Congrats to our Class of 2020

Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum, or CLAC, at the University of Utah helps students apply their proficiency in a second language to courses in a variety of majors. Wilson Wosnjuk, a sophomore majoring in business and Latin American Studies, has already taken two CLAC courses in Spanish and is looking forward to taking more. He answers some questions about the courses and how they have impacted his language acquisition and overall education.

June 29, 2020 – The University of Utah has been awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to support the Environmental Humanities Graduate Program focused on environmental justice and community engaged learning. The three-year grant provides $600,000 to fund graduate fellowships, create leadership pathways for students from underrepresented groups, collaborate with communities directly affected by climate change and environmental racism and work closely with grassroots leaders.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a consortium of schools responded by organizing the first National Online Forensics Festival to celebrate end-of-year competition in a new, online format. At this new national tournament, the team won 5 championships.

The John R. Park Debate Society continued its Spring 2020 season by attending the first annual Coyote Howl Invitational hosted by the College of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho. In competition against 10 schools from 5 states, the Debate Society turned in a commanding performance.