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Dixie State College Receives Conservation Bookshelf
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – June 22, 2009) Treasured objects and artifacts held by Dixie State College of Utah will be preserved for future generations with help from the IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf, a core set of conservation books and online resources donated by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). IMLS has now awarded almost 3,000 free sets of the IMLS Bookshelf, in cooperation with the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH).

“Having access to professional information will be invaluable to the progress of projects we are undertaking to protect and conserve Dixie State’s permanent art collection,” said Kathy Cieslewicz, curator of DSC’s Sears Art Museum Gallery. “We appreciate the efforts and generosity of the Bookshelf Grant in recognizing the need to carefully and correctly preserve our heritage and culture.”

“When IMLS launched this initiative to improve the dire state of our nation’s collections, we understood that the materials gathered for the Bookshelf would serve as important tools for museums, libraries, and archives nationwide,” said Anne-Imelda Radice, Director of IMLS. “We were both pleased and encouraged by the overwhelming interest of institutions prepared to answer the call to action, and we know that with their dedication, artifacts from our shared history will be preserved for future generations.”

Dixie State College will receive this essential set of resources based on an application describing the needs and plans for the care of its collections. The IMLS Bookshelf focuses on collections typically found in art or history museums and in libraries' special collections, with an added selection of texts for zoos, aquaria, public gardens, and nature centers. It addresses such topics as the philosophy and ethics of collecting, collections management and planning, emergency preparedness, and culturally specific conservation issues.

The IMLS Bookshelf is a crucial component of Connecting to Collections: A Call to Action, a conservation initiative that the Institute launched in 2006. IMLS began the initiative in response to a 2005 study it released in partnership with Heritage Preservation, A Public Trust at Risk: The Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America’s Collections. The multi-faceted, multi-year initiative shines a nationwide spotlight on the needs of America’s collections, especially those held by smaller institutions, which often lack the human and financial resources necessary to adequately care for their collections. Click here for more information on the Connecting to Collections initiative.

About the Institute of Museum and Library Services
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation’s 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas. The Institute works at the national level and in coordination with state and local organizations to sustain heritage, culture, and knowledge; enhance learning and innovation; and support professional development. To learn more about the Institute, please visit www.imls.gov.

Dixie State College Business Students Record Top Marks at International DECA Competition
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – June 9, 2009) Members of Dixie State College of Utah’s chapter of Delta Epsilon Chi recently returned from a successful trip to the DECA International Business competition held in Anaheim, Calif. The students competed against other college and university students in the areas of marketing, management, finance, law, hospitality and entrepreneurship.

In all, five DSC students advanced to the final round of the competition, with two students posting top-three overall showings. Robert Sinnott, a senior from Woodbridge, Va., claimed top honors in the National Management Institute event, while Dani Harter, a junior from Las Vegas, Nev., followed with a third-place overall finish. In addition, Michael Sheffield, a sophomore from St. George, was a finalist in the Sales Representative event, while Blair Thorpe, a junior from Malad City, Idaho, and Wiley McArthur, a senior from St. George, were finalists in the Business to Business team marketing event.

“We’re extremely pleased with the success of our DSC business students at this prestigious competition,” said Dr. Philip Lee, chair of DSC’s Udvar-Hazy School of Business. “Our students placed as finalists or above in their respective events at more than double the national average. It’s a great indication of the quality of our students, faculty, and programs here at Dixie State College.”

In addition to the awards received by DSC students, Dr. Lee was honored as the retiring chair of the DECA National Post-secondary Advisory Council and recognized for 30 years of service to the organization.

Dixie State College Theatre Program Set to Debut "The Comedy Storm" for Summer Season
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – June 8, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah’s Theatre Department will be one of the many campus programs hard at work during the summer season, thanks in part to the launch of “The Comedy Storm,” a new summer theater series to be housed in the Laboratory Theater in the Eccles Fine Arts Center.

The debut season will include three comedies, Black Comedy, Lend Me A Tenor and A Bedfull of Foreigners. The productions will be presented in repertory, with Black Comedy and A Bedfull of Foreigners on Thursday and Friday evenings, respectively, and Lend Me a Tenor on Saturday and Monday nights.

The productions will open on Thursday, June 18th and will run through Saturday, July 18th. The three weekend shows will start nightly at 7:30 p.m., while the Monday shows will begin at 5:00 p.m.

According to DSC Director of Theatre Varlo Davenport, the department has been working to create a niche market in between Tuachan, the Neil Simon Festival and the Utah Shakespeare Festival. He noted that “The Comedy Storm” will feature light comedies, perfect for a summer evening’s entertainment, and will offer an early evening performance on Mondays that will give patrons plenty of time to drive out and see Tuacahn’s production of Annie.

“We have been discussing this for some time and we now have the resources and support to make it happen,” said Davenport. “Dixie State College theatre had a very successful year and as a way to keep our momentum and add to our students’ experience, we are excited to launch this program.”

“The Comedy Storm” will consist of a company of about 15 actors and technicians, each of whom will have multiple roles or assignments. “The actor who is in a leading role one night may be the props master or stage manager the next night,” said Davenport. “Summer stock theatre is a great way to find out if you really have a passion for the work and to develop a better understanding of how all the elements of theatre work together.”

The shows will be under the direction of Michael Harding and Varlo Davenport, DSC theatre faculty members, and Andrew Hunsaker. Hunsaker is the performance instructor at Tuacahn High School for the Performing Arts, both he and Mr. Harding have appeared many times at the Utah Shakespeare Festival.

Tickets are available now for just $10. For tickets and further information, please call 435-652-7800 or visit the central campus ticket office at the DSC Avenna Center. Patrons may also purchase tickets prior to each evening’s performance at the Eccles Fine Arts Center Box Office or online at “tickets.dixie.edu.”

"Return to Little Hollywood" Set to Premiere June 17
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – June 2, 2009) “Return to Little Hollywood,” a new documentary about the film industry’s history in southern Utah, will premiere at the Crescent Moon Theatre in Kanab, Utah, on Wednesday, June 17, 2009.

Co-sponsored by Dixie State College of Utah and Kane County’s Center for Education, Business, and the Arts (CEBA), the 38-minute film has been created to promote Kanab and Kane County to production companies and other potential investors from the entertainment industry.

The scenic landscape that surrounds Kanab has long been a favorite for motion picture production. Since the 1920s, hundreds of feature films and television programs have been made there, most notably “Western Union,” “Buffalo Bill,” and Clint Eastwood’s classic western “The Outlaw Josey Wales,” as well as the long-running TV series “Gunsmoke” and “Have Gun, Will Travel.” For this reason, Kanab is often referred to as “Utah’s Little Hollywood.”

“Kanab has an amazing past,” said the film’s director, Stephen B. Armstrong, an assistant professor of English at Dixie State College of Utah. “As remote as this area used to be, it managed to attract some of Hollywood’s greatest talent. Movie stars like Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, Dean Martin, Maureen O’Hara and James Garner made movies out here. World-class directors like Fritz Lang, John Sturges and Clint Eastwood worked out here, too. It really was a ‘Little Hollywood.’”

“Return to Little Hollywood” provides audiences with the opportunity to view footage of locations and sets used in past movie and television productions. It also includes interviews with county residents who participated in these productions, as well as interviews with local officials, historians and several Hollywood professionals, including the actors Clint Walker and Harry Carey, Jr.

Christina Schultz served as the documentary’s executive producer. She is Vice President of Institutional Advancement at Dixie State College and Chair of CEBA’s Governing Board. Schultz recruited veteran Utah newsman Dick Nourse to help with the project.

The documentary has presented several opportunities for DSC students to gain valuable work experience. Students pursuing the digital film track in the College’s communication department have assisted the producers during shooting, while professional & technical writing students from the College’s English department have developed promotional materials, such as brochures, packaging covers and publicity kits.

English student Charles Cornwall designed the website for the production. “It’s been great utilizing the skills I’ve learned in the classroom,” Cornwall said.

“Return to Little Hollywood” will premiere on June 17 at 7:00 pm at the Crescent Moon Theatre in downtown Kanab. Following this, the documentary’s producers plan to screen the picture throughout the state.

For more information regarding “Return to Little Hollywood,” contact Steve Armstrong at (435) 652-7806 or Christina Schultz at (435) 652-7542.

Dixie State College Set to Become a "Good Neighbor" to Arizona and Nevada Residents
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – May 28, 2008) Thanks to a bill passed by the Utah State Legislature earlier this year, Dixie State College of Utah will position itself as a viable higher education option for residents in northern Arizona and southeastern Nevada.

Beginning this July 1, Utah House Bill No. 364, known as the “Good Neighbor Policy,” potential college students living in any county within a 70-mile radius of the main Dixie State campus in St. George, will be eligible to pay in-state tuition to attend DSC. The new policy covers Clark and Lincoln counties in Nevada, including residents of Mesquite, Logandale and Las Vegas, as well as residents of Mohave and Coconino counties in Arizona.

According to the bill, co-sponsored by Utah state representative Don Ipson and Utah state senator Steve Urquhart, a student attending Dixie State through the policy would pay a per-credit-hour surcharge in addition to the regular DSC resident tuition and fees. The surcharge will be based on a percentage of the price of each in-state credit hour, which will not be less than 70% of an approved per-credit-hour fee.

“There will be a surcharge of $85 per credit for out-of-state students who qualify for the Good Neighbor Policy, along with the regular DSC in-state tuition and fees,” said Frank Lojko, DSC vice president of student services. “For students who want to pursue a degree in our allied health programs, there will be a higher surcharge per credit hour for those cohort programs.”

Lojko noted that even with the total cost of in-state tuition and the surcharge fees, students coming from Arizona and Nevada will still be paying less to attend DSC under the new policy than they would by either staying home to go to college or paying full out-of-state tuition at DSC. Lojko went on to say that DSC’s full slate of allied health programs and new four-year music degree, along with its business and aviation management degree programs, are very attractive options for the students who will benefit from this policy.

“We currently offer the lowest four-year in-state tuition costs in Utah,” Lojko said. “With the federal government increasing Pell grant funding, this financial aid option will help these students cover the majority of their college expenses while attending Dixie State.”

In addition to the “Good Neighbor” policy, the bill establishes an “Alumni Legacy” policy, in which children of DSC alumni who live out-of-state could be eligible to attend Dixie State for the in-state tuition price. If a non-resident Dixie alumna has earned at least an associate’s degree at DSC, their children could attend DSC and have the out-of-state portion of the tuition costs waived.

According to Lojko, the Legacy policy was established as a way to recognize DSC’s valued alumni base and promote a continued connection with their alma mater, as well as promote the enrollment of non-resident students with high academic aptitudes.

“The Legacy portion of the bill is a great opportunity for not only Dixie State, but the rest of Utah’s higher education institutions, to re-connect with their alumni base and encourage their children to follow in their footsteps,” said Lojko. “The Legacy component waives out-of-state tuition, but each institution can establish their own surcharges and fees for their individual programs.”

Lojko went on to say that these two policies will help bolster DSC’s already successful recruiting and retaining efforts, in addition to establishing Dixie State as a destination for higher education in the region. The anticipated increase in visibility and enrollment could also mean the addition of two and four-year programs to Dixie’s current slate of academic offerings.

“I see Dixie State College becoming a destination institution for several reasons,” Lojko noted. “DSC is offering more programs and degrees to serve the greater need of our communities and surrounding areas. In addition, we have wonderful and progressive communities within Washington County, along with our climate and outdoor opportunities.”

Currently, Dixie State College students can earn baccalaureate degrees in 12 areas of study, including recently added four-year degrees in accounting, aviation management, communication, dental hygiene, integrated studies and music. Students can also earn bachelor’s degrees in biology, business administration, with emphases in accounting, finance and visual technology, as well as computer & information technology, elementary education, English and nursing.

In addition, Dixie State has partnered with Southern Utah University to offer four-year programs in criminal justice, family & consumer science, history education and psychology. Dixie State also offers a wide variety of associate degree and certificate programs, including a number of health science and business as well as a number of adult education opportunities.

Dixie State is home to some of the top allied health science programs in Utah, which are housed in the Russell C. Taylor Health Sciences Center, a 78,000 square foot facility located on St. George’s Dixie Regional Medical Center’s campus. DSC’s nursing program consistently achieves one of the highest student pass rate among all programs in Utah on the RN licensor exams. Meanwhile, students in Dixie’s dental hygiene program score among the top-10 percent in the nation on board exams, including the fourth-highest pass rate on the 2007 National Board Exam at 93.3 percent. DSC’s dental hygiene program also posted a No. 1 ranking in 2004 and a national runner-up finish in 2006.

For more information about DSC’s “Good Neighbor” and “Alumni Legacy” policies, please contact DSC scholarship coordinator Sue Perschon at 435-652-7578 or at sperschon@dixie.edu.

Dixie State Automotive Technology Program Receives Vehicle Donation From Nissan and Stephen Wade Dealership
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – May 27, 2009) Students in Dixie State College of Utah’s automotive technology program will have five new top-of-the-line vehicles to train on thanks to generous donations made by Nissan North America and the St. George Stephen Wade Nissan dealership.

The five vehicles donated by Nissan North America include a 2003 Infiniti FX45, 2004 Nissan Titan truck, a 2005 Nissan Frontier truck, a 2006 Infiniti M45 and a 2007 Nissan Sentra. All five vehicles have an approximate value of $135,000.

Program instructor Bill Schouten, who himself is retired from the Nissan Corporation, said that DSC’s automotive department approached Nissan about the possibility of receiving vehicles the company was preparing to move out of its corporate fleet. The department then received word last March that the vehicles would be made available to the College.

“We discussed our need for vehicle donations to keep our fleet of school-owned shop vehicles up-to-date with the latest technological advances in the industry,” Schouten said. “By incorporating these vehicles into our fleet, we will now have current, state-of-the-art automobiles on which to train our students.”

According to Schouten and assistant professor Mel Jensen, the donated vehicles are for student training only and cannot be licensed or operated on public streets, which left the department staff wondering how they would get the automobiles from Pleasanton, Calif., to the DSC campus. However, that problem would be solved thanks to the generosity of Stephen Wade and his son C.J. Wade, who arranged and paid for the expensive transportation of the vehicles from California to St. George.

In addition, C.J. Wade, who is a member of the DSC automotive department’s advisory council, took on the added expense of detailing the vehicles before delivering them to the Dixie campus.

“Our sincere thanks go to Stephen and C.J. Wade and the entire Stephen Wade Nissan dealership for their generosity, we would not have these vehicles here without their help,” Schouten said. “They recognize the need for properly trained technicians for the auto industry and our department is fortunate to have local industry partners like Stephen and C.J. Wade support our program and students.”

For more information on DSC’s automotive technology program, please contact Bill Schouten at 435-652-7859 or at schouten@dixie.edu, or Mel Jensen at 435-652-7853 or at jensenm@dixie.edu.

DSC Sears Art Museum Gallery Presents Dual Summer Art Exhibit Now Through July 31
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – May 21, 2009) The Sears Art Museum Gallery at the Dixie State College of Utah Dolores Dore’ Eccles Fine Arts Center is currently presenting a dual summer art exhibit, featuring two talented artists from southwestern Utah, including Cedar City’s Fiona Phillips and part-time Apple Valley resident Paul Fuentes. The exhibit is open Monday-through-Thursday through July 31, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

In addition, a special artist reception with refreshments will be held on Friday, May 30, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., in the Gallery. Admission to the exhibit and reception is free and open to the public.

Phillips’ exhibit, entitled “Fiona Phillips: Recollection and Connection,” depicts her work as an exploration into the place of memory in regards to identity within the family, and the “snap-shot” photograph as a mediator, linking past and present. She has been working on a series of oil paintings depicting memories of her mother, including reflections that were jogged by rereading old letters and enjoying old photos she and her mother shared over the years. The richness of those slices of memory are seen in visions of hand embroidered linens blowing in the summer breeze, perfect hued flowers, and patterns reminiscent of times gone by. Standing back for a moment, a viewer, not surprisingly, may find themselves remembering vignettes of their own childhood.

Phillips, who has been painting since she was a senior in high school, currently serves as an adjunct professor at Southern Utah University. She earned her MA in Painting from Cal State Dominguez Hills and an MFA in Visual Art from the Vermont College of Fine Art. Before moving to Utah, Phillips worked and exhibited throughout California, and has participated in numerous national, state and regional juried shows, including shows at the St. George Art Museum.

Fuentes will present his works in an exhibit titled “Paul Fuentes: Celebrating 91 Years Here…and There.” Still going strong at age 91, Fuentes captures his enthusiastic observations with retrospection in his studio and en plein air. His landscapes evince his native love of the land whether his medium is pen and ink, or oil. The landscapes are dramatically lit with well-placed strokes of light and dark. Some maintain a small-scale intimacy and other are large and place the viewer within the space. He is most likely successful in these endeavors, since he can watch the light, details, and juxtaposed majesty of the views outside his window of views of Zion National Park.

Fuentes also frequents Sedona, Ariz., where he spends a week each year painting and chatting with gallery patrons at the Showcase Gallery in Tlaquepaque. In addition, his works can be seen at the annual Dixie Invitational Art Show on the DSC campus, and he is represented by DeZion Gallery in Springdale, Utah, and the NoHo Gallery in North Hollywood, Calif.

For more information on the pair of exhibits, contact Sears Art Museum Gallery curator Kathy Cieslewicz at 435-652-7909 or at “cieslewicz@dixie.edu.”

DSC Communication Department Receives $145K Donation From Simmons Media Group
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – May 7, 2009) The Dixie State College of Utah communication department has announced a partnership with Simmons Media Group that will help provide practical and hands-on experience to DSC students interested in broadcasting.

The partnership announcement, highlighted by a $145,000 donation from Simmons Media Group, coincided with the DSC communication department’s debut of a new classical music FM station, KXDS Dixie’s Classical 91, which began airing this past April 15. KXDS Dixie’s Classical 91 is currently broadcasting on a preview basis on FM frequency 103.1 KURR-FM, with plans to move to its permanent frequency home at 91.3 FM in the near future.

Simmons Media Group’s commitment to DSC includes donated equipment, a site lease, use of an on-air frequency and legal costs to make the partnership possible. As part of the partnership, Dixie State will also provide equipment and pay for power and utilities.

“Simmons Media is very pleased to become a partner with Dixie State College in providing quality media resources and experiences for students and listeners in southern Utah,” said Craig Hanson, President and COO of Simmons Media Group. “We look forward to assisting Dixie State with their outstanding mission to create a world class media organization that will prepare students for professional careers while providing exceptional programming and public service opportunities for the listening communities served.

“We believe that the vision and values of Dixie State’s Media Department are compatible with our desire to create worthy and mutually beneficial relationships,“ Hanson added.

According to Paul Bulkley, general manager of KXDS, Dixie State’s radio broadcasting program will provide students with everyday practical and technical knowledge of a working radio station. He added that students will gain hands-on experience in radio station management, production, promotion and on-air talent enhancement, which includes disc jockey training, along with news and sports reporting.

“This program will give a jumpstart to students seeking careers in broadcasting,” Bulkley said. “The partnership with Simmons Media will enable Dixie State College students to gain real-world experience that they may not have access to at other institutions.”

“The generosity of Simmons Media Group will greatly impact our community and our students,” said Christina Schultz, DSC Vice President of Advancement. “Dixie State’s communication degree is one of the fastest growing four-year programs on this campus and this collaboration will enhance that growth.”

KXDS Dixie’s Classical 91’s broadcast range covers Washington County and most of southwestern Utah, including as far north as Enterprise and Cedar City, along with coverage in Kanab and Mesquite, Nev. In addition, listeners are able to enjoy their classical music favorites online either at home or in the office at http://new.dixie.edu/classical91.

For more information on the new KXDS Dixie’s Classical 91 or to inquire about advertising, please contact general manager Paul Bulkley at 435-879-4264 or at bulkley@dixie.edu.

Dixie State College Theatre Program Announces Summer Season and Auditions
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – May 4, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah’s Theatre Department will be one of the many campus programs hard at work during the summer season, thanks in part to the launch of “The Comedy Storm,” a new summer theater series to be housed in the Laboratory Theater in the Eccles Fine Arts Center.

According to DSC Director of Theatre Varlo Davenport, the department has been working to create a niche market in between Tuachan, the Neil Simon Festival and the Utah Shakespeare Festival. He noted that “The Comedy Storm” will feature light comedies, perfect for summer evening’s entertainment, and will offer an early evening performance on Mondays that will give patrons plenty of time to drive out and see Tuacahn’s production of Annie.

“We have been discussing this for some time and we now have the resources and support to make it happen,” said Davenport. “Dixie State College theatre had a very successful year and as a way to keep our momentum and add to our students’ experience, we are excited to launch this program.”

The debut season will include three comedies, Black Comedy, Lend Me A Tenor and A Bedfull of Foreigners. The productions will be presented in repertory, with Black Comedy and A Bedfull of Foreigners on Thursday and Friday evenings, and Lend Me a Tenor on Saturday and Monday nights. The productions will open on Thursday, June 18th and will run through Saturday, July 18th. The three weekend shows will start nightly at 7:30 p.m., while the Monday shows will begin at 5:00 p.m.

“The Comedy Storm” will consist of a company of about 15 actors and technicians, each of whom will have multiple roles or assignments. “The actor who is in a leading role one night may be the props master or stage manager the next night,” said Davenport. “Summer stock theatre is a great way to find out if you really have a passion for the work and to develop a better understanding of how all the elements of theatre work together.”

For those interested in participating there will be a meeting this Tuesday, May 5th, at 6:00 p.m., in room 156 of the DSC Eccles Fine Arts Center. Company members who are not current DSC students will be asked to enroll in a DSC summer theater class. Further details will be discussed at the meeting.

The company will also provide opportunities for high school juniors and seniors to gain advanced training and experience, by creating four student internships. The intern auditions for area high school students will be Friday, May 8th, in room 156 of the DSC Eccles Fine Arts Center. High school students interested in applying for an intern position should contact Varlo Davenport at davenport@dixie.edu <mailto:davenport@dixie.edu> or 652-7797 to schedule their audition.

The shows will be under the direction of Michael Harding and Varlo Davenport, DSC theatre faculty members, and Andrew Hunsaker. Hunsaker is the performance instructor at Tuacahn High School for the Performing Arts, both he and Mr. Harding have appeared many times at the Utah Shakespeare Festival.

Tickets are $10. For tickets and further information, please call 435-652-7800 or visit the central campus ticket office at the DSC Avenna Center. Patrons may also purchase tickets prior to each evening’s performance at the Eccles Fine Arts Center Box Office or online at “tickets.dixie.edu.”

Dixie State College Confers 1,440 Degrees and Certificates Friday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – May 1, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah conferred a total of 1,440 degrees and certificates Friday evening at its 98th-Annual Commencement Exercises held at the Avenna Center Burns Arena.

DSC awarded a total of 1,053 degrees, including 231 bachelor degrees, the largest baccalaureate graduating class in school history, along with 822 associate degrees. The 231 four-year degrees conferred was a 51 percent increase from a year ago (153 bachelor’s degrees), while the number of associate degrees awarded was up seven percent from 2007-08. In addition, 387 vocational and technical certificates were awarded, which is 143 more than last year.

United States Congressman Jim Matheson delivered the keynote address to Dixie State’s Class of 2009. Matheson focused his remarks on how education uses technology to empower individuals. He pointed out that many of today’s college majors did not exist 10 years ago, which posed the question of what will today’s students be studying 10 years from now?”

“There has never been a time in our history when it was more critical for individuals to invest in themselves through education,” Congressman Matheson said. “Your future, here in St. George, Utah, has never been more closely linked with the futures of the billions of people around the globe.

“Economies and cultures have become intertwined,” Matheson added. “The earth has shrunk to less than five seconds—or the time it takes an email or a text message to reach someone’s cell phone.”

Of the record 231 baccalaureate degrees conferred Friday, 140 of the graduates came from three of DSC’s four-year programs – business administration (68), elementary education (38) and communication (34). In all, students earned Bachelor’s degrees in nine of DSC’s 11 four-year programs, including the first-ever class of four graduates in the College’s integrated studies program.

Two foreign countries (Mongolia and Peru) and 21 states were represented in the Class of 2009. Meanwhile, nearly 87 percent of DSC’s graduating class called Utah home (915 students), with 24 of the state’s 29 counties represented, while over two-thirds of those students (631) hailed from Washington County. Female graduates constituted 54 percent of the class, while the class ranged in age from 17 to 61.

This year’s graduating class also featured 44 high school seniors who were awarded an associate degree as part of the Southern Utah Center for Computer, Engineering, and Science Students (SUCCESS) Academy program. The SUCCESS Academy is a state-approved early college high school in partnership with Washington County School District and Dixie State College. This academically rigorous and challenging program provides students the opportunity to earn an associate degree through an on-campus college curriculum while also completing their high school graduation requirements at their boundary high school. The Success Academy on the DSC campus began in the fall of 2006 with 50 10th-grade students, and 44 of those registered students (88%) completed the program to earn their associate degree.

Diana Stanley of St. George, who graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in English, represented DSC’s Baccalaureate class as Valedictorian and speaker, while Angela Watts, a communication major from Sandy, Utah, spoke on behalf of the Associate Degree graduate class as its Valedictorian.

In addition to his keynote address, Congressman Matheson was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in Humanities. Mrs. Alice Evans Allred, Washington County Commissioner Alan D. Gardner, and State Representative Brad Last, each received Distinguished Citizen awards for their exemplary service to the college and community.

Dixie State College also honored three retiring faculty members, who combined have served for nearly 130 years at the College. Dr. Ronald Garner, the longest tenured faculty member in the Utah System of Higher Education, retired after 54 years of service as a professor of music, along with Dr. Nolan Ashman, who was a psychology professor at DSC for 44 years, and Jay L. Slade, who served as professor in DSC’s graphic communication program for 30 years.

Dixie State College Set to Transition to Summer Four-Day Work Week
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – April 29, 2009) For the seventh consecutive summer, Dixie State College of Utah will transition to a four-day work schedule, operating on a 10-hour a day workweek Monday through Thursday beginning this Monday, May 4. The schedule will remain in effect during the summer months through Friday, Aug. 14. The college will resume its regular schedule on Monday, Aug. 17.

The majority of college employees will work Monday through Thursday, with offices open to students and the public from 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. College employees will have a 30-minute break for lunch.

The college first experimented with the four-day summer schedule in 2003. The change in schedule has allowed the college to cut down on air conditioning and electricity costs. While variables change year to year and savings are difficult to predict, the college’s executive director of business services, Scott Talbot, estimates that in past years, the four-day workweek has saved the college nearly $40,000 in utility expenses annually.

The measure has coincided with a statewide push to conserve power. In recent years, the state has plugged conservation as part of the state’s PowerForward alert system, a color-coded system that encourages electricity use during the summer according to daily circumstances.

Certain buildings and departments on the DSC campus will remain open five days a week, including DSC’s Student Services department offices to assist current and future students’ needs in registration, admission, school relations/recruiting, financial aid, advisement, testing and assessment, and security. In addition, DSC’s 2009 summer semester will not be affected by the four-day workweek schedule as all Friday classes throughout term will continue as scheduled.

This year’s summer schedule consists of two five-week blocks, which begin May 18 and June 22 respectively, and an eight-week block that runs from June 1 through July 23. To register for summer courses, call 435-652-7701 or logon at www.dixie.edu/reg.

LDS Church Historian Raymond Kuehne to Address Final 2008-09 DSC Colleagues Meeting This Monday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – April 29, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah will host its final President’s Colleagues of DSC meeting of the 2008-09 academic year, featuring LDS Church historian Raymond Kuehne, this Monday, May 4, at 12 noon, in the Dunford Auditorium of the Browning Resource Center on the DSC campus. The meeting is free and open to the public.

Kuehne will share his presentation, entitled “The LDS Church in Communist East Germany, 1945-1990,” which describes how 6,000 members of the LDS Church remained and practiced their faith in the Soviet-occupied zone that became the German Democratic Republic, following the end of World War II. He will discuss how nowhere else in the world did so many church members, well organized in branches and districts, were able to live under an atheistic, communist government.

Kuehne’s presentation will also answer questions on what happened to the church members and how the church function in the GDR, and will also review how the church and members adapted to changing conditions over the years. It will provide examples regarding missionary activities, church youth programs, education and employment discrimination, how the church was able to dedicate a temple in 1985, and why missionaries were allowed into the country before the regime collapsed.

Kuehne was born in New York City in 1937, eight years after his parents had immigrated from Germany in 1929, though the family relocated to Salt Lake City during his boyhood years. After serving a mission for the LDS Church in the North German Mission, Kuehne graduated from the University of Utah in 1964 with a BA in History. In 1964-65, he was a Fulbright Fellow at Marburg University in Germany, and was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at the University of Virginia in 1965-66. He was employed by the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., from 1967 to 1994; and served as a staff director for four National Advisory Boards for diabetes, digestive diseases, kidney and urologic diseases and arthritis for 17 years.

He retired in 1994, and he and his wife, Genie, moved to St. George in 1995. The English version of Kuehne’s book, “Mormons as Citizens of East Germany, a Documentary History, 1945-1990,” is awaiting publication by the University of Utah Press (the German version was published in Leipzig, Germany in 2008). Kuehne is currently writing a biography of President Henry Burkhardt, East German citizen, president of the LDS Church in East Germany, and the first president of the Freiberg Germany Temple.

The President’s Colleagues of Dixie State College, founded 15 years ago by former DSC President Dr. Douglas Alder, is a group of retired professors and other professionals who live mostly in the St. George and Washington County area. Dr. Alder, who also started an Honors Program at DSC, organized the Colleagues as a way to increase academic activities on campus. The Colleagues meet together once a month during the academic year to hear presentations from each other and/or invited guests.

Three to be Honored as Distinguished Citizens at DSC's Commencement Ceremony Friday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – April 28, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah will honor three Washington County residents during the college’s 98th Annual Commencement Exercises this Friday, May 1, in the Avenna Center Burns Arena. Mrs. Alice Evans Allred, Washington County Commissioner Alan Gardner, and Utah State Representative Brad Last, will be recognized as Distinguished Citizens for their exemplary service to DSC and community.

Alice Evans Allred’s life has been devoted to education and service. Since her arrival to the St. George area in 1996, opportunities for service have been abundant for Allred to immerse herself in this community, and she has held a wide variety of jobs since her arrival. Following a bout with health issues, she showed her appreciation to those that kept her “glued together” by volunteering in the Dixie Regional Medical Center’s information center. In addition, she keeps in touch with what goes on in Dixie by working as a volunteer in the St. George Chamber of Commerce and has spent time as a docent at the St. George Art Museum.

However, Allred will tell you that the love of her service life has been as a member of the Dixie State College Scholarship Associates, who raise money for needy students to attend DSC. The time she spends interviewing and getting to know students as part of the Associates, along with helping the students realize their academic dreams is, in her words, an exciting and exhilarating experience.

All of these jobs add much to her happy life and allow her the ability to keep busy and pay it forward for all that she has been blessed with. Her philosophy is “One day we will all run out of tomorrows, so make the best possible use of each today.”

DSC alumnus Alan Gardner will tell you that his Dixie roots run deep as a fifth-generation Washington County resident. Gardner graduated from Dixie High School, attended Dixie College, and after an LDS Mission to Florida, graduated with a bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University. He has had a life-long involvement with all phases of the cattle business, from ranching to retail meat sales.

Gardner is no stranger to service. He is the past president of the Washington County Diabetes Association, the Washington County Cattleman's Association, and the Dixie Jr. Livestock Show, and has served in a variety of leadership positions in his church. In 1994, he was chosen “Republican Man of the Year” for Washington County. The Utah Association of Counties also honored him as outstanding Commissioner of the Year and outstanding Elected Official of the Year. He was also the recipient of the Dale Sowards Award, a national recognition awarded to the county commissioner who has done the most for public lands over a three-year period at the national, state and local levels.

Gardner was elected to the Washington County Commission in 1996 and was recently re-elected to his fourth term. As a commissioner he has served as a liaison with Federal and State Public Land Agencies. He has been the lead commissioner dealing with desert tortoise and other endangered species issues in the county. In addition, he currently serves as the Immediate Past President of the Western Interstate Region, the fifteen western states of the National Association of Counties (NACo). He is also serving in his fourth year as Chairman of the Public Lands Management Subcommittee for NACo. Gardner, along with the other commissioners, have worked hard to keep Washington County one of the most fiscally responsible counties in Utah; and in his opinion “the very best place to live in the world.”

Fellow DSC alumnus Brad Last is also a southern Utah native, having been raised in Hurricane, and is a graduate of Hurricane High School. He attended Dixie College in 1976-77, and following an LDS mission, he completed work on his bachelor’s degree and an MBA at the University of Utah. Following his formal schooling, he worked as an instructor and writer for Wall Street Training Institute, and in the investment and insurance industry for several years.

Last returned to southern Utah in 1991 to help manage Southern Utah Home Care and Hospice, a company that was started by his late father, Dr. Garth Last, M.D., and Betty McDonald, RN. He was instrumental in establishing Home Care and Hospice operations in Las Vegas and Prescott, Ariz., and he is currently the President and CEO of Home Health Services, Inc., the parent company of this small family of Home Care and Hospice companies.

Last also serves as president of the Garth B. Last Charitable Foundation, a non-profit company that was created by the McDonald family to honor a beloved friend and business partner. The Foundation provides educational opportunities and helps with health care and related costs for individuals or families without resources.

He is a firm believer in the value of education and wanted to get involved in the community. To satisfy this urge he ran for a seat on the Washington County Board of Education in 1994. He served on the Board through 2002 and was the president of the Board in 1999 and 2000. He truly enjoyed the association with administrators, teachers and staff of the Washington County School District and came to appreciate their dedication to students. He remains convinced that it is the best school district in the state.

Last was elected to the Utah House of Representatives in 2002 and is now serving his fourth term in the House. During his legislative tenure, he has served as the chair of the Health and Human Services Standing and Appropriations Committees and the Public Education Appropriations Committee. In addition, he is now the vice-chair of the House Executive Appropriations Committee, which places him squarely in the middle of the current budget challenges.

