Center, formerly the David O. McKay Events Center which was built in 1996 with a capacity to seat 8,500 people. The events center is governed by a board consisting of representatives from UVU, Utah County and Orem City. It not only holds campus activities and sporting events but also community events such as major concerts, trade shows and expos, high school sports tournaments, family shows, graduations, and banquets. It is not only the headquarters of the UVU athletics department but also the NBA’s Development League Utah Flash
. It is also home to UVU’s renowned culinary arts program, including Greg’s Restaurant. On average, the Events Center hosts 150-170 events per year. As many as 360,000 people patronize the Events Center on an annual basis. The new library or UVU's Digital Learning Center is often referred to as the "jewel" of campus being the newest addition to campus.
hired Cooper, Roberts, Simonsen and Associates and Layton Construction as the design/build team for the new Digital Learning Center, with acclaimed New York architect Jacob Alspector as lead architect. “We chose the design we’re going with because it was an exceptional design that still kept a lot of the same features of our current campus. So it looks like it’s supposed to be there yet it stands out,” said Jim Michaelis, associate vice president of Facilities Planning. The $48 million project includes networked computers, computer labs, a computer reference area (Information Commons), media center, 31 study rooms, and wireless internet throughout the building.
The library is the “greenest” state-owned building in Utah, and won two 2008 awards from Intermountain Construction magazine for its energy efficiency.
. The primary colleges and schools at the university are:
Other academic support programs include Distance Education, Extended Studies, Summer, concurrent, Community and Continuing Education, and Honors.
. The team is currently directed by Scott Asbell with Tara Boyd as the head choreographer.
, and the colors are green and gold.
The school competes in most major sports at various levels. The school's NCAA sports are men's and women's basketball
, men's and women's track and field
, men's and women's cross country
, baseball
, wrestling
, softball
, women's soccer, and women's volleyball
. The school also fields several club teams including men's ice hockey
(which competes in the ACHA
), men's soccer, men's volleyball
, men's lacrosse
, and men's and women's rugby
.
The Wolverines play their home basketball games in the 8,500-seat Utah Community Credit Union Center. The men's basketball team finished the 2008-09 season with a 17-11 record, which capped off its 26th winning season in a row. The UCCU Center is also home to the Utah Flash
of the NBA D-League and the Utah Valley Thunder of the American Indoor Football Association.
The baseball team plays at Brent Brown Ballpark, a 2,500-seat facility (3,000 additional fans can sit on a grass berm that wraps around third base and left field, bringing total capacity to 5,500) that opened on March 25, 2005. Brent Brown Ballpark is also the home of the Orem Owlz
, a minor-league affiliate of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
, that competes in the Pioneer Baseball League.
The school's club hockey team, which competes in ACHA
Division 2, plays its home games at the Peaks Ice Arena
, a 2002 Winter Olympics hockey venue.
The athletic program is in NCAA Division I. After numerous years of playing as an independent team, the Wolverines are now affiliated with the Great West Conference, which began its inaugural all-sports season in 2008-09.
The UVU student section is called the Mighty Athletic Wolverine League, or MAWL, a name created by student and executive vice president Justin Davies.
. The newspaper began publishing under the name on June 30, 2008, the day before the university transition became official. UVU Review's Editor-in-Chief was Jack Waters for the 2008-09 year, followed by Jennie Nicholls-Smith in 2009-10. The 2010-2011 staff is headed by David Self Newlin.
Orem, Utah
Orem is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States, in the north-central part of the state. It is adjacent to Provo, Lindon, and Vineyard and is about south of Salt Lake City. Orem is one of the principal cities of the Provo-Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Utah and...
. With a current enrollment of 32,670 students as of 2011, Utah Valley University is now the largest public university in the State of Utah. UVU is a teaching institution which provides opportunity, promotes student success, and meets regional educational needs. The university currently offers approximately 58 bachelor degrees, 66 associate degrees, 21 certificate/diploma programs, and 3 high-demand master degrees in education, business and nursing. In the most recent fall 2010 semester the school had 32,670 students attending.
The university’s Wasatch Campus in Heber City, Utah
Heber, Utah
Heber City is a city in Wasatch County, Utah, United States. The population was 7,297 at the 2000 census. Heber City was founded by English emigrants who were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the late 1850s, and is named after the Mormon apostle Heber C. Kimball. It is...
, also offers bachelor degrees in business management and secondary education, as well as associate degrees in accounting, behavioral science, business management, elementary education and general education.
Utah Valley University is a teaching institution that prepares students through a combination of academic and hands-on learning, a process dubbed "engaged learning" at UVU. The institution was awarded the Community Engagement Classification by the Carnegie Foundation in 2008.
