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This year's information is on our current news page.

• Teaching Beyond the Notes: Emma Peterson smiled to the Browning Center audience before sitting at the Steinway. She lifted her hands intently above the keys, took a deep breath… and then took everyone else’s away. 

• Opinion: Taylor Swift classes are helping Utah students prepare for the workforce: What do William Shakespeare and Taylor Swift have in common? They’re both enormously popular and can sell out huge venues. They’re both savvy business people who turned their art into profit. And now, they both have college courses devoted to their work.

• Weber State’s speech team earning national reputation: In just five years, 91¶ÌÊÓƵ’s speech team has gone from new kid on the block to perennial powerhouse. In the process, the team is generating a national reputation, while offering a nuanced way to discuss contentious issues. Read the Weber State press release

• Weber State’s blossoming film studies program creating opportunities for students passionate about film: As Utah celebrates 100 years of filmmaking this year, the demand for professionals in the industry continues to grow, as does enrollment into 91¶ÌÊÓƵ’s film studies program. Read the Weber State press release

• Theater, art open professional doors for award-winning Weber State grad: When Porter Lance has an idea, he uses every ounce of artistry and research to bring that vision to life. Lance made headlines last year for his award-winning scenic design of 91¶ÌÊÓƵ’s production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, earning top prize at the national Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in Washington, D.C. Read the Weber State press release

• Bilingual Shakespeare adaptation in Ogden aims to promote inclusivity: Sarah Grunnah is on a mission — to disrupt what she sees as the "exclusiveness" of William Shakespeare's artistry and broaden the appeal of the English playwright. 

• Weber State theatre student finds job, second home on campus: Chloe Warnas recently graduated from Bingham High School in South Jordan, Utah, but chose to attend Weber State at the recommendation of her mom, a 91¶ÌÊÓƵ alum in psychology. After a campus tour, Chloe “fell in love” with the school and its people. Read the Weber State press release