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The University of Utah is a public research university in Salt Lake City,Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret,making it Utah's oldest institution of higher education. It received its current name in 1892,four years before Utah attained statehood,and moved to its current location in 1900.
Utah State University is a public land-grant research university in Logan,Utah. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. With nearly 20,000 students living on or near campus,USU is Utah's largest public residential campus. As of Fall 2021,there were 27,426 students enrolled,including 24,255 undergraduate students and 3,171 graduate students. The university has the highest percentage of out-of-state students of any public university in Utah,totaling 23% of the student body.
Utah Valley University (UVU) is a public university in Orem,Utah. UVU offers master's,bachelor's,and associate degrees. Previously called Utah Valley State College,the school attained university status in July 2008.
Wee Kim Wee was a Singaporean diplomat who served as the fourth President of Singapore between 1985 and 1993.
Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) is a public community college in Salt Lake County,Utah. It is the state's largest two-year college with the most diverse student body. It serves more than 60,000 students on 10 campuses as well as through online classes. The college has a student to faculty ratio of 20:1. Since SLCC is a community college,it focuses on providing associate degrees that students can transfer to any other four-year university in the state to satisfy their first two years of requirements for a bachelor's degree. SLCC has open enrollment and serves the local community,with approximately 95% of the student body considered Utah residents.
George Henry Dern (1872–1936) was an American politician,mining man,and businessman. He is probably best remembered for co-inventing the Holt–Dern ore roasting process,as well as for his tenure as United States Secretary of War from 1933 to his death in 1936. He also served as the sixth Governor of Utah for eight years,from 1925 to 1933. Dern was a progressive politician who fought for tax reform,public education,and social welfare.
Sungshin Women's University is a private women's university located in Seoul,South Korea. It was founded in 1936 by Dr. Sook-Chong Lee. During the 1960s and 70s,Sungshin was a Teachers College in South Korea. Then,in the 1980s,the college was promoted to the status of a comprehensive university. Today,the university comprises ten colleges and five graduate schools with total enrollment of about 12,000 students. In 2006,the university rebuilt the Sungshin Hall to mark the university's 70th anniversary. Also,Sungshin Women's University has succeeded to annex the nursing college of a national hospital,the first event of its kind to happen in South Korea.
Anthony Joseph Knap was an American football coach. He was the head coach at Utah State University (1963–1966),Boise State University (1968–1975),and the University of Nevada,Las Vegas (1976–1981). He compiled a career college football record of 143–53–4 (.725). Knap also worked as a high school teacher and coach,and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone was an American attorney and politician. She was a U.S. Representative from Utah. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Utah.
Franklin Lorenzo Richards West was an American educator and a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
John Burningham was an English author and illustrator of children's books,especially picture books for young children. He lived in north London with his wife Helen Oxenbury,another illustrator. His last published work was a husband-and-wife collaboration,There's Going to Be a New Baby,written by John and illustrated by Helen for "ages 2+".
Borka:The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers is a children's picture book written and illustrated by John Burningham and published by Jonathan Cape in 1963. It features a goose born without feathers,whose mother knits a jersey that helps in some ways.
Mr Gumpy's Outing is a children's picture book written and illustrated by John Burningham and published by Jonathan Cape in 1970. According to library catalogue summaries,"All the animals went for a boat ride with Mr Gumpy. Then the boat got too heavy ...";"Mr Gumpy accepts more and more riders on his boat until the inevitable occurs." Burningham won the annual Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association,recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject,and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award,a similar award by a magazine for a picture books published in the U.S.
The David Eccles School of Business is located on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City,Utah. The school was founded as the "School of Commerce &Finance" in 1917 and subsequently changed its name to "School of Business" in 1927,although business classes were taught through the Economics &Sociology department at the University starting in 1896. The school currently offers nine undergraduate majors,four MBA programs,nine specialized master's programs,a Ph.D. program,and executive education offerings. The Eccles School has nearly 40,000 alumni in all 50 U.S. states and many countries.
Sheryl L. Allen is a Republican politician and educator from Bountiful,Utah. She represented the 19th District of the Utah House of Representatives from 1994 to 2011. Before entering politics,Allen was a teacher and the president of the Davis County Board of Education.
Kim Coleman is an American politician who served as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from 2015 to 2021,representing the 42nd district. She was a candidate in the 2020 Republican primary for Utah's 4th congressional district,seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic congressman Ben McAdams,but lost to Burgess Owens.
The 2020 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 3,2020,to elect the governor of Utah,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Although incumbent Republican Governor Gary Herbert was eligible to run for re-election to a third full term,he initially announced shortly after being re-elected in 2016 that he would not run again,but indicated in January 2019 that he was open to the possibility of running again before ultimately deciding to retire and endorse his lieutenant governor,Spencer Cox. Utah has not had a Democratic governor since Scott M. Matheson left office in January 1985. This is the second longest active streak of one-party leadership,trailing only South Dakota,which has not had a Democratic governor since Harvey L. Wollman left office in 1979.
Burningham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Christine Watkins is an American politician serving in the Utah House of Representatives,representing District 69.
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