Previously called Utah Valley State College (UVSC), the school attained university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
status in July 2008, changing to Utah Valley University. Matthew S. Holland
Matthew S. Holland
Matthew Scott Holland is the president of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.- Biography :Matthew S. Holland is president of in Orem, Utah. Holland was selected as UVU's sixth president by the Utah Board of Regents in the spring of 2009 and officially began his tenure on June 1 of that year...
, appointed as the first president of UVU, officially began his duties on June 1, 2009.
History
UVU was founded in the fall of 1941, when the Utah State Vocational Office consolidated federal work program classes into one campus in ProvoProvo, Utah
Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south...
. At this time, the school was known as the Central Utah Vocational School.
Growth brought numerous changes to UVU over the following decades, and the school was renamed several times to reflect its changing role. In 1963, the name was changed from Central Utah Vocational School to Utah Trade Technical Institute. In 1967, the school became Utah Technical College at Provo, and was given the authority to confer associate degrees for the first time. In 1977, the institution began moving to its present location beside the I-15
Interstate 15
Interstate 15 is the fourth-longest north–south Interstate Highway in the United States, traveling through the states of California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, and Montana from San Diego to the Canadian border...
in Orem. In 1987, it became Utah Valley Community College.
It wasn't until 1993 that the school was named Utah Valley State College and began awarding four-year degrees. The Utah legislature approved renaming it as a university in February 2007 (effective July 1, 2008), allowing it to begin offering master's degrees, although the school continues to place particular emphasis on its two- and four-year degree programs.
On July 1, 2008, the institution was awarded university status and changed its name to Utah Valley University to reflect the shift.
UVU is Utah's largest public university, and the largest employer in Orem with over 1,400 full-time faculty and staff, and over 3,200 part-time faculty and staff.
When it was a community college, the school had approximately 8,000 students enrolled, growing by approximately 3,000 students a year.
Currently there are 32,670 students enrolled for Fall semester 2010 at UVU.
Accreditation and admissions
UVU was accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Northwest Association of SchoolsNorthwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools
The Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools was an accreditation association formed in 1917, since disbanded.In 1974, the association changed its name to the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges....
in 1969, and had its accreditation renewed in 1984, 1995, and 2005. Vocational accreditation was granted in 1976, and renewed in 1990 and 1995 by the Utah State Office of Vocational Education. In December 2006, the UVU School of Business received accreditation from the AACSB
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business was founded in 1916 to accredit schools of business worldwide. The first accreditations took place in 1919. The stated mission is to advance quality management education worldwide through accreditation and thought leadership. It is regarded...
.
UVU is an open enrollment
Open admissions
Open admissions is a type of unselective and non-competitive college admissions process in the United States in which the only criterion for entrance is a high school diploma or a General Educational Development certificate.This form of "inclusive" admissions is used by many public junior...
university and despite the University's size and growth it looks as though administration will keep enrollment open for the time being.
About 88% of UVU students come from Utah but an increasing number of students are coming from different countries and states. In 2009, UVU students represented all 50 states and 67 countries.
Faculty
Notable faculty include Scott CarrierScott Carrier
Scott Carrier is an American author, radio producer, and educator. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is currently finishing his second book and is a professor in the Department of Communication at Utah Valley University.- Written work :...
, an author and radio producer whose stories have been featured on "This American Life
This American Life
This American Life is a weekly hour-long radio program produced by WBEZ and hosted by Ira Glass. It is distributed by Public Radio International on PRI affiliate stations and is also available as a free weekly podcast. Primarily a journalistic non-fiction program, it has also featured essays,...
", Marty Val Hill, a NSA
National Speakers Association
The National Speakers Association is a professional speakers' organization that supports the pursuit of Public Speaking as a business. NSA is the oldest and largest of 11 international associations comprising the Global Speakers Federation.- Founder :...
national outstanding professor of the year, Craig Huish, a AHLEI
American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute
Established in 1953, the Educational Institute, a nonprofit member benefit of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, provides hospitality education, training and professional certification that serves the needs of hospitality schools and industries worldwide.- Educational Resources :The...
national Lamp of Knowledge award winner as an Outstanding U.S. Educator, and Jay DeSart, a geocacher, who created an election forecast model cited by The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
in predicting Barack Obama’s presidential win.
