UTAH TECH UNIVERSITY'S STUDENT NEWS SOURCE | May 19, 2024

Author: Candy Roland

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8 ways to get along with your roommates

Our one couch became her bed, she combed her hair in the kitchen, she didn’t pay rent or utilities, and our Christmas gift was a sink left full of water and dishes that had grown into a science experiment.  She was a teammate I invited to stay the night so she didn’t have to do […]

Painted bison statues to appear throughout St. George

Dixie State University’s Trailblazer Art in the City Project will be bringing ten new bison statues to be placed around the community. The ten bison statue are white and will be the future canvases for several artists. The bison will be placed all over St. George in front of various businesses and in high traffic areas, but only if purchased. Jordon […]

First Pizza and Politics takes off with 2016 election discussion

The pizza went quick, but the seats went quicker as Dixie State University Institute of Politics and Public Affairs held their first Pizza and Politics.  Over a 100 students sat in the Gardner Student Center’s lounge Thursday at noon and listened to how the United States ended up with today’s Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton, […]

Dixie Forum tackles state land rights

A St. George resident commenced the yearly Dixie Forum return by speaking about why over half of Utah’s land is owned by the federal government.  Ray Kuehne, a St. George resident and constitutionalist, volunteered to open the DSU forum series for the 2016-17 academic year to talk about the history of the issue between federal and state owned land. He […]

Newbies of DSU: The LaVoie love story

A couple who gets hired together stays together, or at least, that’s the philosophy for a new faculty couple at Dixie State University. After Nicole LaVoie, instructor of health communication, and Mark LaVoie, instructor of media studies, said they were lucky to get jobs together at DSU.  Nicole LaVoie said they first learned about DSU through a job call for her […]

Student involvement in politics focus of new institute at DSU

A new institute was added over the summer after a recently hired Dixie State University faculty member noticed it was missing. The DSU Institute of Politics and Public Affairs’ goals are to help increase voter registration at DSU, boost political involvement at DSU, have open discussions on policy and political issues, and provide students more […]

DSU DECA to host state-wide conference

Students at Dixie State University this semester will not only use their marketing skills to compete against others students, but also in front of actual business executives and leaders.  It is DSU’s turn to host the annual State of Utah Career Development Conference Feb. 19-20. This competition is a state level of competition for all […]

Intramural flag football teams outshine NIRSA

Two of Dixie State University’s flag football intramural teams mercy ruled their way past their competition to become regional champs for the first time. Three of DSU’s flag football teams traveled to University of California, Los Angeles, to compete in the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association region VI tournament Nov. 21 and 22. Every team competed […]

Family donates scholarship money to speech competition winners

A local couple, appreciative of the education their kids received at Dixie State University, is paying it forward by donating scholarships to current students. Rhonda and Michael Tommer donated $3,000 to DSU that was split into two scholarships this semester. Their son, Ryan Tommer, graduated in music education, so $1,500 went to a student in that discipline. Their daughter, Samantha […]

Women’s rugby smashes SUU in shutout

The third time was not the charm for Southern Utah University’s women’s rugby in its third game against Dixie State University Saturday Nov. 21. DSU dominated SUU in a shutout game ending 55-0. DSU team captain Dallas Mckee said the team was able to focus more on conditioning this last week of practice, and it […]