The Last family loves and is deeply involved with Dixie State College. His wife, Jan, is currently pursuing an elementary education degree, while daughter Sara completed an associate degree last December and daughter Rachel will complete the DSC registered nursing program this December.

Dixie State’s 2009 commencement exercises will begin at 6 p.m., with U.S. Congressman Jim Matheson (D-Utah) serving as commencement speaker. Graduates will march from DSC’s Old Gym down the palm-lined walkway to the Burns Arena beginning at 5:30 p.m. The community is invited to participate in all commencement activities.

The annual President’s Reception and Graduate Luncheon will be held earlier that day from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the DSC Gardner Center Ballroom. The luncheon is free to graduates, while extra tickets may be purchased for $11 for adults, $7 for children 12-under. Luncheon tickets are available at the DSC Avenna Center Ticket Office or by call 435-652-7800. For more DSC Commencement information on, please visit “http://new.dixie.edu/commencement.”

Dixie State College to Confer 1,440 Degrees and Certificates Friday Evening
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – April 27, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah will graduate its largest baccalaureate class ever at its 98th Annual Commencement Exercises this Friday, May 1, at 6 p.m., in the Avenna Center Burns Arena.

To date, the college is slated to confer a total of 1,053 total degrees, including 231 bachelor degrees, an increase of 51 percent from last year (153 bachelor’s degrees), along with 822 associate degrees, which is up seven percent from 2007-08. In addition, 387 vocational and technical certificates will be awarded, which is 143 more than a year ago.

Of the record 231 baccalaureate degrees to be conferred Friday, 140 of the graduates will come from three of DSC’s four-year programs – business administration (68), elementary education (38) and communication (34). In all, students will be graduating in nine of DSC’s 11 bachelor’s degree programs, including the first-ever class of four graduates in the College’s integrated studies program, along with a record 16 from its nursing program and 15 from Dixie’s biology program.

Two foreign countries (Mongolia and Peru) and 21 states are represented in the Class of 2009. Meanwhile, nearly 87 percent of DSC’s graduates call Utah home (915 students), with 24 of the state’s 29 counties represented, while over two-thirds of those students (631) hail from Washington County. Female graduates constitute 54 percent of the class, while the class ranges in age from 17 to 61.

This year’s graduating class also features 44 high school seniors who will be awarded an associate degree as part of the Southern Utah Center for Computer, Engineering, and Science Students (SUCCESS) Academy program. The SUCCESS Academy is a state-approved early college high school in partnership with Washington County School District and Dixie State College. This academically rigorous and challenging program provides students the opportunity to earn an associate degree through an on-campus college curriculum while also completing their high school graduation requirements at their boundary high school. The Success Academy on the DSC campus began in the fall of 2006 with 50 10th-grade students, and 44 of those registered students (88%) completed the program to earn their associate degree.

Diana Stanley, a senior English major from St. George, will serve as the Baccalaureate Degree Valedictorian commencement speaker. Angela Watts, a sophomore communication major from Sandy, Utah, will represent the class as Associate Degree Valedictorian commencement speaker.

One honorary doctorate degree will be awarded during the exercises, with commencement speaker, United States Congressman Jim Matheson, receiving the honor. In addition, Mrs. Alice Evans Allred, Washington County Commissioner Alan D. Gardner, and State Representative Brad Last, will receive Distinguished Citizen Awards.

In addition, Dixie State College will be honoring three retiring faculty members, who combined have served for nearly 130 years at the College. Dr. Ronald Garner, the longest tenured faculty member in the Utah System of Higher Education, is retiring after 54 years of service as a professor of music, along with Dr. Nolan Ashman, who taught psychology at DSC for 44 years, and Jay L. Slade, who served as an instructor in DSC’s graphic communication program for 30 years.

Dixie State’s 2009 commencement exercises will begin at 6 p.m., with U.S. Congressman Jim Matheson (D-Utah) serving as commencement speaker. Graduates will march from DSC’s Old Gym down the palm-lined walkway to the Burns Arena beginning at 5:30 p.m. The community is invited to participate in all commencement activities.

The annual President’s Reception and Graduate Luncheon will be held earlier that day from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the DSC Gardner Center Ballroom. The luncheon is free to graduates, while extra tickets may be purchased for $11 for adults, $7 for children 12-under. Luncheon tickets are available at the DSC Avenna Center Ticket Office or by call 435-652-7800. For more DSC Commencement information on, please visit “http://new.dixie.edu/commencement.”

Dixie State Kicks Off Redesign of Native American Exhibit With Celebration This Wednesday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – April 24, 2009) To celebrate the redesign of a Native American exhibit inside its Browning Learning Resource Center, Dixie State College of Utah will hold a “Celebration of Cultural Connections” event this Wednesday, April 29, at 6:30 p.m., in the Browning Center’s Dunford Auditorium. Admission to the celebration is free and open for all community members, DSC students, and faculty and staff.

The celebration will include a program that will be entertaining and informative, beginning with a private Native American blessing for the safety and respect of the objects. Following the blessing, a special song for the artifacts will be presented by Mark Rogers, which will serve to set the tone for the program. In addition, there will be a short lecture concerning the objects by Glen Rogers and Clarence John of the Shivwits Band of Paiutes, along with presentations made by other invited Native American guests who will share their culture and talents with those in attendance.

The redesign is made possible by a grant given to DSC through the work put in by DSC Sears Art Museum Gallery curator Kathy Cieslewicz. She noted that the glass exhibit cases in the Browning Building have contained Native American artifacts for almost 30 years, and is in need of cleaning, conservation and updated informational text. Cieslewicz added that a committee has been selected to help with research and the building of the exhibit.

“I appreciate all those who are donating their time and talents to make this program a success,” Cieslewicz said. “I have received a lot of help from people who also appreciate the artifacts and who share the same vision as I do to represent the objects in a safe and respectful way.”

For more information, contact Kathy Cieslewicz at 435-652-7909 or at cieslewicz@dixie.edu.

DSC CIT Program Crowns Winners of Annual Computer Programming Competition
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – April 24, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah recently held its Sixth-Annual Computer Programming Competition, which featured 24 teams from local area high schools and eight DSC teams. Teams made up of two to three students competed for five hours to see who could solve as many problems possible in that time frame.

Pine View High School’s team of Cory Hammon, who won last year’s competition, and Adrian Miguel took home top honors in the prep competition. Meanwhile, the DSC tandem of Andrew Page, Kevin Hansen and Joe Ferguson won the collegiate division. Each of the five winning students received a $100 cash prize for their efforts.

The competition was sponsored by DSC’s Computer & Information Technology department, which offers a four-year bachelor’s degree program with emphases in computer science, information technology, and visual technology.

Dixie State College of Utah Announces 2009 Valedictorians
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – April 23, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah has announced who will represent the graduating class of 2009 as Valedictorians at the College’s 98th Commencement Exercises next Friday, May 1, at the Avenna Center Burns Arena.

Diana Stanley, a senior English major from St. George, will serve as the Baccalaureate Degree Valedictorian commencement speaker, while Angela Watts, sophomore communication major from Sandy, Utah, will represent the class as Associate Degree Valedictorian commencement speaker.

Stanley is one of the many non-traditional students benefitting from Dixie State College’s new four-year degrees. She earned her Associate of Arts degree with highest honors from DSC in 2008, and will be receiving her Bachelor of Science in English with an emphasis in professional and technical writing. Stanley’s academic achievements include being named Student of the Semester for English/Professional and Technical Writing, earning the English/Professional and Technical Writing department scholarship, and membership in Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society. She has presented papers at the Sigma Tau Delta International Conference, the Wooden O Symposium at the Utah Shakespearean Festival, the DSC Dixie Forum, and the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research. Her writings have appeared in the Dixie State Magazine, The Journal of the Wooden O Symposium, The Southern Quill and many other local publications.

Watts is a non-traditional disabled student who is currently working towards a bachelor degree in communication. Though she has struggled with her health for most of her life, she knows an education is her key to freedom from the disability system and, in her words, a life in which she is a fiercely loyal contributing member of society. Over the last two years, she has been honored to receive a number of campus awards, including the Student of the Semester award in communication, Superior Academic Performance recognition from TRiO, an Award of Excellence for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement from Student Support Services, and the communication department’s Student of the Year award. In addition, she serves as the vice president of DSC’s Americans with Disabilities Act Club.

The Valedictorian award is judged not only upon grades, but difficulty of courses completed. The recipient must have a cumulative GPA of 3.90 to 4.00.

Dixie State’s 2009 commencement exercises will begin at 6 p.m., with United States Congressman Jim Matheson (D-Utah) serving as commencement speaker. Graduates will march from DSC’s Old Gym down the palm-lined walkway to the Burns Arena beginning at 5:30 p.m. The community is invited to participate in all commencement activities.

The annual President’s Reception and Graduate Luncheon will be held earlier that day from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the DSC Gardner Center Ballroom. The luncheon is free to graduates, while extra tickets may be purchased for $11 for adults, $7 for children 12-under. Luncheon tickets are available at the DSC Avenna Center Ticket Office or by call 435-652-7800. For more DSC Commencement information on, please visit “http://new.dixie.edu/commencement.”

Dixie State College Community Unites to Raise Funds for Ailing Student Body President
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – April 17, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah students, faculty and staff have joined together to raise money on behalf of their student body president, Brock Bybee, who is facing major surgery in the coming weeks.

The 23-year old Bybee, a senior from Roy, Utah, is set to undergo necessary brain surgery next month, soon after he dons his cap and gown in graduating with his Bachelor’s degree in Communication. Having suffered from epileptic seizures most of his life, he received the good news that he is a candidate to have surgery to help correct the problem. However, the bad news is that this operation is extremely expensive. What makes the matter worse for Bybee and his family, including his widowed mother and four younger sisters at home, is that they are uninsured.

Upon hearing the news, the Dixie State campus community sprung into action by creating the “’Buck’ets for Brock” campaign, in an effort to raise money to help defray some of the costs of procedure and recovery. The campaign is complete with buckets donated by Jones Paint & Glass that are spread throughout campus where students can drop a “buck” or more into the containers. In addition, a donation account has been established in Bybee’s name at Zion’s Bank, where people in St. George and across the state can donate to the cause at any Utah bank branch.

“I am almost speechless and very humbled by the amount of love and support my Dixie family has shown me,” Bybee said. “I feel truly blessed and I am very grateful to have such great friends, professors and administrators who have stood by me during my time at Dixie State.”

DSC faculty member Candace Mesa, along with the school’s director of student activities Donna Stafford and her assistant Paige Anderson, are spearheading the campaign. Collectively, the trio have seen the effects the seizures have had on Bybee during his two years serving in student government, but have also marveled at the way he continued to persevere and succeed academically while carrying on in his duties as a student leader.

“We feel confident that as his story is told, it will strike a chord with many who understand the financial and emotional strain it has put on Brock and his family,” Mesa said. “We want to help lift that burden, one drop in the bucket at a time.”

Meanwhile, Anderson praises Bybee’s courage and humility in publically dealing with his seizures during his time at Dixie. She is also quick to point out that the grace and support a number of his peers have shown him over the years has made it easier on him to continue pursuing his education. She adds that his love for Dixie State during his five years at the institution is now being paid forward as those that have seen the best and worst of times in his life are now rallying with love and support on his behalf.

“Brock has really put himself out there with his illness and it is touching to see his fellow students coming to his aid like they have,” Anderson said. “He really loves Dixie and his friends, and since we have started placing buckets around, it is clear to me that he is loved right back. This is the best way we can let Brock and his family know that when he goes to Salt Lake City for that surgery, we will all be with him for this journey.”

The campaign will continue over the next several weeks. In addition to the account established at Zions Bank, donations may be made by contacting DSC Director of Student Activities Donna Stafford at 652-7513.

Dixie State College to Hand Out Year-End Dixie Awards Wednesday Night
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – April 17, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah will host the 2009 Dixie Awards Ceremony this Wednesday night, April 22, at 7 p.m., in the Dolores Dore’ Eccles Fine Arts Center Main Stage Theater. The event is free and open to all DSC students, faculty and staff, and community members to attend.

The annual year-end awards program recognizes students, faculty, and staff who have excelled in various areas of achievement. The Dixie Awards, formerly the Rebel Awards, have been a tradition at the college since the 1960s.

The ceremony will feature a number of academic, campus spirit and achievement awards, along with the announcement of the 2009 Valedictorians for the Baccalaureate and Associate degree graduating class, and honors graduates. In addition, the DSCSA Officers for the upcoming 2009-10 academic year will be introduced and sworn in. Dewey Denning, a junior integrated studies major from Iona, Idaho, will take the oath to become the new DSCSA studentbody president, while Nate Jensen, a junior communication major from Willard, Utah, will serve as vice president.

"The Art of the Exhibit" the Focus of the Final Dixie Forum of 2008-09 Academic Year
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – April 16, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah’s weekly noontime “Dixie Forum: A Window on the World” convocation wraps up a successful 2008-09 academic year this Tuesday, April 21, with a presentation by DSC art professor Dennis Martinez.

The Forum will begin at 12 noon, inside the Robert N. and Peggy Sears Art Museum Gallery in the Eccles Fine Arts Center on the DSC campus. Admission is free for all community members, DSC students, and faculty and staff.

Professor Martinez will discuss “The Art of the Exhibit,” which will center on the history of art presentation from ancient time to the present. Part of his presentation will include the DSC Artist’s Showcase currently on display in the Sears Gallery. Within the scope of the Showcase, Martinez will focus on art as a functional form, art as historical and religious iconography, art as a teaching element, and art as human expression and communication.

“Display of art creation has taken its evolutionary course from elements of everyday life to the inclusion of modern or contemporary interactive installation art,” Martinez notes.

Examples of art Martinez will draw from will range from the Greco-Roman era, Medieval Period, The Renaissance, Impressionism, Modernism and the Technical Age.

Martinez received a Bachelor’s of Arts and Archaeology degree from Princeton University, a Master’s in Art and Art History from the University of New Mexico, and an MFA in Creative Arts from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He has primarily taught at the college, and has also worked as a gallery curator, art therapist and a graduate instructor supervisor.

The DSC Artist’s Showcase is currently on display weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., through Friday, May 1, in the Sears Gallery. The Showcase features a wide variety of art media, including drawings, paintings, photography, ceramic and mixed media pieces, most of which were created and produced in DSC art classes. A number of student projects and pieces will be on display, along with entries from DSC faculty members Glen Blakely, Del Parson and Martinez.

For further information on DSC’s Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

Four at Dixie State College Receive Civic Engagement Recognition
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – April 15, 2009) Four members of the Dixie State College of Utah campus community recently received awards and recognition from the Utah Campus Compact (UCC). The awards were presented at the UCC’s annual statewide recognition event held this past April 7, at the Clark Planetarium in Salt Lake City.

The UCC presents these awards annually to recognize the work of outstanding faculty, staff, students and community partners at every higher education institution in Utah. UCC’s mission links and supports Utah’s colleges and universities in promoting civic engagement and preparing students for responsible citizenship.

Candace C. Mesa, DSC associate professor in Developmental English, was awarded the Civically Engaged Scholar Award. Since her arrival on the DSC campus, Mesa has worked tirelessly to bring service-learning to the forefront of the Dixie experience for not only the students, but for faculty and staff alike. She has built many bridges in the community through providing meaningful service opportunities and good relations that will extend far into the future. Mesa has challenged students to look outside themselves and beyond the borders of the DSC campus with such activities as harvesting and replanting of willows to help with flood concerns, canned food drives for the local Dixie Care and Share, and the clean up and restoration of the La Verkin Convergence River Project.

“I believe strongly that students who are actively engaged in service-learning become better stewards in the future,” Mesa said. “I also believe that faculty who provide service-learning as part of their pedagogy are more fulfilled in their teaching experience, thus strengthening the environment of our campus and community.”

Veronica Fely, who serves as administrative assistant for DSC’s Mobile Dental Clinic, was given the Civically Engaged Staff Member Award. Fely organizes and coordinates all the community outreach programs the DSC Dental Hygiene program participates in throughout southwestern Utah. She has coordinated trips made by DSC’s mobile clinic to a number of elementary schools, rehabilitation center, Headstart programs, and volunteer clinics in St. George, Kanab, Enterprise and Cedar City. Her hard work and dedication have bettered enabled DSC’s dental hygiene faculty and students to provide much needed services to many low-income families in Washington and Kane Counties. In addition, Fely organized the “Give a Kid a Smile Day” this past February, which provided over $35,000 worth of free dental work to children in the St. George area.

“It has been my privilege to coordinate the efforts of our faculty and students in performing dental hygiene services in many venues throughout our community,” Fely said of the award.

DSC senior dental hygiene student Tessa A. Creel received the Civically Engaged Student Award. As president of the 2008-09 Student American Dental Hygiene Association (SADHA) chapter at DSC, Creel has led nearly 40 students in the organizing and planning of many community service engagements. One such event, Sealant Saturday, provided approximately 500 free sealants for over 150 southern Utah children over a three-week stretch. She has also organizes free dental exams and fluoride treatments for families of Headstart; visits two classrooms every week (K-5) teaching oral health and nutrition; volunteers on the DSC Mobile Dental Clinic; extends free dental hygiene services to Kanab elementary school children; and renders services at rehab centers and Doctors Volunteer Clinics in St. George. Creel also served as the main trainer for the “Give a Kid a Smile Day” this past February, which provided over $35,000 worth of free dental work to children in the St. George area.

“The DSC Dental Hygiene Program not only taught me work skills, but also how to use those skills to make the world a better place,” said Creel. “Providing oral care over the past two years to those who cannot afford to see a regular dentist has been the most rewarding experience of my life.”

The UCC’s Committed Community Partner Award was presented to Steve Meismer, who serves as local coordinator of the Virgin River Program. On a number of occasions, Meismer has coordinated the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and DSC students to help with various projects along the river. This past semester, he has given presentations and set up service opportunities for students in DSC’s Developmental English program.

“I am committed to the revegetation of the Virgin River to protect and enhance the local community and wildlife habitat,” Meismer said. “Successful tamarisk removal and revegetation with native species will result in less flood damage, more water conservation, and better wildlife habitat, which is a winning situation for all concerned.”

Dixie State Browning Library Begins Food Drive to Benefit Dixie Care and Share
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – April 14, 2009) In celebration of National Library Month, the Dixie State College of Utah Val A. Browning Library has begun a “Because We Care” food drive from now through April 30, with all donations going to benefit the Dixie Care and Share Center.

Donation drop boxes can be found inside the Browning Library and on the first floor of the Gardner Student Center on the DSC campus. DSC students, faculty and staff, and community members are invited to visit the two locations to drop off any non-perishable canned or package food item. In addition, a Clothing-and-Bedding Collection Box has been established in the DSC Housing Office.

“We are excited to help keep the shelves stocked at the Dixie Care and Share,” said DSC Special Collections Librarian Bonnie Percival. “Our goal is to collect 1,000 cans or 1,000 pounds of food to feed families in need here in Washington County. We’re inviting everyone, both here on the DSC campus, and in the community to join us and help us reach our goal.”

For more information about the “Because We Care” food drive or to donate, please contact Bonnie Percival in the DSC Val A. Browning Library at 435-652-7718.

DSC Symphony Orchestra Takes the Stage for Pops Concert to Close 2008-09 Season April 20
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – April 13, 2009) The Dixie State College Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Paul Abegg, will present its final concert of the year on Monday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore’ Eccles Fine Arts Center Concert Hall on the Dixie State College campus.

DSC’s Symphony Orchestra will perform a number of Broadway and Hollywood-themed selections, including music from “The Lord of the Dance,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “West Side Story,” and Borodin’s “Polovtsian Dances” from “Prince Igor.” In addition, the orchestra will pay tribute to the late legendary Hollywood and Academy Award-winning composer Henry Mancini, and will play a number of selections from the music library of The Beatles.

General admission tickets may be purchased in advance at the DSC Avenna Center Ticket Office or at the door prior to the concert for $5 per person, $1 for DSC students and faculty and staff. For tickets or for more information, call the Avenna Center Ticket Office at 435-652-7800, or visit tickets.dixie.edu.

Dixie State College to Launch New Classical Radio Station This Wednesday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – April 10, 2009) Fans of classical music here in Dixie and in southwestern Utah will soon have a new radio station to listen to as Dixie State College of Utah’s Communication Department will launch a new classical music FM station this Wednesday, April 15. The launch of the station, KXDS Dixie’s Classical 91, will begin broadcasting on a preview basis on FM frequency 103.1 KURR-FM, with plans to move to its permanent frequency home at 91.3 FM in the near future.

KXDS Dixie’s Classical 91’s broadcast range will cover Washington County and most of southwestern Utah, including as far north as Enterprise and Cedar City, along with coverage in Kanab and Mesquite, Nev. In addition, listeners will also be able to enjoy their classical music favorites online either at home or in the office at http://new.dixie.edu/classical91.

“Dixie State College is proud to bring classical music to Utah’s Dixie and we will strive to always represent the community and Dixie’s overall commitment to higher education,” said KXDS general manager and program director Paul Bulkley. “We hope that the music we play will lift up and inspire the community, much like the community has lifted and inspired Dixie State College.”

Bulkley went on the say that as the station grows in popularity, it will be something that DSC and the community can be proud of. He noted that it is the overall hope of DSC’s communication department that the launch of Dixie’s Classical 91 will attract more students, both young and old, from around the area and that they will want to become part of this new community-supported radio station.

Bulkley added that DSC finalized plans for the launch this past Friday and said that the launch would not have been possible if not for the hard work of DSC’s Communication Department, along with several groups, including Simmons Media and Canyon Media, and the school’s administration.

“We wish to thank all of those who have diligently pushed forward to help put Classical 91 on the air,” Bulkley said. “We hope that it will be a benefit to the college and to our listeners.”

For more information on the new KXDS Dixie’s Classical 91 or to inquire about advertising, please contact general manager Paul Bulkley at 435-879-4264 or at bulkley@dixie.edu.

Dixie State to Host Special Reception to Honor Longtime Music Professor Dr. Ron Garner April 17
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – April 10, 2009) After 54 years dedicated to educating students at Dixie State College of Utah, longtime music professor Dr. Ron Garner has announced his retirement from the institution at the end of the 2009 spring semester. His colleagues, former students and friends will be honoring him for his service to the College with a special reception on Friday, April 17, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., in the foyer of the Dolores Dore’ Eccles Fine Arts Center on the DSC campus. The reception is free and open to public.

Dr. Garner arrived on the Dixie campus in 1955, when Dixie College was a two-year school situated on St. George’s Main Street between Tabernacle and First South. At that time, Dixie’s studentbody consisted of approximately 300 students with 20 faculty and 3 administrators. Over his 54 years, he has seen Dixie go through a complete transformation into a four-year institution with nearly 6,500 student and 12 baccalaureate degrees, including a new Bachelor’s of Music degree program that will begin this fall.

Garner is currently the longest-tenured professor in the entire Utah System of Higher Education, and has continued to teach on a full-time basis at the college to this day. In 2005, he celebrated his 50th-anniversary on campus and was inducted into the DSC Hall of Fame, an honor usually reserved for retired DSC employees, but then-DSC President Dr. Lee Caldwell made the motion to waive this criterion in Dr. Garner’s case.

As a professor of music, Dr. Garner has influenced the lives of thousands of DSC students and has contributed greatly to the cultural arts of southern Utah. In 1955, he accepted the position of director of instrumental music at Dixie College. He founded the DSC marching band and jazz ensemble and directed the concert band, orchestra, chamber orchestra, theater orchestra, and choir, whose combined performances number in the thousands.

Along with Norman Fawson and Irene Everett, he established the Southwest Symphony, serving as its first conductor for eight years during its primary development. He founded the Dixie Fine Arts Series (Celebrity Concert Series) and has served as president and board member on several occasions. Many of his former students are music educators who continue the fine music traditions of Dixie.

In addition, an endowment for a perpetual music scholarship has been has been established in Dr. Garner’s name as tribute to his many years of teaching and inspiring many music students at DSC. For more information or to contribute, please contact the DSC Alumni Office at 435-652-7535.

Dixie State Goes Hollywood at the Next Dixie Forum April 14
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – April 10, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah’s weekly noontime “Dixie Forum: A Window on the World” convocation will give patrons a little taste of Hollywood this Tuesday, April 14, as the Forum will host Emmy-nominated musician and composer Michael Andreas for a special hour of music and entertainment.

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.

Andreas has composed music for several television series, including Married…With Children; Wheel of Fortune; Men are From Mars/Women are From Venus; Early Edition; and music for NBC’s coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Summer Games. Andreas received an Emmy nomination for his work on the A&E special, Heroes for the Planet – featuring Charlotte Church.

In addition, Andreas has a number of film credits to his name and serves as the music director for the Los Angeles Ballet. As a musician, he has performed with everyone from The Beach Boys to the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

The Dixie Forum series continues each Tuesday through the rest of the spring semester. The final Forum of DSC’s 2008-09 academic year will introduce patrons to the DSC Artist’s Showcase, hosted by DSC Art Professor Dennis Martinez inside the Robert N. and Peggy Sears Art Museum Gallery in the Eccles Fine Arts Center. The Showcase features a wide variety of art media, including drawings, paintings, photography, ceramic and mixed media pieces, most of which were created and produced in DSC art classes. A number of student projects and pieces will be on display, along with entries from DSC faculty members Glen Blakely, Del Parson and Martinez.

For further information on DSC’s Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

School of Life Foundation Founder Jack Rolfe to Address Final Spring DSC Business Ethics Forum
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – April 10, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah’s Udvar-Hazy School of Business will host its final bi-monthly noontime Business and Ethics Forum of the 2009 spring semester this Thursday, April 16, featuring a presentation by Jack Rolfe, physical therapist and founder of the School of Life Foundation.

The Business and Ethics Forum, presented every other Thursday throughout DSC’s spring semester, will be held in the Boeing Auditorium (Room 121) of the DSC Udvar-Hazy Business Building. DSC students, faculty and staff, the entire Washington County business community, and the general public are all invited to attend. Admission is free.

Rolfe’s will share his presentation, entitled “Learn to ‘School’ Your Toughest Opponent,” will feature life lessons based on his workbook by the same title, which serves a tool to that has helped many onto the path of success in life. Rolfe’s presentation will reference the fact that “we” are our toughest opponent, and he will explain points of how honesty and ethics are a big part of that battle.

Rolfe heads The School of Life Foundation (SOLF), which is a worldwide nonprofit organization currently working with thousands of young people in 15 states and seven countries. SOLF is committed to the social, moral and character development of youth. The Foundation donates the workbook, Learn To "School" Your Toughest Opponent, to sports teams, schools, church groups, at-risk programs and other youth organizations. The book offers life-guiding principles and values to help youth achieve straight A's in the school of life.

Rolfe has a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Utah and is currently enrolled in Masters of Nonprofit Administration program at the University of Notre Dame.

Each speaker throughout the semester will speak on business matters in their respective professions and have been asked to integrate ethics into the discussion.

The bi-monthly forum, along with campus’ Institute for Business Integrity, was created by former DSC president Dr. Robert Huddleston in 2006, as a way to integrate ethics into the curriculum, and have it serve as a blueprint to ensure that students graduate with a set of ethical tools to help them get along in the professional world.

In 2006-07, Dixie State’s business program sought initial accreditation with the high profile Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). In order to become accredited with the AACSB, ethics were required to be integrated into the college’s business curriculum. As a result, each business class on the DSC campus now includes an ethical component.

Dr. Huddleston noted that the business forums will give students – and current and prospective local business owners – an added dose of ethics training that is so sorely needed into today’s business world. His hope is that by the time students leave Dixie State, they have been exposed to enough ethical cases that, when they get out in the workforce, they will have the wherewithal and the intestinal fortitude to do the right thing, even when their job might be on the line.

“The Institute for Business Integrity has brought an important opportunity for the business community, as well as DSC faculty and students, to emphasize the significance of social responsibility for business and industry in Washington County,” Dr. Huddleston said. “As research indicates, ethics contribute to employee commitment, investor loyalty, customer satisfaction and to profits.”

The Dixie State College Institute for Business Integrity is a partnership between the Udvar-Hazy School of Business at Dixie State College, the Small Business Development Center, the Washington County Economic Development Council, and the St. George Area Chamber of Commerce.

For questions regarding the DSC Institute for Business Integrity forums, contact Dr. Huddleston at huddleston@dixie.edu or 435-652-7740.

Dixie State College to Hold Annual Student Ceramic Sale April 15-17
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – April 9, 2009) The Dixie State College of Utah art department will hold its annual student ceramic sale next Wednesday-through-Friday, April 15-17, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the main lobby of the DSC North Plaza Art Building (west entrance), located on 55 South 900 East.

Now in its 33rd year, this annual end-of-the-year tradition features the works of many DSC art students who use the sale to help pay for their college education. Hundreds of hand-made ceramic and pottery pieces will be on sale at reasonable prices. Twenty percent of all proceeds will go to support the DSC art department. The department holds two ceramic sales each school year, the first coming in December in time for the holiday season, and this sale toward the end of spring semester as well. For more information about the pottery sale, call DSC art professor Glen Blakley at 435-652-7795.

Dixie State Dance Company Takes to the Stage for Annual Spring Concert April 16-17
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – April 8, 2009) Dixie State College’s Dance Company welcomes spring with an imaginative night of fantastic and inspirational performances in the art of dance as the Company presents its annual Spring Dance Concert next Thursday and Friday, April 16-17, at 7:30 pm, in the Dolores Dore’ Eccles Fine Arts Center Main Stage Theater on the DSC campus.

The Spring Dance Concert will feature choreographic work from DSC dance students and faculty, along with a number of guest choreographers. The concert will feature a variety of dance styles, including classical and contemporary ballet, ballroom, lyrical and stylized jazz, hip-hop, Ukrainian dance, moving and humorous modern, and romantic waltz.

The concert is presented under the direction of DSC professor and director of dance Dr. Li Lei, a position she has held since her arrival on campus in 2000. She established the Dixie State Dance Company in 2001, and serves as its artistic director.

Ticket prices are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors (age 65-over) and youth (age 17-under). DSC students may purchase tickets for $2 with a valid activity card. For tickets and further information, please call 435-652-7800 or visit the central campus ticket office at the DSC Avenna Center. Patrons may also purchase tickets prior to each evening’s performance at the Eccles Fine Arts Center Box Office or online at “tickets.dixie.edu.”

Navigating Life Between Two Cultures the Focus of the Next DSC Dixie Forum April 7
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – April 2, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah’s weekly noontime “Dixie Forum: A Window on the World” convocation continues this Tuesday, April 7, featuring a special presentation on multiculturalism by DSC professor Dr. Chizu Matsubara-Jaret.

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.

Jaret’s narrative presentation, entitled “In Between the Cultures – Growing Up Japanese in a White World,” will share with the audience how her experiences and exposures to different languages, culture and the identities of individuals that accompany them, helped prepare her to become an open-minded person in a globalized world. It was these experiences that allowed Jaret to explore more about herself while navigating life between the two cultures.

“As a young person, it was difficult not knowing how to belong to the so called ‘mainstream’ crowd,” Jaret said. “In the United States, I was referred to as a model minority. In Japan, I was an outsider since I didn’t know how to behave as a normal Japanese teenager. Recently, I have begun to look inward towards my heritage, culture, language, and identity, which I didn’t feel comfortable doing before.”

Jaret was born in Tokyo, Japan, and grew up in San Francisco, California. She has lived in Southeast Asia and has traveled extensively throughout North and South Asia. Her area of interest is second language acquisition, culture acquisition, and identity.

Jaret earned her Ph.D. from UNLV in 2007, a Master’s Degree from Florida International University in 1994, and graduated with a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree from Meijigakuin University (Japan). Jaret teaches English as a Second Language endorsement courses and Multicultural Education courses in the Department of Education at DSC.

The Dixie Forum series continues each Tuesday through the rest of the spring semester. The next Forum will be held April 14, featuring a presentation by renowned Hollywood music editor Michael Andreas. Andreas has worked on such shows at “Lost” and “The Practice,” and has served as music director for the Los Angeles Ballet.

For further information on DSC’s Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

Dixie State College Crowns Chelsea Gould D-Queen 2009 Tuesday Night
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – April 1, 2009) Chelsea Gould, a sophomore nursing major from Orem, Utah, was crowned 2009 Dixie State College D-Queen at the annual D-Queen Pageant held last Tuesday evening at the Cox Auditorium on the DSC campus.

Gould was selected out of eight contestants and was awarded a $500 scholarship for her efforts. Her young adult life has been dedicated to service, both at Dixie State and abroad. She currently serves as a Dixie Ambassador at DSC, where she assists in the recruitment of students and helps organize campus community service projects each semester.

In 2007, she was given the Utah Young Humanitarian Award, sponsored by YouthLINC, for her efforts in “Operation Smile” in Mexico, in addition to her working with children in orphanages and AIDS hospitals as part of an independent medical mission to Nairobi, Kenya. Gould plans on pursuing a Master’s Degree in Nursing following her graduation from Dixie State, and hopes to someday do humanitarian work on every continent.

Making up the rest of the D-Queen Court is first attendant Amy Theobald, a third-generation DSC student and sophomore general education major from St. George; and second attendant Kimberlie Ramirez, a sophomore biology major from Las Vegas, Nev. In addition, Lexy Cline, a sophomore pre-med major from Salt Lake City, was named Miss Dixie Spirit.

The D-Queen Pageant celebrates, first and foremost, academic prowess, service endeavors, talent, and extra-curricular activity. The pageant has long been a staple of D-Week, which first began at the college in 1915 as a way to increase school spirit among students, alumni, and the community.

The pageant, which was an all-day event that culminated with the evening’s festivities, consisted of five categories. Service and activities, an interview, and GPA made up 60 percent of the contest. The talent and evening wear categories accounted for the balance of the pageant.

Two Dixie State College Nursing Programs Earn Recommendation for Accreditation
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – March 31, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah’s nursing program recently received a shot in the arm as the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) recommended that DSC’s Practical Nursing (PN) and Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) programs continue with full accreditation.

