Allies of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer movement will be celebrated at this year’s annual Awareness Campaign at the University of Utah. “ACT OUT,” the theme of this year’s Ally Week, will run March 31 through April 4. All events are free and open to the public.
Read MoreAs the holidays near and thoughts turn to giving, the Lowell Bennion Community Service Center at the University of Utah is preparing to celebrate more than just the 12 days of Christmas with a 20-week campaign of giving to celebrate the center’s 20-year legacy of service.
Read MoreIt was announced today that the University of Utah’s American Indian Teacher Training Program (AITTP) has been awarded two grants from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Indian Education totaling more than $2 million over four years. Grant funds will be used to continue the university’s successful teacher preparation program within the College of Education. One grant, totaling $1,062,385, will prepare teacher candidates in the areas of math and science. The other grant, a total of $983,704, will enable teacher aides to train to become certified teachers. Both grants focus on preparing American Indian or Alaska Native students to become teachers. AITTP staff and the Department of Teaching and Learning in the College of Education are now actively recruiting students for the 2007 – 2008 school year.
Read MoreThe latest issue of U.S. News & World Report/America’s Best Graduate Schools shows that programs at the University of Utah are on the rise. And once again the U has, by far, the most programs recognized of any Utah university appearing in the annual rankings.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah President Michael Young is scheduled to offer congratulatory remarks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 celebrating the opening of a new Head Start Center located at the Hartland Apartment Complex, a primary resettlement site for refugee agencies in Salt Lake. The ceremony, held from 4:00 pm to 5:00pm, will include Hartland Head Start families and residents, west Salt Lake community leaders, and other University members.
Read MoreHomecoming Week at the University of Utah promises to be more exciting than ever this year, thanks to a beefed-up pep rally/concert and a new 18-hole golf tournament. This year’s Homecoming football game features the University of Utah versus Boise State at 1 p.m. in Rice-Eccles Stadium. Leading up to that regional gridiron war is more than a week of exciting events for students, alumni, and all Ute fans (see below for a full schedule or visit http://www.alumni.utah.edu/homecoming for more information).
Read MoreThe first recipient of the Lori Kay Soares Hacking Memorial Scholarship will graduate this Friday at the commencement ceremonies of the David Eccles School of Business scheduled for 4:15 p.m. in the Jon M. Huntsman Center. In her application, scholarship recipient Linda Hines described herself as a student who refused to give up on her education, despite hardships in life. “Against all odds, I have overcome, I am a fighter, I am a believer,” wrote Hines.
Read MoreFor some, the senior years are viewed as anything but “golden.” But in his new book Positive Aging: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals and Consumers, to be issued this week, University of Utah researcher Robert D. Hill offers a new framework for understanding the process of growing old-one that focuses on achieving and fostering an affirmative mindset about how to live into one’s later years.
Read MoreThe 2005 graduates of the University of Utah’s College of Education teacher education program performed extremely well as a class on the newly state-mandated PRAXIS PLT II Principles of Learning and Teaching exam. One hundred percent of University of Utah early childhood teachers, 98 percent of elementary teachers and 98 percent of secondary teachers passed the test at the required state level the first time they took the examination.
Read MoreThe latest issue of U.S. News & World Report/America’s Best Graduate Schools showcases the University of Utah more than any other school in the state. The U is ranked in 21 separate categories. The next most frequently mentioned school appears in 5 ranking categories.
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