OREM, Utah — As classes resume at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, a week after Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while speaking there, one mom in Utah County is trying to welcome students back in a special way, with motivational signs lining the way on campus.

For Amber Church, UVU is a special place.

"We've always loved UVU,” she said. "My husband graduated from here, and we have two sons who attended before COVID, and now, I have a son and daughter who are currently attending.”

But last week, she got a scary call from her daughter from there.

“Her voice was just shaking so hard, she was very scared,” Church said.

Her daughter was at the Charlie Kirk event at UVU when he was shot and killed. Since then, campus has been mostly closed, as the investigation continued. But classes st

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