Brooks the Bison will be the face of a new dining service opening in the spring 2018 semester. Brooks’ Stop, a convenience store, grill and coffee shop, will replace the old housing office near on-campus housing. The building was scheduled to open in early August, but due to setbacks, the finish date was pushed back […]
The Dixie State University women’s basketball team welcomed a seasoned Hall of Famer to the coaching staff this year. Deb Bennett, a retiree athletic director of Skyline High School in Salt Lake City for 16 years, has come to DSU as an assistant coach to head coach JD Gustin. Bennett brings years of experience to […]
Spearheaded by the Dixie State University Sustainability Club, DSU has moved toward more sustainable practices like recycling over the past few years. Sustainability is the endurance of systems and processes, or the use of natural resources, in such a way they are preserved for future generations. The sustainability initiative, which was founded with the aim […]
The effects of the Sunday night shooting in Las Vegas are being felt nationwide, but for the students and community of Dixie State University, the event has hit too close to home. At about 10:08 p.m., only 119 miles from St. George, a gunman opened fire on the crowd during Jason Aldean’s performance at Route […]
The new Dixie State University Veterans Success Center opened in the Val A. Browning Learning Resource Center this semester. The open house is set for Nov. 10. The open house will go from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., starting at the Veterans Memorial where they will pay tribute to the fallen and honor the colors. […]
Students go to class to learn, yet most of them just go on their phones during lectures. Science News for Students reported college students use their cellphone around nine hours per day. Two college students at California State University, Chico—Rob Richardson and Mitch Gardner—saw a problem with the distraction cell phones cause in the classroom […]
The Dixie State University board of trustees held its first meeting of the year to discuss enrollment, expansion of campus, faculty and staff representation, and policies. The board of trustees, led by chair David Clark, opened the general session of the meeting by swearing in new trustees Lindsay Atwood, Ezra Hainsworth and Tiffany Wilson. Clark […]
Dixie State University’s President Richard B. Williams evaluated progress and looked at the future of DSU’s strategic plan during his annual State of the University Address Sept. 20. Williams overviewed DSU’s strategic plan, Dixie 2020: Status to Stature. The plan has been in effect since 2015 and encompasses six goals, which upon completion, are meant […]
As college students, we often stretch all of our time between studying for classes, working a side job, and attending social events so we forget to factor in time for ourselves. When the semester gets really busy, I fall into the trap of scheduling every second of my life for others — leaving my mental […]
The repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is affecting not only the dreamers of Dixie State University, but other students and staff members as well. Under protection of DACA, young people who illegally come into the U.S. are allowed to work and attend American schools. On Sept. 5, the Trump administration announced […]
