WSU Names 2021 Brady Distinguished Professors
April 2, 2021
OGDEN, Utah – Two Weber State University professors, acclaimed for contributions to their disciplines of economics and English, have been named Weber State University’s 2021 Brady Presidential Distinguished Professors.
Economics professor and former WSU provost Michael Vaughan, and English professor Mikel Vause will be honored at this year’s virtual convocations event, April 29 at 7 p.m. The event will be streamed live at weber.edu/commencement.
The honor was established in 2006 to recognize WSU faculty members who have demonstrated the highest quality teaching, scholarship, research and community service. A generous gift from Rodney and Carolyn “Mitzi” Brady made recognition funding possible. The late Rodney Brady served as WSU president from 1978 to 1985.
January 25, 2021
OGDEN, Utah – With $100 in his pocket and just enough English to enroll, one student went from leaving a poor country in Africa to pursuing a Master of Business Administration degree at Weber State University.
With a big smile and bigger heart, Rodrigue Kissou, is an international student from one of the world s poorest countries, Burkina Faso. This landlocked country situated in the heart of west Africa is slightly larger than Utah, but with six times the population and less than 10% of Utah s median annual income.
With geography, poverty, political instability and history stacked against him, Kissou had one thing on his side: an educated father who was determined to see his son succeed.
2020 at Weber State University
December 23, 2020
OGDEN, Utah – Amid the many challenges of 2020, Weber State University worked to provide a high-quality, student-centered educational experience. Here is a look back at WSU’s many highlights in 2020, including an inauguration, a new scholarship initiative, transitions and testing because of COVID, student achievements, community outreach efforts and commencement under the stadium lights.
January:
During his inauguration as university president, Brad Mortensen announced ’CATapult, a scholarship fundraising initiative to raise $10 million. The initiative will help boost student recruitment, retention and completion rates by propelling students past financial obstacles that impede graduation.
February:
Ruth Carter, the 2019 Academy Award winner for Best Achievement in Costume Design for “Black Panther,” was featured as the Telitha E. Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities Hurst Artist-in-Residenc