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Dixie Today
| DSC Jazz and Percussion Ensembles to Present Mid-Winter Concert March 2 |
| 02/26/2010 - The Dixie State College Jazz and Percussion Ensembles, under the direction of DSC Music Chair Glenn Webb, will take to the stage for a special mid-winter performance on Tuesday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore' Eccles Fine Arts Center Concert Hall on the DSC campus. |
| Former NFL QB to Address DSC Colleagues Meeting This Monday |
| 02/26/2010 - Dixie State College of Utah will host its sixth President's Colleagues of DSC meeting of the 2009-10 academic year this Monday, March 1, with a presentation by former NFL All-Pro quarterback and St. George resident Jay Schroeder. The meeting will begin at 12 noon, in Room 156 of the DSC Russell C. Taylor Health Science Center, located on the Dixie Regional Medical Center's River Road campus at 1526 Medical Center Drive. The meeting is free and open to the public. |
| Take a Trip to Outer Space and the Moon at Tuesday's DSC Dixie Forum |
| 02/24/2010 - Dixie State College's weekly "Dixie Forum: A Window on the World" convocation series continues this Tuesday, March 2, featuring a presentation on NASA's exploration of water on the moon by DSC staff member Dr. Andy Christensen. The Forum will begin at 12 noon, in the Dunford Auditorium of the Browning Resource Center on the DSC campus. Admission is free for all community members, DSC students, and faculty and staff. |
| Dixie State Criminal Justice Students Receive Program Awards |
| 02/24/2010 - Nine criminal justice students through the Dixie State College and Southern Utah University criminal justice program partnership were recently presented awards for their efforts in the classroom. Assistant professor of criminal justice Scott Julian and the Honorable District Court Judge Eric Ludlow presented the awards at a ceremony held in Judge Ludlow's courtroom at the new Washington County Courthouse. |
| Dixie State Browning Library to Feature Virgin River Program Exhibit |
| 02/22/2010 - The Dixie State College Val A. Browning Library is currently featuring a new exhibit produced by the Virgin River Program. The exhibit will be on display daily until Friday, March 12, 2010. Library hours are Monday-Thursday from 7:30 a.m.-11:45 p.m., Fridays from 7:30 a.m.-6:45 p.m., Saturdays 12 noon to 6:45 p.m., and from 3 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. on Sundays. During DSC's Spring Break (March 8-12), library hours are from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. |
| Dixie State College Theatre to Stage Shakespeare's "Macbeth" March 1-6 |
| 02/22/2010 - "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes." The Dixie State College of Utah Department of Theatre is proud to present "Macbeth," William Shakespeare's classic supernatural tragedy about lust for power and its bloody repercussions. The production will run nightly this March 1-6, at 7:30 p.m., in DSC's Eccles Fine Arts Center Main Stage Theater. |
| Dixie State College Baseball Team Involved in Bus Accident |
| 02/21/2010 - A Dixie State College charter bus transporting the DSC baseball team was involved in an accident with a snowplow early Sunday morning approximately five miles south of Colorado City, Ariz. None of the members of the DSC travel party were seriously injured. |
| DSC Symphony Orchestra Presents Annual Winter Concert Feb. 27 |
| 02/19/2010 - The Dixie State College Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Paul Abegg, will take the stage for the first time this semester for its annual Winter Concert on Saturday, Feb. 27, at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore' Eccles Fine Arts Center Concert Hall on the DSC campus. |
| Dixie State Leads Utah in 2010 Spring Semester Enrollment Growth Percentage |
| 02/19/2010 - Coming on the heels of last fall's extraordinary enrollment growth, Dixie State College of Utah officials Thursday announced continued significant gains in enrollment as the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) made public its 2010 Spring Semester numbers. USHE officially released its third week enrollment figures for the semester, which showed that DSC posted a system-leading 27.12% increase in total headcount with 7,693 students, 1,641 students ahead of the institution's total of 6,052 in spring of 2009. The addition of 1,641 students was the third-highest overall gain in the entire USHE system, behind only Salt Lake Community College and Utah Valley University. |
| DSC Theater Student Wins KCACTF Irene Ryan Regional, Advances to National Finals at the Kennedy Center |
| 02/18/2010 - Dixie State College theater student Whitney Morgan Cox captured top acting honors at the 42nd-Annual Kennedy Center College Theatre Region VIII Festival (KCACTF), hosted Dixie State College last week. Ms. Cox, along with her scene partner, Jon Dodart, will now advance to compete for the coveted Irene Ryan Scholarship and the distinction of being the country's top collegiate actor this April at the KCACTF finals at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. |
| Dixie State College to Host Annual Employment Fair Next Week |
| 02/18/2010 - Dixie State College of Utah will host its annual Employment Fair this Wednesday, Feb. 24, in the Gardner Center Ballroom from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This year's fair is open to all students and community members and will feature nearly 30 registered employers seeking to hire four-year graduates and students with associate degrees and certificates, along with providing part-time and seasonal job opportunities for all students. |
| Former Army Medic and Ms. Utah "GI Jill" Stevens to Address Tuesday's DSC Dixie Forum |
| 02/18/2010 - Dixie State College's weekly "Dixie Forum: A Window on the World" convocation series continues this Tuesday, Feb. 23, featuring a presentation by former Army medic and Ms. Utah 2007 Jill Stevens. The Forum will begin at 12 noon, in the Dunford Auditorium of the Browning Resource Center on the DSC campus. Admission is free for all community members, DSC students, and faculty and staff. |
| Winners of 23rd-Annual Sears Dixie Invitational Art Show and Sale Announced |
| 02/16/2010 - The winners of the 23rd-annual Robert N. and Peggy Sears Dixie Invitational Art Show were announced Friday night at the show's premiere gala banquet at the Dolores Dore' Eccles Fine Arts Center on the Dixie State College campus. In all, artists received awards in nine medium categories, along with "Best of Show" Purchase Prize and "Best in Show" honors. |
| Pay a Visit to China at Tuesday's DSC Dixie Forum |
| 02/10/2010 - Dixie State College's weekly "Dixie Forum: A Window on the World" convocation series continues this Tuesday, Feb. 16, featuring DSC education professor Dr. Shirley Sung Davis and her husband, Elwin, discussing their collective experiences while on sabbatical in China. The Forum will begin at 12 noon, in the Dunford Auditorium of the Browning Resource Center on the DSC campus. Admission is free for all community members, DSC students, and faculty and staff. |
| Experience Life in the Antarctic at Tuesday's DSC Dixie Forum |
| 02/02/2010 - Dixie State College's weekly "Dixie Forum: A Window on the World" convocation series returns to its regular format this Tuesday, Feb. 9, featuring DSC assistant professor of biology Dr. Marius van der Merwe discussing his experiences on an expedition in the Antarctic. The Forum will begin at 12 noon, in the Dunford Auditorium of the Browning Resource Center on the DSC campus. Admission is free for all community members, DSC students, and faculty and staff. |
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