June 19, 2013
[media-credit id=13 align="alignright" width="300"][/media-credit]On Tuesday evening, Weber State’s University’s Stewart Stadium will host some of the premier competitive marching bands in the nation. The stadium will host the Corps Encore, a marching band competition which will showcase some of the premier drum and bugle corps in North America. The bands are touring North America in [...]
Hey, did you all know that Weber State University’s very own basketball superstar, Damian Lillard, got drafted by the Portland Trailblazers with the sixth overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft? If you didn’t know, you should probably get out a little more, because it has been all over every newspaper and news program in [...]
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Hundreds of Weber State University students, alumni and community members gathered at The Junction in downtown Ogden Thursday to celebrate Damian Lillard Day and the NBA Draft at 4:30 p.m. The setup for the celebration included a 14-feet-by-18-feet screen that streamed the draft coverage live from ESPN. At 4:30 p.m., event MC Carl Arky, director [...]
Continue reading …FADE IN: A Walmart employee is scanning items. The line is stacked to the back of the store. Beep. Beep. Beep. “Oh, that’s only $3.99 at Smith’s,” says the shopper. Whenever I hear price matching, my spine writhes and I instantly regret ever leaving the house. We live in a cheap society. I understand that [...]
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Earning four credits in 18 days might sound masochistic, but a group of students pulled it off this summer while sightseeing in China. In April, Weber State University’s health sciences program took 33 students to China for a study-abroad trip. Kristy Layton, a WSU medical laboratory sciences student, said the group spent the first week [...]
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Imagine educators from each of the four corners of the globe gathering in one room to discuss how to best teach and inspire others. Imagine political and economic boundaries cast aside in the name of education. The International Society for Teacher Education makes these ideals a reality. In May, several Weber State University faculty members [...]
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