NLNAC made the determination during its site visit to the DSC campus in February. The site team, consisting of five nurse educator peer evaluators, recommended the continuing accreditation of both programs for eight years, the maximum possible. The site team’s recommendation will be evaluated by an NLNAC peer review committee and the Commission, with official notification of continuing accreditation status to occur in July.

“Accreditation is an ongoing, voluntary, self-regulatory process by which nursing programs are recognized as meeting standards and criteria for educational quality,” said Dr. Carole Grady, DSC Associate Dean of Nursing and Allied Health.

Grady added that DSC’s PN and ADN programs have been accredited by NLNAC since 2002. She also added that Dixie State’s four-year Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing program (BSN) is in the process of applying for candidacy for accreditation, with an anticipated site visit slated to take place in the spring of 2010.

Dr. Donna Dillingham-Evans, DSC Vice President of Academics, added that DSC’s accreditation for BSN programs is most useful for placing students in graduate programs. She noted, however, that Dixie State nursing program graduates have been able to enter their chosen graduate programs without problems. Dillingham-Evans went on to say that graduation from an accredited BSN program generally is not a requirement for advancement into managerial nursing positions.

“Dixie State has three areas of strategic program development and one of those is health care opportunities, including nursing.” Dr. Dillingham-Evans said. “We are extremely proud of the quality faculty and students we have in our nursing programs and are pleased that the NLNAC will most likely make a site visit for our BSN program next spring. They will find we have great programs, great faculty and great students here at Dixie State College.”

DSC’s nursing program began in 1996, while the College’s four-year BSN program started in 2004. Over that time, DSC nursing students have shown an impressive pass rate in state nursing board exams and led the state with the highest RN pass rate from 2001 to 2004. In addition, Grady notes that the program’s LPN pass rates are close to 100 percent.

“Our pass rates show potential employers that Dixie State students are motivated and focused not only in the classroom, but in their practical exercises as well,” Grady said.

DSC’s entire allied health program is housed in the new Russell C. Taylor Health Sciences Center, a 78,000 square foot, three-story facility, located on the River Road campus of Dixie Regional Medical Center, just to the north and east of the hospital, approximately two miles from the DSC campus. The Russell C. Taylor Health Science Center houses 14 combined laboratories, 10 classrooms, a 150-seat lecture hall, 24 dental operatories, three computer labs and numerous offices and conference rooms, along with several student lounges with wireless internet capabilities.

Dixie State College to Host Faculty Recital Tuesday Night
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – March 31, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah’s performing arts department will host a faculty recital featuring Dr. Nancy Allred on Tuesday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m., at the Dolores Dore’ Eccles Fine Arts Center Concert Hall. Admission is free and open to the public. Dr. Allred’s recital will include works by Scarlatti, Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel and Chopin.

Dr. Allred is an assistant professor of piano at DSC, where she teaches piano pedagogy, piano literature, private piano and group piano courses. She received her bachelor and master’s degrees in piano performance from Brigham Young University, and her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from UMKC. Dr. Allred is an active chamber musician and is the accompanist and assistant director for the Southern Utah Heritage Choir.

Dixie State College Artist's Showcase Set to Open in the Sears Gallery This Weekend
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – March 31, 2009) The Sears Art Museum Gallery at the Dixie State College of Utah Dolores Dore’ Eccles Fine Arts Center is presenting the annual Dixie State Artist’s Showcase beginning this Friday, April 3, at 7:00 p.m. A free artist reception will be held this Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., and guests will be first to view the art show, enjoy refreshments and meet with the artists.

The showcase will feature a wide variety of art media, including drawings, paintings, photography, ceramic and mixed media pieces, most of which were created and produced in DSC art classes. A number of student projects and pieces will be on display, along with entries from DSC faculty members Glen Blakely, Dennis Martinez and Del Parson.

The exhibit, which is free and open to the public, runs through Friday, May 1, with exhibit hours running weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, please contact Sears Art Museum Gallery curator Kathy Cieslewicz at 435-652-7909.

Dixie State College President Stephen Nadauld to Address DSC Colleagues Meeting This Monday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – March 30, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah President Dr. Stephen D. Nadauld will address the next President’s Colleagues of Dixie State meeting this Monday, April 6, at 12 noon, in the Dunford Auditorium of the Browning Resource Center on the DSC campus. The meeting is free and open to the public.

President Nadauld will present a report on the “State of Dixie State,” and share with his ideas and plans for DSC, particularly regarding these “best of times and worst of times” with the institution’s historic enrollment growth coupled with the challenges of today’s economy.

Nadauld was appointed as president of DSC on March 27, 2008. Previously, he had served as president of Weber State University from 1985 to 1990. He has also held several positions at Brigham Young University’s Marriott Graduate School of Management, including director of the Master of Business Administration program from 1980-1983, and assistant and associate professor of finance from 1976-1983. Nadauld has also served as an instructor of finance at both the University of California-Berkeley and the University of Utah.

A native of Idaho Falls, Idaho, Nadauld earned a doctorate from UC-Berkeley, a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, with minors in mathematics, physics and French from BYU. He has also attended the University of Idaho and Ricks College. In addition, he currently serves as a board member for the Deseret Book Corporation, the O.C. Tanner Corporation, and the Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority.

The President’s Colleagues of Dixie State College, founded 15 years ago by former DSC President Dr. Douglas Alder, is a group of retired professors and other professionals who live mostly in the St. George and Washington County area. Dr. Alder, who also started an Honors Program at DSC, organized the Colleagues as a way to increase academic activities on campus.

The Colleagues meet together once a month during the academic year to hear presentations from each other and/or invited guests. The next meeting is slated for Monday, May 4, featuring a presentation by fellow Colleague Ray Kuehne, who will discuss the LDS Church in communist East Germany from 1945-1990.

Dixie State College's Annual D-Queen Pageant Set for Tuesday Night
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – March 27, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah will present its annual D-Queen Pageant, as part of the school’s week-long D-Week festivities, this Tuesday night, March 31, at 7 p.m., in the Avenna Center Cox Auditorium on the DSC campus. General admission tickets are now available for purchase through the DSC Avenna Center Ticket Office for $5, $3 for DSC students with current student ID.

Eight contestants will compete for the title of “Miss D-Queen,” and for a $500 scholarship provided by the DSC Alumni Association. The pageant, which is an all-day event that culminates with the evening’s festivities, consists of five categories. Service and activities, an interview, and GPA make up 60 percent of the contest. The talent and evening wear categories make up the balance of the pageant.

This year’s pageant theme is “Remember Me This Way,” which will be performed by pageant emcee and reigning Mr. Dixie Nolan Hanley. In addition, DSC’s new “Ragin’ Red” show choir will perform a pair of spirited numbers.

The D-Queen Pageant celebrates, first and foremost, academic prowess, service endeavors, talent, and extra-curricular activity. The pageant has long been a staple of D-Week, which first began at the college in 1915 as a way to increase school spirit among students, alumni, and the community.

For more information on the pageant, please call 435-652-7513 or email stafford@dixie.edu.

Dixie State Receives State Approval for New Four-Year Music Degree at Friday Board of Regents Meeting
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – March 27, 2009) The Utah State Board of Regents Friday gave Dixie State College of Utah administrators news that was music to their ears as DSC received approval to offer a new music baccalaureate degree. The announcement came during the Board’s meeting held at Dixie State’s Russell C. Taylor Health Science Center.

Class work for the new liberal arts degree program, which will be offered as a Bachelor’s of Arts (BA) or Bachelor’s of Science (BS) degree, will begin at the start of the upcoming fall semester this August.

The degree approval continues the College’s progression toward fulfilling its mission to offer core, foundational and high demand educational opportunities. With the addition of the new four-year music degree, DSC now offers students 12 bachelor’s degrees to choose from.

“The approval of this degree is an exceptionally bright moment for Dixie State College,” said Dr. Don Hinton, DSC dean of arts and letters. “From the earliest, music and the fine arts have been a major part of our campus. I keep remembering the many students who have been pleading for this degree and who have waited patiently for it. Now it is here and we are very happy.”

According to Glenn Webb, the chair of DSC’s Music Department, the new music degree will serve as an essential ingredient to an already vibrant and thriving institution. He added that having the new degree at Dixie State will give the College the ability to serve the community’s needs with graduates teaching and performing in the area.

In addition, Webb noted that the new music degree will provide all prospective music students in the Washington County School District, as well as Kane County and other surrounding areas, a local choice to continue their education, thus allowing students to pursue career goals at Dixie State instead of transferring to another institution to complete their music degree.

“This decision by the Regents is a life-changer,” Webb said. “It will change the lives of each current and future music student at Dixie State.”

Webb went on to say that DSC’s faculty is energized to provide its students with an excellent education and credits the assistance and support of Dixie State’s administration to help see this degree through to fruition.

DSC’s new music degree features a core of music courses giving students a fundamental background and will instructs students in foundational areas, including theory, history, performance, keyboard, and pedagogy. The programs and curriculum will provide students with an ideal training environment for aspiring performers and those seeking music graduate studies or professions in related fields.

In 2000, Dixie State College was granted license to begin offering bachelor’s degrees in high demand areas, which initially included business administration and computer & information technology.

Several other degrees have since followed, including elementary education (2002), nursing (2004), communication & new media (2005), English (2006), biology (2006), dental hygiene (2007), accounting (2007) and aviation management (2007). Also in 2007, DSC received approval by the Regents to offer a comprehensive communication baccalaureate degree, replacing the communication and new media degree, which will be discontinued on the recommendation of the Regents and Commissioner’s staff.

Last fall, DSC began class work in its integrated studies degree consisting of common core and select concentrations in nine of disciplines, including business, communication, computer and information technology, English, biology, mathematical sciences, psychology, fine arts and Spanish. In addition, Dixie State recently received approval for two additional degree programs from the Utah State Board of Regents. The two programs, a physical therapist assistant associate of applied science degree program, and a new finance emphasis in DSC’s Business Administration baccalaureate program, are slated to begin this fall.

In addition, DSC was given the green light by the Regents to offer a secondary education teaching (SET) licensure program this past December in three emphases; biology, English education and integrated science. Class work for those programs will begin at the start of the 2008 fall semester next August.

In 2005, the Board of Regents approved a change in mission for Dixie State College, allowing the college to begin offering bachelor’s degrees in “core” or “foundational” areas consistent with four-year colleges. Dixie State College also continues to function as a comprehensive community college as well, offering associate degree and certificate programs to its students.

The overall strategic goal for Dixie State College is to offer core and high demand educational opportunities at both the associate and baccalaureate levels that are consistent with and responsive to the needs of the community. Future programs for Dixie State College will likely center in three primary strategic clusters, which include business & technology, health care & public safety, and education.

Japanese Poetry Mixed With a Little Jazz Featured at the Next DSC Dixie Forum March 31
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – March 27, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah may have come up the perfect mix of culture during the lunch break as the College’s weekly noontime “Dixie Forum: A Window on the World” series continues this Tuesday, March 31, with Japanese poetry and jazz piano music featuring the talents of retired University of Utah professor Dr. Ed Lueders.

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.

Lueder’s presentation, entitled “Like Underground Water: 20th century Japanese Poets and a Little Jazz Piano,” will highlight his work as author, poet, essayist, and co-translator of modern Japanese poets. He will also discuss his love of jazz piano and his experiences of playing professionally since his college days. Patrons to the Forum may have enjoyed his music at a number of Utah ski resorts and for years as house pianist at Ala's Rustler Lodge. He is currently dinner pianist at the Capitol Reef Inn in Torrey, Utah.

Lueders is retired from the U of U where he served as English Department Chair, Director of Creative Writing, Editor of Western Humanities Review, and professor. Since retiring, he has taught on the writing faculty of the Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury College in Vermont. In addition, he has spent 40 years consulting with students and teachers as Poet in the Schools throughout the United State, India and Japan.

The Dixie Forum series continues each Tuesday through the rest of the spring semester. The next Forum will be held April 7, featuring a presentation by DSC faculty member Dr. Chizu Jaret entitled “Growing Up Japanese in a White World.”

For further information on DSC’s Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

Secrets to Happiness in Life and Business to be Shared at DSC Business Ethics Forum April 2
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – March 26, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah’s Udvar-Hazy School of Business will host its penultimate bi-monthly noontime Business and Ethics Forum of the 2009 spring semester this Thursday, April 2, featuring a presentation by St. George area real estate and investment professional Steve Wilson.

The Business and Ethics Forum, presented every other Thursday throughout DSC’s spring semester, will be held in the Boeing Auditorium (Room 121) of the DSC Udvar-Hazy Business Building. DSC students, faculty and staff, the entire Washington County business community, and the general public are all invited to attend. Admission is free.

Wilson will share his presentation entitled “The 5 ½ Secrets to Happiness & Success in Life & Business,” which will draw upon his almost 30 years of experience in the corporate world and will attempt to illuminate the path ahead for those working to complete their education and get on the road. He will incorporate the insights of some of the world’s greatest thinkers, such as baseball great Yogi Berra, who is attributed for having said “You can observe a lot just by watching.”

In addition, Wilson will argue that greed has caused us to think in terms of business ethics, as if there is a different code of ethics that should govern business dealings, and he will discuss how many individuals get into trouble in business by focusing on selfish desires rather than the secret of serving others. Wilson will also share a number of his other business secrets, including having an attitude of gratitude, along with the law of attraction and the six degrees of separation (Network Theory), among others.

Wilson currently runs Wilson Realty and is a managing partner of Will2Win, CRW Holdings and BTW Investments. Prior to that he worked for over 20 years at Dixie Regional Medical Center, where he served as CEO along with other management positions.

Wilson is a graduate of Brigham Young University, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration. In addition, he is working toward his Ph.D. in Health Services Management from the University of Iowa. Wilson has served on a number of civic and business councils and committees and has earned a number of awards, including an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Dixie State College in 2004.

The Forum will wrap up its 2008-09 schedule Thursday, April 16, with a presentation by Jack Rolfe, physical therapist and founder of the School of Life Foundation.

Each speaker throughout the semester will speak on business matters in their respective professions and have been asked to integrate ethics into the discussion.

The bi-monthly forum, along with campus’ Institute for Business Integrity, was created by former DSC president Dr. Robert Huddleston in 2006, as a way to integrate ethics into the curriculum, and have it serve as a blueprint to ensure that students graduate with a set of ethical tools to help them get along in the professional world.

In 2006-07, Dixie State’s business program sought initial accreditation with the high profile Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). In order to become accredited with the AACSB, ethics were required to be integrated into the college’s business curriculum. As a result, each business class on the DSC campus now includes an ethical component.

Dr. Huddleston noted that the business forums will give students – and current and prospective local business owners – an added dose of ethics training that is so sorely needed into today’s business world. His hope is that by the time students leave Dixie State, they have been exposed to enough ethical cases that, when they get out in the workforce, they will have the wherewithal and the intestinal fortitude to do the right thing, even when their job might be on the line.

“The Institute for Business Integrity has brought an important opportunity for the business community, as well as DSC faculty and students, to emphasize the significance of social responsibility for business and industry in Washington County,” Dr. Huddleston said. “As research indicates, ethics contribute to employee commitment, investor loyalty, customer satisfaction and to profits.”

The Dixie State College Institute for Business Integrity is a partnership between the Udvar-Hazy School of Business at Dixie State College, the Small Business Development Center, the Washington County Economic Development Council, and the St. George Area Chamber of Commerce.

For questions regarding the DSC Institute for Business Integrity forums, contact Dr. Huddleston at huddleston@dixie.edu or 435-652-7740.

Dixie State College Theatre Program Closes 2008-09 Season with "The Crucible"
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – March 25, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah’s Theatre Department will conclude its 2008-09 season with Pulitzer Prize winner Arthur Miller’s great American masterpiece, “The Crucible.” The production will run nightly April 2-4 and April 7-11, at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore’ Eccles Fine Art Center’s Main Stage Theater.

“The Crucible,” the winner of the 1963 Tony Award for Best Play, is set in Salem, Mass., amid the chaos of the infamous Salem Witch Trials in 1692. Written as a reaction to the equally famous McCarthy Red Scare of the 1950’s, “The Crucible” serves as a cautionary tale for all times. As this modern classic unfolds, a timeless parable about lust for power, the power of fear and the abuses of unchecked authority, become evident.

“We are proud to close out our fantastic season with one of the great American plays,” says DSC Director of Theatre Varlo Davenport. “Even today, ‘The Crucible’ is a powerful example of how theatre and art reacts and reflects the society around it.”

The production will feature a talented cast made up of DSC theatre students and noted community actors. DSC alumnus Guy Smith will play the central character, John Proctor, with Melissa Erickson portraying his wife, Elizabeth Proctor, and Lindsay Cordell plays the part of the conniving Abigail Williams. “The Crucible” will also feature the talents of Scott Pederson, Ginger Jensen, Gabriella Noble, Miriah Kessler, Kristina Kessler, Roger Dunbar, Hannah Davenport, Rebecca Wright, Meleah Ridd, Josh Scott, Spencer Potter, Alex Gubler, Mitchell Christensen, Travis Cox, Mathew Hansell, Trey Paterson, Summer Shakespeare, Gabe Pederson, Noah Pederson, and violist Heather Fife.

“The Crucible is directed by DSC faculty member Michael Harding, who has previous directed DSC productions of “The Pirates of Penzance,” “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” and “I Hate Hamlet.” The production will also feature original music composed by DSC music department chair Glenn Webb.

Ticket prices are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors (age 65-over) and $10 for youth (age 17-under). DSC students, faculty and staff may purchase tickets for $1 with a valid activity card. For tickets and further information, please call 435-652-7800 or visit the central campus ticket office at the DSC Avenna Center. Patrons may also purchase tickets prior to each evening’s performance at the Eccles Fine Arts Center Box Office or online at “tickets.dixie.edu.”

"Dixie....Remember & Never Forgetting!!" the Theme for Dixie State's Annual D-Week Festivities
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – March 25, 2009) “Dixie….Remember & Never Forgetting!!” serves as the theme for Dixie State College of Utah’s annual second homecoming known as D-Week, which will run from March 27-April 4, with various activities and events held on and around the DSC campus.

D-Week’s roots can be traced as far back as 1914, three years after the college’s founding, as a chance for college alumni, students, and faculty and staff, as well as the community, to come together in a reunion setting for a week of activities.

“I have a feeling that this is going to be the best D-Week Dixie State has ever had,” says Donna Stafford, DSC Director of Student Activities. “The traditions of D-Week, including the Great Race and the whitewashing of the ‘D’ on the Black Hill, are two of the oldest traditions we have on campus. These are the things that make us Dixie.”

D-Week officially begins Friday, March 27, with a “DSC SandBlast” at Vernon Worthen Park from 7 -10 p.m. The “DSC Sandblast” will feature a barbeque, relays races and sand volleyball, along with other activities. The full week of events resumes on Monday, March 30, with a D-Week kick-off activity from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., featuring music, snow cones, cotton candy and other edible treats and displays spread throughout campus.

Other main attractions during D-Week include the D-Queen Pageant on Tuesday, March 31, at 7 p.m., in the Cox Auditorium. Tickets for the pageant are available at the DSC Avenna Center ticket office for $5, $3 for DSC students, faculty and staff with current ID. In addition, the annual painting of “D” Road, located at 300 S. and 800 E. on the DSC campus, will be held on Wednesday, April 1, at 4 p.m., while students will have a chance to meet the candidates for the 2008-09 student council from on Thursday, April 2, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Gardner Center.

To many, however, D-Week’s signature event is the Great Race, which will take place Friday, April 3, at 6 p.m., followed by a free BBQ and carnival at the DSC Encampment Mall beginning at 7 p.m. In addition to the carnival, Zions Bank is presenting a free concert at the Encampment Mall featuring Utah’s own American Idol finalist Carmen Rasmusen at 7:30 p.m. All DSC students, faculty and staff, and the community are invited to participate in the Great Race, carnival and concert festivities. For more information on the Great Race or to enter a team, contact the DSC Alumni Office at 435-652-7535.

The starting point for the Great Race, which will snake its way throughout campus, will be on the Encampment Mall on campus. Nearly 20 ten-member teams comprised of DSC alumni, students, and faculty and staff will relay their way across campus by foot, mountain bike, roller blades, water, mud and more.

The inaugural Great Race occurred in 1971, but it origins can be traced back as early as 1964, as a bicycle race around the Black Hill near the airport. The first official Great Race included such events as motocross, horseback riding, and tubing down the Virgin River. Community growth and safety concerns eventually forced the race to the friendly confines of the DSC campus. In addition to the traditional running, biking, and swimming, Great Racers now have to negotiate, among other things, a slip n’ slide track, a roller blade course, a Dixie trivia question, and a mud pit throughout the 10-leg relay course.

“You haven’t lived if you have never seen or participated in the Great Race,” Stafford said. “Just to see these students, alumni, and even our own faculty and staff plow through that mud pit is worth spending the entire evening celebrating with us.”

D-Week wraps up with a busy day of events on Saturday, April 4, beginning with the annual tradition of whitewashing the ‘D’ on Black Hill, which will also feature a pancake breakfast, at 7 a.m., followed by a police escort and parade up St. George Boulevard at 8:30 a.m. Following the parade, DSC student and alumni teams will square off against each other on the diamond in a softball tournament beginning at 10 a.m., at the DSC Cooper Diamonds. The D-Day Dance will wrap up the festivities later that evening at 9 p.m., in the Gardner Center Ballroom. Tickets for the D-Day Dance are available at the door for $10 a couple.

Community members are invited to attend all D-Week activities. For more information, contact the DSC Director of Student Activities Donna Stafford at 435-652-7513 or at stafford@dixie.edu.

Spots Still Available for DSC/Southern Utah Trucking Association Scholarship Golf Scramble at Sunbrook March 27
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – March 23, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah, along with the Southern Utah Trucking Association, will host the third-annual SUTA Scholarship Fundraiser Tournament this Friday, March 27, at the Sunbrook Golf Course. Proceeds from the tournament will go to benefit scholarships for DSC students majoring in business, driver training, engineering, and maintenance.

The tournament will be played in a four-person scramble format with a shotgun start at 1:30 p.m., preceded by a luncheon and check-in beginning at 12:30 p.m. Cost is $125 per player/$500 per team, which includes green fees, cart and range privileges. In addition, there will be tee prizes, games, drawings and prizes for the winning teams.

For more information or to register, contact DSC Associate Vice President of Advancement George F. Whitehead at 652-7906 or at whiteheg@dixie.edu.

Dixie State College to Host Annual Miss Native American Dixie Pageant This Thursday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – March 23, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah’s Native American Student Association is proudly presenting a night of majesty at the 19th-Annual Miss Native American Dixie Scholarship Pageant to be held this Thursday night, March 26, at 6 p.m., in the Dunford Auditorium of the DSC Browning Resource Center on campus. Admission to the pageant is free and all community members, DSC students, and faculty and staff are invited to attend.

To be eligible for the pageant, contestants must have at least one-quarter Native American blood, and must be a student at Dixie State College or will be applying to attend DSC this upcoming fall semester.

Contestants will perform traditional Native American talent and must have knowledge of traditional customs, including demonstrating talents from the heritage of the tribe each contestant represents. Examples of talents include weaving a traditional Native American basket, demonstrating the traditional weaving process and performing it on stage within a set time, rehearsing a traditional tale, or sign a traditional hymn.

In addition, there will be a modern and contemporary talent component, consisting of demonstrating sportsmanship, performing live, playing an instrument, among other talents. There will also be the traditional staples consisting of an evening gown competition and a question and answer session with the judges.

The winner of the pageant has the opportunity to represent DSC at the American Indian Services golf tournament, with proceeds from the event going to benefit the Native American scholarship. Miss Native American Dixie will also participate in the DSC Homecoming Parade, the Great Race held during D-Week, and will serve as host for the 2010 Miss Native American Dixie Pageant.

In addition to the scholarship, Miss Native American Dixie will be able to compete in the Miss Navajo Nation and/or the Miss Utah Navajo pageants, along with other tribal pageants.

For more information on the pageant, please call Karl Hutchings at 435-652-7668 or email hutching@dixie.edu.

Dixie State Campus to Community Service Project Will "Kick It" With Washington City March 25
(ST. GEORGE, Utah—March 18, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah students, faculty, and staff are banding together to participate in this spring semester’s Campus to Community service project, which will be held on Wednesday, March 25, at the future home of Washington City’s new sports complex, which is near the Virgin River on 300 East. The project, entitled “Kickin’ It Into High Gear,” is designed to assist Washington City prepare an area earmarked for the complex, which will include a number of new soccer fields and other recreational opportunities for the community.

The service project will start at 2:30 p.m., and will finish around 5 p.m. All volunteers, including student clubs, faculty, staff and community members, who wish to drive to the location are encouraged to be there by 2:30 p.m. DSC will also provide transportation as school vans will leave from DSC’s Old Gym parking lot around 2 p.m., and will return around 5:30 p.m.

All volunteers are encouraged to wear old clothes and shoes, and bring a hat, gloves, rakes and shovels, if possible. Refreshments, including sandwiches, chips, cookies and drinks, will be provided at the end of the event.

“All Dixie State clubs are required to help, and many of our instructors encourage their students to attend,” said Candace Mesa, DSC’s Faculty Coordinator of Service. “Studies have shown that the team building of service projects promotes retention, so this project is one step in keeping the students we have.”

DSC Student Body President Brock Bybee added that Campus to Community service projects are the best way for students to give back to those who support Dixie State College.

“It is hard for students to find ways to help out in the community,” Bybee said. “The Campus to Community service project is a great way for students to show appreciation for the St. George area.”

The Campus to Community service program was organized at Dixie State College in 2001. Campus to Community is Dixie State’s version of a nationwide trend known as service learning, designed to get college students involved in service and give them opportunities for practical application of textbook learning.

DSC’s Campus to Community program consists of one large-scale community service project each semester. Last fall, DSC students, faculty and staff paid a visit to the Tuacahn Amphitheater and Center for the Arts and assisted the staff in its preparation for the winter season.

Among the many other service projects DSC has been involved in over the past eight years include planting trees for the new Southern Utah Water Conservation Gardens in St. George, a book drive to benefit literacy in local schools, and assisting with the Confluence Project in Hurricane and LaVerkin.

DSC students have also held four “CANSTOCK” food drives in support of the Dixie Care and Share. Students have also teamed together to remove weeds and debris at the Santa Clara Arboretum, collected money for Washington County School District leveled libraries, planted bushes and shrubs at the Canyons Softball Complex in St. George, and harvested willow stems as part of St. George City’s effort to help re-vegetate area riverbeds in the wake of the flooding of 2005.

As always, community members are invited to take part in all Campus to Community projects.

"Rough Rider President Theodore Roosevelt" to Pay Visit to DSC's Dixie Forum March 24
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – March 18, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah’s weekly noontime “Dixie Forum: A Window on the World” series returns from Spring Break this Tuesday, March 24, Tuesday, with a reenactment of the life and presidency of Theodore Roosevelt by New Mexico State University at Carlsbad instructor Randy Milligan.

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.

Milligan’s portrayal of Roosevelt, entitled “Theodore Roosevelt: Rough Rider President,” is a classic tale of perseverance, activism and America’s Western mythology. On his way to becoming our 26th president, Roosevelt overcame asthma, poor eyesight, and the deaths on Valentine’s Day of his mother and wife. Roosevelt also commanded two companies of New Mexico volunteers as they charged, on foot, up San Juan Hill.

Along with his duties as an instructor at NMSU-Carlsbad, Milligan serves as president of the Carlsbad Arts & Humanities Council. He has also done Chautauqua performances of James Madison, Joe Meek, and Judge Roy Bean in several states.

The Dixie Forum series continues each Tuesday through the rest of the spring semester. The next Forum will be held March 31, featuring a presentation by former University of Utah English department chair Dr. Ed Lueders entitled “Like Underground Water: The Poetry of mid-20th Century Japan.”

For further information on DSC’s Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

Dixie State Humanities Faculty to Host Cambridge University Professor for Special Lecture April 3
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – March 13, 2009) As part of Dixie State College of Utah’s annual “D-Week” celebration, DSC’s humanities faculty will present the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) community lecture, “Dixie State College Humanities Seminars at Cambridge University: An Enduring Academic Legacy or Minding and Closing the Gap,” featuring Cambridge University Professor Charles Moseley, MA, Ph.D., FSA, FRSA. The lecture will take place at the St. George Tabernacle on Friday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free and open to all DSC students, faculty and staff, and the community.

“The Dixie State College seminars at Cambridge University have been mind-expanding experiences for our humanities faculty,” said DSC Professor of English Dr. Tim Bywater. “We are honored to welcome Professor Charles Moseley and his wife, Jenny, to our campus and to St. George.”

Dr. Moseley’s lecture will examine the significant role that humanities study should play in students’ lives, as provided by DSC’s humanities faculty, thanks in part to their participation in humanities seminars at Cambridge University. As part of his lecture, Moseley will report on the highlights of each of the last three DSC/Cambridge seminars held in 2002, 2006 and 2008.

These seminars, sponsored by the NEH and DSC, provided Dixie State faculty from every academic discipline the opportunity to participate. The two-week seminars included a week at Cambridge, hosted by Moseley, and included lectures, seminars and field trips to important libraries (the Wren and Clare College), museums (the Fitzwilliam and the Whipple), and galleries (the Trumpington), presented by many of Cambridge University’s finest professors.

The lecture will also feature a violin and piano performance by DSC director of string studies Dr. Paul Abegg and pianist and fellow DSC faculty member Dr. Nancy Allred.

“Now the broader college community, as well as the St. George community, will have the opportunity to learn what the excitement has been about,” Bywater added. “Professor Moseley, a key participant in all of the Cambridge seminars, will share his experiences as our teacher and colleague.”

Professor Moseley is a Fellow and Tutor, and Director of Studies in English, Hughes Hall and St. Edmund’s College, and has taught Classics and English Literature at the University of Cambridge for many years. He has published extensively and lectured world-wide on topics as diverse as Shakespeare, the history of travel literature, the Norsemen, Medieval art, and his own travels to the Arctic, Baltic and Antarctic.

For more information on the lecture, please contact DSC English professor Dr. Tim Bywater at 435-652-7808 or at bywater@dixie.edu

Dixie State College to Host Annual Miss Native American Dixie Pageant March 26

(ST. GEORGE, Utah – March 13, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah’s Native American Student Association is proudly presenting a night of majesty at the 19th-Annual Miss Native American Dixie Scholarship Pageant to be held on Thursday night, March 26, at 6 p.m., in the Dunford Auditorium of the DSC Browning Resource Center on campus. Admission to the pageant is free and all community members, DSC students, and faculty and staff are invited to attend.

To be eligible for the pageant, contestants must have at least one-quarter Native American blood, and must be a student at Dixie State College or will be applying to attend DSC this upcoming fall semester.

Contestants will perform traditional Native American talent and must have knowledge of traditional customs, including demonstrating talents from the heritage of the tribe each contestant represents. Examples of talents include weaving a traditional Native American basket, demonstrating the traditional weaving process and performing it on stage within a set time, rehearsing a traditional tale, or sign a traditional hymn.

In addition, there will be a modern and contemporary talent component, consisting of demonstrating sportsmanship, performing live, playing an instrument, among other talents. There will also be the traditional staples consisting of an evening gown competition and a question and answer session with the judges.

The winner of the pageant has the opportunity to represent DSC at the American Indian Services golf tournament, with proceeds from the event going to benefit the Native American scholarship. Miss Native American Dixie will also participate in the DSC Homecoming Parade, the Great Race held during D-Week, and will serve as host for the 2010 Miss Native American Dixie Pageant.

In addition to the scholarship, Miss Native American Dixie will be able to compete in the Miss Navajo Nation and/or the Miss Utah Navajo pageants, along with other tribal pageants.

For more information on the pageant, please call Karl Hutchings at 435-652-7668 or email hutching@dixie.edu.

Sears Dixie Invitational Art Show Heads Into Final Week
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – March 12, 2009) The 22nd-annual Robert N. and Peggy Sears Dixie Invitational Art Show and Sale, recognized as one of the biggest art events in the state of Utah, enters its final week of public viewing this upcoming week at the Dolores Dore’ Eccles Fine Arts Center on the campus of Dixie State College of Utah.

The Sears Dixie Invitational Art Show and Sale, which has been a mainstay at Dixie State College, features 240 works from 140 renowned artists from Utah and the United States, making this year’s show one of the largest in the event’s history.

This year’s Best of Show Purchase Prize was awarded to Lance Turner from Provo, Utah, for his pastel painting “Mesa I.” At age 84, Turner’s Sears Dixie Invitational Purchase Prize win is the first for the artist and made him the oldest artist to ever win the Purchase Prize in the show’s storied history.

In addition, this year’s Invitational awarded a second-ever Best in Show Prize, which was given to Steven F. Songer from Huntsville, Utah, for his oil painting entitled “Sea Fog.” Over the first four weeks of the Invitational, patrons have also been given the opportunity to vote for the show’s Viewer’s Choice Award, which was recently presented to Jerry Anderson for his 3D-Acrylic entitled “Come Unto Me.”

All artwork will remain on display through Sunday, March 22, in the Robert N. and Peggy Sears Art Gallery located in the DSC Dolores Dore’ Eccles Fine Arts Center. Exhibit hours are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays, and 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sundays. Call (435) 652-7905 for more information. The public is invited to view the exhibit free of charge.

Each work exhibited is for sale to the public, with a portion of the proceeds from each piece of artwork purchased going to help fund the Sears Art Museum Gallery in the Eccles Fine Arts Center. The Sears Dixie Invitational Art Show made its debut in that new art museum gallery in 2005, which will remain the show’s permanent home. Appropriately enough, the gallery bears the name of the show’s founders, Peggy and the late Bob Sears.

Washington County Republican Women Donate Scholarship Funds to Dixie State to Honor War Veterans
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – March 12, 2009) The Washington County Republican Women Organization and Dixie State College of Utah announced Thursday the continuation of a scholarship to benefit and honor veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and the Utah National Guard’s 222nd Field Artillery Unit.

