The Dixie State University Board of Trustees met to discuss matters of tuition and student fees in the Jeffrey R. Holland Centennial Commons building’s Zion Room on March 22. The trustees approved numbers previously presented at the students’ Truth in Tuition meeting on March 5 – most notably a 5 percent tuition increase and 2.64 percent student […]
Student leaders gathered in the Val A. Browning Learning Resource Center auditorium to hear the Student Fee Allocation Committee’s final decisions regarding tuition and student fees. The SFAC will announce these decisions to the board of trustees on March 22 for final approval and the final decisions, made by the board of trustees, will be implemented in the 2019-2020 […]
The general elections for student government are open from now until Thursday at 1 p.m. In hopes to introduce their platforms, the candidates for student body president and vice president of academics gathered in the Kenneth N. Gardner Student Center living room to debate their ideas. Kaylyn Fulton, a dance and business administration major, and Brett Haverts, […]
Facilities in the Kenneth N. Gardner Student Center have started taking preventative measures in hopes to curve the rising amount of theft on campus. The Market now has a gate blocking off one of the exits, and the Campus Store no longer allows student bags inside the purchasing area. Both areas also have cameras and […]
Just as voting is important in local, state and national elections, voting in student government elections is important too, no matter the number of candidates. Candidates for student government running unopposed is a situation Dixie State University is fairly accustomed too. In fact, in last year’s elections, all three positions ran without opposition. However, that […]
Dixie State University has a hidden gem located inside its library where students can learn about and research local history. And, as research is one of the most important aspects and takeaways of college, students know that finding an abundant and credible information resource is priceless. The Special Collections & Archives Library is one of these resources. […]
The Student Fee Allocation Committee finished the process of hearing student groups’ presentations to decide which organizations will experience increases and which ones will receive decreases. The process decides where student fee money goes and what it is used for. Leaders of certain campus groups must go before this committee each year to defend the money they are receiving. Mike […]
Dixie State University’s faculty senate tabled a vote on the open or closed nature of its meetings as a legal dispute hangs overhead. This has been a topic of discussion since a Dixie Sun News reporter was removed from an open faculty senate meeting on Sept. 20 by Michelle McDermott, senate president and associate professor of nursing. McDermott […]
College is hard. College makes you stressed out, anxious and self-aware. But it is also the place where you will find boundless resources to help you with whatever you are struggling with. There are many reasons why students do not take advantage of available resources. Ignorance, forgetfulness, pride or anxiety can all prevent one from reaching out. In […]
Dixie State University and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education may soon be in a legal battle after disputes about a former professor’s First Amendment rights. FIRE sent DSU a letter on Dec. 19 explaining its involvement in former music professor Ken Peterson’s case. “We ask DSU to adhere to its binding legal obligations […]