June 19, 2013
For the first time at Weber State University, Project Success Inc. — an Ogden-based, nonprofit community learning center — put on the 24th annual Juneteenth Freedom and Heritage Festival on Saturday. The event was Project Success’ version of Juneteenth, the oldest and most widespread of celebrations marking the anniversary of the end of slavery in [...]
Ogden to host Damian Lillard Day To honor former WSU All-American basketball player and NBA Rookie of the Year, Ogden City and Weber State Athletics has teamed up to put on Damian Lillard Day, scheduled for June 15, 2013. The event will take place at The Junction in downtown Ogden, beginning at 12:30 p.m., with [...]
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The Weber State University softball team announced the hiring of Mary Kay Amicone as head coach this last week. She is replacing coach Tina Johnson, who helped restart the softball program at WSU and coached the Wildcats for the last four seasons. Amicone spent the last eight years as head softball coach at Salt Lake [...]
Continue reading …The Weber State University Psychology Department is involved with Youth Impact, an after-school program for children of all ages in the Ogden area. Mindy Russell-Stamp, an adviser for Youth Impact students and a professor at WSU, said that when she got involved with Youth Impact she thought it was a “very cool program.” WSU and [...]
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Wearing nothing more than shorts and T-shirts, 37 runners braved the February cold for the Polar Bear Run on Saturday. The Polar Bear Run, organized by Utah Endurance Events, was an untimed half-mile run that took place on trails behind Peak Performance, a running gear store on Washington Boulevard. Participants in the run could wear [...]
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