Washington County Republican Women president Susan Recknagel, treasurer Sandi Barrett, and “Caring for America” outreach program chairperson Wilma Courtney presented a check for $1,250 to DSC president Dr. Stephen D. Nadauld in a brief morning ceremony.

The scholarship, which is part of the “Caring for America” outreach program, was established at Dixie State in 2007 to honor of veterans of the Iraq or Afghanistan conflicts, with priority shown to 222nd veterans. The monies will provide financial assistance with college expenses, including tuition, books and college fees, to veterans who meet specific academic qualifications and demonstrate financial need.

The scholarship may be used for one or more persons, as financially needed. The Dixie State College financial aid office will determine the financial need. DSC will then inform the organization when and to whom the scholarship is awarded.

According to Recknagel, part of the WCRW charter is supporting the military through the “Caring for America” program, where members engage in charity work, community work and support of the military and their families. She added that the scholarship was created to honor the 222nd for the service the unit provided in both conflicts.

“We established this scholarship at Dixie State College so anyone returning home from Iraq or Afghanistan could receive financial support,” Recknagel said. “All of the women in our group really wanted to do something to continue to remember them, even after they have come home.”

To qualify for the scholarship, the potential recipient must be a registered Republican, live in Washington County, be a veteran of either the second Iraq War or the conflict in Afghanistan, and must have a 3.00 or higher academic grade point average or better.

If not enough students at Dixie State College fill these criteria before the end of the 2009 calendar year, then DSC will contact the Washington County Republican Women for a decision on how to disburse any remaining funds.

For more information about or to contribute to the scholarship, please contact WCRWO president Susan Recknagel at 435-628-8703 or at reckwest@msn.com.

Author Dr. Glen Leonard to Discuss "Massacre at Mountain Meadows" at the 26th-Annual Juanita Brooks Lecture
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – March 9, 2009) Dr. Glen M. Leonard, Utah historian and former director of the LDS Museum of Church History and Art, will present his findings as co-author of the long-awaited book “Massacre at Mountain Meadows,” as part of the 26th-Annual Juanita Brooks Lecture Series on Wednesday, March 18, at 7 p.m., in the historic St. George Tabernacle. The lecture is free and open to the public.

The Juanita Brooks Lecture Series, which was established at Dixie State College by Obert C. Tanner for the purpose of perpetuating the great writing of southern Utah in the tradition of Juanita Brooks, is an annual part of the St. George Tabernacle’s Weekly Music and History series.

Leonard and his fellow co-authors, Ronald W. Walker and Richard E. Turley Jr., published “Massacre at Mountain Meadows” last August through Oxford University Press. Leonard and his colleagues spent seven years on the project after being granted access to all documents in the LDS Church archives, along with those found in university, private and national archives.

Leonard will compare their work with Juanita Brooks’ “The Mountain Meadows Massacre,” which was published in 1962. Collectively, Leonard and his fellow authors are indebted to Brooks for her work, but were able to gain access to more information and material made available in the recent decades.

Following the lecture, Leonard will be available to meet patrons and answer questions at a reception held downstairs in the Tabernacle.

Leonard earned a Ph.D. in History and American Studies at the University of Utah in 1970. He has worked as a journalist, a publications editor, and a research historian. He retired in the spring of 2007 after 26 years as director of the LDS Church History Museum in Salt Lake City. Leonard has authored or co-authored four books and numerous articles on Utah, the LDS Church, and the American West. His 2002 comprehensive study “Nauvoo: A Place of Peace, A People of Promise” received two best book awards.

Juanita Brooks, who served on the Utah Board of State History for 28 years, was a long-time professor at then-Dixie College and became a well-known author. She is recognized, by scholarly consent, to be one of Utah’s and the LDS Church’s most eminent historians. Her total honesty, unwavering courage and perceptive interpretation of fact, set more stringent standards of scholarship for her fellow historians to emulate.

Dixie State to Host Renowned Utah Author Donna Poulton for Special Convocation
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – March 9, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah’s Cultural Arts department is welcoming renowned Utah author Dr. Donna L. Poulton for a special convocation on Thursday, March 19, at 7 p.m., in the Dolores Dore’ Eccles Fine Arts Center Main Stage Theater. Admission to the lecture is free and open to the public.

Dr. Poulton will discuss “The Art of Red Rock Country,” and how paintings of the sweeping desert and colorful canyon country of southern Utah captured the popular imagination of American and European audiences. She will talk about the expeditions and visits to Utah of such artists as Thomas Moran, Samuel Colman, Conrad Buff, Maynard Dixon and Georgia O’Keefe, who all came to paint Utah’s red rock scenery.

Poulton currently serves as curator of Art of Utah and the West at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts at the University of Utah. She studied at the Boston University extension in Germany and completed work on her Ph.D. at Brigham Young University. Poulton has juried and curated many exhibits, including the Olympic Exhibition of Utah Art. She has written articles on Utah and Western Art, is the co-author of Utah Art, Utah Artists, and recently completed a book on the early pioneer artist, Reuben Kirkham.

Poulton has taught Utah Art History at the University of Utah and has served on the boards of several arts organizations. She has also filmed extensive interviews with numerous Utah artists, produced commercials on Utah art, and consulted with private art collectors and galleries.

For more information, please contact Kathy Cieslewicz, curator of the DSC Sears Art Museum Gallery, at 435-652-7909.

DSC English Deparrtment and Sigma Tau Delta to Hold Southern Quill Read-a-Thon March 12
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – March 7, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah’s English department and the DSC Sigma Tau Delta student organization is sponsoring an all-day read-a-thon of the "Southern Quill" as a celebration of its over 50 year presence in the community. The event will be held Thursday, March 12, in the DSC Val A. Browning Library conference room from 10 a.m. – to – 6 p.m., and is free and open to the public. In addition, any past contributors to the Southern Quill are invited to come and read their own work.

The "Southern Quill" read-a-thon will also serve as a fundraiser in which DSC’s English department and Sigma Tau Delta students will be soliciting donations for their “Penny-A-Page” campaign to raise money to send three DSC students to the National Sigma Tau Delta conference in Minneapolis, Minn. The students, Dustin Jackson, a senior from Santa Clara, Utah, Kenneth Marrott, a senior from St. George, and Diana Stanley, a senior from St. George, will present their original research and creative projects.

For more information or to donate, please contact Dr. Ami Comeford at 435-652-7826 or at acomeford@dixie.edu.

Dixie State Students Present Undergraduate Research Findings at Tuesday's Dixie Forum
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – March 7, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah’s weekly noontime “Dixie Forum: A Window on the World” series continues this Tuesday, March 10, with a presentation from three DSC students who recently participated at the Utah Conference for Undergraduate Research (UCUR). The students, Ken Marrott, Nick Adams and John Knudsen, will present their findings as part of the hour-long event.

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.

Marrott, who last fall was awarded the Mark Swain Scholarship for English and was named DSC Student of the Semester for literature studies, returned to school to pursue his degree in English after working in healthcare informatics the last 14 years. His essay will engage the environmental movement and aesthetics in a dialogue concerning the movement toward an eco-aesthetic, a movement designed to bring the environment into popular epistemology, as it is identified, promoted and elucidated by literature.

Adams, a senior Biology major who was just accepted to Vanderbilt University for his graduate studies, will discuss his recent internship in the biomedical engineering department at the University of Utah. Under the direction of Dr. Patrick Tresco, Adams was involved with world-class, graduate-level research in tissue engineering, which focuses on the repair and regeneration of central nervous system (CNS) tissue.

Knudson, a senior Biology major from St. George, conducted studies on the canyon tree frog (Hyla arenicolor), which were performed in various isolated canyons in Zion National Park. Among the studies conducted were calculating population data, weight recordings and other trends as it related to the tree frog species’ found in a number of different areas and landscapes in and around Zion.

The Dixie Forum series continues each Tuesday through the rest of the spring semester. Following DSC’s Spring Break, the next Forum will be held March 24, featuring a presentation by New Mexico State University at Carlsbad professor Randy Milligan entitled “Theodore Roosevelt: Rough Rider President.”

For further information on DSC’s Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

Dixie State Students Find Success at Utah State Career Development Conference
(ST. GEORGE, Utah March 3, 2009) Six Dixie State College of Utah students recently took first place at the 2009 Utah State Delta Epsilon Chi (DEX) Career Development Competition held two weeks ago on the DSC campus. Those six students, along with 16 other DSC business students, earned the right to advance on to the 2009 International DEX Career Development Conference in Anaheim, Calif., April 22-25.

Both annual conferences are a competitive forum for marketing students, specifically members of DEX, an international college level marketing club geared toward providing leadership and career-oriented opportunities to students.

Among the first-place winners is DSC student Wiley McArthur, who claimed top honors in Retail Management and teamed with Blair Thorpe to win the Business to Business Marketing competition. In addition, Sabrina Daniel was the top competitor in the Restaurant & Food Services Management section, as were the team of Ryan Lakey, Karli Blake and Phillip Moore in the Financial Statement Analysis competition.

Other international qualifiers include Krista Florida and Natasha Vu in Entrepreneurship; Connor Fowles in Human Resource Management; Jordan McNair in Internet Marketing; Melissa Cowles and Tamron Lee in Marketing Management; Aaron Merrill in Financial Services; Tom Trump and Ben Coulter in Retail Management; and Mike Sheffield in the Sales Representative competition.

"We are very pleased with the results of all the efforts of our students,"said DSC business department chair Dr. Phillip Lee. "It's just another indication of the high quality of programs and students that we have here at Dixie State College."

In addition, six more DSC students will be traveling to the international conference to participate in institutional workshops. Erin Howard will participate in the Culinary Institute, where she will work with a renowned chef and food services group.

Meanwhile the group of Dani Harter, Narris Cox, Katie Bock, Tim Leeny, and Robert Sinnott are going to the Management Institute, where they will work with a southern California retailer in an actual merchandising/management situation. The management workshop will team DSC students with other students from across the country and will address the problems facing the retailer and report back to the company with presentations of their ideas of how to problem solve.

"These institutes are great learning experiences because of the real-world problems these students will be working on," Lee noted.

Lee added that the St. George business community was very supportive of the state marketing event, as were the over 70 judges that took time to work with the students.

"The Utah State DEX organization was extremely impressed with the quality and experience displayed by the students who competed," Lee said. "The DSC Business Department also acknowledges the great contribution of our business community to the success of this conference."

In the state competition, students were judged primarily on their ability to analyze and come up with impromptu solutions to case studies. The competition consists of eighteen different categories. In order to qualify for internationals, students had to at least place in the top eight of their respective categories at the state level.

Approximately 2,200 students from across the country, along with representation from Puerto Rico and Canada, will take part in the international competition.

Spots Still Available for Dixie State College Scholarship Associates Golf Scramble at The Ledges March 6
(ST. GEORGE, Utah March 2, 2009) Dixie State College will host its annual DSC Scholarship Associates/Village Bank Golf Tournament this Friday, March 6, 2009, at The Ledges Golf Club, with proceeds going to benefit needs-based scholarships at Dixie State.

This four-person scramble will begin at 9 a.m., with tournament check-in and a continental breakfast, followed with a shotgun start at 10 a.m. Cost is $125 per player/$500 per team, which includes green fees and cart, range balls and lunch on the course. In addition, there will be tee prizes, cash prizes for the top-three teams, a raffle and a number of hole contests.

³Last year¹s golf tournament successfully awarded 12 needs-based scholarships to worthy Dixie State College students,² DSC Associate Vice President of Advancement George F. Whitehead said. ³We are very appreciative to all of our corporate sponsors and supporters for making this tournament possible. We would not be able to provide these scholarship opportunities to our students without their support.²

For more information or to register, contact George F. Whitehead at 435-652-7906 or at whiteheg@dixie.edu.

ContactPoint CEO Jason Wells to Speak at Next DSC Business Ethics Forum March 5
(ST. GEORGE, Utah March 2, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah's Udvar-Hazy School of Business continues its bi-monthly noontime Business and Ethics Forum spring semester series this Thursday, March 5, featuring a presentation by Jason Wells, who is the CEO of ContactPoint, an international sales performance company.

The Business and Ethics Forum, presented every other Thursday throughout DSC¹s spring semester, will be held in the Boeing Auditorium (Room 121) of the DSC Udvar-Hazy Business Building. DSC students, faculty and staff, the entire Washington County business community, and the general public are all invited to attend. Admission is free.

Wells will share his presentation "It's not just what you say and do. It's what they think you think," which will discuss how business must be conducted with the other party's perspective in mind. The presentation will draw on his experiences in the United States, Asia, Europe and Latin America, explaining that "whether it is the dot-com boom or bust, Hollywood executives, or small business, the principles remain the same."

Wells has been CEO of ContactPoint since January of 2008. Prior to that, he served as senior vice president at Sony Pictures Television International, where he led the creation and international expansion of the mobile business line from London, England. Wells was also a vice president for Sony Pictures Digital Sales and Marketing in Los Angeles, where he worked in both large corporate environments as well small company start-ups.

Wells is a DSC alum, where he earned his associate's degree before moving on to graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Brigham Young University. He went on to earn a Master's Degree in Economic Quantitative Methods from the University of Utah, and completed his MBA in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

The series will continue April 2, with a presentation by real estate agent Steve Wilson, while Jack Rolfe, physical therapist and founder of the School of Life Foundation, will wrap up the semester schedule with a presentation April 16.

Each speaker throughout the semester will speak on business matters in their respective professions and have been asked to integrate ethics into the discussion.

The bi-monthly forum, along with campus' Institute for Business Integrity, was created by former DSC president Dr. Robert Huddleston in 2006, as a way to integrate ethics into the curriculum, and have it serve as a blueprint to ensure that students graduate with a set of ethical tools to help them get along in the professional world.

In 2006-07, Dixie State's business program sought initial accreditation with the high profile Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). In order to become accredited with the AACSB, ethics were required to be integrated into the college¹s business curriculum. As a result, each business class on the DSC campus now includes an ethical component.

Dr. Huddleston noted that the business forums will give students and current and prospective local business owners an added dose of ethics training that is so sorely needed into today¹s business world. His hope is that by the time students leave Dixie State, they have been exposed to enough ethical cases that, when they get out in the workforce, they will have the wherewithal and the intestinal fortitude to do the right thing, even when their job might be on the line.

"The Institute for Business Integrity has brought an important opportunity for the business community, as well as DSC faculty and students, to emphasize the significance of social responsibility for business and industry in Washington County," Dr. Huddleston said. "As research indicates, ethics contribute to employee commitment, investor loyalty, customer satisfaction and to profits."

The Dixie State College Institute for Business Integrity is a partnership between the Udvar-Hazy School of Business at Dixie State College, the Small Business Development Center, the Washington County Economic Development Council, and the St. George Area Chamber of Commerce.

For questions regarding the DSC Institute for Business Integrity forums, contact Dr. Huddleston at huddleston@dixie.edu or 435-652-7740.

Dixie State College Welcomes Utah's First Poet Laureate David Lee for Poetry Reading Wednesday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah February 28, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah will host a special poetry reading by Utah¹s first Poet Laureate, David Lee, to be held this Wednesday, March 4, at 6:30 p.m., 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.

Mr. Lee¹s visit is co-sponsored by DSC¹s English department and the department¹s Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society, along with the Dixie Forum series committee.

For more information on Mr. Lee¹s visit, please contact DSC Assistant Professor of English Dr. Ami Comeford (acomeford@dixie.edu) at 435-652-7826 or at acomeford@dixie.edu.

DSC Theatre Program to Hold Scholarship Auditions March 7
(ST. GEORGE, Utah February 28, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah¹s Theatre program will be holding scholarship auditions this Saturday, March 7, beginning at 10 a.m., at the Dolores Dore¹ Eccles Fine Arts Center.

Students interested in auditioning should prepare at least two, one-to-two minute contrasting monologues. In addition, students who sing are encouraged to prepare 16 bars from a Broadway-standard musical (excluding ³Wicked,² ³Les Miserables,² and ³Rent²). A piano and CD player will be available, though students will need to provide their own pianist if needed.

Prospective students are asked to email DSC Director of Theatre Varlo Davenport at davenport@dixie.edu, to request an audition time slot. High school students considering attending Dixie State College are encouraged to visit the school¹s website, www.dixie.edu, to apply for admission and to fill out an on-line scholarship application.

Each student who participates in the audition will also receive complementary tickets to that evening¹s performance of the DSC musical, ³110 in the Shade.²

DSC Theatre Arts Student Wins Regional Award At Regional Kennedy Center
College Theater Festival
(ST. GEORGE, Utah February 28, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah theatre arts student Travis Cox was honored at the Region VIII Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) competition held recently in Fullerton, Calif. The festival features the best collegiate designers, technicians and performers from the California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah regions.

Cox won the regional award for his sound design of DSC¹s production of ³Dancing at Lughnasa,² last fall. Cox¹s design, which featured the arrangement of both period and contemporary music and sound effects, was praised for its research, cohesiveness and integration with the overall production. In addition, he was given specific praise for his inventiveness and creativity in solving problems presented by the production.

DSC¹s participation in the KCACTF allows its student designers, technicians and performers to be reviewed by outside respondents and have their work nominated to participate in the Festival competitions. To participate, student designers must prepare a display outlining what they have accomplished and the documentation from the production, explaining how the work was completed. The students also prepare a 10-minute oral presentation in front of judges and participate in a question/answer session.

Cox¹s regional award marks the second-straight year a DSC theatre arts student has won a KCACTF regional award. Last year, Dixie student Guy Smith won the KCACTF regional and national competition for his work in DSC¹s production of ³Sweeney Todd.²

In addition to his production skills, Cox is also featured in the lead male role in DSC¹s upcoming production of ³110 in the Shade,² which will be presented March 5-7 and March 10-14, at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore¹ Eccles Fine Art Center¹s Main Stage Theater.

Started in 1969 by Roger L. Stevens, the Kennedy Center¹s founding chairman, KCACTF (http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/actf/<http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/actf/> ) is a national theater program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities nationwide that has served as a catalyst in improving the quality of college theater in the United States. The KCACTF has grown into a network of more than 600 academic institutions throughout the country, where theater departments and student artists showcase their work and receive outside assessment by KCACTF judges. The KCACTF honors excellence of overall production and offers student artists individual recognition through awards and scholarships in playwriting, acting, criticism, directing and design.

Dixie State College Theatre Program Turns Up the Heat With "110 in the Shade" This March
(ST. GEORGE, Utah February 28, 2009) Although it is not summertime yet in St. George, the Dixie State College of Utah Theatre and Music departments are turning up the heat as both programs unite to present the musical ³110 in the Shade,² based on N. Richard Nash¹s 1954 American classic play ³The Rainmaker.² The production will run nightly March 5-7 and March 10-14, at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore¹ Eccles Fine Art Center¹s Main Stage Theater.

With the music of Harvey Schmidt, coupled with lyrics by Tom Jones, and Nash¹s script, the show features a wonderful range of styles and songs to support the plot. In ³110 in the Shade² a drought, both physical and emotional, has hit a small Midwestern town and the plain, where hometown girl Lizzie Curry (played by Whitney Morgan-Cox), fresh from a life of spinsterhood, has seen her love life become as dried up as the Western soil.

Her family tries to set her up with the town¹s sheriff, File (played by Travis Cox), but life takes an unusual turn when Starbuck (played by Nolan Hanley), a conman and rainmaker by trade, rides into town claiming to be the answer to all their needs.

³The whole production staff is very excited about the production of this musical,² says DSC Director of Theatre Varlo Davenport. ³In St. George, we can relate to heat, drought, and the desire to find love and fulfillment, which makes this production really attractive to recreate.²

Davenport, who also serves as the production¹s director, noted that when ³110 in the Shade² made its debut in 1963, it went up against two powerhouse shows in ³Hello Dolly!² and ³Funny Girl,² which resulted in ³110² not receiving the notoriety and accolades it deserved. In addition to Davenport¹s direction, Morgan-Cox serves as choreographer, vocal direction is provided by Dr. Ken Peterson, and the orchestra is under the direction of Gary Caldwell. Other castmembers include DSC students John Gibson, Cole Chollet, Justin Cullimore and Anisa Bennett.

Ticket prices are $15 for adults, $13 for seniors (age 65-over) and $10 for youth (age 17-under). DSC students, faculty and staff may purchase tickets for $1 with a valid activity card. For tickets and further information, please call 435-652-7800 or visit the central campus ticket office at the DSC Avenna Center. Patrons may also purchase tickets prior to each evening¹s performance at the Eccles Fine Arts Center Box Office or online at ³tickets.dixie.edu.²

Photography as Expression to Focus of Tuesday's DSC Dixie Forum
(ST. GEORGE, Utah February 26, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah¹s weekly noontime ³Dixie Forum: A Window on the World² convocation continues this Tuesday, March 3, featuring a special presentation on photography by renowned photographer Catherine Angel.

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.

Angel¹s presentation, entitled ³Photography as Expression of Self,² will encompass the history of her investigation into photography and how it reflects on her life. Angel¹s work spans black and white large format photography, mixed media collage and handmade books.

³When I photograph, my eyes and camera hold fast to those nearest and dearest to my heart,² Angel said. ³I hold still the moment as it slips away, making visible this proof of stopping time on film.²

Angel¹s work can be seen in a number of galleries and collections throughout the country and currently serves as a professor at UNLV. She earned a Bachelor¹s Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Oklahoma in 1985, and completed work on a Master¹s Degree in Fine Arts at Indiana University in 1988.

The Dixie Forum series continues each Tuesday through the rest of the spring semester. The next Forum will be held March 10, featuring a number of DSC students presenting undergraduate research projects.

For further information on DSC¹s Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

Dixie State Announces Continued Successes in Enrollment Growth
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – February 26, 2009) Riding the momentum generated by last fall’s dramatic enrollment growth, Dixie State College of Utah officials announced continued significant gains in enrollment as the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) made public its 2009 Spring Semester numbers. USHE officially released its third week enrollment figures for the spring semester this past Friday, which showed that DSC posted a 13.38% increase in total headcount with 6,052 students, 714 students ahead of the institution’s total of 5,338 in spring of 2008. The 13.38% gain was the second-highest percentage gain in the entire USHE system.

DSC also posted the System’s highest percentage gain in full-time equivalency (FTE*) enrollment this spring at 16.34% with 4,144 students, a 582 student FTE increase compared to 3,562 students this time last year.

“Dixie State’s student services continues to promote this institution as a destination where students can begin or continue their college education,” said DSC vice president of student services Frank B. Lojko. “We implemented a sound enrollment strategy plan last year and we are truly seeing these efforts paying off for us. In addition, we have begun offering additional two and four-year degree programs, and we are focusing special attention to building a positive college student-life culture on campus for all students.”

Dixie State also saw a 46% increase in upper division enrollment with 1,465 total headcount, up 481 students from this time last year.

“We are equally as pleased with the continued rise of our upper division enrollment,” Lojko added. “This shows that our four-year programs are successful and gaining traction. It also shows that our student retention efforts are working and we will continue to remain focused on giving our students every opportunity to complete their four-year degrees at Dixie State College.”

Last fall, Dixie State was among the leaders in the USHE system with an 8% increase in total headcount with 6,443 students, while DSC’s full-time equivalency (FTE*) figures for the fall semester also rose almost 11% with 4,422 students. In addition, the College’s Budget Related FTE experienced the highest-percentage increase USHE at nearly 12% overall with 4,332 students.

College officials attribute the institution’s overall enrollment growth to a number of factors, including affordable tuition costs, the addition of new baccalaureate and associate degree programs, and the quality and talent of Dixie’s faculty.

“In redesigning some of our existing strategies, we developed a special recipe for success, and as everyone can now see, we have exceeded our goal,” Lojko said. “Now we need to go out there and work even harder and continue to build on this success.”

*One FTE is defined as any combination of 15 units of credit enrolled in by one or more students. For example, if a student is taking 15 credit hours, that equals one FTE. If 15 students take one credit, that equals one FTE as well.

DSC Jazz and Percussion Ensembles Present Annual Mid-Winter Concert March 3
(ST. GEORGE, Utah February 24, 2009) The Dixie State College Jazz Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble will take the stage to present its annual Mid-Winter Concert this Tuesday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore¹ Eccles Fine Arts Center Mainstage Theatre on the DSC campus. Both ensembles are under the direction of Glenn Webb.

The DSC Jazz Ensemble will perform a wide range of works dating back from the 1930s to today composers. Among the compositions are the Glenn Miller standard ³A String of Pearls,² which feature several student solo performances, and ³Quintessence² by the legendary Quincy Jones, spotlighting DSC student Brandon Hanson on alto saxophone. In addition, student trombonist Jay Nygaard will be featured on ³Cerulean Blue,² and many other members of the band will take center stage on arrangements by Horace Silver and John Clayton.

The Percussion Ensemble will play the popular ³Farandole² by Bizet in a unique setting featuring only marimbas and a xylophone. Other selections include the novelty ³Time Worn,² the salsa number ³Dance On,² and the driving ³El Muchacho Cinco.²

General admission tickets may be purchased in advance at the DSC Avenna Center Ticket Office or at the door prior to the concert for $5 per person,

$1 for DSC students and faculty and staff with current ID. High school musicians may receive free tickets by contacting Glenn Webb at 435-652-7969.

"A Day in the Life of a CPA" the Focus of the Next DSC Business Ethics Forum Feb. 26
(ST. GEORGE, Utah February 19, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah¹s Udvar-Hazy School of Business continues its bi-monthly noontime Business and Ethics Forum spring semester series on Thursday, Feb. 26, featuring a presentation by local certified public accountant Robert Whatcott.

Mr. Whatcott will speak to the forum about the CPA profession and ³what a normal day of a CPA consists of,² especially during the tax season. He will also share his thoughts on the importance of ethics and how ethics plays a vital role in his everyday business practices, but in his experiences as a former St. George city councilman. Whatcott will also answer questions and give career advice to students who have an interest in the accounting field.

Whatcott, who is the owner of Whatcott & Associates, has lived in the St.George area for nearly 30 years. He is a graduate of DSC and Southern Utah University, where he earned a Bachelor¹s degree in Accounting and Business Administration. Whatcott has worked nearly 20 years in the accounting profession, and has also been involved in community activities, including serving on the St. George City Council for 12 years.

The series will continue March 5, with a presentation by local business owner Jason Wells. In addition, local real estate agent Steve Wilson will speak to the forum April 2; and Jack Rolfe, physical therapist and founder of the School of Life Foundation, will wrap up the semester schedule with a presentation April 16.

Each speaker throughout the semester will speak on business matters in their respective professions and have been asked to integrate ethics into the discussion.

The bi-monthly forum, along with campus¹ Institute for Business Integrity, was created by former DSC president Dr. Robert Huddleston in 2006, as a way to integrate ethics into the curriculum, and have it serve as a blueprint to ensure that students graduate with a set of ethical tools to help them get along in the professional world.

In 2006-07, Dixie State¹s business program sought initial accreditation with the high profile Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). In order to become accredited with the AACSB, ethics were required to be integrated into the college¹s business curriculum. As a result, each business class on the DSC campus now includes an ethical component.

³The Institute for Business Integrity has brought an important opportunity for the business community, as well as DSC faculty and students, to emphasize the significance of social responsibility for business and industry in Washington County,² Dr. Huddleston said. ³As research indicates, ethics contribute to employee commitment, investor loyalty, customer satisfaction and to profits.²

For questions regarding the DSC Institute for Business Integrity forums, contact Dr. Huddleston at huddleston@dixie.edu or 435-652-7740.

Dixie State Symphony Band to Perform in Mid-Winter Concert Feb. 26
(ST. GEORGE, Utah February 19, 2009) The Dixie State College Symphony Band will take to the stage for the first time in 2009 for its annual Mid-Winter Concert on Thursday, Feb. 26, at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore¹ Eccles Fine Arts Center Concert Hall on the DSC campus.

The 64-piece symphony band, under the direction of Gary Caldwell, will perform seven stirring compositions during the engagement, beginning the Steve Burch piece entitled ³Centurions,² which portrays the bravery and glory of the Roman centurion from the ancient world. The band will also perform Tchaikovsky¹s ³March Slav,² inspired by the his country¹s involvement in the war between Serbia and Turkey, along with Leonard Bernstein¹s ³Overture to ŒCandide¹² from his 1956 operetta ³Candide,² and Robert Russell Bennett¹s composition ³Suite of Old American Dances,² which will take the audience back to a time where Saturday nights were for barn dances.

In addition, the symphony band will perform Samuel R. Hazo¹s Scottish ballad ³Perthshire Majesty,² the Robert W. Smith¹s ³The Quest,² from ³Symphony No.3, Don Quixote,² which is based on the Cervantes literary classic, and the Charles Ives¹ composition entitled ³Variations on ŒAmerica¹.²

Tickets are available at the door for $5 per person, $1 for DSC students and faculty and staff.

Four Dixie State English Students Selected to Present at National Conferences
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – February 19, 2009) Four Dixie State College of Utah English majors have been chosen through a nationwide search competition to present at two prestigious national conferences this spring.

Three of the four students, Dustin Jackson, a senior from Santa Clara, Utah, Kenneth Marrott, a senior from St. George, and Diana Stanley, a senior from St. George, were selected to present at the National Sigma Tau Delta conference in Minneapolis, Minn. In addition, Kassie Kirkland, a senior from St. George, will present at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research to be held at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. The four students were chosen based on the quality of their work and the originality of their ideas.

To help defray some of the travel costs for the students and their respective sponsors, DSC’s English Department and the DSC Sigma Tau Delta student organization will be sponsoring a number of fundraising events over the next several weeks, beginning with a “Battle of the Books” competition, which is currently underway in the McDonald Building on campus. The “Battle of the Books” competition features DSC students, faculty and staff voting for their favorite books by dropping coins into jars representing each classic story, including “Pride and Prejudice,” “Romeo and Juliet,” and “A Farewell to Arms.”

In addition, Sigma Tau Delta will celebrate a longstanding literary tradition in southern Utah by conducting an all-day “Penny-A-Page” read-a-thon from issues of the Southern Quill, dating back from 1950 to today’s latest edition. The event will be held Thursday, March 12, in the DSC Val A. Browning Library from 10 a.m. – to – 6 p.m., and is free and open to the public. Any past contributors to the Southern Quill are invited to come and read their own work.

The fundraising effort will continue into April, as Sigma Tau Delta and other English students will be acting out scenes from their favorite literature and accepting donations for their performances in front of the McDonald Building.

For more information or to donate, please contact Dr. Ami Comeford (acomeford@dixie.edu) at 435-652-7826, or Dr. Sue Bennett (bennett@dixie.edu) at 435-652-7925.

Dixie State College Set to Host Annual Employment Fair Next Week
(ST. GEORGE, Utah February 18, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah will host its annual Employment Fair on Thursday, Feb. 26, in the Gardner Center Ballroom from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This year¹s fair is open to all students and community members and will feature at least 40 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.

DSC Career Center and Employment Services Director Kathy Kinney, who is coordinating the event, says that besides job hunting, students will find the Employment Fair serves as a great networking opportunity to meet employers and learn about businesses. In addition, students who are not graduating this year can gather important information about what major to choose or what classes to select in order to be prepared to apply for jobs at particular companies in the future.

Students can also rely on prospective employers handing out various promotional items and materials, along with a free lunch as pizza will be served throughout the day. In addition, this year¹s event will feature a resume¹ expert, who will provide on-the-spot resume review and advice to students on how to better their marketability.

Kinney noted that several employers are interested in meeting and interviewing graduates, such as Allconnect, Biolife, Boy Scouts of America, Frito-Lay, Intermountain Healthcare, the Internal Revenue Service, SkyWest Airlines, Steton Technologies, and Wells Dairy/Blue Bunny, just to name a few. She also said that all branches of the United States military, along with various law enforcement organizations, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and U. S. Border Patrol, will be represented.

For more information, contact the DSC Career Center at 435-652-7737.

Dixie State College Women's Basketball to Participate in WBCA's Pink Zone Campaign Friday Night
(ST. GEORGE, Utah February 18, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah¹s Red Storm women¹s basketball team is joining over 1,000 colleges and universities teams in all three NCAA divisions across the county to support the Women¹s Basketball Coaches Association¹s (WBCA) Pink Zone campaign. DSC will be in the Pink Zone this Friday, Feb. 20, when the Red Storm hosts BYU-Hawai¹i at 5:30 p.m. (MST), in the Burns Arena.

Pink will be as prevalent a color that night as DSC¹s Red and Blue as the Red Storm will wear special pink warm-up shirts, along with pink headbands, pink socks and pink shoelaces, while the coaching staff will accent their outfits with pink. In addition, the official game ball will be pink, the game¹s officiating crew will utilize pink whistles and the game management staff at the scorer¹s table will be decked out in pink.

³This year women's basketball lost a very significant member of its family when North Carolina State head coach Kay Yow lost her long battle with breast cancer,² DSC Head Women¹s Basketball Coach Angie Kristensen said. ³I am hoping this community can come out and support us as we do our part in helping fight this ugly disease because the money we raise is actually staying with our local American Cancer Society chapter.²

Fans are encouraged to wear pink to the game and DSC athletic officials noted that 100% of ticket sales from Friday¹s game will be donated to the St. George American Cancer Society chapter through the WBCA Breast Cancer Fund.

³Every year more and more institutions are getting involved with the Pink Zone and Dixie State is trying to help in any way we can by donating to the cause,² Coach Kristensen continued. ³We are asking all our fans come to the game, wear something pink and make a donation to this cause. Any help would be greatly appreciated.²

The WBCA Pink Zone (formerly known as "Think Pink") initiative is a global, unified effort for the WBCA's nation of coaches to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond.

The week set aside for this year's initiative is February 13-22, however many teams are participating outside of that window due to scheduling conflicts.

In 2008, over 1,200 teams and organizations participated in the WBCA¹s ³Think Pink² campaign, reaching over 830,000 fans and raising over $930,000 for breast cancer awareness and research. Since its inception in 2007, the initiative has also crossed over to other sports, including swimming and diving, gymnastics, tennis and men's basketball.

