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Utah Valley University
The seal of Utah Valley University, with a representation of the main campus and Mount Timpanogos behind it

Seal of Utah Valley Academy
Motto "Engage"
Type Public university
Established 1941; 81 years agone  (1941)

Parent institution

 Utah Organisation of Higher Education
Endowment $34.8 million (2018)[ane]
President Astrid S. Tuminez
Students 41,728 (Autumn 2019)[2]
Undergraduates 34,710 (Fall 2016)[iii]
Postgraduates 268 (Fall 2016)[4]
Location

Orem

,

Utah

,

U.s.


40°16′40″N 111°42′l″W  /  twoscore.27778°Northward 111.71389°West  / 40.27778; -111.71389 Coordinates: forty°sixteen′xl″N 111°42′fifty″West  /  40.27778°N 111.71389°W  / twoscore.27778; -111.71389
Campus Suburban
Colors Light-green and White[v]
Nickname Wolverines

Sporting affiliations

 NCAA Partitioning I – WAC
Mascot Willy the Wolverine
Website www.uvu.edu
UVU logo combining full name of school with monogram of school acronym

Utah Valley University (UVU) is a public university in Orem, Utah. UVU offers chief's, available's, and associate degrees.[6] Previously called Utah Valley State College, the school attained university condition in July 2008.

History [edit]

Central Utah Vocational School [edit]

The school was founded in the fall of 1941, when the Utah Land Vocational Role consolidated federal piece of work plan classes into one campus in Provo, just west of the campus of Brigham Young Academy. At this time, the school was known equally Central Utah Vocational School (CUVS).[7]

Utah Trade Technical Plant [edit]

Growth brought numerous changes to the school over the following decades, and the schoolhouse was renamed several times to reflect its irresolute role. In 1963, the name was changed from CUVS[8] to Utah Trade Technical Institute.

Utah Technical College at Provo [edit]

In 1967, the school became Utah Technical College at Provo, and was given the authority to confer associate degrees for the offset time. In 1977, the institution began moving to its present location, at the junction of I-fifteen and University Parkway in Orem.

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In 1987, it became Utah Valley Community College.

Utah Valley Country College [edit]

In 1993, the school was named UVSC and began awarding four-year degrees. The Utah legislature approved renaming UVSC as a university in February 2007 (effective July 1, 2008), allowing it to begin offering master'due south degrees, although the schoolhouse continues to identify item accent on its ii- and four-yr caste programs.

Utah Valley Academy [edit]

On July 1, 2008, UVSC changed to UVU, officially changing to university. Every bit of Fall Semester 2018, the Utah System of College Teaching (USHE) reported[9] UVU as the largest university in the state for the 4th twelvemonth in a row with 39,931 students,[10] surpassing the University of Utah.

UVU is the largest employer in Orem,[11] with over ane,900 full-fourth dimension faculty and staff and over three,300 function-time faculty and staff.[12]

When it was a customs college, the school had eight,000 students enrolled, growing past approximately 3,000 students a year.[thirteen] [14] The university had 32,670 students enrolled for the 2010 fall semester.[xv] 31,556 students were enrolled for the fall of 2012.[sixteen]

Dr. Astrid S. Tuminez has been the institution'south 7th president since 2018 and is the university's showtime female president. Tuminez was selected by the Utah State Lath of Regents in 2018[17] and was preceded past Matthew S. Holland.

Academics [edit]

UVU is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.[18] Individual programs, schools and colleges, and departments are accredited, certified, or recognized past 19 specialized accreditation agencies.[nineteen] Vocational accreditation was granted in 1976, and renewed in 1990 and 1995 by the Utah State Part of Vocational Education. In Dec 2006, the UVU School of Business received initial accreditation from the AACSB with that accreditation beingness maintained in 2011.

Most 88% of UVU students come from Utah only an increasing number of students come from other states, and other countries. In 2016, UVU students represented all 50 Usa states, the District of Columbia, and 74 countries.[20]

UVU's in-state tuition and fees cost roughly $5,530 (2016–17); out-of-country tuition and fees are $15,690 (2016–17).[21]

UVU has an 100% acceptance rate.[22] As of 2021, it holds a Us ranking of #369 co-ordinate to Forbes.[23] For 2022, U.S. News & World Report ranked UVU #94-#122 in Regional Universities West and #114 in Social Mobility for that region's universities.[24]

Campuses [edit]

Calculator Sciences and Applied science building

UVU's chief campus is in Orem with satellite campuses in Heber City, Spanish Fork, North Orem, Provo Municipal Airport, and Lehi. UVU'southward main campus encompasses 228 acres (0.92 km2) and includes 48 buildings.

