While many Dixie State University students are stressing out over finals, several are being celebrated for their hard work and artistic accomplishments. Senior art students at DSU have one last chance to showcase their talents before they graduate and head toward the rigors of professional life. The DSU Art Department Senior Show opening gala was […]
For many Americans, the importance of Thanksgiving Day resides in family gatherings, football games, feasting, forgetting about life’s obligations, or gathering to give thanks for the many blessings they have in life. Everyone has a unique tradition he or she holds dear. My annual holiday ritual usually consists of celebrating personal indulgence and selfishly focusing […]
Dixie State University continues to build toward its goals of developing new initiatives with the recent hiring of a new provost and vice president of academic affairs. Michael Lacourse has been selected to succeed Carole Grady, who served as interim provost since William Christensen stepped down from the position last May. Lacourse will officially assume […]
Dixie State University is undergoing many changes but trustees learned opportunities for students continue to increase. The board of trustees held its second meeting of the academic year Friday and discussed issues including academic programs being restructured, successful student government events, and a guest speaker coming this spring semester. Student Body President Matt Devore, a […]
Student entrepreneurs will have a chance to pursue independent projects after winning the Legislation Day competition held by the Dixie State University Student Association. The DSUSA has announced the winners of its competition held a few weeks ago which offered student groups, clubs and organizations a chance to make presentations and vie for $3,000 in […]
Words bringing rise to joyful laughter and capable of drawing tears from the hardest eye filled the air Monday at the first performance of Dixie State University’s visiting reader series featuring poet Gary Dop. A small crowd of literary enthusiasts, students and faculty gathered at the Jeffrey R. Holland Centennial Commons for a traditional poetry reading. […]
The skies above Dixie State University will soon be cleared of the “Red Storm” by an identity committee established to change its nickname and mascot this school year. As part of DSU’s strategic plan, “Dixie 2020: Status to Stature,” announced by President Biff Williams in September, the final goal is to establish a strong identity […]
Students, family, faculty, alumni and enthusiastic locals turned out in force to support this year’s “Rock the Red” theme for Dixie State University’s 2015 Homecoming parade and Founders’ Day celebration. Hundreds gathered along Tabernacle Street to watch nearly 90 entries of floats, musicians and clubs make their way downtown toward the big, red “D’ on […]
Thunderous bass drums and applause signaled the beginning of the Dixie State University Symphony Orchestra’s performance season at the Ancestor Square Friday night. Under the direction of Paul Abegg, symphony conductor and associate professor of music, the orchestra performed its annual Pops concert to a crowd of hundreds. The event began with a rendition of […]
The towering red cliffs above the O.C. Tanner Amphitheater in Springdale played host to one of DOCUTAH’s most anticipated films Friday night. Attorney General Sean Reyes, St. George Mayor Jon Pike and hundreds of citizens gathered to watch “Prophet’s Prey,” a film based on the bestselling book by Sam Brower, a private investigator and producer. The […]
