November 29, 2012
After a highly publicized and lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer and other illnesses, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs died Wednesday evening. Rob Hilton, associate professor in the computer science department, who teaches a highly sought mobile app development course — including the iPhone — stated that Jobs will be a sorely missed public figure. Last [...]
Mayoral candidates Mike Caldwell and Brandon Stevenson debated hot-button issues at WSU, such as parking and UTA routes. Students also questioned the candidates about possible internship opportunities with the future mayor.f In the debate over the highest executive seat in the city of Ogden, Weber State University was the central focus. The mayoral candidates [...]
Continue reading …Liz Chicado, 40-year International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies volunteer, began her lecture on Exploring Humanitarian Law by saying, “The Red Cross is the guardian of the Geneva Conventions,” and went on to say that “without the Red Cross, there would be no Geneva Conventions.” Chicado’s lecture covered a vast variety of topics, from [...]
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A Weber State University course full of nursing students had the opportunity to visit with crew members of a local air ambulance service. Karen Burton, an assistant professor in the nursing program and six-year employee of WSU, teaches several courses each semester. One of these courses, Nursing 3010: Nursing History and Theory, aims to teach [...]
Continue reading …The cheese industry in America is exploding, said Pat Ford, co-founder of Beehive Cheese Company. “There are so many new cheeses and flavors being produced,” said Ford, who started the cheese company with his brother-in-law, Tim Welsh. “it is awesome to be a part of it.” So what do cheese and Weber State University have [...]
Continue reading …The fate of Weber State University’s current calendar might be up in the air when the faculty senate meets on Oct. 20. Currently, both faculty and students have brought up some concerns about the structure of the tri-semester calendar. Among the many proposed ideas, there are some measures that would be taken to curtail or [...]
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