Rankings and awards
UVU has chosen not to participate in U.S. News & World ReportU.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
college and university rankings. Since 2001, UVU student teams have placed first or second overall in the national SkillsUSA
SkillsUSA
SkillsUSA is a United States career and technical student organization serving more than 320,000 high school and college students and professional members enrolled in training programs in technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations. Since 2010, SkillsUSA has had Thomas...
competition. Each year, students from UVU place well in national Phi Beta Lambda
FBLA-PBL
The Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, or FBLA-PBL, is an American career and technical student organization that has its headquarters in Reston, Virginia...
and Delta Epsilon Chi business competitions. At the 2008 national Phi Beta Lambda
FBLA-PBL
The Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, or FBLA-PBL, is an American career and technical student organization that has its headquarters in Reston, Virginia...
conference in Atlanta, Georgia, UVU students were awarded twelve top-ten finishes.
Campus
UVU's main campus is located in Orem with satellite campuses in Heber City, Spanish ForkSpanish Fork, Utah
Spanish Fork is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 31,497 as of the 2008 census estimate.-History:Spanish Fork was settled by LDS pioneers in 1851...
, North Orem, Provo airport
Provo Municipal Airport
Provo Municipal Airport is a public airport located two miles west of the city of Provo in Utah County, Utah, USA. It is currently the second busiest public airport in Utah in terms of aircraft movements, with 172,000 logged aircraft operations in a twelve month period ending in May 2007.The...
, and Lehi
Lehi, Utah
-Attractions:Lehi Roller MillsLehi Roller Mills was founded in 1906 by a co-op of farmers. George G. Robinson purchased the mill in 1910, and since then it has remained in the family. It is run today by grandson R. Sherman Robinson....
. UVU's main campus encompasses 228 acre (0.92268408 km²) and includes 48 buildings. Each building has been built using the same style of unfinished concrete with all ten of the major buildings on campus connected by 30 feet (9.1 m) concourses. UVU has beautiful grounds including two reflecting ponds on the west side of campus, a stream running through the east part of campus, and a multi-dimensional fountain in the middle of campus.
UVU is home to the Utah Community Credit Union Center, formerly the David O. McKay Events Center which was built in 1996 with a capacity to seat 8,500 people. The events center is governed by a board consisting of representatives from UVU, Utah County and Orem City. It not only holds campus activities and sporting events but also community events such as major concerts, trade shows and expos, high school sports tournaments, family shows, graduations, and banquets. It is not only the headquarters of the UVU athletics department but also the NBA’s Development League Utah Flash
Utah Flash
The Utah Flash was a team of the NBA Development League that began playing in 2007 and folded in 2011. They played their home games at the UCCU Center on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah...
. It is also home to UVU’s renowned culinary arts program, including Greg’s Restaurant. On average, the Events Center hosts 150-170 events per year. As many as 360,000 people patronize the Events Center on an annual basis. The new library or UVU's Digital Learning Center is often referred to as the "jewel" of campus being the newest addition to campus.
Digital Learning Center
In September 2006, the school began construction of a new Digital Learning Center to replace the 35000 square feet (3,251.6 m²) Losee Resource Center (library). The "DLC" is 180000 square feet (16,722.5 m²) and is located northeast of the Liberal Arts building. It opened on July 1, 2008. UVU President William A. SederburgWilliam A. Sederburg
William A. Sederburg was a Michigan State Senator from 1978–1991, President of Ferris State University from 1994–2003, President of Utah Valley State College from 2003–2009, overseeing its transformation into Utah Valley University, and currently serves as Utah Commissioner of Higher...
hired Cooper, Roberts, Simonsen and Associates and Layton Construction as the design/build team for the new Digital Learning Center, with acclaimed New York architect Jacob Alspector as lead architect. “We chose the design we’re going with because it was an exceptional design that still kept a lot of the same features of our current campus. So it looks like it’s supposed to be there yet it stands out,” said Jim Michaelis, associate vice president of Facilities Planning. The $48 million project includes networked computers, computer labs, a computer reference area (Information Commons), media center, 31 study rooms, and wireless internet throughout the building.
The library is the “greenest” state-owned building in Utah, and won two 2008 awards from Intermountain Construction magazine for its energy efficiency.
Organization
The university is part of the Utah System of Higher EducationUtah System of Higher Education
The Utah State Board of Regents was formed in 1969 as a governing body for the Utah System of Higher Education. It is made up of the College of Eastern Utah, Dixie State College of Utah, Salt Lake Community College, Snow College, Southern Utah University, the University of Utah, Utah College of...
. The primary colleges and schools at the university are:
- College of Humanities & Social Sciences
- College of Science and Health
- College of Technology and Computing
- School of Public Services
- School of the Arts
- School of Education
- University College
- Woodbury School of Business
Other academic support programs include Distance Education, Extended Studies, Summer, concurrent, Community and Continuing Education, and Honors.