Founded in 1981, the WBCA promotes women's basketball by unifying coaches at all levels to develop a reputable identity for the sport and to foster and promote the development of the game as a sport for women and girls. For additional information about the WBCA, please visit WBCA.org.

Dixie State Receives Scholarship Gift from Intermountain Healthcare
(ST. GEORGE, Utah February 18, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah received a $3,424 scholarship gift from the Intermountain Healthcare Wednesday to be used to create a new Intermountain Women¹s Conference Nursing scholarship at the College. Dixie Regional Medical Center CEO Terri Kane presented a check to DSC First Lady Margaret Nadauld.

The contribution was derived from Dixie Regional¹s share of residual funding which previously supported the Women¹s Conference in Dixie. Last fall, because of declining attendance, the conference was dissolved with joint consent of the sponsoring organizations the college, hospital and Washington County Extension Service.

³It has been our pleasure to be a part of the Women¹s Conference over the last 20 years,² Kane said of Dixie Regional¹s involvement. ³We felt that the remaining funds should go to a cause that truly benefits women in the name of the conference.²

The scholarship donation is part of Dixie State¹s new ³Dollars for Scholars Campaign,² or ³DSC,² which has a goal of raising $500,000 in much-needed scholarship funds. The campaign, which formally kicked off last month, will continue through August 15, 2009.

³Dixie State College values our partnership with Intermountain Healthcare and we are very grateful for this donation,² said DSC vice president of advancement Christina Schultz. ³This donation will allow deserving female nursing students to gain a valuable education. This donation will strengthen both our college and our community.²

DSC Symphony Orchestra Presents Annual Winter Concert Feb. 24
(ST. GEORGE, Utah February 17, 2009) The Dixie State College Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Paul Abegg, with present its annual Winter Concert on Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore' Eccles Fine Arts Center Concert Hall on the DSC campus.

The orchestra's program will feature four classic selections, beginning with the fourth movement from English composer Gustav Holst's "The Planets"composition entitled "Jupiter." In addition, the orchestra will perform Mozart's "Symphony in G Minor," Camille Saint Saens' "Dance Bacchanale" from his opera "Samson and Delila," and will close the evening with Tchaikovsky's fourth movement from his "Symphony in C Major" entitled "Little Russian."

General admission tickets for the concert will be available at the door for $5 for adults and $1 for DSC students and faculty and staff with current ID.

Tickets may also be purchased in advance by calling the DSC Avenna Center Box Office at 435-652-7800, or online at "tickets.dixie.edu."

Winners of 22nd-Annual Sears Dixie Invitaional Art Show and Sale Announced
(ST. GEORGE, Utah February 13, 2009) The winners of the 22nd-annual Robert N. and Peggy Sears Dixie Invitational Art Show were announced Friday night at the show¹s premiere gala banquet at the Dolores Dore¹ Eccles Fine Arts Center on the Dixie State College campus. In all, artists received awards in eight medium categories, along with ³Best of Show² Purchase Prize and ³Best in Show² honors.

This year¹s Best of Show Purchase Prize was awarded to Lance Turner from Provo, Utah, for his pastel painting ³Mesa I.² At age 84, Turner¹s Sears Dixie Invitational Purchase Prize win is the first for the artist and made him the oldest artist to ever win the Purchase Prize in the show¹s 21-year history. In addition, this year¹s Invitational awarded a second-ever Best in Show Prize, which was given to Steven F. Songer from Huntsville, Utah, for his oil painting entitled ³Sea Fog.²

Turner took up pastel painting seven years ago at age 77, after a brilliant career in architectural design and advertising. He was a past director at the nation¹s then-second largest advertising agency, directing graphic design for such companies as Lockhead Aircraft, Hughes Aircraft, Sunkist, Smokey Bear, and other multi-national corporations. Turner also served as an educator, teaching in Brigham Young University¹s Graphic Communication department for a number of years. In addition to his skills with the paintbrush, he is also an accomplished and world champion bird carver.

Songer, who won the 1999 Sears Dixie Invitational Purchase Prize for his watercolor ³Shady Lane,² began his art career as a designer for Marveon Sign Company. He later went into teaching art at the high school level and received a number of state and regional awards for his dedication to his students.

For the past 25 years, Songer has been featured in many invitational art exhibits and has won many awards for his work. This past year, he had a painting chosen for the permanent collection of the Utah State Division of Fine Arts, and a number of his paintings can be found in private collections throughout the world.

Songer also took home top honors in the Oils Landscape category in this year¹s Invitational with another painting entitled ³Ogden Canyon Winter.² Second place was awarded to Robert Call for ³Farm Near Huntsville,² and Kate Starling placed third for her painting ³West Temple.² Two previous Purchase Prize winners claimed Honorable Mention recognition in David Koch (2006) for ³Warmstone,² and Bonnie Poselli (2001) for ³Bloom of Winter.² Additionally, three other Honorable Mention ribbons were handed out to Gary Collins for ³Zion Canyon Walls & the Virgin River,² Sydney Shutt for ³Autumn Camp,² and John Collins for ³Bright Desert.²

Mike Malm, who won the Invitational¹s Purchase Prize in 2007, claimed first place in the Oil Other category for his work entitled ³An Evening at the Spring.² DSC art professor and 2000 Purchase Prize winner Del Parson placed second with ³Eternal,² and Anne Marie Oborn took third for ³In Full Sunshine.² Four Honorable Mention ribbons were awarded to Bonnie Conrad for ³Skinny Dippin¹,² Randsom Owens for ³Yoate,² Jason Bowen for ³Coming of Age,² and Trent Gundmunsen for ³Spinning Wool.²

In the Watercolor Landscape category, 1992 Purchase Prize winner Spike Ress claimed the first place ribbon for the third-straight year, this time with his work ³Setting Sun.² Ress also earned third place in the category for ³California Wild Flowers.² Second place and an Honorable Mention ribbon went to 2003 Purchase Prize honoree Roland Lee for ³Solace at Sinawava² and ³Icy River,² respectively. The category¹s other Honorable Mention was awarded to Ian Ramsey for his painting entitled ³Farm, Near Orderville, Utah.²

Carl Purcell received first place honors in the Watercolor Other category for ³Out of Gas,² with Richard D. Brown placing second for ³Red Cliffs Ancient Pinyon,² and Robert D. McFarland taking third for ³Emma¹s Basket.² Dianne J. Adams earned Honorable Mention recognition for ³Autumn Symphony,² as did Rebecca W. Hartvigsen for ³Lion House Flowers.²

In the Pastel Landscape category, Marilee Campbell took top honors for painting entitled ³Early Autumn in Zion,² with 1997 Purchase Prize winner Carol Harding claiming second place with ³Desert Garden.² Lance Turner coupled his 2009 Purchase Prize win with a third place ribbon in this category for ³Stork Pond,² and Norma Molen claimed Honorable Mention for ³Mink Creek Farm.²

Julie Rogers, who won the 2004 Sears Purchase Prize, claimed the blue ribbon in the Pastel Others category for the second-straight year, this time with a painting entitled ³Twirling.² Rogers also earned third-place recognition in the category for ³Cookies in My Pocket.² Second place was awarded to ³Jesus of Nazareth² created by Del Parson, while Allen Mose earned Honorable Mention accolades for ³Buffalo Robe Stories Legacy.²

In the Other Mediums category, the first place ribbon went to Jerry Anderson for his piece entitled ³Come Unto Me,² while J. Kirk Richards was awarded second place for his work ³Christ Portrait II.² Fred Ensign took third place for ³Times Square Panorama.² Receiving Honorable Mention ribbons were Lynn Griffin for ³The Chase,² Jonathan Frank for ³Genesis Inviolate,² and Spencer Budd for his piece entitled ³Mom¹s Embrace.²

In the 3D-Bronze, Sculpture and Pottery Medium, Doug Adams won the second-ever blue ribbon in the category for his sculpture entitled ³Solamere.² LeRoy Transfield placed second with his sculpture ³Bad Splinter,² while Annette W. Everett claimed third place with her bronze sculpture ³Contemplation.² Honorable Mentions were awarded to Josh Spendlove for the sculpture ³Sarah,² Darwin Dower for his sculpture ³Struggle to Survive,² and DSC faculty Member Glen Blakely for his creation entitled ³Zion I.²

The Sears Dixie Invitational Art Show and Sale, which has been a mainstay at Dixie State College, features 240 works from 140 renowned artists from Utah and the United States, making this year¹s show the largest in the event¹s history.

All artwork will remain on display through Sunday, March 22, in the Robert N. and Peggy Sears Art Gallery located in the Dolores Dore¹ Eccles Fine Arts Center at Dixie State College. Exhibit hours are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays, and 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sundays. Call (435)652-7905 for more information. The public is invited to view the exhibit free of charge.

Each work exhibited is for sale to the public, with a portion of the proceeds from each piece of art work purchased to be allocated to help fund the Sears Art Museum Gallery in the Eccles Fine Arts Center. The Sears Dixie Invitational Art Show made its debut in that new art museum gallery in 2005, which will remain the show¹s permanent home. Appropriately enough, the gallery bears the name of the show¹s founders, Peggy and the late Bob Sears.

Robert N. and Peggy Sears Art Show and Sale Purchase Prize Winners

2009 ³Mesa I,² Lance Turner (pastel)

2008 ³Utah Winter,² Karl Thomas (oil)

2007 ³Sunset,² Mike Malm (oil)

2006 ³Moon Over Mt. Carmel,² David Koch (oil)

2005 ³Sheep at Dusk,² Steve McGinty (oil)

2004 ³In the Potters Hand,² Julie Rogers (pastel)

2003 ³In From the Fields,² Roland Lee (water color)

2002 ³Snowfall in Snow Canyon,² Wallace Lee (water color)

2001 ³Fanciful,² Bonnie Posselli (oil)

2000 ³Mary Magdelen at the Tomb,² Del Parson (pastel)

1999 ³Shady Lane,² Steven F. Songer (water color)

1998 ³Dust Dust,² A.D. Shaw (oil)

1997 ³Iris-Pink, Yellow and Blue,² Carol P. Harding (pastel)

1996 ³Pollos De Copala,² Farrell R. Collett (water color)
1995 ³Summer on the River,² Robert Bollough (oil)

1994 ³Monument Valley,² Kimball Warren (oil)

1993 ³Virgin River Canyon,² Glen S. Hopkinson (oil)

1992 ³Winter Wonder of Zion,² Spike Ress (water color)

1991 ³Looking Over Grandview Point,² Kimball Warren (oil)

1990 ³Brigham Young Home,² Al Rounds (water color)

1989 ³Hurricane Mesa,² Gaell Lindstrom (oil)

1988 ³Sarai,² L¹Deane Trueblood (sculpture)

"World Conquest Through Cryptography" is the Topic of Tuesday's Dixie Forum
(ST. GEORGE, Utah February 13, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah's weekly noontime "Dixie Forum: A Window on the World" series continues this Tuesday, Feb. 17, with a presentation on cryptography by DSC faculty member Dr. Bart Stander. 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.

Dr. Stander's presentation, entitled "World Conquest through Cryptography," will focus on how the rise and fall of the great world powers throughout history has often been swayed not by the sword, nor the mighty pen, but in a battle of minds between mathematicians. Stander will explain how cryptography played a critical role in the shaping of the early British Empire, the downfall of the German war machine, and the defeating of the Japanese in the Pacific warfront. He will also share how that same code-making and code-breaking battle continues today.

Stander has taught computer science at DSC since 2000. Bart Stander has taught Computer Science at Dixie State College since 2000. He has also taught a few math courses and in his Math 3310 course, the final project consists of the students implementing the famous RSA encryption/decryption algorithm.

The Dixie Forum series continues each Tuesday through the rest of the spring semester. The next Forum will feature a presentation entitled "Return to Little Hollywood: Utah¹s Role in Cowboy Movies," by DSC faculty member Dr.Stephen Armstrong in the Dunford Auditorium at 12 noon.

For further information on DSC¹s Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

DSC to Present Voice Student Recital Feb. 20
(ST. GEORGE, Utah February 13, 2009) Dixie State College will present its annual DSC voice students in recital on Friday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore¹ Eccles Fine Arts Center Concert Hall on the Dixie State College campus.

The recital, under the direction of Dr. Ken Peterson, is free and open to DSC students, faculty and staff, and the public.

For more information about this concert, future concerts or singing at Dixie State College in general, please contact the DSC Fine Arts office at 435-652-7790.

DSC Dixie Forum and Diversity Center Teams Up to Bring "Human Race Machine" to Campus
(ST. GEORGE, Utah February 6, 2009) As part of Black History Month, Dixie State College of Utah¹s weekly ³Dixie Forum: A Window on the World² series will feature ³The Human Race Machine² in two special sessions this Tuesday, Feb. 10. The first session of the forum will begin at 12 noon, followed by an evening session at 7 p.m.

Both forum sessions will be held 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.

The ³The Human Race Machine,² sponsored by the Dixie Forum committee, DSC¹s Diversity Center and DSC¹s student government, is a photo booth-like machine that alters digital photos of participants to give them an idea what they would look like as six different races. DSC Diversity Center Director Daneka Souberbielle will host a discussion on the machine¹s impact on Forum patrons.

The ³Machine² will be on the DSC campus for the entire week from Monday, Feb. 9, through Friday, Feb. 13, and will be located in the Gardner Center¹s first floor commons area. In addition, DSC will also show PBS specials throughout the week in conjuction with the photo experience, beginning Wednesday, February 11, with ³The Biology of Race² at 12 noon and 7 p.m., in the Gardner Center Cottam Room; followed by ³The Historical Construction of Race,² on Thursday, February 12, at 12 noon, in the Udvar-Hazy Business Building room 224, and at 7 p.m., in Udvar-Hazy 121. The Final PBS special, ³Societal Consequences of Race,² will be shown Friday, February 13, at 12 noon and 7 p.m., in Gardner Center Cottam Room.

The Dixie Forum series continues each Tuesday through the rest of the spring semester. The next Forum will feature a presentation entitled ³World Conquest through Cryptography,² by DSC faculty member Bart Stander in the Dunford Auditorium at 12 noon.

For further information on DSC¹s Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu <mailto:Burton@dixie.edu> .

Dixie State College Nursing Program Slated for Accreditation Site Visit
( ST. GEORGE, Utah February 4, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah's nursing program is scheduled to host an accreditation site visit by The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission on Wednesday, February 18, 2009.

The public is invited to meet the visit team and share comments about the program in person at a meeting scheduled to begin 4 p.m., in room 158 of DSC's Russell C. Taylor Health Science Center, located at 1526 Medical Center Drive on the Dixie Regional Medical Center¹s River Road campus.

Any written comments may be submitted to:
Dr. Sharon Tanner, Executive Director
The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission
61 Broadway, 33rd Floor
New York, NY 10006
stanner@nlnac.org

The on-site review is for continuing accreditation of DSC's Practical and Associate Degree nursing programs.

Renowned Utah Author and Photographer Stephen Trimble Featured in Special Two-Part Dixie Forum This Tuesday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah January 30, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah¹s weekly ³Dixie Forum: A Window on the World² series continues this Tuesday, Feb. 3, with a special two-part event featuring well-known Utah author and photographer Stephen Trimble. Part one of Trimble¹s two-part Forum will begin at 12 noon, with his presentation on acclaimed western author Wallace Stegner, followed by an evening discussion on his book ³Bargaining for Eden:

The Fight for the Last Open Spaces in America² at 7:45 p.m.

Both forums will be held 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.

A native of Denver, Colo., Trimble graduated with a degree in Liberal Arts Education at Colorado College and earned a Master¹s degree from the University of Arizona. He has been a full-time freelance writer and photographer since 1981, along with his work as a park ranger in Colorado and Utah, and has served as director of the Museum of Northern Arizona Press. In addition, Trimble will spend the 2008-09 academic year as a Wallace Stegner Fellow at the University of Utah's Tanner Humanities Center.

Trimble has received significant awards for his photography, along with his non-fiction and fiction works. Among his many awards are the Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award for photography and conservation; The National Cowboy Museum¹s Western Heritage ³Wrangler² Award; and a Doctor of Humane Letters from his alma mater, Colorado College, honoring his efforts to increase our understanding of Western landscapes and peoples.

For more information on Stephen Trimble and his work, visit www.stephentrimble.net.

The Dixie Forum series will be held each Tuesday through the rest of the spring semester. The next Forum will be another special two-part event featuring a presentation on The Human Race Machine, as part of February¹s Black History Month observances and activities. The first session of the forum will begin at 12 noon, followed by an evening session at 7 p.m. Both forums will be held in the Dunford Auditorium.

For further information on DSC¹s Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

Sears Dixie Invitational Art Show Returns for 22nd Year in St. George in February
(ST. GEORGE, Utah January 30, 2009) The annual Robert N. and Peggy Sears Dixie Invitational Art Show and Sale, recognized as one of the biggest art events in the state of Utah, kicks off its 22nd-year beginning Friday, Feb.13, at the Dolores Dore' Eccles Fine Arts Center on the campus of Dixie State College of Utah.

The Sears Dixie Invitational, which has been a mainstay at Dixie State College, will feature nearly 240 works from 140 renowned artists from Utah and the United States, making this year's show the largest in the event's history. Award categories for the show include oils, watercolor, pastels and other media. In addition, the show regularly features several bronze works.

"The quality of art seems to get better every year. Just when I start thinking that it can't get any better than what we've had in previous years, the art shows up and proves me wrong," said George F. Whitehead, DSC Vice President of Advancement and Cultural Arts. "Show founder, the late Robert Sears, would have put his seal of approval on this year's Invitational. I invite all to visit the Sears Art Show at Dixie State College and feel the warmth of quality original art by some of the best artists in the country."

This year's Invitational events will begin on Friday, Feb. 13, at 3:00 p.m., in the Eccles Fine Arts Center Main Stage Theater with a free art symposium for all interested artists, conducted by 2008 Purchase Prize winner Karl Thomas. Thomas, a Dixie College alum and long-time featured artist in previous Sears Invitational shows from Provo, Utah, won the Purchase Prize award for his oil painting entitled "Utah Winter." Thomas will also serve as this year¹s Art Show adjudicator.

The invitation-only opening gala dinner and pre-sale will follow the symposium at 6:00 p.m., in the Eccles Fine Arts Center Grand Foyer. The program for the evening will include remarks and performance by the event's honorary chair, world-renowned pianist Marvin Goldstein. An art preview for dinner guests will precede the gala at 4:00 p.m.

In addition to his special engagement for the Art Show's gala opening, Mr.Goldstein will perform in a special Valentine's Day concert on Saturday, Feb. 14, at 7:30 p.m., in the Eccles Fine Arts Center Concert Hall. Tickets are now on sale for $20 and may be purchased by visiting the DSC Avenna Center ticket office or by calling 435-652-7800. Only 300 tickets are available for this special engagement.

"We are very excited and honored to have such a world-class entertainer in Mr. Marvin Goldstein serve as our 2009 honorary chairman," Whitehead said.

"His talent and music is so inspirational and I can think of no better way to truly pay tribute to the artists and the legacy of the Sears family than to have Marvin share his talents with us."

Since the inaugural Sears Dixie Invitational Art Show in 1988, a portion of each painting purchased has been allocated to help fund the art gallery in the Eccles Fine Arts Center. The Sears Dixie Invitational Art Show made its debut in that new gallery in 2005, which will remain the show¹s permanent home. Appropriately enough, the gallery bears the name of the show¹s founders, Peggy and the late Bob Sears.

"This year's show is a treasure trove of heirloom art," says Kathy Cieslewicz, curator of the Sears Art Museum Gallery. "The quality and range of subject, size, and style of this year¹s entries continues to astound me."

Cieslewicz noted that the St. George community has evolved into a true center of art appreciation. She has met a number of Invitational patrons who have procured pieces of art from previous Sears shows for their homes and businesses. She added that this kind of generosity and support from the public is what keeps the Invitational and Sears Museum Gallery going, and is a way for the art to be shared with future generations of art enthusiasts.

"We encourage all gallery visitors to purchase art during this show, which in turn makes it possible to continue the legacy of providing visual art for our community and our students," Cieslewicz added. "After all, who doesn't want to become an art collector."

The exhibit will open to the public Saturday, Feb. 14, and will be on display through Sunday, March 22. Exhibit hours are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays, and 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sundays. Call (435)652-7905 for more information.

Ethics in Human Resources the Topic of the Next Dixie State Business Ethics Forum Feb. 5
(ST. GEORGE, Utah January 29, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah's Udvar-Hazy School of Business continues its bi-monthly noontime Business and Ethics Forum spring semester series next Thursday, Feb. 4, featuring a presentation by Scott Vest, the Director of Human Resources for the Shift4 Corporation.

Vest's presentation, entitled "To Fire or Not to Fire," discusses how important ethics and policies are in today's workplace when faced with making difficult personnel decisions. Vest is a graduate of Utah State University, where he received a Master's degree in Human Resource Management, and has over 10 years experience in the human resource management field.

The series will continue Feb. 26, with a presentation by local CPA Robert Whatcott. In addition, local business owner Jason Wells will speak March 5; local real estate agent Steve Wilson will present to the forum April 2; and Jack Rolfe, physical therapist and founder of the School of Life Foundation, will wrap up the semester schedule with a presentation April 16.

Each speaker throughout the semester will speak on business matters in their respective professions and have been asked to integrate ethics into the discussion.

In 2006-07, Dixie State's business program sought initial accreditation with the high profile Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). In order to become accredited with the AACSB, ethics were required to be integrated into the college's business curriculum. As a result, each business class on the DSC campus now includes an ethical component.

Dr. Huddleston noted that the business forums will give students and current and prospective local business owners an added dose of ethics training that is so sorely needed into today's business world. His hope is that by the time students leave Dixie State, they have been exposed to enough ethical cases that, when they get out in the workforce, they will have the wherewithal and the intestinal fortitude to do the right thing, even when their job might be on the line.

For questions regarding the DSC Institute for Business Integrity forums, contact Dr. Huddleston at huddleston@dixie.edu or 435-652-7740.

Dixie State College to Host 20th-Anniversary of Read-In Chain in Celebration of Black History Month
(ST. GEORGE, Utah Jan. 28, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah's English department will host the annual African American Read-In Chain, as part of the nationwide 20th-anniversary of the Chain's creation, in celebration of Black History Month next Monday, Feb. 2, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Gardner Student Center on campus.

DSC students, faculty and staff are invited to read aloud their favorite work from an African American writer, in addition to listening to others quote various works. In all, it is expected that more than a million people across the country will participate in the Read-In Chain.

In 1990, the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English sponsored the first African American Read-In Chain. In 1991, the National Council of Teachers of English joined in the sponsorship. The Read-In has also been endorsed by the International Reading Association. Over a million readers of all ethnic groups have participated every year for the past several years. This celebration of the African American literacy tradition has become a formal part of Black History Month activities across the country.

The Read-In takes place annually nationwide on the first Sunday of February and the following Monday for schools. It is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the works of the many black authors and illustrators whose works inform and entertain us. Black History Month is a month-long celebration of African American heritage.

For more information about the Read-In Chain or to schedule a 15-minute block time to read, please contact Sue Bennett in the Dixie State College English department at 435-652-7925 or at bennett@dixie.edu.

Dixie State Theatre Program Premieres DSC Student Original Production Feb. 2-7
(ST. GEORGE, Utah January 28, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah's theatre program will take to the stage next week to present "The Ways To Woo or How To Steal A Penny," a new play, based on a very old style, compiled and directed by current DSC student Jarom Brown. The production begins its six-night run this Friday, Feb. 2, through Wednesday, Feb. 7, starting at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore¹ Eccles Fine Arts Center's Laboratory Theater. Tickets are $5 per person and are available at the door.

The production is done in the style of the Commedia dell'Arte, a type of theater that became popular in Italy in the 16th century. It features familiar stock characters and broad, slapstick style performances, and might be considered the great-great-grandparent of most of TV sitcoms and cartoons.

The story of "The Ways to Woo" is centered on the character Punch, the lazy and mischievous servant of Mr. Pants. Punch has stolen money from the Captain, and is trying to avoid the lethal ministrations of his henchman, T-bone. Add two pretty girls, love at first sight, a pile of money and several frantic chase scenes and ongoing audience interaction, and you¹ve got an evening of hilarious comedy.

Brown, a senior from Modesto, Calif., auditioned this production in August, and has been rehearsing and creating with his company for months. The work he has done is called compiling a play, rather than writing, because the structure of the production is actually created from the comic scenes created in rehearsal.

Each actor has the opportunity to help create a scene, based on a scenario supplied by the director. The best material they discover is repeated and refined until a whole and complete scene is created. This is repeated over and over again as the play is taking form. To add to the creativity (and spontaneity), the show will change from one evening to the next, depending upon what gets a laugh.

The production features Justin Cullimore as Punch, Nick Mihalopoulos as the Captain, Frank Bryant as T-bone, Jessica Braun as Brina, Sadie Taggart as Dina, and Noah Dixon as Mr. Pants. Autumn Hibbers serves as Stage Manager, with costume designs by Spencer Potter, and light designs by Carly Waggoner.

The National Park Service Closing in on 100 Years is Focus of Monday's DSC Colleagues Meeting
(ST. GEORGE, Utah January 28, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah will host its fifth President¹s Colleagues of DSC meeting of the 2008-09 academic year, featuring retired National Parks Service superintendent Fred J.

Fagergren, this Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, at 12 noon, in the Dunford Auditorium of the Browning Resource Center on the DSC campus. The meeting is free and open to the public.

A 34-year veteran of the NPS, Fagergren will share his presentation on the National Parks Service as it approaches its 100th birthday in 2016. He had served as a superintendent for the NPS for 29 of those years, most recently as superintendent of Bryce Canyon National Park from August 1991 until his retirement in April 2002. In addition, Fagergren was the first superintendent of Big Cypress National Preserve in south Florida for ten years, and was superintendent of Mound City Group National Monument in Ohio.

His NPS career has included assignments at Chiricahua, Saguaro, Florissant Fossil Beds, and Effigy Mounds National Monuments, Rocky Mountain and Grand Canyon National Parks, and National Capitol Parks. For 28 years of his career he was also a commissioned law enforcement officer.

A second-generation NPS employee, Fagergren was born in Cedar City, Utah and lived as a youth in several western National Parks. He attended the University of Wyoming for three years, majoring in mathematics. He subsequently served as a Special Agent with Military Intelligence, with service in Panama and Washington, D.C.

Fagergren graduated with a degree Anthropology from the University of Arizona in 1972, and began working with the NPS that same year. He has received an number of honors for his service at the NPS, including the Southeast Region¹s 1991 Superintendent of the Year Award for Natural Resources Stewardship; a 1991 Department of the Interior Superior Service Award, Intermountain Field Area awards for Exemplary Leadership, 1995 1997, and two Secretary of the Interior Citations for natural resource protection and restoration.

The President¹s Colleagues of Dixie State College, founded 16 years ago by former DSC President Dr. Douglas Alder, is a group of retired professors and other professionals who live mostly in the St. George and Washington County area. Dr. Alder, who also started an Honors Program at DSC, organized the Colleagues as a way to increase academic activities on campus.

The Colleagues meet together once a month during the academic year to hear presentations from each other and/or invited guests. The next meeting is slated for Monday, March 2, 2009.

Dixie State College Officially Announces New Athletic Nickname and Mascot Monday Night
(ST. GEORGE, Utah January 26, 2009) The wait is finally over. After going over half of its academic year and intercollegiate athletics season without a formal nickname and mascot, Dixie State College of Utah announced Monday night the adoption of "Red Storm" as the new identity and face of DSC and its NCAA Division II athletic programs. The announcement came during halftime of DSC’s men's basketball game vs. Notre Dame de Namur, a game the Dixie Red Storm won, 59-51.

The formal announcement was made by DSC studentbody president and Naming Committee chair Brock Bybee. In addition to the nickname announcement, the largest crowd of the season, which was announced at 3,979, was treated to the debut of a new mascot, an athletic-looking black bull named "Ragin'

Red," complete with basketball uniform. "Ragin' Red" dazzled the crowd with stunts and high-fives and chest bumps with the majority of DSC's student-athlete contingent, which capped off the halftime festivities.

"The value of a positive new identity for Dixie State College cannot be underestimated," said DSC Athletic Director Dexter Irvin. "The athletic department is excited and ready to run with our new look. The value of this identity will grow as our institution expands our enrollment and degree offerings."

Irvin added he believes that DSC’s new identity is a great representation of the area and the new mascot and nickname will give Dixie State College and its athletic programs positive leverage throughout the state, the country and the NCAA.

"This is a great mascot/nickname that the students, alumni, and fans can adopt and grow old with," Irvin said. "Our athletic department is now situated with a nickname and mascot that we can move forward with. Both in our [Great Northwest-football/Pacific West] conferences and the NCAA."

In 2007, the Dixie State College Board of Trustees voted to retire the use of the "Rebel" nickname and the "Confederate" identity, which was adopted in the 1950s. DSC put together a naming committee, headed by Bybee, to come up with a new school identity that reflected the pioneer heritage, traditions, values and work ethic of the region. The committee was made up of representatives from DSC's student government, athletic department, faculty, staff, and alumni.

DSC formally began its quest for a new identity last summer with the kick-off of the "Dixie Idol" campaign. During the initial nomination process, nearly 3,500 concept suggestions were recorded over a five-week period. From that pool of suggestions, a list of 20 concepts was compiled in order to begin the first round of voting, which took place in October. That initial voting period drew nearly 2,600 votes, and after dodging potential future licensing and copyright issues, the list was pared down to the top-10 concepts.

In November, a second round of voting took place to trim that list to the final three. However, DSC saw a significant dip in voter turnout the second time around. In addition, with growing concerns about future budgetary constraints not only at Dixie State College, but throughout the entire state, DSC President Dr. Stephen D. Nadauld and the naming committee felt that resources that were earmarked for the final stage of "Dixie Idol,"

complete with the purchase three separate mascot costumes, would be better spent elsewhere on campus.

"Our voting numbers fell 65 percent overall during that second round of voting, which was a red-flag of sorts, considering the time and resources put into marketing and promoting the process," said Steve Johnson, DSC Director of Public Relations and Marketing. "The committee felt the process had run its course."

Johnson added that President Nadauld and the committee held a lengthy discussion about the budgetary concerns regarding future marketing efforts of the final round. That coupled with the costs that would be incurred in buying three mascot costumes, two of which would be discarded after the competition, the committee decided to terminate plans for the final stage of "Dixie Idol."

The Committee identified the three finalists from the second round of voting, which included "Red Storm," "Red Devils," and "Red Hawks." After careful and thoughtful consideration, weighing all options, including the committee's initial task, all marketing aspects, and uniqueness to the region, along with the desire to move forward, the committee unanimously decided on the overall winner.

DSC's decision to move forward with the "Red Storm" nickname and new mascot will allow the College's men's and women's basketball teams to have an identity for the final six weeks of each squad's respective seasons, and will be used by all of DSC's four spring sports. In addition, it would allow coaches time to begin the process of having new uniforms created and have them ready to debut in 2009-10, along with scoreboard and other minor athletic facility adjustments. The decision will also allow for our new identity to be officially licensed and marketed so the process of merchandising can begin.

"Dixie State College will promote our new identity in a number of ways,"

Johnson said. "We will try to be as visible as we can be, not only on campus, but locally and regionally. This is an exciting time to rally around Dixie and the 'Red Storm.'"

Music of the Middle East Featured in Special Two-Part Dixie Forum This Tuesday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah January 23, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah¹s weekly noontime ³Dixie Forum: A Window on the World² series continues this Tuesday, Jan. 27, with a special two-part presentation on influences of Middle Eastern music around the world by renowned pianist and composer Sheldon Sands. Part one of the two-part Forum will begin at 12 noon, followed by an evening performance featuring Sands and vocalist Marta Burton at 7:45 p.m., 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.

Sands will introduce the audience to the most essential elements of Middle Eastern music, as it reflects both the ancient and modern worlds. His presentation will explain how the cultures of the Middle East were formed from a richly complex tapestry, woven together by forces of history, tribalism, geography, conquest and religion; with an emergent and diverse music that colorfully expresses the spirituality, the joys, the pain and the yearnings of its storied inhabitants.

The evening session will feature a lively and enchanting concert of music from the Mediterranean to the British Isles. Sands will entertain the audience with a lecture exploring the richly complex musical cultures of the region. Following the lecture, he will accompany Ms. Burton as she performs songs in Hebrew, Ladino, French, Italian, Broad Scots and English. The performance will feature songs composed by Sands from his new program, ³Sand-Between-the-Toes² based upon the poetry of Winnie the Pooh creator, A.A. Milne.

For more information on Sheldon Sands and his works, visit www.sheldonsands.com.

The Dixie Forum series continues each Tuesday through the rest of the spring semester. The next Forum will be another special two-part event featuring author and photographer Stephen Trimble. Trimble will share is ³Presentation on Wallace Stegner² at 12 noon, followed by an evening discussion on his book ³Bargainig for Eden: The Fight for the Last Open Spaces in America² at 7:45 p.m. Both forums will be held in the Dunford Auditorium.

For further information on DSC¹s Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

Dixie State College Announces Dollars for Scholars Fundraising Campaign
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – January 22, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah President Stephen D. Nadauld announced Wednesday the formal kick-off of the institution’s new “Dollars for Scholars Campaign,” or “DSC,” with the goal of raising $500,000 in much-needed scholarship funds. The announcement came during DSC’s annual President’s Associates Banquet held on campus in the Gardner Center Ballroom.

“Dixie State’s enrollment is up and for us to continue this positive trend, we need scholarships to attract and retain students,” President Nadauld said. “Students are the lifeblood of Dixie. Scholarships allow us to recruit and retain the brightest students, as well as support those who would not be able to pursue their education without financial assistance. We are shaping DSC’s destiny!”

