December 5, 2012
Frankenstein’s monster, a witch and Mike Wazowski from “Monsters Inc.” are among the characters made into lunch-bag puppets that line the counter in Weber State University’s Community Involvement Center. The crafts are favors to be handed out to students at a Halloween party for elementary school students held by WSU’s YMCA After-School Program. The YMCA [...]
Each speaker at the Wasatch Fault Geology Lectures on Friday night, as part of Weber State University’s Shake Up Earthquake Preparedness Fair, spoke to the theme of, “It’s not if, but when.” Sigma Gamma Epsilon, WSU’s geology honor society, put on the lectures as well as the fair on Saturday. The event included lectures by WSU professors [...]
Continue reading …Austin Earley, a senior who is graduating with a degree in zoology, was hoping to enhance his resume by participating in undergraduate research. In the process, he was able to learn about the ecology of the Flammulated owl and how human interference has affected the owls that inhabit the Snowbasin area. The goal of the [...]
Continue reading …Weber State University seniors Courtney Black and Danielle Schwab saw their research project as an opportunity to learn the emotional impact that a child with special needs has on a family. Schwab and Black, both graduating with a degree in medical laboratory science, interviewed families who have lost children to a rare genetic disorder known [...]
Continue reading …Weber State University provided iPads free of charge to students this semester as part of an experimental case study. The ongoing research, presented at WSU’s Teaching and Learning Symposium last week, is designed to discover the influence of mobile technology’s reach into the classroom. The students in the courses that provided the iPads responded positively [...]
Continue reading …Mark Jenkins, the CFO of Petersen Inc., said Wednesday that social networking sites can be an important factor when considering a prospective employee. “Everything is going electronic,” Jenkins says. “If I were a young college graduate looking for a job, I would definitely have my linked-in profile up to date and current.” Jenkins was a [...]
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