May 20, 2013
The Weber State University Student Association executives and senators were inaugurated Friday evening next to the duck pond. Beginning with remarks from WSU President Charles Wight and Jan Winniford, the WSU vice president for Student Affairs, the inauguration served as a time for outgoing members of WSU’s student leadership to reflect on the past year, [...]
Spring finds Weber State University students and faculty alike joining forces to help the environment. Idle-free and smoke-free campus initiatives, each starting within the student senate, are gaining momentum, allowing for a greater likelihood of ideas being made into university policy. “The committee has been working on a smoke-free initiative that was started in the senate a few years ago,” said Brady [...]
Continue reading …Weber State University is currently hosting the 28th annual National Undergraduate Literature Conference from Thursday to Saturday. The conference, which allowed undergraduate students to present work to fellow students and educators from around the United States, featured three prominent speakers: Jay Parini, the acclaimed author of “Benjamin’s Crossing,” “The Passage of H.M.” and “The Last [...]
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At Weber State University, it’s not uncommon for students to put off taking developmental math courses, which include any math course below 1050. The developmental math department has worked to make the process as painless as possible. There are currently three course options for students, each with varied results: TERM (Technology-Engineered Redesigned Mathematics), Fast Track [...]
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A panel of five people spoke about the effect their tattoos have in their workplaces and their lives on Thursday. “Tattoos in the Workplace,” one of many Taboo Talks hosted by the Center for Diversity and Unity, addressed questions about tattoos in the workplace, within families and in Utah’s religious population. One of the participants, [...]
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Utah’s poet laureate, Lance Larsen, gave a public reading of a few of his works and a book signing in Elizabeth Hall on Monday. A current Brigham Young University professor, Larsen received his doctorate degree from the University of Houston and has published four books of poetry since 1998. The poet laureate program began in [...]
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