Nadauld noted that increased recruitment leads to increased enrollment, which leads to greater program strength. Nadauld also pointed to DSC’s boost in upper-division enrollment and retention, which currently stands at 46% percent ahead of last year at this time, as a barometer to how the College’s four-year programs have begun to gain traction.

“Strong programs attract outstanding faculty and outstanding faculty increases our academic reputation,” Nadauld added. “Top-notch academics, in turn, leads to the ability to recruit even more of the best and the brightest students.”

Dixie State College has a long and storied history of reaching out in the community and providing financial assistance to a wide array of students, both traditional and non-traditional students, with the goal of giving students a chance at achieving a college education. However, with today’s economic downturn affecting communities all across Utah, in addition to the state’s colleges and universities, the need of private donations are needed more than ever.

“Our community has always pulled together to support education,” said Christina Schultz, DSC vice president of advancement. “Our students are counting on us and with the expected state budget cuts, it means that we’ll have to be resourceful and rely even more on private gifts. Just 1,000 people giving $500 each would allow us to meet our goal.”

Dixie State’s “Dollars for Scholars Campaign” will continue through August 15, 2009. To receive more information about the campaign or to make a gift, contact the DSC Office of Institutional Advancement at 435-652-7906 or email schultz@dixie.edu.

Announcement to Take Place During Halftime of DSC Men's Basketball Game vs. Notre Dame de Namur
(ST. GEORGE, Utah January 21, 2009) “Fans, welcome to the court your Dixie State College …….!” Well the wait to find out what Dixie State’s new athletic nickname and mascot will come to an end this Monday night, Jan. 26, as College officials will formally make the announcement during halftime of the DSC men’s basketball game vs. Notre Dame de Namur at the Burns Arena.

Tip-off for the game is 7:30 p.m., immediately following the DSC women’s basketball game vs. NDN, which begins at 5:30 p.m.

DSC athletic administrators promise a halftime extravaganza, complete with fireworks, a performance by the Dixie Dancers, a fog machine and black light system provided by Tuacahn, balloons and free t-shirts for all in attendance, all to celebrate the unveiling of DSC’s new nickname and mascot.

In addition, fans will have a chance for their picture to be taken with the new mascot free of charge after the men’s game.

DSC Athletics has put together a special family ticket package for the Monday doubleheader, in which a family of five can catch both men’s and women’s games for just $5 per family. Tickets are on sale now at the DSC Avenna Center ticket office or by calling 435-652-7800.

Dixie State Cultural Arts Presents World-Renowned Pianist Marvin Goldstein for Special Valentine's Day Concert Feb. 14
(ST. GEORGE, Utah January 20, 2009) As part of the 22nd-Annual Robert N.and Peggy Sears Dixie Invitational Art Show and Sale opening weekend, Dixie State College of Utah will be presenting a special Valentine's Day concert, featuring world-renowned pianist Marvin Goldstein, on Saturday, Feb. 14, at 7:30 p.m., in the Eccles Fine Arts Center Concert Hall. Tickets are now on sale for $20 and may be purchased by visiting the DSC Avenna Center ticket office or by calling 435-652-7800. Only 300 tickets are available for this special engagement.

Marvin Goldstein, a highly acclaimed pianist, arranger and entertainer, began musical training at age 9. When he was 18 years old Marvin was awarded a music scholarship to Tel Aviv University School of Music, Tel Aviv, Israel. His studies continued at the famed "Mozarteum" of Salzburg, Austria.

He completed a Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at Florida State University, where his performance degrees were earned on the French horn.

Goldstein has many honors to his credit. He is listed in Who's Who in Music in Europe at Cambridge, England. Additionally, he is a National Keyboard Artist with the Kawai America Corporation. Goldstein is currently working with Palestinian and Israeli singers, Arab and Jewish. He believes the power of music can, given the opportunity, change hearts, minds and souls and bring a lasting peace to The Middle East.

He travels extensively throughout North America, Central America, Europe and Australia sharing his gift of music. He performed last year in the Baltic Capitals, Italy and Greece as well as several appearances all over the continental USA.

Goldstein has recorded over 40 compact discs, many on his own label. Eight productions have been recorded with full orchestra. Also, he has arranged 15 piano solo arrangement books, including many sacred hymns.

Goldstein has the unique ability to translate his ideas and emotions through his abilities and love of music. In presenting a mood that may be happy or sad, the piano comes alive under his direction.

Local Author Janice Brooks to Address First Dixie Forum of 2009 Spring Semester
(ST. GEORGE, Utah January 16, 2009) Dixie State College will hold its first ³Dixie Forum: A Window on the World² convocation of the 2009 spring semester this Tuesday, Jan. 20, featuring a presentation on 19th-century abolitionist and women¹s rights activist Sojourner Truth by local author Janice Brooks. 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.

Ms. Brooks¹ presentation, entitled ³Ain¹t I a Woman?,² brings the wit and wisdom of Sojourner Truth to life through drama, narrative and song. Brooks will share unforgettable stories of Truth¹s courage and triumphs as a champion of women¹s rights and the abolition of slavery prior to the Civil War. Truth, who was born into slavery as Isabella Baumfree and escaped for her freedom in 1826, is best-known for her speech ³Ain¹t I a Woman?,² which was delivered in 1851 at the Ohio Women¹s Rights Convention.

Brooks is known for her work as a professional speaker, freelance writer and storyteller, having published two books, ³Focus on Nevada¹s Children² and ³Focus on Nevada¹s Women,² and currently writes a society column, entitled ³The Social Circle,² for the St. George Magazine.

She earned a Bachelor¹s Degree in Criminal Justice at Arizona State University and served for nine years as a security specialist for the U.S.

Department of Energy. Brooks has also free-lanced as a public and government affairs liaison for several public and private companies. In addition, she served for six years on the Clark County (NV) Housing Authority and was a chairperson of the commissioners committee for the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials.

The Dixie Forum series continues each Tuesday through the rest of the spring semester. The next Forum will be a special two-part event featuring composer Sheldon Sands, who will share his works in a presentation entitled ³Mediterranean Crossroads,² at 12 noon and 7:45 p.m., in the Dunford Auditorium.

For further information on DSC¹s Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

Dixie State College Business and Ethics Forum Series Makes 2009 Spring Semester Debut Jan. 22
(ST. GEORGE, Utah January 16, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah¹s Udvar-Hazy School of Business resumes its bi-monthly noontime Business and Ethics Forum series for the 2009 spring semester this Thursday, Jan. 22, featuring a presentation by Lennart Erickson, who serves as director the Dixie Business Alliance¹s Small Business Development Center.

Erickson has over 35 years of experience in the business and financial world, including his tenure at the DBA. He has developed and implemented corporate conglomerate level accounting and financial systems for a number of companies and has served as chief financial officer for companies such as Andrus Transportation Services and Great Dane, Inc. He graduated with a Bachelor¹s degree in Economics and Accounting from Brigham Young University, and completed his MBA in Finance and Accounting at the University of Utah.

The series will continue Feb. 5, with Scott Vest, who serves as human resources director at Shift 4. In addition, local CPA Robert Whatcott will address the forum Feb. 26; local business owner Jason Wells will speak March 5; local real estate agent Steve Wilson will present to the forum April 2; and Jack Rolfe, physical therapist and founder of the School of Life Foundation, will wrap up the semester schedule with a presentation April 16.

Each speaker throughout the semester will speak on business matters in their respective professions and have been asked to integrate ethics into the discussion.

For questions regarding the DSC Institute for Business Integrity forums, contact Dr. Huddleston at huddleston@dixie.edu or 435-652-7740.

Dixie State College Music Department to Host Faculty Recital January 20
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – January 14, 2009) Dixie State College of Utah’s music department will host a faculty recital, featuring department chair Glenn Webb, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, at 7:30 p.m., at the Dolores Dore’ Eccles Fine Arts Center Concert Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.

Webb’s solo recital will feature a wide variety of percussion performances. Among the pieces performed will be Elliot Carter’s March for 4 Timpani, Pulse for Marimba solo, and John Cage’s Composed Improvisation for Snare Drum.

In addition to his role as department chair, Webb serves as music department lecturer and advisor, and is the director of the Dixie State Jazz Ensemble, the Percussion Ensemble and the Varsity Band. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Weber State University and Master’s of Music degree in Percussion Performance from the University of Utah.

Webb has instructed bands and orchestras in Utah public schools for the past 14 years and has served as conductor and music director for Sandy City summer musicals for nine years. He is a solo percussionist with the Canyonlands New Music Ensemble and principal percussion with Ballet West. Additionally, Webb freelances with the Utah Symphony and Utah Opera. He was also a featured performer in the 2002 Cultural Olympiad with the Jose Limon Dance Company and Repertory Dance Theater.

Dixie State Receives Scholarship Donation From Questar
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – December 17, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah received a $1,500 scholarship gift from the Questar Corporation Wednesday. Questar Vice President of Operations Ronald Jibson presented the gift to DSC President Dr. Stephen D. Nadauld in a morning meeting.

“Questar is one of the few large companies headquartered in Utah and we feel like we are part of the community and we certainly support education,” said Questar Vice President of Operations Ronald Jibson. “We have always been very proud of what Dixie State College has done and we feel like it is a great institution. We are trying to be more a part of every community by participating in scholarships and this is just one way we can do that.”

Through the Questar Education Foundation, the company funds scholarships and new construction at 19 universities and colleges throughout our service area. The Questar Arts Foundation makes possible annual donations to internationally renowned arts organizations.

“We are very grateful to the Questar Corporation for their donation to our scholarship fund,” said DSC president Dr. Stephen D. Nadauld. “We appreciate them as partners in our community and we’re glad they value us for the educational component we bring to the community. We will put the money to good use on behalf of our students.”

Dixie State College Receives Daniels Fund Scholarship Grant
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – December 9, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah announced Tuesday that it has received a $32,000 Daniels Fund grant to support needs-based scholarships at DSC. The scholarship monies will provide financial assistance to one or more of the following categories of non-traditional students; including adult learners; GED recipients; foster care youth; juvenile justice youth; returning military personnel; and individuals pursuing EMT/paramedic training.

"Needs-based scholarships have been a priority here at Dixie State College," said George F. Whitehead, associate vice president of advancement. "Successful organizations that have stepped forward to help us, such as the Daniels Fund and our own Fire & Ice Foundation, have provided numerous students opportunities to reach their educational dreams, dreams that may have not been attainable without such generous support."

The Daniels Fund operates the Daniels Fund Scholarship Program and the Daniels Fund Grants Program in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. The Fund was established in 1997 by Bill Daniels, a pioneer in cable television known for his kindness and generosity to those in need. Visit www.danielsfund.org for more information.

"The Daniels Fund is so kind to recognize the State of Utah and its higher education system, especially Dixie State College, with this special gift," Whitehead added.

Potential students wishing to receive more information or to apply for financial assistance provided by the Daniels Fund grant should contact Sue Perschon in the DSC Financial Aid office at 435-652-7578 or at sperschon@dixie.edu.

DSC Choral Ensemble Presents "A Merry Caroling Christmas" This Friday Night
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – December 8, 2008) The Dixie State College Choral Ensemble is presenting "A Merry Caroling Christmas" this Friday evening, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore’ Eccles Fine Arts Center Concert Hall on the Dixie State College campus.   

The concert, under the direction of Dr. Robert Briggs, will feature all five DSC choral ensembles, including the Women's Choir, Men's Chorus, The Chamber Singers, The Rebel Chorus, and The Vocal Jazz Project. The ensemble will be performing a number of familiar Christmas carols, including "O Come All Ye Faithful," "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (The Christmas Song)," "Silver Bells," and a gospel rendition of "Joy to the World," along with other holiday favorites.

General admission tickets for the concert will be available at the door for $5 for adults and $1 for DSC students and faculty and staff with current ID.

DSC Symphony Orchestra Presents Annual Christmas Concert Dec. 11
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – December 4, 2008) The Dixie State College Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Paul Abegg, with present its annual Christmas Concert on Thursday, Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore' Eccles Fine Arts Center Concert Hall on the DSC campus.

The orchestra's program will feature selections from Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker," arrangements from the motion picture "The Polar Express," and music from George Bizet's "L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2," including the "Farandole," along with other traditional Christmas favorites. In addition, the program will include Gary Caldwell and Jeff Caldwell performing Vivaldi’s Concerto for two trumpets.

General admission tickets for the concert will be available at the door for $5 for adults and $1 for DSC students and faculty and staff with current ID.

Days Remain in Dixie State's "Dixie Idol" Second Round of Voting - Ten Nickname Concepts Up for Public Review and Voting Through This Friday, Dec. 5
(ST. GEORGE, Utah ¬– December 1, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah students, faculty, staff, fans, and alumni have just a few days left to vote for their favorite concept during the second round of voting of the College's "Dixie Idol" campaign to come up with DSC’s new nickname. In all, voters have 10 nickname concepts to choose from and can gain access to the electronic ballot by visiting DSC's website at www.dixie.edu, then utilizing the "Nickname Voting Page" link on the site's front page.

The second round of online voting will run through Friday, Dec. 5, to narrow the field down to the final three concepts. Voters may cast their ballot for their favorite concept from the recently announced top-10 list, , including "Blazers," "Coyotes," "Pioneers," "Ragin' Red," "Rattlers," "Red Devils," "Red Hawks," "Red Storm," "Roadrunners," and "Scorpions."

The formal announcement of the three concept finalists will be made in early January. Following that announcement, "Dixie Idol" will really get interesting as the contest moves into the "Shootout" stage, as each concept finalist will perform during a DSC's men's basketball home game (Jan. 26/Jan. 27/Feb. 14). All three finalists will perform as an ensemble during DSC's final home game of the year on Thursday, Feb. 20.

Then beginning Friday, Feb. 21, through Thursday, March 5, all DSC stakeholders can cast one more vote for their favorite finalist online. The outcome of the final vote will be reported to Dixie State's administration and Board of Trustees for approval. Following that process, the winner and new DSC nickname and mascot will be unveiled at the conclusion of the Great Race during "D" Week Friday, April 3, at the Encampment Mall.

Last year, the Dixie State College Board of Trustees voted to retire the use of the "Rebel" nickname and the "Confederate" identity, which was adopted in the 1950s. The hope of the DSC naming committee is to come up with a new school identity that reflects the true pioneer heritage, traditions, values and work ethic of the region. The committee is made up of representatives from DSC’s student government, athletic department, faculty, staff, and alumni.

Nearly 3,500 total concept submissions were nominated on DSC's "Dixie Idol" website for consideration over a five-week period from mid-August through the end of September. Each submission was judged and reviewed based on its appropriateness in conjunction with the traditions, values and virtues of the Dixie State College community. A second criteria for consideration is based on the overall number of times a concept has been nominated.

For more information on "Dixie Idol" and to cast your vote, please visit www.dixie.edu.

Dixie State College to Host Surgical Technology Open House for Prospective Students Friday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – December 1, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah will host an open house for prospective students interested in obtaining information about the College's Surgical Technology certificate program this Friday, Dec. 5, from 12 noon-to-1 p.m., in Room 339 of DSC's Russell C. Taylor Health Science Center, located at 1526 Medical Center Drive on the Dixie Regional Medical Center’s River Road campus.

The open house will provide students with information about the program's admission and pre-requisites requirements. In addition, member of DSC's Surgical Technology faculty and staff will be on hand to answer questions and take prospective students on a tour of the new, state-of-the-art, mock operating room located in the Russell C. Taylor Health Science Center.

Surgical Technology is one of eight health sciences programs currently offered by Dixie State College and is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. According to DSC Associate Dean of Health Sciences Dr. Carole Grady, surgical technologists are in demand across the country with employment expected to grow much faster than average. She added that the median annual wage for surgical technologists was just over $36,000 in 2006, and noted that the top-10 percent of surgical technologists make over $51,000 per year.

Surgical technologists assist in surgical operations under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. Surgical technologists work in hospital operating and delivery rooms, physician or dental offices, and ambulatory surgical centers.

For more information on DSC’s Surgical Technology Open House, contact DSC Associate Dean of Health Sciences Dr. Carole Grady, at 435-879-4802, or at grady@dixie.edu.

Corporate Ethics Advisement the Topic of Dixie State Business and Ethics Forum Thursday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – December 1, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah's Udvar-Hazy School of Business will host its final bi-monthly noontime Business and Ethics Forum of the 2008 fall semester this Thursday, Dec. 4, with a presentation entitled "Advising Large and Small Corporations – Ethical Considerations" by Josh Little, who is managing attorney for St. George office of the law firm of Durham, Jones and Pinegar.

The forum will be held in the Boeing Auditorium (Room 121) of the DSC Udvar-Hazy Business Building. Dixie State College students, the entire Washington County business community, and the general public are all invited to attend. Admission is free.

Mr. Little, who also serves on the firm's board of directors, represents public and private companies in a broad range of corporate finance and business transactions, including public and private securities offerings, debt and equity financing transactions, mergers, and stock/asset acquisitions, along with other corporate partnering transactions.

Little is a member of the SEED Dixie Strategic Planning Committee, which has been established to assist in the development and growth of entrepreneurial business in southern Utah. In addition, he is the founder of the Dixie Angels Investor Network, and serves as president of the St. George chapter of the BYU Management Society.

Little graduated Magna Cum Laude from BYU in 1995, and graduated Cum Laude with his Juris Doctorate degree from Harvard Law School in 1998. He is a member of the American, Utah and California Bar Associations in the Business Law Section.

The Business and Ethics Forum will be held every other Thursday throughout the fall and spring semesters, with each guest lecturer speaking on business matters in their respective professions and how to integrate ethics into the discussion.

The Forums will return to its regular bi-monthly schedule for the 2009 spring semester beginning Thursday, Jan. 22, with a presentation by Lennart Erickson, who is the director of DSC’s Small Business Development Center.

The bi-monthly forum, along with campus' Institute for Business Integrity, was created by former DSC president Dr. Robert Huddleston in 2006, as a way to integrate ethics into the curriculum, and have it serve as a blueprint to ensure that students graduate with a set of ethical tools to help them get along in the professional world.

In 2006-07, Dixie State's business program sought initial accreditation with the high profile Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). In order to become accredited with the AACSB, ethics were required to be integrated into the college’s business curriculum. As a result, each business class on the DSC campus now includes an ethical component.

Dr. Huddleston noted that the business forums will give students – and current and prospective local business owners – an added dose of ethics training that is so sorely needed into today's business world. His hope is that by the time students leave Dixie State, they have been exposed to enough ethical cases that, when they get out in the workforce, they will have the wherewithal and the intestinal fortitude to do the right thing, even when their job might be on the line.

"The Institute for Business Integrity has brought an important opportunity for the business community, as well as DSC faculty and students, to emphasize the significance of social responsibility for business and industry in Washington County," Dr. Huddleston said. "As research indicates, ethics contribute to employee commitment, investor loyalty, customer satisfaction and to profits."

The Dixie State College Institute for Business Integrity is a partnership between the Udvar-Hazy School of Business at Dixie State College, the Small Business Development Center, the Washington County Economic Development Council, and the St. George Area Chamber of Commerce.

For questions regarding the DSC Institute for Business Integrity forums, contact Dr. Huddleston at huddleston@dixie.edu or 435-652-7740.

DSC Symphony Band to Perform in Concert Dec. 2
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – November 25, 2008) The Dixie State College Symphony Band will take to the stage for what promises to be a spirited concert on Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore' Eccles Fine Arts Center Concert Hall on the DSC campus. The DSC symphony band is under the direction of Gary Caldwell.

The symphony band's performance will feature a number of military-themed pieces, including Robert Jager's "Esprit de Corps," which was commissioned by the United States Marine Band and is based on "The Marine's Hymn." The band will also perform "At Dawn They Slept," the Jay Bocook composition that was premiered at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in April of 2002, as a tribute to those who fought and lost their lives at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and Gustav Holst's "First Suite in E-flat for Military Band."

In addition, the symphony band will perform Jan Van der Roost's "Canterbury Chorale," the Mark Camphouse stunningly beautiful tone poem "Yosemite Autumn," Alfred Reed's timeless folk melody "Greensleeves," which is featured in Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor," and "Sound the Bells," which composer John Williams orchestrated for full orchestra to be performed by the Boston Pops. The band will also perform a medley favorite of Christmas carols in a piece entitled "A Christmas Fantasia," which was arranged by Elliot del Borgo.

Tickets are available at the door for $5 per person, $1 for DSC students and faculty and staff.

The Role of a Chamber of Commerce to be Discussed at Monday's DSC Colleagues Meeting
( ST. GEORGE, Utah – November 25, 2008) Chapin Burks, who serves as a vice president and sales resource officer for Zions First National Bank, will address the third President's Colleagues of Dixie State College meeting of the 2008-09 academic year this Monday, Dec. 1, at 12 noon, in the Dunford Auditorium of the Browning Resource Center on the DSC campus. The meeting is free and open to the public.

Burks' presentation will focus on the role of a chamber of commerce in a growing city, in particular St. George, and how the Chamber and the City have worked together for the benefit of St. George. Burks moved to the St. George area in 1992 and served as president of the St. George Chamber of Commerce for four years before accepting his current position at Zions Bank.

Prior to his relocation to St. George, Burks worked for the Exxon Corporation for 37 years in a number of capacities, including both marketing and public affairs functions throughout the United States. He represented Exxon's marketing, production, refining, exploration and marine departments with both the federal and state governments.

Burks is a native of Houston, Texas, and graduated with a degree from Southern Methodist University. He has been very active in civic, business and service organizations, and he is currently serving on the St. George City Planning Commission, the SUHBA Parade of Home and the Economic Summit Planning committees. In addition, he recently received the prestigious Roy W. Simmons Community Service Award from Zions Bank.

The President's Colleagues of Dixie State College, founded 16 years ago by former DSC President Dr. Douglas Alder, is a group of retired professors and other professionals who live mostly in the St. George and Washington County area. Dr. Alder, who also started an Honors Program at DSC, organized the Colleagues as a way to increase academic activities on campus.

The Colleagues meet together once a month during the academic year to hear presentations from each other and/or invited guests. The next meeting is slated for Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, featuring a presentation by Dr. Kyle Wells, DSC Professor of Finance and member of the Colleagues.

DSC Dance Company Takes the Stage for Annual Fall Dance Concert Dec. 5-6
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – November 25, 2008) The Dixie State College Dance Company, under the direction of DSC Director of Dance Dr. Li Lei, will present its annual Fall Dance Concert next Friday and Saturday, Dec. 5-6, at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore’ Eccles Fine Arts Center Main Stage Theatre on the Dixie State College campus.

According to Dr. Lei, the DSC Dance Company, which was established in 2001, features 20 of the best dancers the College has to offer. The ensemble will perform a variety of dance styles, including creative modern, classical and contemporary ballet, lyrical and stylized jazz, passionate flamenco, funky hip-hop, and ballroom medley compiled with fluid foxtrot, tasty tango, and fun quickstep.

Tickets are now available for purchase through the DSC Avenna Center Ticket Office for $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and youth 17-under, and $2 for DSC students, faculty and staff with current ID. For ticket information, contact the DSC Avenna Center Ticket Office at 435-652-7800.

DSC To Host 33rd Annual Holiday Ceramic Sale Dec. 3-5
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – November 25, 2008) The Dixie State College of Utah art department will hold its annual holiday student ceramic sale next Wednesday-through-Friday, Dec. 3-5, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the DSC North Plaza Art Building (west entrance), located on 55 South 900 East.

Now in its 33rd year, this annual holiday tradition features the works of many DSC art students who use the sale to help pay for their college education. Hundreds of hand-made ceramic and pottery pieces will be on sale at reasonable prices, with 20% of all proceeds going to support the DSC art department.  

The holiday sale is the first of two sales DSC's art department holds each year, including a similar sale toward the end of spring semester. For more information about the pottery sale, call DSC art professor Glen Blakley at 652-7795.

Dixie State College of Utah Names Daphne Selbert as New Dean of Browning Library
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – November 25, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah has named Daphne Selbert as the institution’s new dean and director of the Val A. Browning Library. Selbert assumed her new duties this past Nov. 1.

"I am absolutely thrilled to be here at Dixie State College and to be part of the team at the Val A. Browning Library," Selbert said. "The library has an excellent group of faculty and staff dedicated to providing academic support and service to the Dixie community."

Selbert has over 40 years of librarian experience and most recently served as library supervisor and professor at the Dubai campus of Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates for nearly five years during two different appointments. She also worked as the head of technical services for the Illinois State Library and served in different library and other capacities for nearly 20 years at Principia College in Elsah, Illinois.

Selbert earned a Bachelor's degree in English and Theatre from the University of Victoria (British Columbia) in 1966, and completed work on her Master's degree in Library Studies at the University of Hawai’i in 1967. She is a member of a number national library organizations and has participated in a number of conferences and seminars.

"[DSC] is going through a dynamic period of growth and change," Selbert noted. "This is an exciting place to be and a wonderful time to be here. I am grateful for this special opportunity."

The Life of Nathan Hale Featured in Final Fall Dixie Forum
ST. GEORGE, Ut f ah – November 25, 2008) Dixie State College will hold its final weekly noontime "Dixie Forum: A Window on the World" convocation of the 2008 fall semester this Tuesday, Dec. 2, with a special presentation on the life of American Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale by longtime Dixie State College of Utah theatre professor Dr. Brent Hanson.

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.

Dr. Hanson’s presentation, "Nathan Hale: One Life" recounts and analyzes the life of Nathan Hale with the goal of understanding the dramatic potential in the story and establishing the foundation for a play about Hale, which Hanson is authoring.

Nathan Hale was born in a rural Connecticut household in 1755. His father sent him to Yale to be educated, where he enjoyed a successful career as a student. After college, Hale taught school briefly, but when the Revolutionary War began, he volunteered to fight for his country. He rose to the rank of captain, and was recruited into Knowlton’s Rangers, a prestigious military unit with a reputation for accepting tough assignments.

In the fall of 1776, Washington and his army had been pushed out of New York City by the British. Washington wanted fresh intelligence about the location of British forces in New York and information about British plans. Hale volunteered to go into New York in the guise of a traveling schoolmaster and gather the information Washington needed.

Hale was inside enemy territory for perhaps several weeks, and succeeding in getting the desired intelligence. When he attempted to return to his own camp, he was caught by the British. The documents in his possession clearly identified him as a spy. On the morning of September 22, 1776, the British hanged him. He was twenty-one years old. On his way to the gallows, he is credited with saying, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

Hanson earned BFA and MFA degrees in design at the University of Utah, and completed work on his Ph.D. in theatre and film at Brigham Young University, where his studies focused on playwriting and directing. Hanson has been a theatre faculty member at Dixie State College since 1982, where he has directed and designed numerous productions.

He has served as president of the Utah Theatre Association, Director of Theatre at Dixie State College, and currently serves as Associate Dean of Arts and Letters and Chair of Fine Arts at Dixie State. In addition, he has worked as Artistic Director for the Hill Cumorah Pageant, an outdoor production staged every summer in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Hanson is especially interested in writing for the theatre. His plays, "St. George Christmas" and "Time-Share," have recently been produced.

For further information on DSC's Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

This Tuesday's Dixie Forum is Cancelled
(ST. GEORGE, Utah November 21, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah's weekly "Dixie Forum: A Window on the World" lecture which was slated for this Tuesday, Nov. 25, has been cancelled due to a scheduling conflict with the presenter.

The weekly Dixie Forum series will conclude its 2008 Fall Semester run on Tuesday, Dec. 2, featuring longtime DSC theatre professor Dr. Brent Hanson presenting "Nathan Hale: One Life." 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.

For further information on DSC's Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

DSC's Southern Quill Calls for Submissions
(ST. GEORGE, Utah -- November 21, 2008) Dixie State College's annually published journal, The Southern Quill, is now accepting submissions for its 2009 edition. In print since 1950, The Southern Quill publishes poetry, short fiction and visual art created by DSC students and residents of Washington County.

All DSC students who submit poems will receive consideration for scholarships funded by the Annie Atkin Tanner Memorial program. The Tanner program was established in 1972 by Dr. Vasco M. Tanner to honor his wife Annie. This year, the fund will award $900 in prizes. To determine winners, The Southern Quill's editorial staff reviews and evaluates every student-written poem, selects the 10 strongest pieces from this pool and then forwards them to members of the Tanner family, who determine the first, second and third place winners of the scholarship prizes.

Contributors may submit up to three poems, three works of visual art and/or one short story. Send materials to The Southern Quill, c/o Dr. Stephen Armstrong, Department of English, Dixie State College of Utah, St. George, UT, 84770. Or submit materials electronically via thesouthernquill@gmail.com.

Deadline for submissions is February 2, 2009. For further information contact Dr. Steve Armstrong at 435-652-7806.

Dixie State College Alerts St. George Area Businesses About Scam
(ST. GEORGE, Utah November 18, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah is alerting St. George and Washington County area businesses about a scam involving a Texas marketing company that is using the DSC name to solicit advertising and t-shirt sales.

Jam Sports Marketing, which is based out of Mansfield, Texas, has contacted at least two businesses in St. George about advertising their business on t-shirts and other promotional items geared towards DSC students.

"Jam Sports Marketing is in no way affiliated with Dixie State College and is not authorized to use the Dixie State College name or its logos," said Steve Johnson, DSC Director of Public Relations and Marketing.

Johnson noted that the Dixie State College of Utah name and all logos are trademarked, licensed and protected from any unauthorized use through Strategic Marketing Affiliates, Inc. (SMA). He added SMA is working on behalf of DSC to legally force Jam Sports Marketing to cease using DSC's name and trademarks.

Dixie State College is asking any area businesses that have been contacted by Jam Sports Marketing to please contact Steve Johnson at 435-652-7544 or at johnsons@dixie.edu.

Dixie State College to Hold Great American SmokeOut Event This Wednesday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah November 17, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah¹s Wellness Center will be holding the Great American SmokeOut activity this Wednesday, Nov. 19, from 10 a.m.-to-1 p.m., outside of the McDonald Building on campus.

DSC will be joined by the Southwest Utah Public Health Department, Zion Chiropractic to do massages, and the DSC Dental Hygiene program will provide free mouth cancer screenings.

We will be holding a texting contest and some of the prizes will be a digital camera, Chevron gas cards, DSC bookstore stuff, DSC Campus Dining certificates, and Fabulous Freddy's Car wash coupons. DSC organizers are also hoping to set a record for the most SmokeOut text messages sent during event.

For more information on the DSC Great American Smoke Out event, please contact Barbara Johnson at 652-7755 or at 632-0146.

Dixie State College Science Department to Hold Yard Sale Fundraiser This Saturday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah November 17, 2008) The Dixie State College of Utah Science Department will be holding a fundraising yard sale this Saturday, Nov. 22, from 9 a.m.-to-3 p.m., in the department's parking lot located just off of 100 South on campus. Proceeds from the yard sale will go to benefit the department¹s soon-to-be unveiled Marine Reef Aquarium, along with the purchase of additional organisms and food to feed all the fish and different species currently housed in the aquarium.

According to DSC Biology Professor Dr. Karen Bauer, the public is invited to donate saleable items for the yard sale. Among the items available for purchase at the yard sale are books, CDs, DVDs, both new and used clothing, home décor, housewares and small appliances, dishes, furniture, exercise equipment, and baked goods. In addition, patrons may purchase DSC Friends of the Aquarium donation gift cards.

For more information or to donate items, please contact DSC Biology Professor Dr. Karen Bauer at 652-7772 or at bauer_k@dixie.edu.

Local Business Leader Alan Crooks to Address Next DSC Business Ethics Forum
(ST. GEORGE, Utah November 17, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah's Udvar-Hazy School of Business will host its penultimate bi-monthly noontime Business and Ethics Forum of the fall semester this Thursday, Nov. 20, with a presentation on business integrity by local business owner and leader Alan Crooks.

The Business and Ethics Forum, presented every other Thursday throughout DSC¹s fall and spring semesters, will be held in the Boeing Auditorium (Room

121) of the DSC Udvar-Hazy Business Building. DSC students, faculty and staff, the entire Washington County business community, and the general public are all invited to attend. Admission is free.

In addition to his business ventures, Crooks is heavily involved in the political process, including management of congressional campaigns, consultation on local and regional campaigns, and has done work for the Republican National Committee at the national level. He recently attended the Republican National Convention and served as an alternate delegate.

The final Forum of the 2008 fall semester will be held on Thursday, Dec. 4, featuring a presentation by Josh Little, attorney with the law firm of Durham, Jones and Pinegar.

Each speaker throughout the semester will speak on business matters in their respective professions and have been asked to integrate ethics into the discussion.

Dr. Huddleston noted that the business forums will give students and current and prospective local business owners an added dose of ethics training that is so sorely needed into today's business world. His hope is that by the time students leave Dixie State, they have been exposed to enough ethical cases that, when they get out in the workforce, they will have the wherewithal and the intestinal fortitude to do the right thing, even when their job might be on the line.

For questions regarding the DSC Institute for Business Integrity forums, contact Dr. Huddleston at huddleston@dixie.edu or 435-652-7740.

Romantic Music of the Violin Featured at Special Tuesday Evening Dixie Forum
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – November 14, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah’s weekly “Dixie Forum: A Window on the World” lecture series continues this Tuesday, Nov. 18, with a special evening event featuring "Romantic Music of the Violin," as performed by DSC Fine Arts faculty members Dr. Paul Abegg and Dr. Nancy Allred.

Tuesday’s Forum will begin at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore' Eccles Fine Arts Center Concert Hall on the Dixie State College campus. Admission is free for all community members, DSC students, and faculty and staff.

Dr. Abegg will perform nine pieces on violin, with piano accompaniment provided by Dr. Allred, including Jules Massenet's "Meditation" from "Thais," "Romanze" and "Humoreske" by Anton Dvorak, "Vocalise" by Sergei Rachmaninoff, and "Reverie" composed by Claude Debussy. Abegg will also perform "Legende" by Henryk Wieniawski, Christopg W. Gluck's "Melodie," "Praeludium and Allegro" by Fritz Kreisler, and the theme to "Schindler's List" by legendary film composer John Williams.

