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Need money? Help EASE your financial strain

Adam Rubin September 14, 2020

Emergency funding is available to all WSU students through The Wildcat Emeriti Alumni Student Emergency Fund program, which can grant money to students with acute financial emergencies. The EASE Fund handles...

The most essential school supply for all students in the year 2020: face masks. Photo credit: flickr

You thought college was hard? Try doing it during a pandemic!

Marisa Nelson August 22, 2020

The global pandemic caused high school seniors and college graduates to miss out on a formal graduation and the last hurrahs of senior year. Returning students, including myself, are worried about this...

Graduates wait for the ceremony to begin on Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, May 21. Team Kirtland hosted a graduation ceremony for graduating seniors to honor their accomplishments amid COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ireland Summers)

What graduation looks like for a 2020 senior

Daryn Steed May 30, 2020

We have been grieving since March. We are grieving jobs and loved ones. We have lost vacation deposits and retirement savings. We have been without church meetings and sports games; we are grieving togetherness....

WSU students receive CARES Act money for summer and fall semesters. (WSU)

WSU distributes CARES Act money to students

Jennifer Greenlee May 26, 2020

Many Weber State University students are eligible for funds from the recent Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act after it was signed into law at the end of March, providing WSU with $11,714,226.The...

Students pinned where they were from on the map (Israel Campa / The Signpost)

WSU students unwind and celebrate diversity

Ally Nelson October 3, 2019

Weber State University students and the Ogden community celebrated their various cultures at the Intercultural Welcome Reception on Sept. 24. WSU leaders President Brad Mortensen, Vice President of The...

A specially-made cake welcoming Veteran Services to its new home in the Nontrad Center. (Joshua Wineholt / The Signpost)

New location, same mission for veterans

Joshua Muir June 17, 2019

Military veterans and family members of veterans at Weber can now have their cake and eat it too: literally. Weber State Veterans were treated to a camouflage cake on June 7 in celebration of the Veteran’s...

Building 5 in University Village against the blue skies. (Kelly Watkins / The Signpost)

Creating an on-campus community at a commuter school

Harrison Epstein April 18, 2019

Thirteen percent. Students who live in Weber State University housing for four years graduate at a 13 percent higher rate than their counterparts who don’t. While Weber has long been known as a commuter...

First-generation students mix it up

First-generation students mix it up

Ally Nelson March 21, 2019

First-generation students united to celebrate similarities in being the first in their family to pursue higher education on March 15 in the Wildcat Lanes. According to Sarah Herrmann, WSU assistant psychology...

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WSUSA presidential candidates prep debate

Tori Waltz March 10, 2019

Bret Alexander. Jovany Bahena-Rosario. Scott Lund. Julio Otay. One of these four men will become the next student body president at Weber State University.Kicking off election week, the WSU Student Association...

Minority organizations need help from the majority

Minority organizations need help from the majority

Ally Nelson February 28, 2019

Thirty-nine percent of Weber State University’s student body is non-Caucasian or identifies as LGBT. With a plethora of scholarship money and programs like Dream Weber, WSU attempts to represent...

(Graphic by: Monika Clarke) Photo credit: Monika Clarke

Students starving to maintain their education

Nic Muranaka February 21, 2019

Back in 2016, the U.S. Government Accountability Office was reviewing Department of Education reports when they found that 2 million students potentially eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...

Professor Melissa Braatan associate professor of the University of Colorado. (Kainoa Nunez / The Signpost) Photo credit: Kainoa Nunez

Teachers take science to new heights

Kainoa Nunez February 1, 2019

Weber State University professors gathered Jan. 31 to learn how to take science education to the next level at this year's Teacher Twilight Series. The event hosted guest speaker Melissa Braaten,...

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