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Insight Communication: Students gain real life public relations experience

When Naomi Vazquez, a senior media studies student from Park City, first began Insight Communication two semesters ago, she never dreamed she would make connections with local businesses that would help “catapult” her networking and get her involved on campus and in the community. Insight has helped her feel more prepared for her future in […]

Budgeting: Learn how to manage your money

By: Daniella Centeno Budgeting is essential when learning how to manage money in college and away from home.  Every student at Dixie State University is in a different financial situation whether they are married with a double income and a house payment, or are single and living on their own working through the school year. […]

Jesse Hicks: Mathematician by day, musician by night

By: Samantha Stokes There’s a secret musician in the Dixie State University math department. Jesse Hicks, assistant professor of mathematics, has been teaching for 12 years and has a background in mathematical relativity which is within a branch of math known as differential geometry. His love for general relativity and Einstein’s theory of gravity is […]

DSU hosts annual blood drive

By: Samantha Stokes Dixie State University holds its annual blood drive as the need for donated blood will never go away. The blood drive was done through the American Red Cross in the Gardner Center ballroom Oct. 27 and 28. The American Red Cross will also hold another blood drive Nov. 9. Blood donations are […]

DSU dance earns international accolades

By Veronica Robledo Dixie State University dance students and staff are making a name and place for themselves in an international artistic dance competition. Jenny Mair, part-time dance instructor at DSU, learned about the competition from her colleague Liliana Candotti, who is a dance teacher in Florence, Italy. Mair knows Candotti through teaching at her […]

Smooth transition with new track and field coach leads to successful DI debut season

By: Kallen Webster Competing during a pandemic and transitioning to Division I, the Dixie State University track and field team had a new head coach brought on in the middle of the school year. Despite all those challenges, the team has managed to have a record-setting season. This winter, the team hired head coach Derrick […]

Dixie Sun News wins 3 for 3 at Spring National College Media Convention

By Tyson Kauer The Dixie Sun News placed in three categories at the 2021 Associated Collegiate Press Spring National College Media Convention. Despite the fact that COVID-19 forced all Dixie Sun News production online in 2020, the student-run news organization was able to make its mark on the national stage at the March virtual convention. […]

Significant voter turnout for student body elections despite pandemic

By Grayce Payne The 2021-22 student body elections have officially come to a close and voter turnout rates were not as significantly low as expected during the pandemic, officials overseeing the election said. The primary election, held from March 1 to March 4, produced nearly 2,700 votes, and the general election, held from March 15 […]

Global partnerships enlisted to DSU roster: Japan, Ecuador, China

By Tyson Kauer Dixie State University has added global partnerships with Gakushuin Univeristy in Tokyo, Japan; Zhengzhou University in Zhengzhou, China; and Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Quito, Ecuador, to its list of global partners in the hope of resuming the study abroad program in 2022. Global Education Director Michael Cartmill explained that these agreements are important for […]

MISA celebrating Diversity Week March 22-26

Sponsored content Please join Dixie State University’s Multicultural Inclusion Student Association in celebrating Diversity Week from March 22 through March 26. Diversity Week is a week dedicated to DSU’s entire student body, and everyone is welcome to participate. Diversity is hard to incorporate within a student body, but Dixie State takes great pride in taking […]