Dr. Abegg serves as Director of Strings at DSC, where he teaches violin and viola, conducts the Dixie State Symphony Orchestra, and oversees the String Chamber Music program. He is a graduate of Michigan State University, where he earned Doctor of Music Arts and Master of Music in Violin Performance degrees. Previously he studied at Brigham Young University, where he received a Bachelor of Music degree. In addition to his duties at DSC, Abegg serves as concertmaster of the Southwest Symphony.

Dr. Allred is an assistant professor of piano at DSC, where she is currently developing a piano pedagogy program, along with providing instruction in private piano, group piano and music appreciation courses. She received her bachelor and master's degrees in piano performance from Brigham Young University, and her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from UMKC. Dr. Allred is an active chamber musician and is the accompanist and associate conductor for the Southern Utah Heritage Choir.

The Dixie Forum will continue each Tuesday through the rest of the fall semester. Upcoming guest speakers include DSC communication professor Dr. Dennis Wignall, who will present "The Effects of Technology on Human Behavior & Mental Functioning" on Nov. 25; and longtime DSC theatre professor Dr. Brent Hanson will wrap up the semester schedule with his presentation "Nathan Hale: One Life" on Dec. 2.

For further information on DSC's Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

Dixie State's "Dixie Idol" Campaign Begins Second Phase of Voting on Friday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah November 13, 2008) "Fans, welcome to the court your Dixie State College Red Storm!" Or how about "That's Another Dixie State Blazers First Down!" Now imagine DSC's athletic public address announcer saying "Red Hawks Win!"

Those conceptual ideas are three of the top-10 nickname finalists for Dixie State College of Utah's "Dixie Idol" campaign to come up with a new nickname for the institution. Beginning this Friday, Nov. 14, DSC students, faculty, staff, fans, and alumni will have those three concepts along with seven others to choose from, including "Coyotes," "Pioneers," "Ragin' Red," "Rattlers," "Red Devils," "Roadrunners," and "Scorpions."

Voters may gain access to the electronic ballot by visiting DSC’s website at www.dixie.edu, then utilizing the "Nickname Voting Page" link on the site's front page. During this round of voting, which runs through Friday, Dec. 5, voters may cast their ballot for their concept as the field will be narrowed down to the three finalists, which will be announced in January.

The top-10 list was compiled by total vote count through the first round of voting this past October, in which all DSC stakeholders had the opportunity to choose from 20 concepts. However, due to possible future issues dealing with trademark and licensing infringements, a selected number of concept finalists were eliminated from consideration. In all, nearly 2,600 votes were cast during the first round last month.

"I hope that everyone, all students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members, will jump on the bandwagon and vote for our new nickname," said Brock Bybee, DSC Studentbody President and chair of the DSC naming committee. "It's an exciting time knowing that any one of us going to school here will someday look back on this experience and know that we did something that made a difference at Dixie State College."

Following the January announcement of the three finalists, "Dixie Idol" will really get interesting as the contest moves into the "Shootout" stage, as each concept finalist will perform during a DSC's men's basketball home game (Jan. 26/Jan. 27/Feb. 14). All three finalists will perform as an ensemble during DSC's final home game of the year on Thursday, Feb. 20.

Then beginning Friday, Feb. 21, through Thursday, March 5, all DSC stakeholders can cast one more vote for their favorite finalist online. The outcome of the final vote will be reported to Dixie State's administration and Board of Trustees for approval. Following that process, the winner and new DSC nickname and mascot will be unveiled at the conclusion of the Great Race during "D" Week Friday, April 3, at the Encampment Mall.

Last year, the Dixie State College Board of Trustees voted to retire the use of the "Rebel" nickname and the "Confederate" identity, which was adopted in the 1950s. The hope of the DSC naming committee is to come up with a new school identity that reflects the true pioneer heritage, traditions, values and work ethic of the region. The committee is made up of representatives from DSC's student government, athletic department, faculty, staff, and alumni.

Nearly 3,500 total concept submissions were nominated for consideration over a five-week period from mid-August through the end of September. Each submission was judged and reviewed based on its appropriateness in conjunction with the traditions, values and virtues of the Dixie State College community. A second criteria for consideration is based on the overall number of times a concept has been nominated.

For more information on "Dixie Idol" and to cast your vote, please visit www.dixie.edu.

Dixie State College Announces Plans for New Show Choir
(ST. GEORGE, Utah November 13, 2008) Calling all singers and dancers, and those who are interested in learning. Dixie State College is forming a new show choir that will start rehearsing and performing next semester.

According to choir director Merilee Webb, the show choir, known as the "Ragin' Red" Dixie State College Show Choir, is a powerful, exciting and talented outreach group that will perform and teach in local schools, and at community and College events, in order to recruit and bring more recognition to the College.

DSC will host a pair of workshops in advance of formal auditions, the first of which will take place this Saturday, Nov. 15, from 9 a.m.-to-2:30 p.m., in room 150 of the Dolores Dore' Eccles Fine Arts Center on campus. The second workshop will be held Saturday, Dec. 6, from 9 a.m.-12 noon, also in room 150 of the Eccles Center. Following the second workshop, auditions will be held later that day from 1 p.m.-to-5 p.m.

For more information on the "Ragin' Red" Dixie State College Show Choir, contact Merrilee Webb at merrileewebb@gmail.com.

Dixie State's Gordon Jolley to be Inducted into Utah Sports Hall of Fame
(ST. GEORGE, Utah November 13, 2008) Long-time Dixie State College of Utah mathematics instructor and retired assistant football coach Gordon Jolley will be among the five new members inducted into the Utah Sports Hall of Fame in a dinner and ceremony to be held this Tuesday, Nov. 18, at the Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake City.

Jolley, who is being inducted in the sport of football, spent 21 years on the Dixie sidelines as offensive line coach and offensive coordinator. In addition, he served as Dixie's baseball coach for 10 years and taught physical education along with his mathematics instruction duties.

Jolley was a three-sport, all-state performer at Salt Lake City's Granite High School and was an all-conference offensive lineman at the University of Utah. He parlayed his collegiate success with a six-year NFL career, playing for the Detroit Lions, who drafted him in the 17th round in 1971, and the Seattle Seahawks.

Joining Jolley in the Utah Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2008 is retired Weber State track and cross country coach Chick Hislop, U of U three-sport athlete Lori Salvo, former BYU gymnast Debbie Stark, and legendary mountain and ice climber Jeff Lowe.

Dixie State College to Host Annual Career Day Tuesday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah November 13, 2008) Dixie State College morning and afternoon classes may not be in session on Tuesday, Nov. 18, but the campus will be buzzing with excitement and activity as the College hosts its annual Career Day. High school seniors from nearly 20 Utah, Nevada, and Arizona high schools, as well as DSC students, will attend over 70 career workshops scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The event, a DSC staple for nearly 30 years, helps provide students with valuable information related to their future career choices.

According to DSC Career Center and Employment Services Director Kathy Kinney, Career Day is intended to be an information-gathering event to help students make informed career and college major decisions. She noted that the presenters in their respective fields will offer accurate and up-to-date information about their careers to the students to assist them in possible decision making.

"The information students can gain from attending one or more of the 73 workshops available is invaluable," Kinney said. "Although high school seniors from around the region will be here on campus for Career Day, it is actually most beneficial to DSC students who are either undecided and need to gather information on careers, or are certain of a career path and would like to hear a professional from that field present information and answer questions."

Working professionals from throughout the region will present information regarding job descriptions, employment projections, education and training needed for a given career, salary information and expectations, and things the presenters may like or dislike about their job. With 25 different workshops presentations each hour, students will be able to choose three one-hour workshops to attend throughout the morning.

The workshops include information on a number of career options, including computer and information technology, visual technology, elementary and secondary education, law enforcement, military, medical, aviation, athletics, construction and retail, among others.

In addition to the workshops, a general assembly is scheduled for 9:00 a.m., in DSC's Avenna Center Cox Auditorium to welcome the students to campus and orient them. Workshops will be held in buildings throughout campus, including the Udvar-Hazy Business Building, the McDonald Center, the Science Building, the Browning Center's Dunford Auditorium and the Technology Building. Workshop schedules will be available on campus and in the College¹s Career Center located across from DSC's Browning Library.

Morning and afternoon classes at the college have been cancelled, not only to make way for the high school students, but to allow DSC students to attend Career Day as well. Evening classes (after 5 p.m.) will continue as scheduled.

Community members are invited to attend workshops as well. For more information, call the DSC Career Center at (435) 652-7736.

Dixie State College Communication Department Announces Second Cohort for Adult Degree Completion Program
(ST. GEORGE, Utah November 12, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah's Communication Department announced Wednesday the creation of a new cohort for the "Leadership in Communication" adult baccalaureate degree completion program designed for working professionals, single parents and others non-traditional students who need evening instruction. The 18-month bachelor's degree program is slated to begin Jan. 8, 2009.

According to DSC Communication Department Chair Dr. Randal Chase, the intensive program features one four-hour block of classroom instruction each Thursday evening throughout the 18-month course schedule. The curriculum includes 20 total courses, each of which are taught over a four-week span, with alternating instructors.

In addition, each course includes at least eight hours of weekly online instruction to be completed outside of class. Chase noted that for potential students to quality for the degree program, they must have already earned an associates degree, or have completed all general education requirements and at least 60 college credit hours.

"Our program has proved to be a popular option for non-traditional and even some traditional students who have their associate degree, but have never had time or opportunity to complete their bachelor's degree," Dr. Chase said. "The program is convenient, meeting only one evening per week for four hours, with the rest of the work being completed online. However, it is also rigorous and students should not expect that it will require less effort than a traditional degree."

Chase went on to say that the program's first cohort has been meeting since August and will finish in December of 2009. He added that students who enroll in this next cohort would be on schedule to finish in May of 2010.

Registration for the program is currently underway. For more information, contact Kathleen Briggs in the DSC Communication Department at 435-652-7638, or at kbriggs@dixie.edu.

The Global Game of Futbol to be Discussed at Tuesday's Dixie Forum
(ST. GEORGE, Utah November 7, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah's weekly "Dixie Forum: A Window on the World" series continues this Tuesday, Nov. 11, with a discussion on the global game of "futbol" with Dixie State head men's soccer coach Danny Ortiz. 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.

Coach Ortiz's presentation, entitled "Soccer: Discovering the Game," will discuss how the game of soccer has grown in popularity over the last decade in the United States. He will also talk about the globalization of the game and how the U.S. is trying to catch up with the rest of the world in terms of its relevance.

Ortiz, who hails from Layton, Utah, has 28 years of coaching experience under his belt and was named DSC's first-ever men's soccer coach last spring. He has led DSC to a 5-9-1 overall record to this point in the program's debut season with one more match to be played on Friday, Nov. 7, in Hawaii. In addition, Ortiz has coached in the Utah Youth Soccer Association (UYSA) and currently serves as the director for the Southern Utah Soccer Association.

The next Dixie Forum will be a special evening event on Tuesday, Nov. 18, featuring DSC director of string studies Dr. Paul Abegg¹s presentation, "The Romantic Music of the Violin." Dr. Abegg will also perform, with accompaniment provided by pianist and fellow DSC faculty member Dr. Nancy Allred. That Forum will begin at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore' Eccles Fine Arts Center Concert Hall.

For further information on DSC¹s Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

Dixie State Campus to Community Service Project Targets Tuacahn Clean-Up Nov. 12
(ST. GEORGE, Utah - November 6, 2008) Dixie State College students, faculty, and staff are banding together to participate in this semester's Campus to Community service project, which will be held on Wednesday, November 12, at the Tuacahn Amphitheater and Center for the Arts. The project, entitled "Clean Up Your Act," is designed to help the Tuacahn staff prepare for its winter season.

The service project will start at 2:30 p.m., and will finish around 4:30 p.m. All volunteers, including student clubs, faculty, staff and community members, who wish to drive to Tuacahn are encouraged to be there by 2:30 p.m., to receive their assignments. DSC will also provide transportation as school vans will leave from DSC's Old Gym parking lot at 2 p.m., and will return at around 5:30 p.m.

Lauren Jones, vice president of service for ASDSC, said Tuacahn officials had approached DSC for help in cleaning up and prepping the amphitheater and school grounds before winter set in. Participants in the project will be divided in to three different groups, with each group being assigned special tasks, including backstage clean up, grounds clean up and hanging Christmas lights.

Jones noted that Tuacahn students and faculty will also participate in the service project. She hopes that this activity will give students a feeling of service before the Holiday season.

"It is important for students to have positive experiences serving others,"Jones said. "I hope there will be a positive feeling about what we can do for the community even though we are just students."

DSC Student Body President Brock Bybee added that Campus to Community service projects are the best way for students to give back to those who support Dixie State College.

"It is hard for students to find ways to help out in the community," Bybee said. "The Campus to Community service project is a great way for students to show appreciation for the St. George area."

The Campus to Community service program was organized at Dixie State College in 2001. Campus to Community is Dixie State's version of a nationwide trend known as service learning, designed to get college students involved in service and give them opportunities for practical application of textbook learning.

DSC's Campus to Community program consists of one large-scale community service project each semester. Last spring, DSC students, faculty and staff canvassed the neighborhoods around the DSC campus and collected canned food items for Dixie Care and Share during the schoo's fourth-annual "CANSTOCK"service project.

Among the many other service projects DSC has been involved in over the past seven years include planting trees for the new Southern Utah Water Conservation Gardens in St. George, a book drive to benefit literacy in local schools, and assisting with the Confluence Project in Hurricane and LaVerkin. DSC has also been involved in removing weeds and debris at the Santa Clara Arboretum, collecting money for Washington County School District leveled libraries, planting bushes and shrubs at the Canyons Softball Complex in St. George, and harvesting willow stems as part of St.George City's effort to help re-vegetate area riverbeds in the wake of the flooding of 2005.As always, community members are invited to take part in all Campus to Community projects.

DSC Sears Art Museum Gallery is Going to the Dogs (and Cats) for Fundraising Exhibit Nov. 12-Jan. 16
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – November 5, 2008) The Sears Art Museum Gallery at the Dixie State College of Utah Dolores Dore’ Eccles Fine Arts Center is going to the dogs, and cats for that matter, as it presents the “Art for Animals” exhibit and art sale. The exhibit will open Wednesday, Nov. 12, and will run daily Monday-through-Friday through Jan. 16, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission to the exhibit is free and open to the public.

The main element of the “Art for Animals” exhibition is Cyrus Mejia’s installation, entitled “The 575 Project,” which he will discuss in a special reception on Friday, Nov. 14, from 7-9 p.m., in the gallery. “The 575 Project” calls attention to the fact that 5 million pets are put to death each year in shelters across the country.

In addition to Mejia’s work, selected works from four talented artists, including Jeff Ham, Lee Udall Bennion, Julie Rogers and Laura Mann, will also be on the gallery walls. These works all follow a theme depicting dogs and cats as intelligent, sensitive, and aware beings. The juxtaposition of these works with “The 575 Project” highlights the tragedy of using euthanasia as a solution to the problem of pet overpopulation.

Proceeds from the sale of these pieces will go to benefit the Best Friends Sanctuary in Kanab, the Sears Gallery, and other animal organizations.

“The Sears Gallery is honored to host the 575 Project, it has been shown in major cities across the nation, but never in its entirety in Utah,” said Kathy Cieslewicz, curator of the Sears Art Museum Gallery. “I hope all animal lovers will come to enjoy the exhibit and will consider purchasing a piece of artwork to benefit the Best Friends Sanctuary and other worthwhile organizations.”

For more information on the “Art for Animals” exhibit, contact Sears Art Museum Gallery curator Kathy Cieslewicz at 435-652-7909 or at “cieslewicz@dixie.edu.”

Dixie State College Theatre Program Continues 2008-09 Season With Production of "The Pirates of Penzance"
(ST. GEORGE, Utah November 4, 2008) Mix a rollicking band of pirates with a bevy of beautiful maidens and their "very model of a modern Major-General" father, along with a dashing, yet misplaced, pirate apprentice, and you have the makings a swashbuckling good time as the Dixie State College Theatre program presents "The Pirates of Penzance" in the Main Stage Theater of DSC's Eccles Fine Arts Center. The production will run nightly Nov. 13-15 and Nov. 18-22, at 7:30 p.m.

Written in 1879, this Gilbert & Sullivan classic follows the life of Frederic (played by Travis Ridd), whose eccentric and hearing-impaired nursemaid (played by Lisa West) mistakenly had him apprenticed to become a pirate instead of a pilot. After growing up around a "curious" sort of pirates, Frederic is seeking to flee his surroundings in hopes to lead a more honest life.

Unfortunately for Frederic, fate has not intended for life to go as he has planned, when his path crosses with Major-General Stanley (played by Jarom

Brown) and his set of dazzling daughters, including Mabel (played by Crystal Bates), the woman who has captured Frederic's heart. Throw in dancing policemen, led by the Sergeant of Police (played by Scott Pederson), and the Pirate King (played by Brandon Wainwright) trying to keep Frederic from leaving his raiding ways, and hilarity ensues, producing such renowned hits as "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General," and "Poor Wandering One."

"The Pirates of Penzance" is directed by Michael Harding, with vocal direction provided by Dr. Ken Peterson, and the orchestra is under the direction of Gary Caldwell.

Ticket prices are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and non-DSC students, and $1 for DSC students, faculty and staff with a valid activity card. Dixie State¹s Fine Art Department is also introducing an all-new DSC Fine Arts Season Pass, giving patrons access to all DSC theatre productions, along with all instrumental and vocal concerts, for the 2008-09 season. The DSC Fine Arts Season Pass is available for $85, a $49 savings over the regular box office single-event ticket price.

For tickets and further information, please call 435-652-7800 or visit the central campus ticket office at the DSC Avenna Center. Performance information may also be obtained by visiting www.dixie.edu.

Dixie State's Entertainment Dixie to Present Hypnotist Bruce McDonald This Saturday Night
(ST. GEORGE, Utah November 3, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah's ASDSC student government and the Entertainment Dixie bureau is presenting a performance by popular hypnotist Bruce McDonald this Saturday night, Nov. 8, at 8 p.m., in the Gardner Student Center Ballroom on the DSC campus.

Tickets are available at the door for $5, $3 for DSC students, faculty and staff with a current ID. For more information about this event, please contact the DSC student government office at 435-652-7517.

Emmy Award-Winning NFL Films Composer Tom Hedden to Visit Dixie State Campus Next Thursday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – October 31, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah’s Communication Department and the DSC Dick Nourse Center for Media Innovation is presenting five-time Emmy Award-winning music director and composer Tom Hedden for a special lecture this Thursday, Nov. 6, 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, faculty and staff.

For the past 18 years, Hedden has served as music director and composer for NFL Films, where he has been involved in nearly all of the company’s productions. As a composer for NFL Films, he has penned music for a multitude of series and specials, five of which have earned him Emmy Awards, including scores for “Favre 4Ever (FOX),” “Emmitt Smith: Run With History (ESPN),” “NFL Century – In Their Words (ESPN),” “Unitas (HBO),” and “75 Seasons: The Story of the National Football League (TNT).”

At Super Bowl XXXI, Hedden performed his original Super Bowl theme with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra before 80,000 fans on the field in the Louisiana Superdome. Hedden’s composition, “Sprint Right,” serves as the NFL’s league theme and musical logo for all NFL game broadcasts.

In 2006 and 2007, the Houston Symphony Orchestra featured Hedden’s work in performance, as part of their Grid Iron Glory concerts. The Cleveland Pops and The South Bend Symphony Orchestra have also performed Hedden’s music. In addition, Hedden’s compositions are featured on the compact disc, The Power and The Glory: The Music and Voices of NFL Films, as well as the 10 CD set, Autumn Thunder, and in the EA Sports’ Madden games.

Along with his five Emmy Awards, Hedden has twice been named SESAC’s Television Composer of the Year. In 1988, he was part of a Clio Award winning effort for Subaru (Best Automotive Campaign). Hedden’s other advertising work includes music for Alltel, Ford, Exxon, Coca Cola and Mercedes Benz. He has written themes for NPR and provided documentary scores for ESPN, A & E and The History Channel.

In 2008, Hedden became the NFL’s Director of Music Administration, a league-wide position overseeing all aspects of music rights for the NFL Network, NFL.com and NFL League office. He has also continued composing for various production companies including Hock Films and NASCAR Media Group.

Hedden graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass., with a degree in Music Production and Engineering. He currently resides in New Jersey’s Pinelands with his wife Lynne and two children.

For more information on the lecture or DSC’s Dick Nourse Center for Media Innovation, contact DSC assistant professor of communication Phil Tuckett at 435-652-7574 or at tuckett@dixie.edu.

Dixie State College to Host String Quartet Recital Nov. 8
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 31, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah's Department of Music is presenting a performance of string chamber music on Saturday evening, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m., at the DSC Dolores Dore' Eccles Fine Arts Center Concert Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.

The program, under the direction of DSC director of string studies Dr. Paul Abegg, will feature performances by three student string quartets. Among the pieces performed at the concert are Mozart's "Sinfonia Concertante," featuring Christina Cook and Tiffany Terry on violin, Jillene Ostler on the viola, and Nathan Bybee on the cello, with pianist Kirsten Hoyt accompanying.

The concert will also include Antonin Dvorak's Quartet No. 12 in F major op.96 "American," featuring Clarissa Chamberlain and Aimee Rider on violin, Heather Fife on the viola, and Derek Spilker on the cello. The final pieces of the evening will be Joaquin Turina's "La Oracion del Torero" and Alexander Boradin's Quartet No. 2 in D major, which includes the well-known "Nocturne," performed by Tara Sevy and McKenzie Warren on violin, Catherine Edie on the viola, and Mattison Warren on the cello.

For more information, contact Dr. Abegg at 435-652-7904, or at abegg@dixie.edu.

Global Issues and Crises the Topic of Tuesday's Dixie Forum
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 31, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah's weekly "Dixie Forum: A Window on the World" series returns to its regular timeslot this Tuesday, Nov. 4, featuring a presentation on global issues and crises by University of Utah Assistant Professor of Communication Dr. Danielle Endres. 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.

Dr. Endres presentation, entitled "Thinking about the Unthinkable and Talking about the Tough Stuff: Making Sense of Nuclear Weapons & other Big Issues that Confront Us," will discuss a number of issues confronting the world that seem overwhelming to most of its citizens. These include nuclear arms and other weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and the war on terror, global warming or climate change, and global poverty and economic disparity.

Endres received her Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Washington, her MA in Communication from San Diego State University, and her BA in History from the University of Oregon. Her visit is sponsored by Utah Council for the Humanities as part of the council's Public Square Presentations and Discussions.

The Dixie Forum will be held each Tuesday through the rest of the fall semester. Upcoming guest speakers include DSC men's soccer coach Danny Ortiz, who will share his presentation, "Soccer: Discovering the Game," with the forum Nov. 11, and DSC communication professor Dr. Dennis Wignall, who will present "The Effects of Technology on Human Behavior & Mental Functioning" on Nov. 25.

In addition, a special evening Dixie Forum will take place Tuesday, Nov. 18, featuring DSC director of string studies Dr. Paul Abegg's presentation, "The Romantic Music of the Violin." Dr. Abegg will also perform, with accompaniment provided by pianist and fellow DSC faculty member Dr. Nancy Allred. That Forum will begin at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore' Eccles Fine Arts Center Concert Hall.

For further information on DSC's Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

Dixie State College to Host Annual Diversity Week Nov. 3-6
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 30, 2008) "Unity Through Diversity" serves as the theme of Dixie State College of Utah's annual Diversity Week, which runs Monday-through-Thursday Nov 3-6. Diversity Week, sponsored by DSC's Diversity Center, will feature a number of events and activities designed to celebrate diversity both on campus and in the St. George community.

According to DSC Diversity Center coordinator Daneka Souberbielle, this year's Diversity Week should prove to be an exciting and expanding experience, filled with a variety of awareness, social and celebratory activities. She added that one of the goals for the week is to put real faces to the occasional foreign ideas of diversity.

"We hope that the events offered during the week will help all of the Dixie family feel proud of our multiplicity and serve to inspire people to actively work to understand perspectives that they may not have previously,"Souberbielle said.

One of the activities that will be featured throughout the week is the Empty Canvas Project, which consists of a canvas that will be available for students, faculty and staff to paint their collective representations of diversity. The canvas will be available all day Monday and Thursday in the North Plaza building's lobby, Tuesday in the Gardner Student Center, and in front of the Browning Library on Wednesday. The completed work on the canvas will formally be unveiled at a reception Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m., at the North Plaza lobby. Light refreshments will be served.

Diversity Week will also feature movies, presentations, food and service projects, that are open to all DSC students, faculty, staff and the community, beginning Monday with a screening of a documentary film about the Miss Navajo Nation pageant, followed by a presentation by reigning Miss Indian Dixie Charmayne Fowler, at 4 p.m., in the Gardner Center's Conference Room B. Following the film, a free soul food dinner will be served at 6 p.m., in the Old Gymnasium.

The events continue Tuesday with a service project kick-off as DSC students, faculty and staff will unite to collect children's books for the Utah Foster Care Foundation from 1-4 p.m., at the DSC Diversity Center, located at the 300 South entrance of the Old Gymnasium. Then at 4 p.m., a showing of the documentary film "Gender Me: Homosexuality in the World of Islam" will take place in the Gardner Center's Conference Room B.

Three events will be featured on Wednesday, beginning with a lunch presentation and slide show by Paul and Chantra Gooch entitled "Yearning to be Free," a narrative of the couple's personal histories in Utah and in Cambodian concentration camps. The free presentation and lunch begins at 12 noon in the Gardner Center's Conference Room B.

Following the lunch event, a screening of the HBO film "Real Women Have Curves," a comedy/drama starring America Ferrera, will be shown at 4 p.m., in room 207 of the DSC McDonald Building. Then that evening 6-8 p.m., DSC will host a Polynesian cultural celebration, complete with hula lessons, in the Gardner Center Ballroom. Admission to the event is $3 per person.

Diversity Week wraps up Thursday with three more activities, starting with a Diversity Cultural Fair from 11 a.m.-2 p.m., in the Gardner Center's Conference Room B. The Fair will feature live cultural performances every hour, along with student-created cultural information booths, with the most creative booth taking home a cash prize. The week will officially come to a close with "Diversity Week Open Mic," featuring some of the best talent DSC has to offer, in the Gardner Center Ballroom from 7-9 p.m.

"This year we made a special effort to explore diversity through as many avenues as possible, specifically play, music, art, dance education, food and service," Souberbielle said. "I'm excited about the range of activities we have to offer this year and hope that the DSC and St. George communities will find something that piques their interest and enhances their experience."

For more information on the DSC Diversity Week events on campus, please contact Dixie State College's Diversity Center at 435-652-7733.

Leadership, Cheating and Integrity to be Discussed Next DSC Business Ethics Forum
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 30, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah's Udvar-Hazy School of Business continues its bi-monthly noontime Business and Ethics Forum series on Thursday, Nov. 6, with a presentation by Washington County Economic Development Council director Scott Hirschi.

The Business and Ethics Forum, presented every other Thursday throughout DSC's fall and spring semesters, will be held in the Boeing Auditorium (Room 121) of the DSC Udvar-Hazy Business Building. DSC students, faculty and staff, the entire Washington County business community, and the general public are all invited to attend. Admission is free.

Hirschi, who has served as director of WCEDC for over 10 years, will discuss his presentation entitled "Leadership, Cheating Donkeys and Integrity."

WCEDC is a partnership between the private and public sectors for the purpose of enhancing the economic vitality of the area. Hirschi is a native of St. George who has owned and operated his own business, served as Washington County Commissioner, and is a former director of the Utah State School Trust Lands Administration.

Future forum presenters include local mortgage broker Alan Crooks, who will address the forum Nov. 20; and Josh Little, attorney with the law firm of Durham, Jones and Pinegar, will wrap up the semester schedule with a presentation Dec. 4.

Each speaker throughout the semester will speak on business matters in their respective professions and have been asked to integrate ethics into the discussion.

In 2006-07, Dixie State's business program sought initial accreditation with the high profile Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). In order to become accredited with the AACSB, ethics were required to be integrated into the college's business curriculum. As a result, each business class on the DSC campus now includes an ethical component.

Dr. Huddleston noted that the business forums will give students and current and prospective local business owners an added dose of ethics training that is so sorely needed into today's business world. His hope is that by the time students leave Dixie State, they have been exposed to enough ethical cases that, when they get out in the workforce, they will have the wherewithal and the intestinal fortitude to do the right thing, even when their job might be on the line.

For questions regarding the DSC Institute for Business Integrity forums, contact Dr. Huddleston at huddleston@dixie.edu or 435-652-7740.

Aerospace Industry the Focus of Monday's DSC Colleagues Meeting
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 29, 2008) Retired physicist Dr. William Koldewyn will address the second President's Colleagues of Dixie State College meeting of the 2008-09 academic year this Monday, Nov. 3, at 12 noon, in the Dunford Auditorium of the Browning Resource Center on the DSC campus. The meeting is free and open to the public.

Dr. Koldewyn will discuss the aerospace industry and his involvement in a number of programs, most notably his work on the Hubble Telescope project.

He will show images from Hubble and will share with the audience the behind-the-scenes aspects of designing and implementing various projects.

Koldewyn, who originally hails from Ogden, Utah, worked with Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation, Scientech, Inc., IBM and TRW during his career, and served as a consultant to NASA. He received a bachelor's degree in Physics from Weber State University and completed his Ph.D in Physics at Wesleyan University (Conn.).

Since his retirement, Koldewyn continues to serve as a consultant to a number of aerospace companies and provides tutoring services in science and mathematics at Dixie State College. Clark currently resides in St. George with his wife, the former Katherine Trapp, and they are the parents of two children.

The President's Colleagues of Dixie State College, founded 16 years ago by former DSC President Dr. Douglas Alder, is a group of retired professors and other professionals who live mostly in the St. George and Washington County area. Dr. Alder, who also started an Honors Program at DSC, organized the Colleagues as a way to increase academic activities on campus.

The Colleagues meet together once a month during the academic year to hear presentations from each other and/or invited guests. The next meeting is slated for Monday, Dec. 1.

Dixie State College Formally Announces Centennal Celebration Fundraising Campaign
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 25, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah President Stephen D. Nadauld publicly announced the largest fundraising campaign in the College's near 100-year history Saturday evening during the DSC-hosted Centennial Grand Gala Concert in the Burns Arena. The goal of the "Bridging a New Century of Service" campaign is to raise $100 million by 2011, $1 million for every year Dixie State College has been in existence.

"Since 1911, Dixie State College has been at the heart of this community,"President Nadauld said. "Over the years, the College's faithful mission has been to provide quality educational programs which help students establish and expand their world views. Thousands of students, young and not so young, have studied, graduated, and enjoyed successful careers."

Nadauld noted the College¹s desire to enhance its academic programs, improve ties to its alumni base and community, and expand the institution's satellite centers and facilities in Hurricane and Kanab. He added that the campaign's goals are also to enhance DSC's athletic and cultural arts programs, construct state-of-the-art campus buildings, retain and recruit world-class faculty, attract top-tier students, and create innovative partnerships and collaborations.

"Dixie State College is a distinctive educational institution that has the opportunity to accomplish the highest aspirations," said Nadauld. "We continually strive to improve the quality of education available to you, your children and your children's children, providing a foundation that will serve our future citizens well as they play their roles in the dynamic growth of our region.

"The renowned 'Dixie Spirit' has enabled our institution to achieve great success," Nadauld added. "But, success does not happen by chance. It takes planning, hard work, commitment and resources."

As part of the formal campaign kick off, Nadauld announced the largest private donation DSC had ever received, a $10 million anonymous gift, to be used toward the construction of a new Jeffrey R. Holland Centennial Commons building on the DSC campus. Elder Holland, a 1961 graduate of Dixie College, is a member of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

"I am thrilled with the growth and destiny of Dixie State," Holland said in a taped video message. "A centennial commons building is a wonderfully fitting addition to a school that has always featured its students and has always put them first."

Holland went on to say that the proposed building is intended to acknowledge the many students who have come and gone at Dixie over the years, and those who will come in the future.

"There are infinitely more qualified and distinguished graduates who could, and should, be honored in connection with such a building," Holland said humbly. "But if my name can, in any way, bring back the memory of so many others who also loved Dixie College, and who also went to school there, and still long to go back to those nostalgic days, then I¹m more than happy humble, but very happy to lend my name to such a cause."

The 110,000 gross square foot, four-story Jeffrey R. Holland Centennial Commons will be the hub of the Dixie State College campus. The building will house academic programs with 48 classrooms, a 25,000 square foot library, student support and administrative services, and a student friendly atmosphere, with a mixture of food and technology that will invite students to remain for extended hours to gain depth of knowledge and breadth of associations.

The Centennial Commons will also be home to the Southern Utah Heritage Choir. In addition to meeting the musical needs of both the Choir and the College, both organizations share the common goals of building and preserving the musical and cultural arts and fostering stronger ties with the community.

The quiet phase of the "Bridging a New Century of Service" campaign began in July of 2000, and since then Dixie State College has raised close to $78 million. Over that time a number of campaign successes were realized, including the George and Dolores Dore' Eccles Fine Arts Center, the Mobile Dental Hygiene Clinic, the Stephen and Marcia Wade Alumni House, the Kathryn Lloyd Richards Sculpture Garden, the recently dedicated Russell C. Taylor Health Science Center, and the newly named Dick Nourse Center for Media Innovation.

In addition, many new endowed scholarships have been established during the first eight years of the campaign. Dixie alum and local business leader Ken Newby currently serves as executive chair of the campaign committee, while DSC vice president of advancement Christina Schultz is overseeing all strategic and operational aspects of the campaign.

"Dixie State College is committed to educating the residents of Washington and Kane Counties," Schultz said. "Our goal is to provide the critical foundation that will serve our students in their careers as they join the labor force and play a role in driving the economic growth of the region."

Schultz stated that the campaign will advance DSC's commitment to academic excellence through strategic investment in people, programs and facilities.

The campaign supports the institution's five fundraising priorities, including pursuing DSC's educational mission; forming innovative partnerships; enhancing the quality of campus life; preserving DSC's athletic heritage; and securing the College's future.