Each building has been built using the same style of unfinished concrete (before 2005) with all of the major buildings on campus continued by thirty-human foot-broad (9.1 thousand) concourses. UVU grounds includes two reflecting ponds on the west side of campus, a stream running through the east part of campus, and a multi-dimensional fountain in the middle of campus.

UVU is habitation to the Utah Customs Credit Union Middle,[25] formerly the David O. McKay Events Heart which was congenital in 1996 with a chapters to seat 8,500 people. The events center is governed past a board consisting of representatives from UVU, Utah County and Orem City. It not only holds campus activities and sporting events but also community events such as major concerts, merchandise shows and expos, high schoolhouse sports tournaments, family shows, graduations, and banquets. It is too habitation to UVU's culinary arts program, including Greg's Restaurant. On average, the Events Centre hosts 150–170 events per year. Every bit many as 360,000 people patronize the Events Center on an annual ground.[26]

Digital Learning Center [edit]

In September 2006, the schoolhouse began construction of a new Digital Learning Centre to replace the 35,000-square-pes (three,300 mii) Losee Resource Heart (library). The "DLC" is 180,000 square feet (17,000 m2) and is located northeast of the Liberal Arts building. Information technology opened on July 1, 2008. UVU President William A. Sederburg hired Cooper, Roberts, Simonsen and Associates and Layton Construction as the design/build squad for the new Digital Learning Center, with acclaimed New York architect Jacob Alspector equally pb builder. "We chose the pattern we're going with considering it was an exceptional design that still kept a lot of the same features of our current campus. So information technology looks like it's supposed to exist in that location yet information technology stands out," said Jim Michaelis, associate vice president of Facilities Planning. The $48 one thousand thousand project includes networked computers, computer labs, a computer reference surface area (Information Commons), media middle, 31 report rooms, and wireless internet throughout the building. In 2016 money was donated to the Library by Ira A. Fulton and Mary Lou Fulton and was renamed Fulton Library.[27]

The library is the "greenest" country-owned building in Utah, and won two 2008 awards from Intermountain Construction magazine for its energy efficiency.[28]

List of buildings on main campus [edit]

  • Browning Administration
  • Clarke Building
  • Reckoner Science & Engineering
  • UCCU Center
  • Environmental Technology
  • Fulton Library
  • Gunther Technology
  • Liberal Arts
  • Losee Center
  • McKay Education
  • Noorda Center for the Performing Arts
  • Pope Science Building
  • Rebecca D. Lockhart Loonshit
  • Sparks Automotive
  • Science Edifice
  • Sorensen Middle
  • Student Life & Wellness
  • Woodbury Business Edifice
  • Wolverine Services.

Scientific discipline building [edit]

The UVU Scientific discipline Building opened in summer 2012.[29] The building features written report rooms to the westward side that accept glass whiteboards equally well every bit windows spanning the entire height of the towers. In addition, ZOOL 2320 students tin savor the new Anatomy Lab, which has vents to subtract the concentration of Phenol in the air.

System [edit]

UVU is part of the USHE, with the following primary colleges and schools:

  • College of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Higher of Science
  • Higher of Engineering and Technology[30]
  • College of Health and Public Service
  • School of the Arts
  • School of Teaching
  • University College
  • Woodbury School of Business organisation

Other academic support programs include the Office of Engaged Learning, the Office of Instruction and Learning, Extended Studies, Summer, Concurrent Enrollment, Professional and Standing Educational activity, Academic Service-Learning, and Honors.[31]

Performing arts [edit]

Ballroom trip the light fantastic [edit]

UVU is home to one of the largest public collegiate ballroom trip the light fantastic toe programs in the The states. Over the final several years, the Ballroom Trip the light fantastic Visitor has grown into a premiere operation troupe. The company has over 130 members divided into four teams; one touring team, one reserve and 2 back up teams. The fill-in teams provide the students with the preparation and performance skills necessary to meet the demands of the touring team. The UVU Ballroom Dance Company has received numerous awards, honors, and accolades as they take performed and competed throughout the U.s.a. and abroad including recently winning the beginning ever College Trip the light fantastic toe Championship on ABC's TV serial Dancing With The Stars.[32]

Music [edit]

UVU has ten main musical groups. The four choir groups are: Chamber Choir, Men's Choir, Women's Choir, and Concert Choir. The ii orchestra groups are: Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra. Ring related groups include: Air current Symphony, Jazz Band, Pep Band, University Band, and Percussion Ensemble.

