Utah Education Network

Utah Education Network
Company typeNon-profit organization
Industry
Founded1989
HeadquartersUniversity of Utah,
Salt Lake City, Utah
Websitewww.uen.org

The Utah Education Network (UEN) is a broadband and digital broadcast network serving public education, higher education, applied technology campuses, libraries, and public charter schools throughout the state of Utah.[1] The Network facilitates interactive video conferencing, provides instructional support services, and operates a public television station (KUEN) on behalf of the Utah State Board of Regents.[2] UEN services benefit more than 60,000 faculty and staff, and more than 780,000 students from pre-schoolers in Head Start programs through grandparents in graduate school. UEN headquarters are in Salt Lake City at the Eccles Broadcast Center on the University of Utah campus.[3]

  1. ^ Park City superintendent tapped to lead Utah Education Network. (2012, August 31). Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved from http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/54804632-78/utah-education-superintendent-uen.html.csp
  2. ^ Utah Education Network and University of Utah select Ciena for optical network. (2013, March 12). HPC Wire. Retrieved from http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-03-12/utah_education_network_and_university_of_utah_select_ciena_for_optical_network.html
  3. ^ Utah State Legislature, (2006). Utah code annotated title 53b-17-101. Retrieved from State of Utah website: http://le.utah.gov/code/TITLE53B/htm/53B17_010100.htm