Dance
UVU is home to one of the largest public collegiate ballroom dance programs in the United States. Over the last several years, the Ballroom Dance Company has grown into a premiere performance troupe. The company has over 130 members divided into four teams; one touring team, one reserve and two back up teams. The backup teams provide the students with the training and performance skills necessary to meet the demands of the touring team. The UVU Ballroom Dance Company has received numerous awards, honors, and accolades as they have performed and competed throughout the United States and abroad including recently winning the first ever College Dance Championship on ABC's TV series Dancing With The StarsDancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries...
. The team is currently directed by Scott Asbell with Tara Boyd as the head choreographer.
Athletics
The school mascot is the WolverineWolverine
The wolverine, pronounced , Gulo gulo , also referred to as glutton, carcajou, skunk bear, or quickhatch, is the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae . It is a stocky and muscular carnivore, more closely resembling a small bear than other mustelids...
, and the colors are green and gold.
The school competes in most major sports at various levels. The school's NCAA sports are men's and women's basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, men's and women's track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, men's and women's cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, wrestling
Collegiate wrestling
Collegiate wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the collegiate and university level in the United States. Collegiate wrestling emerged from the folk wrestling styles practised in the early history of the United States...
, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, women's soccer, and women's volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
. The school also fields several club teams including men's ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
(which competes in the ACHA
Acha
Acha is a HINDI word for OK.Acha is also an Ewokese word for OK. Ewokese is a language used in the Star Wars Ewok Adventures: Caravan Of Courage / The Battle For Endor* Acha, Argyll and Bute, Scotland...
), men's soccer, men's volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, men's lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, and men's and women's rugby
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
.
The Wolverines play their home basketball games in the 8,500-seat Utah Community Credit Union Center. The men's basketball team finished the 2008-09 season with a 17-11 record, which capped off its 26th winning season in a row. The UCCU Center is also home to the Utah Flash
Utah Flash
The Utah Flash was a team of the NBA Development League that began playing in 2007 and folded in 2011. They played their home games at the UCCU Center on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah...
of the NBA D-League and the Utah Valley Thunder of the American Indoor Football Association.
The baseball team plays at Brent Brown Ballpark, a 2,500-seat facility (3,000 additional fans can sit on a grass berm that wraps around third base and left field, bringing total capacity to 5,500) that opened on March 25, 2005. Brent Brown Ballpark is also the home of the Orem Owlz
Orem Owlz
The Orem Owlz are a minor league baseball farm team affiliated with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball franchise. The team plays in Orem, Utah....
, a minor-league affiliate of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California, United States. The Angels are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The "Angels" name originates from the city in which the team started, Los Angeles...
, that competes in the Pioneer Baseball League.
The school's club hockey team, which competes in ACHA
Acha
Acha is a HINDI word for OK.Acha is also an Ewokese word for OK. Ewokese is a language used in the Star Wars Ewok Adventures: Caravan Of Courage / The Battle For Endor* Acha, Argyll and Bute, Scotland...
Division 2, plays its home games at the Peaks Ice Arena
Peaks Ice Arena
Peaks Ice Arena is an indoor ice hockey arena in Provo, Utah, United States, located south of Salt Lake City.It was built, along with the E Center in West Valley City, Utah, to serve as an ice hockey and practice venue for the 2002 Winter Olympics...
, a 2002 Winter Olympics hockey venue.
The athletic program is in NCAA Division I. After numerous years of playing as an independent team, the Wolverines are now affiliated with the Great West Conference, which began its inaugural all-sports season in 2008-09.
The UVU student section is called the Mighty Athletic Wolverine League, or MAWL, a name created by student and executive vice president Justin Davies.
Media
The school has an independent, student-run weekly newspaper called the UVU ReviewUVU Review
UVU Review is the independent, student-run newspaper for Utah Valley University. The paper's name became official with its June 30, 2008 issue - the day before UVU officially became a university....
. The newspaper began publishing under the name on June 30, 2008, the day before the university transition became official. UVU Review's Editor-in-Chief was Jack Waters for the 2008-09 year, followed by Jennie Nicholls-Smith in 2009-10. The 2010-2011 staff is headed by David Self Newlin.
Fire Academy
The school is one of few Utah universities which provides free training to Utah fire agencies. In August 2009, the university unveiled a 53 feet (16.2 m) Mobile Command Center, acquired by federal grants. The Utah Valley University Fire Academy Mobile Command Training Center cost an estimated $200,000 to $300,000 and provides both students and firefighters with realistic fire training.Alumni
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of the NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada... - Michael McDonaldMichael McDonald (basketball)Michael Dewayne McDonald is a retired American basketball player. A 6'10" and center, he played collegiately for Utah Valley State College and the University of New Orleans. In 1990–91 he averaged 12.3 points and 8.3 rebounds for Utah Valley...
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