Theatre [edit]

The UVU Theatre program produces five shows each year on its mainstage flavor. In addition, the president of the academy selects a title each year as role of the freshman reading program that the department stages in the university'due south courtyard. The section partners with the Sundance Resort to produce Sundance Summertime Theatre each year. The university creates a play which travels and performs in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as part of its annual Theatre Semester Abroad to London and Scotland. They also host the Rocky Mountain Summertime Stock Theatre Auditions each year where college students from across the region audition for professional person summer stock theatres. UVU is the showtime academy in the nation to win back to back national awards from the Kennedy Eye American College Theater Festival.[33] [34] In 2013 they won Outstanding Production of a Play for 'Vincent in Brixton' written past Nicholas Wright and directed by Christopher Clark.[35] In 2014 UVU won Outstanding Production of a Musical for the Pulitzer Prize winning 'Next to Normal' with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, music past Tom Kitt, directed past David Tinney, and music direction by Rob Moffat.[36] Other national KCACTF awards UVU repeated include Outstanding Manager and Outstanding Functioning by an Actress.[37]

Athletics [edit]

The school mascot is the Wolverine

The school mascot is the Wolverine, and the colors are green and white.[38] The Wolverines compete in the Western Athletic Briefing.

The UVU student department was changed to "The Den" in the beginning of the 2017-2018 schoolhouse year. It was previously called Mighty Able-bodied Wolverine League, or "MAWL"

The Wolverines play their home basketball games in the viii,500-seat UCCU Heart. The baseball squad plays at UCCU Ballpark, a v,000-seat facility that was as well formerly home of the Orem Owlz, a minor-league affiliate of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, that competed in the Pioneer Baseball League. Runway and Field competes at the Hal Wing Track & Field. Softball at the Wolverine Field. And, Volleyball and Wrestling competed in Lockhart Loonshit.

Media [edit]

The school has an independent, student-run weekly newspaper called the UVU Review. The newspaper began publishing under the name on June xxx, 2008, the solar day before the university transition became official.[39] The school is likewise the subject of the documentary This Divided State.

Utah Fire and Rescue Academy [edit]

The school is i of few Utah universities which provides gratis training to Utah burn agencies. In Baronial 2009, the university unveiled a Mobile Command Center, acquired past federal grants. The Utah Valley University Fire University Mobile Control Training Centre price an estimated $200,000 to $300,000 and provides both students and firefighters with realistic burn down training.[40]

Notable alumni [edit]

  • Reyna I. Aburto – second counselor to Jean B. Bingham of Latter-twenty-four hour period Saints
  • Christopher Fogt – Olympic argent medalist in four-man Bobsleigh
  • Akwasi Frimpong - Ghana skeleton athlete, 2018 Olympian
  • Matt Gay - Professional football player (two seasons at UVU before transfer to University of Utah)
  • Gregg Hale – former guitarist for the band Spiritualized
  • Andrew Hales – YouTuber (did not graduate)
  • Travis Hansen – professional basketball game player (transferred to Brigham Young University)
  • Chelsie Hightower – professional dancer on Goggle box series Dancing with the Stars and And so You Think You lot Can Dance
  • Jef Holm – Winner of The Bachelorette Flavor 8
  • Mitch Jones – Professional baseball game thespian
  • Ricky Lundell – 3rd caste black belt in Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, high schoolhouse wrestling motorcoach
  • Michael McDonald – professional basketball player
  • Kam Mickolio – Professional baseball player
  • Ramsey Nijem – Wrestler; professional mixed martial artist, The Ultimate Fighter 13 finalist, Lightweight fighter for the UFC[41]
  • Noelle Pikus Pace – World Loving cup gold medalist and Olympic silver medalist in Skeleton
  • Matthew S. Petersen – Chairman of the Federal Election Commission, and former Republican main counsel to the United States Senate Committee on Rules and Assistants[42]
  • Ronnie Cost – Professional basketball player
  • Wesley Silcox – World champion bull rider
  • Matangi Tonga – Professional football player

Run across also [edit]

  • Roots of Knowledge, a stained glass brandish in the Fulton Library on campus

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External links [edit]

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  • Official website
  • Utah Valley Athletics website

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