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The university where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot in Utah while speaking to students is the state’s largest public university after years of rapid enrollment growth. Utah Valley University, located about 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Salt Lake City, has grown fivefold over the last three decades. It now has nearly 47,000 students, according to the university website. The university was founded under a different name in 1941 as a vocational school focused on providing war production training. The school began offering four-year degrees in the 1990s, a move that fueled significant growth.