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UVU: Employee featured on national television in Chile after beating the odds

The word “destiny” is often thrown around casually or in movie scripts, but in this case, it truly fits. The story is true. The odds seem impossible, but it was like it was meant to be, a real-life example of destiny in action. Karen Foster, now the director of Utah Valley University’s ...

The Conversation: Freedom in the modern world

Freedom (n.) “power of self-determination, state of free will; emancipation from slavery, deliverance;” “exemption from arbitrary or despotic control, civil, liberty” — Etymonline.com, 2025 Freedom in its true form is an idea sown in the fabric of the imagination and adopted in the ...

Utah Valley Calendar: Things to do – July 5

AMERICAN FORK Events at the American Fork Library — Here are some upcoming events at the American Fork Library: July 8: Crafternoon for tweens at 1 p.m. Explore new crafts, experiment with cool materials and create awesome projects. Registration required. July 9: Art After School-Summer ...

EveryDay Strong: Should you take away the phone? Let’s ask Maslow

Parents who are looking for ways to motivate their teen often see a cellphone as the most obvious object to capture their son's or daughter’s attention. However, in some cases what was meant to be a warning shot (taking away the phone) has triggered an all-out war (increased resentment and ...

Garden Help Desk: Before using any pesticide, read the label

Every year we get multiple emails about plants with strange-looking leaves, and we’ve received several of these emails already this year. That must mean it’s time for our annual review about using pesticides properly. Many people think of insecticides when they hear the word pesticide, ...