May 24, 2013
WSU currently has a Climate Action Plan in place that addresses mostly energy consumption and conservation, but it doesn’t include water, trash, transportation and other materials consumed on campus. The school is a water-efficient campus, but has only recently started making plans to conserve water. “We are in the process of updating that plan with [...]
As the semester comes to a close, some students will be searching high and low for a summer jobs, but others will be paid to do their own research through the Office of Undergraduate Research at Weber State University. That was the case for Paul Castleberry in the summer of 2012. As the executive producer [...]
Continue reading …The Shepherd Union Building will provide food and study areas at night for students during finals week on Tuesday and Wednesday. Andrew Gardiner, the Weber State University Student Association president, said WSUSA hopes to also extend the union building’s hours two hours later and close at 2 a.m. The idea first came up in the [...]
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In Utah, 1 in 3 women will experience some form of sexual assault, and 1 in 8 will be raped in their lifetime. The Women’s Center at Weber State University, along with Woodbury Technologies, sponsored a women’s self-defense class in order to lower this statistic. Master Cherith Shiba, a fifth-degree black belt and tae kwon [...]
Continue reading …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 …Appropriate attire, information gathering and networking are just three of the topics that will be highlighted at the Interviewing Tips Workshop at the WSU Davis campus this Wednesday. WSU Career Services will offer the workshop, which is free to students and open to members of the community. Jenn Lueckler, a nontraditional student, helped organize the [...]
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