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Last spring, the Weber State University Venture Program unveiled its latest graduated class. These students are local community members, many coming from low-income and diverse backgrounds. As a result of the program, they now have 10 credit hours completed at WSU — for free. The Venture Program is just one of the numerous programs WSU […]
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The latest in housing innovations are being rolled out in the new Weber State University dormitory that rose from the dust of the old housing over the summer. The new facilities are coming after students expressed discontent with the old ones, which were built back in the 1960s. Already, resident assistants, who act as mediators between students living […]
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For incoming freshmen, returning students and even older, married students, finding student housing can be tough, but there is an increasing amount of affordable options close to the campus community. Though Weber State University has garnered the reputation of being primarily a commuter school, recent efforts by WSU’s housing department and an increased percentage of […]
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When a Weber State University alumnus finishes his journey to San Francisco this weekend, he will have traveled more than 2,500 miles on a bike with a frame he crafted from a plant. “It’s been incredible,” said Jason Dilworth, a 2006 WSU graduate. “It doesn’t ride like a plant. It’s exactly like riding any other […]
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Introducing the first master’s degree in the Communication Department, Weber State University is stepping up to help students meet the new requirements of the business world. The newest of only 11 master’s programs to be unveiled at WSU is the professional communication master’s degree. At the beginning of summer semester, this particular master’s degree was […]
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Weber State University’s Shepherd Union Building might have another mainstream business occupying it by the next fall semester. Jamba Juice is currently in negotiations with Sodexo and the SUB to set up shop in place of Freshens near the south entrance of the building. “It’s a proposal that we’re taking a hard looking at, and […]
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Weber Cares for Cole Spicker The Weber State University Student Association is starting a fundraiser for Cole Spicker to help him in his recovery from a stroke he had more than a week ago. A blood clot in his brain ruptured Sunday, July 11, and he was rushed to a hospital. The bleeding caused seizures, […]
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[media-credit name=”Associated Press” align=”alignright” width=”300″][/media-credit]Weber State University was represented on the ground in Benghazi from the outset of the civil war — not by soldiers, but by WSU alumnus Neil Brandvold. Brandvold, an employee of the Middle East Policy Council and aspiring freelance photojournalist, headed to Libya shortly after the war began to document the […]
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Community members were treated to a plethora of colorful fireworks Sunday during the Lindquist Pops Concert and Fireworks. Driving on to Weber State University’s campus Sunday, one would see thousands of people studying — not homework, but the sky. Thousands of people were in attendance at the 33rd annual Lindquist Pops Concert and Fireworks. “This is […]
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Brine flies might owe their survival in the salty waters of the Great Salt Lake to a bacteria Amanda Truong found living within their cells. Later this month, she’s going to tell an international audience about her findings at a prestigious conference in Japan. “We’re thinking these bacteria have been inside the brine flies for […]
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