Dixie State College is closing in on its 100th birthday in 2011. That milestone and the memories of the hard work and dedication over that first century of many of the graduates, alumni and members of the community have instilled a true sense of pride and accomplishment in how the College has evolved over the years.

For more information on DSC's Centennial Campaign Celebration, contact DSC Vice President of Institutional Advancement Christina Schultz at 435-652-7542.

DSC Dixie Forum to Host Special Thursday Debate in Run for Washington County Commissioner Seat
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 24, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah will host a special "Dixie Forum: A Window on the World" event on Thursday, Oct. 30, featuring a debate between candidates for Washington County Commissioner.

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.

Republican incumbent Alan Gardner and Democratic challenger Lin Alder will debate topics relevant to county voters, including the Lake Powell Pipeline, Vision Dixie, and the Toquop power plant, among other issues. The debate will moderated by DSC Communication Department Chair Dr. Randal Chase.

The Dixie Forum will return to its customary Tuesday noon timeslot on Nov.4, with a presentation by University of Utah Assistant Professor of Communication Danielle Endres entitled "Thinking about the Unthinkable and Talking about the Tough Stuff: Making Sense of Nuclear Weapons & other Big Issues that Confront Us."

For further information on DSC's Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

One Week Remains in Dixie State's "Dixie Idol" Opening Round of Voting
(ST. GEORGE, Utah - October 23, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah students, faculty, staff, fans, and alumni have one more week to vote for their favorite concepts during the opening round of voting of the College’s “Dixie Idol” campaign to come up with DSC's new nickname. In all, voters have 20 nickname concepts to choose from and can gain access to the electronic ballot by visiting DSC's website at www.dixie.edu, then utilizing the "Nickname Voting Page" link on the site's front page.

The first round of online voting will run through Friday, Oct. 31, to narrow the field down to 10 concepts. Voters may cast ballots for up to three concepts, or select the same nickname concept three times, during this initial round of voting.

Following the first round vote tabulation, DSC officials will introduce the top-10 overall concept finalists and a new round of voting will commence from Friday, Nov. 14, through the last day of the 2008 fall semester, which ends Friday, Dec. 12. During this round of voting, voters may cast their ballot for just one concept, to come up with the three finalists to be announced in January.

Nearly 3,500 total concept submissions were nominated on DSC's "Dixie Idol" website for consideration over a five-week period from mid-August through the end of September. Each submission was judged and reviewed based on its appropriateness in conjunction with the traditions, values and virtues of the Dixie State College community. A second criteria for consideration is based on the overall number of times a concept has been nominated.

The 20 nickname concept finalists are: Blazers, Coyotes, Diamondbacks, Gators, Heat, Patriots, Pioneers, Ragin' Red, Ragin' Storm, Rattlers, Red Devils, Red Hawks, Red Raiders, Red Storm, Red Wolves, Reds, Roadrunners, Scorpions, Sun Rays and Suns.

For more information on "Dixie Idol" and to cast your vote, please visit www.dixie.edu.

Dixie State College to Host Academic Open House This Wednesday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 23, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah will host its second Academic Open House this Wednesday, Oct. 29, from 5:30-8 p.m., in the concourse of the Burns Arena on the DSC campus. The event is free and open to the public.

According to DSC Director of Admissions Brandon Boulter, Dixie State and the Washington County School District have created a unique post-high school educational opportunity for high school students, parents and adult students in Washington County and surrounding areas. The open house is geared toward everyone interested in receiving a post-secondary education, whether by taking a few college courses, or completing work toward a bachelor's degree, associate's degree, or certificate.

Boulter added that attendees will find valuable information on all of DSC's baccalaureate degree, associate degree and certificate programs, financial aid, scholarship opportunities, admissions, advising, student activities and athletics. In addition, representatives from other colleges and universities from across the state and region will be present to provide information about their respective schools.

"This is the only event locally that will showcase so many career paths and educational opportunities, not only at Dixie State, but at other institutions as well," Boulter said. "We will have representatives from a number of institutions on hand to answer any questions and assist high school and adult students in furthering their education."

For more information on the DSC Academic Open House, contact Brandon Boulter, DSC director of admissions, at 435-652-7591, or at bboulter@dixie.edu.

DSC Athletics to Host "Trunk or Treat" Community Event October 30
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 22, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah Athletics and the department's Student-Athlete Activity Club (SAAC) is sponsoring the first-annual "Trunk or Treat" Halloween community activity for the youth of St. George and Washington County. The event will take place Thursday, Oct.30, from 6-8 p.m., at a number of DSC athletic complexes, including Hansen Stadium, Burns Arena, Bruce Hurst Field, Cooper Diamonds, the Old Gym and the DSC Tennis Courts.

According to DSC head women's basketball coach Angie Kristensen, who is the department's SAAC coordinator, DSC student-athletes will be parking their vehicles, decked out in Halloween decoration, at each athletic venue, where trick-or-treaters can move from car to car to show off their costumes and collect treats. She noted that in addition to the student-athletes handing out candy and treats, they would be giving children Halloween safety tips.

"This is a great way for our student-athletes to get involved with the community," Coach Kristensen said. "As the coordinator of DSC's SAAC program, I have been nothing but impressed with the character of all the teams and student-athletes here at Dixie. This event gives our athletes a chance to be kids themselves while promoting Halloween safety."

For more information on DSC Athletics' "Trunk-or-Treat" event, please contact the athletic department office at 435-652-7524.

The Life of Hemingway Featured at Special Friday Dixie Forum
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – October 22, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah’s weekly “Dixie Forum: A Window on the World” series continues with a special meeting this Friday, Oct. 24, featuring Boise State University associate professor of English Dr. Rena Sanderson, who will discuss “Hemingway the Man vs. Hemingway the Myth.” 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.

Following the forum, DSC will host a special reception with light refreshments for Dr. Sanderson from 1:00-2:30 in the third-floor conference room of the DSC Udvar-Hazy Business of Business Building.

Dr. Sanderson is a specialist in early 20th-century Modernism, in particular Ernest Hemingway. She is a Hemingway scholar and is currently editing the multi-volume “Collected Letters of Ernest Hemingway” for Cambridge University Press.

Sanderson, who holds a BA in German and an MA in English from UNLV, and a Ph.D in English from the University of Colorado-Boulder, has directed a number of Hemingway conferences and serves as trustee of the Hemingway Foundation. Her publications include articles on Hemingway and other authors, and she has edited two books of critical essays, including most recently “Hemingway’s Italy: New Perspectives.”

The next Dixie Forum will a special Thursday meeting on Oct. 30, beginning at 12 noon, featuring a debate between candidates for Washington County Commissioner, moderated by DSC Communication Department Chair Dr. Randal Chase. Republican incumbent Alan Gardner and Democratic challenger Lin Alder will debate topics relevant to county voters, including the Lake Powell Pipeline, Vision Dixie, and the Toquop power plant, among other issues.

For further information on DSC’s Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

DSC Plays Host to Red Rocks Prep Marching Band Championship
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 21, 2008) The Dixie State College of Utah Music Department and the Utah Music Educators Association are teaming up to sponsor the DSC/UMEA "Red Rocks" 2008 Marching Band Competition this Friday Oct. 24, at Hansen Stadium on the DSC campus. As the final competition in the Utah marching season, the event is deemed the championship by UMEA.

"Over 2,000 high school musicians have worked countless hours on the music and drill for their marching shows," said DSC Music Department Chair Glenn Webb. "It is exciting to have these talented students on our campus for the culmination of their hard work."

In all, 26 bands from Utah and surrounding states will begin competition at 3:30 p.m., with the smaller bands, while the competition will finish with larger band division featuring bands with over 200 members. The bands are evaluated by six judges in the categories consisting of music general effect, music performance, percussion performance, visual general effect, visual performance and colorguard performance.

"UMEA has come to St. George for decades for our annual mid-winter conference," added John Miller, UMEA Marching Band Chair and director of the American Fork High School Marching Band. "It made perfect sense to return to St. George for our marching band championship."

Tickets are available at the gate for $3 for children under 12, $5 for adults, and $20 for a family pass.

DSC to Host Centennial Celebration Gala Events This Weekend
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 21, 2008) In conjunction with Cultural Arts Month, Dixie State College of Utah will be hosting three community gala events this weekend as part of the institution¹s Centennial Celebration campaign.

The festivities begin this Friday evening, Oct. 24, with a Gala Ball at 8 p.m., at the St. George Community Arts Center at 86 South Main. The renovated Arts Center is the original home of the St. George Academy (later Dixie Academy and Dixie College), which was founded in 1911.

The Gala Ball, a semi-formal dress event, will feature live big band music, dancing and refreshments. Tickets are available now or at the door for $25 per couple.

On Saturday, Oct. 25, DSC will host a Gala Dinner Fundraiser at 5 p.m., at the Gardner Center Ballroom. The cost is $150 per couple or $75 a person, while additional donations will be welcome. This semi-formal dress event will feature great food and world-class entertainment, with proceeds going to benefit DSC¹s Centennial Celebration campaign. To RSVP for the Gala Ball, Gala Dinner or both events, contact Susan Taysom at 435-652-7905.

Following the dinner at 7 p.m., DSC will host the Centennial Grand Gala Concert in the Burns Arena, featuring over 1,400 musicians and artists, including symphony orchestra and band performances, theatre and dance performances, and a 500-voice combined community and college choir, performing over six stages. The Gala Concert is free for the entire community to attend.

As part of the concert's festivities, DSC President Dr. Stephen D. Nadauld will formally make the College's "Bridging a New Century of Service" Centennial Campaign announcement, including plans for a major building project on the DSC campus.

Dixie State College is closing in on its 100th-birthday in 2011. That milestone and the memories of the hard work and dedication over that first century of many of the graduates, alumni and members of the community have instilled a true sense of pride and accomplishment in how the College has evolved over the years.

For more information on DSC's Centennial Campaign, contact DSC Vice President of Institutional Advancement Christina Schultz at 435-652-7542.

Additional information on Cultural Arts Month may be obtained by calling 435-467-0014, or by visiting "http://calendar.utahstgeorge.com."

Dixie State Receives Scholarship Donation from SunFirst Bank
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 21, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah President Dr. Stephen D. Nadauld was presented a scholarship check for $3,400 from representatives from SunFirst Bank at a Tuesday morning ceremony. The scholarship will go to benefit a tuition and fee scholarship for a DSC communication student studying in the Dick Nourse Center for Media Innovation program.

SunFirst Bank President John Allen, bank director David Watson, and retired KSL-TV news anchor Dick Nourse, along with DSC officials, were on hand at the brief ceremony.

"Dixie State's communication degree program is now one of the best programs in the entire state," said SunFirst Bank Director David Watson. "With the many facets, degree offerings and the remodeling of the Jennings Building on campus, [DSC's] communication program is going to be one of the great flagships for Dixie State College and we¹re happy to be a part of it."

Watson noted that the scholarship money was raised as part of radio marketing campaign. SunFirst Bank made a contribution to the scholarship fund each time a new bank customer opened an account at the institution and mentioned Dick Nourse's name. Watson added that the campaign is ongoing and he anticipates that more money will be raised for future scholarship offerings.

"We are grateful to SunFirst Bank for their support of the Dick Nourse Center for Media Innovation," said Christina Schultz Dixie State College Vice President of Institutional Advancement. "This scholarship contribution will make it possible for a deserving communication student at Dixie State College to pursue his or her academic and career goals."

Cultural Arts Month Culminates With Grand Gala Concert Saturday, October 24
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 15, 2008) Over 1,400 talented artists will present the culminating concert for Cultural Arts Month on Saturday, October 25, beginning at 7 p.m., in the Burns Arena on the Dixie State College of Utah campus. The Grand Gala Concert, featuring Dr. Craig Jessop as guest director, brings performing artists from Dixie State College, local communities and schools together in one grand celebration of heritage, freedom and music. The concert is free and open to the public. Citizens are invited to bring their families, friends and neighbors.

Dr. Craig Jessop, acclaimed director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and now music department chair at Utah State University, will direct the unique organization of combined choirs comprised of the Southern Utah Heritage Choir, Dixie State Rebel Choir and Chamber Choir, Lieto! Singers, the Southwest Symphony Chorale and the Hurricane Valley Choir. This will be the first time these artists have ever combined as one magnificent voice. The famed Southwest Symphony and the outstanding Dixie State College Symphony Band will also be featured with the choirs and individually.

As part of the Dixie State College Centennial Celebration, the Burns Arena will be turned into a theatre environment with five separate stages and special lighting and sound, thereby affording everyone a front row view. The program will also feature five talented local high school choirs, the Dixie Children¹s Choir and the St. George Musical Theatre, as they honor our country, our brave veterans and pay tribute to the heritage and the culture we all enjoy in this region called America¹s Color Country.

After a rousing patriotic opening, the moving music of ³A Prayer for our Time² will help us remember all those who have given the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our country. The resounding 25 piece brass ensemble will accompany the grand choir in ³Fanfare for Festival,² and the audience will never forget the orchestra, choir and dancers, as they combine for the music of John Rutter¹s ³Distant Land.² Southwest Contemporary Dance Theatre, under the director on Natalie Wilson will be featured throughout the musical journey.

Special segments of the program will honor the Native American Heritage and pay tribute to our forebears, along with the rich and cherished history of Dixie State College. Former and present artists and teachers will be honored, including Shane Warby, acclaimed baritone and former student at Pine View High School. Dr. Don Cook of Brigham Young University will be featured on organ and 1,000 musicians will join in one grand finale.

Many unique surprises are in store for everyone as these artists fill the air with music, dance and sacred memories. Children will be challenged to develop their own talents and adults will be edified as they behold the wonders of their youth. The program will be televised for over-flow audience in adjoining auditoriums and for historical significance.

The program has been produced and directed by Floyd and Claire Rigby, long time artists from this area. Dixie State College and the Southern Utah Heritage Choir have formed a unique collaboration involving hundreds of dedicated leaders to bring all artists together and present the special gift to our communities.

Archaeology of the St. George Basin is the Topic of Tuesday's Dixie Forum
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 15, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah's weekly noontime "Dixie Forum: A Window on the World" series continues this Tuesday, Oct. 21, with a presentation on the archaeology of the St. George Basin by Brigham Young University assistant professor Dr. Jim Allison. 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.

Dr. Allison will share his presentation, "Archeology in the St. George Basin & the American Southwest," which discusses the archaeology of the St. George Basin, its relationship to archaeology in the Southwestern United States, particularly the Four Corners region, and how archaeologists have come to know certain things about St. George Basin archaeology. Allison will explain the earliest archaeology in the St. George Basin, the history of archaeological research, and his current research.

Allison earned his BS and MA degrees in Anthropology from BYU, and completed work on his Ph.D at Arizona State University. He specializes in the archaeology of Utah and surrounding states, with current research emphasis on understanding the social and economic organization of the prehistoric Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) horticulturalists that occupied southern Utah and neighboring states. One of his current research projects examines the development of Ancestral Puebloan communities in the St. George Basin of southwestern Utah between about A.D. 700 and 1300. This project was the focus of the BYU Archaeological Field School in 2006-2007 and has involved numerous students in fieldwork and artifact analysis.

The next Dixie Forum will a special Friday meeting on Oct. 24, beginning at 12 noon, featuring Boise State University associate professor of English Rena Sanderson, who will discuss "Hemingway the Man vs. Hemingway the Myth."

For further information on DSC's Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

Ethics in Law Enforcement the Topic of the Next DSC Business Ethics Forum
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 15, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah's Udvar-Hazy School of Business continues its bi-monthly noontime Business and Ethics Forum series Thursday, Oct. 23, with a presentation by Washington County Sheriff Kirk Smith.

The Business and Ethics Forum, presented every other Thursday throughout DSC's fall and spring semesters, will be held in the Boeing Auditorium (Room121) of the DSC Udvar-Hazy Business Building. DSC students, faculty and staff, the entire Washington County business community, and the general public are all invited to attend. Admission is free.

Sheriff Smith's presentation, entitled "How High Should We Set the Bar?,"will present some ethical dilemmas facing today's law enforcement officers. He will discuss officer discretion, officer misconduct, and the challenges faced enforcing a written code of ethics in a changing society, among other topics.

Smith is in his third term and tenth year overall as Sheriff of Washington County. He has been a law enforcement officer for 31 years, with the first 21 years as a Utah Highway Patrolman. Smith has received many honors and awards during his law enforcement career, including Law Enforcement Officer of the Year, Outstanding Police Officer of the Year, and was a two-time Lawman of the Year honoree by the Utah Sheriff's Association.

Smith serves on several committees and organizations representing Utah, Western States and National Sheriff's Association, the Utah Association of Counties, and Governors DUI Committee. He is also involved with the St.George Children's Justice Center and the Dove Center.

The series will continue Nov. 6, with a presentation by Scott Hirschi, Director of Washington County Economic Development. In addition, local mortgage broker Alan Crooks will speak to the forum Nov. 20; and Josh Little, attorney with the law firm of Durham, Jones and Pinegar, will wrap up the semester schedule with a presentation Dec. 4.

Each speaker throughout the semester will speak on business matters in their respective professions and have been asked to integrate ethics into the discussion.

Dr. Huddleston noted that the business forums will give students and current and prospective local business owners an added dose of ethics training that is so sorely needed into today's business world. His hope is that by the time students leave Dixie State, they have been exposed to enough ethical cases that, when they get out in the workforce, they will have the wherewithal and the intestinal fortitude to do the right thing, even when their job might be on the line.

For questions regarding the DSC Institute for Business Integrity forums, contact Dr. Huddleston at huddleston@dixie.edu or 435-652-7740

DSC Jazz and Percussion Ensembles Unite for Annual Fall Concert This Tuesday Evening
( ST. GEORGE, Utah – October 15, 2008) The Dixie State College Jazz Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble are coming together to present their annual Fall Concert this Tuesday, October 21, at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore’ Eccles Fine Arts Center Mainstage Theatre on the DSC campus.

The DSC Jazz Ensemble will perform a wide range of jazz literature including compositions from the libraries of Count Basie (Strike Up the Band), Glenn Miller (Pennsylvania 6-5000), and Bill Holman (Sunshinola). The band will also feature trumpet players Michael Smith and Derek Thomas performing the Grammy-winning arrangement of April in Paris. In addition, DSC student Brandon Hanson will perform the saxophone solo on Harlem Nocturne, known by many as the theme to Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer television series.

The Percussion Ensemble will feature its Drum Line equipment to perform a series of cadences and compositions written especially for this performance.

General admission tickets may be purchased in advance at the DSC Avenna Center Ticket Office or at the door prior to the concert for $5 per person, $1 for DSC students and faculty and staff with current ID. High school musicians may receive free tickets by contacting Glenn Webb at 435-652-7969.

Dixie State College of Utah Names DEl Beatty as New Dean of Students
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 13, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah has named DEl Beatty as the institution's new dean of students. Beatty assumed his new duties this past Oct. 1.

Beatty has 16 years of collegiate student services experience, most recently serving as Dean of Students at College of Eastern Utah. Prior to his tenure at CEU, he was the director of student involvement at Southern Utah University, where he worked for 15 years. Beatty is also a frequent speaker and presenter at a number of state, regional and national student service conferences and workshops.

Beatty, who hails from Hurricane, Utah, graduated from DSC with an associate's degree in 1989. While at Dixie, he served as a studentbody officer, performed with the program bureau, concert and chamber choirs, and in several musicals, along with involvement in a number of Dixie clubs, organizations and intramurals. Beatty then went on to complete his education at SUU, earning a Bachelor's degree in Music in 1991, and a Master's degree in Education in 2006.

"I used to dream about someday returning to Dixie as the dean of students and now that dream has come true," Beatty said. "My higher education career has come full circle and has led me back to where it all started. My family and I are thrilled to return to Dixie and we look forward to rekindling old friendships and acquainting our children with the 'Dixie Spirit.'"

Beatty is married to the former Kimberly Gubler they are parents of four children.

Dixie State Set to Kick Off Voting Portion of "Dixie Idol" This Saturday
Twenty Concept Finalists to be Unveiled at Saturday's Homecoming Parade and Football Game
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 10, 2008) "Fans, welcome to the court your Dixie State College Red Storm!" Or how about "That's Another Dixie State Blazers' First Down!" Now imagine DSC's athletic public address announcer saying "Reds Win!"

Those are just three of the 20 nickname concept finalists Dixie State College of Utah will be officially announcing during Saturday's Homecoming festivities. The first announcement will come during DSC's Homecoming Parade on Tabernacle Street, which begins at 9:30 a.m. The second announcement will follow during DSC's Homecoming football game vs. Humboldt State at Hansen Stadium at 1 p.m.

The announcements will serve as the kick off for the voting portion of the institution's "Dixie Idol" campaign to come up with the institution's new nickname gets underway this weekend. Voters can gain access to the electronic ballot by visiting DSC’s website at www.dixie.edu, then utilizing the "Nickname Voting Page" link on the site's front page.

Nearly 3,500 total concept submissions were nominated on DSC's "Dixie Idol" website for consideration over a five-week period from mid-August through the end of September. In all, 14 concepts, three each week, through that nomination process advanced to the initial voting round. The list includes the submissions of "Pioneers" and "Scorpions" from week one, along with "Reds," "Coyotes" and "Heat" from week two.

The concepts of "Diamondbacks," "Red Hawks," and "Suns" were selected for week three, while "Roadrunners," "Red Devils," and "Blazers" were chosen for week four, and "Patriots," "Rattlers" and "Red Storm" made the cut in the during the final week of nominations. One other submission from week one, "Red Bulls," was removed from consideration after DSC officials learned that the makers of the "Red Bull" energy drink owned all possible trademark and licensing variations with the brand name.

In addition, six at-large submissions were added to the list by the committee to round out the 20-concept field, including "Ragin' Red," "Ragin' Storm," "Sun Rays," "Red Wolves," "Red Raiders," and "Gators."

Each submission was judged and reviewed based on its appropriateness in conjunction with the traditions, values and virtues of the Dixie State College community. A second criteria for consideration is based on the overall number of times a concept has been nominated.

"I'm glad we are moving in a positive direction," Bybee said. "It was exciting to see how the entire Dixie State family, our students, faculty, staff, and alumni, and the community got involved in the nomination process.

Now as we move into the voting stages of the campaign, I hope that the interest continues to gain momentum as we move toward adopting a new identity for years to come."

The first round of online voting will take place from Saturday, Oct. 11, through Friday, Oct. 31, to narrow the field down to 10 concepts. Voters may vote for up to three concepts during this initial round of voting. DSC officials will then introduce the top-10 and a new round of voting will commence from Friday, Nov. 14, through the last day of the 2008 fall semester, which ends Friday, Dec. 12. During this round of voting, voters may cast their ballot for just one concept.

Those votes will be tabulated and the field will be whittled down to three final entries. The three remaining entries, complete with costumes designed during the Christmas Holiday break, will be announced in January.

"Dixie Idol" will really get interesting as the contest moves into the "Shootout" stage, as each concept finalist will perform during a DSC's men's basketball home game (Jan. 26/Jan. 27/Feb. 14). All three finalists will perform as an ensemble during DSC's final home game of the year on Thursday, Feb. 20.

Then beginning Friday, Feb. 21, through Thursday, March 5, everyone can cast one more vote for their favorite finalist online. The outcome of the final vote will be reported to Dixie State's administration and Board of Trustees for approval. Following that process, the winner and new DSC nickname and mascot will be unveiled at the conclusion of the Great Race during "D" Week Friday, April 3, at the Encampment Mall.

DSC public relations and marketing director Steve Johnson noted that this campaign is a chance for all College stakeholders to have a say in how Dixie State will be identified, not only in the NCAA athletic realm, but as an institution as a whole. He noted that voters should not get hung up on a mascot idea, but rather vote for a nickname concept that would best represent Dixie State College in the years and decades to come.

"This is the institution's chance to embrace an identity that is truly unique to the area and that we can call our own," Johnson said. "Having an identity that can be marketable and will be recognized regionally and nationally is paramount as Dixie State continues to evolve, both on the athletic fields and courts, and as a four-year academic institution."

For more information on "Dixie Idol" and to cast your a concept, please visit www.dixie.edu/.

Utah Author Mike Ramsdell to Share "A Train to Potevka" at Tuesday's Dixie Forum
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 9, 2008) Utah author and former CIA agent Mike Ramsdell will discuss his book "A Train to Potevka" with those in attendance at a special Dixie State College of Utah "Dixie Forum: A Window on the World" day/night event on Tuesday, Oct. 14.

Ramsdell will speak at two forum engagements, the first will begin at 12 noon, in the Dunford Auditorium of the Browning Resource Center on the DSC campus. He will then address a special evening forum at 7 p.m., in the Boeing Auditorium (Room 121) of the DSC Udvar-Hazy Business Building.

Admission to both forums is free for all community members, DSC students, and faculty and staff.

Set in the backdrop of the chaotic, volatile events in Russia at the end of the Cold War, "A Train To Potevka" takes the reader on an incredible winter's journey across Great Mother Russia along the 6,000-mile Trans-Siberian Railway. This fascinating story about an American intelligence agent from a small town in the Rockies is a tale of failed espionage, escape, and survival.

"A Train To Potevka" is a story of sacrifice, hope, and second chances. It is about love of family, home, and country. Most of all, it is a testimony to the basic goodness of man and the compassion and concern of a loving God.

Ramsdell, who hails from Bear River, Utah, attended Utah State University, the University of Utah Law School, and the Russian Language Institute in Washington, D.C. He was commissioned as an officer in the Military Intelligence Corps. His career specialty in Russian/Soviet counterintelligence has taken him on missions throughout Europe, Russia, Scandinavia, and to Asia. Lt. Colonel Ramsdell has served with: U.S. and NATO militaries, various U.S. intelligence agencies, and the U.S. Department of State. He had the opportunity to work in support of the first Reagan-Gorbachev Moscow Summit. His last foreign assignment was for a six-year period in Moscow and Gorky, Russia.

The Dixie Forum will continue each Tuesday through the rest of the fall semester. Upcoming guest speakers include Brigham Young University professor Dr. Jim Allison, who will share his presentation, "Archeology in the St.George Basin & the American Southwest," with the forum Oct. 21; and Boise State University associate professor of English Rena Sanderson will discuss "Hemingway the Man vs. Hemingway the Myth" with the forum Oct. 21.

For further information on DSC's Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

DSC Symphony Orchestra and Band Combines for Concert Tuesday Oct. 14
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 9, 2008) The Dixie State College Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Band will come together for a combined concert on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore' Eccles Fine Arts Center Concert Hall on the DSC campus. The DSC symphony orchestra is under the direction of Dr. Paul Abegg, while the symphony band is directed by Gary Caldwell.

The orchestra's program will feature Edvard Grieg's "Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46," which depicts the travels of the story's main character, Peer Gynt.

The movements are entitled "I. Morning," "II. Asa's Death," "III. Anitra's Dance," and "IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King." The orchestra will also perform Jean Sibelius' most well-known work "Finlandia."

The symphony band's performance will begin with Pierre LaPlante's "American River Songs," based on traditional music of an earlier time when the rivers and waterways were the lifelines of a growing nation. The arrangement includes "Down the River," "Shenandoah" also known as "Across the Wide Missouri," and Stephen Foster's "The Glendy Burk." The symphony band will also premiere an original composition by DSC student Ben Stratford entitled "Ancestral Winds," which includes a vocal solo by fellow DSC student Aubrey Limb.

In addition, the symphony band will perform music form the movie "Silverado"by Bruce Broughton and arranged by Randol Bass, along with two compositions by Eric Whitacre, including "October," which captures the stillness of the month, and "Ghost Train," which evokes the legend of the supernatural machine that roars out of the night through the forgotten towns and empty canyons.

Tickets are available at the door for $5 per person, $1 for DSC students and faculty and staff.

Dixie State College Crowns Homecoming Queen Tuesday Night
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 8, 2008) Dixie State College freshman Samantha Cummings was crowned Homecoming Queen this past Tuesday evening at the Cox Auditorium. The pageant was held as part of the College¹s Homecoming Week festivities, which continue through Saturday, Oct. 11.

Cummings, a freshman fine arts major originally from Laguna Beach, Calif., won a $1,500 scholarship along with the crown for her efforts and will now go on to represent the college in the Miss Utah Pageant. She has participated in vocal study for 12 years and has performed in 17 musical productions, including the recently wrapped St. George Musical Theater production of "High School Musical." With her degree in fine arts, she hopes to further her education and begin a performance career, along with plans to become a vocal teacher.

Pageant hopefuls were judged in physical fitness/swimwear, evening wear and talent areas of the competition, along with the customary onstage question and personal interview portions of the event.

Cummings, who is the daughter of Tim and Liz Cummings of St. George, performed a vocal solo of the title song from the Tony Award-winning musical "Man of La Mancha," while her platform was on educating high school students on the dangerous effects of eating disorders. Having battled her own eating disorder in high school, Cummings hopes to bring awareness to the condition and help others fight the disorder.

First attendant in this year's Homecoming Queen Pageant is Lacey Timothy, a junior nursing major from Price, Utah. Timothy was also given the Director's Choice Award. Shannon Johnson, a sophomore communication major from Ogden, Utah, was voted second attendant, and Natasha La Vu, a freshman communication major from Salt Lake City, was named Miss Dixie Spirit.

Dixie State to Induct Three Into College's Hall of Fame Saturday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 8, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah will induct three new members into the College's Hall of Fame as part of Homecoming activities this Saturday, Oct. 11, in the St. George Tabernacle. The 11th-annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held in conjunction with the Homecoming Founder¹s Day Assembly, which begins at 10:30 a.m. Admission is free and open to the public.

Honored in the area of Social Science and Humanities is St. George native and Dixie alum Lyman Hafen, who since 1980, has been a writer, editor, publisher, and active volunteer in community, state and national organizations. He was co-founder of St. George Magazine in 1983, and was its editor for 16 years. He continues to write a monthly column for the magazine, chronicling the history, culture and personality of his fast-changing hometown. He has written eleven books of fiction and nonfiction, and his writing has been honored on several occasions by the Utah Arts Council.

Over the years, Hafen has written numerous articles for regional and national publications, and has served as publisher of important books including Portraits of Loss - Stories of Hope, which sparked the multi-million dollar fund-raising effort for victims of the 2005 Santa Clara-Virgin River Flood. Since 1998 he has served as executive director of Zion Natural History Association in Zion National Park. He founded the Zion Canyon Field Institute in 2003, and the Zion National Park Foundation in 2007.

Hafen looks back at his time at Dixie State College as a turning point in his life. The same institution where his grandfather, Arthur K. Hafen, taught English, German, and Spanish for more than 40 years, is the place where he discovered a love for learning and literature, and came to terms with the idea that he would spend his life telling the compelling stories of this place to the world. He credits his English professor Ed Reber and his mentor Karl Brooks at DSC with turning his focus to writing. He and his wife Debbie have six children.

Honored in the area of Science and Technology will be the late Dr. Gordon D.Jennings, who founded and developed the Dixie State College Dental Hygiene program in 1998. Dr. Jennings, who realized his lifetime dream of being a dentist until a thumb injury limited his full-time dental-career, was committed to the youth of the community and teaching was a perfect avenue for him to begin a new career in education. His "can do" attitude allowed him to believe that anything was possible. This attitude was quickly absorbed by his co-workers and students, and together they helped build one of the premier dental hygiene program in the nation at Dixie State.

Not satisfied with just high pass rates and national rankings for the dental hygiene associate degree program, he pressed forward to establish the Bachelor's of Science in Dental Hygiene degree at Dixie State College, which officially began classwork this semester. His concern that all children and immobile patrons receive dental care, regardless of family income, championed his idea of a Dixie Mobile Dental Clinic, which was opened in 2006. Dr. Jennings' moral, social and academic values continue to be an influence within the Dental Hygiene program as demonstrated by the success of its faculty, staff and students.

After a valiant fight with cancer and his untimely passing, Dixie State College established the Gordon D. Jennings Dental Hygiene scholarship to ensure that his spirit and love for the Dixie students would be ever present. He and his wife Lori are the parents of two sons Jared and Jacob.

Honored in the area of Science and Technology will be St. George native and Dixie alum Dr. E. Durant McArthur, for his over 30 years of work in research with the U.S. Forest Service. His research has contributed critically to the understanding of biological resources in the semi-arid Western United States, particularly to the population genetics, ecology, and systematics of the dominant shrubs and associated plants. This work is documented by some 430 publications, more than any other Forest Service scientist.

As a recognized authority on all aspects of shrubland biology and restoration, Dr. McArthur's decisions and recommendations are readily accepted by land managers across the western U.S. He has substantively assisted more than 30 graduate students from more than a dozen U.S. and foreign universities in natural resource studies. He has received a number of awards from the Forest Service for his work and contributions, including the preeminent Chief¹s Superior and Distinguished Scientist Award, and awards from other agencies, professional societies, and academia.

McArthur's foundation for success lies, in part, at Dixie College, where he gained a rigorous science and humanities education. While there he was active in student government, the X-Club, and intramural sports. He and his wife, Virginia, have four children and 13 grandchildren.

Additional details of the outstanding accomplishments and contributions of the these three Hall of Fame honorees will be given at the Founder's Day Assembly.

The Hall of Fame was introduced at Dixie State College in 1998 at which time18 individuals were inducted as charter members. The photos and plaques of this year¹s inductees will join the past 72 inductees on the Wall of Fame located in the Avenna Center on campus.

DSC to Unveil Holt Wireless Learning Center This Friday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 7, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah will host a naming ceremony for the new Stanford and Jeannine Holt Wireless Learning Center, which is located in the main foyer of the DSC Udvar-Hazy School of Business Building. The ceremony, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 2 p.m. Refreshments will be served.

The Holt Wireless Learning Center is equipped with a number of work tables and chairs, along with sofa-style lounge chairs surrounding an indoor water feature, to serve as a gathering place and work-study area for students.

The Holts have been longtime benefactors of Dixie State College and the community. Jeannine Holt has served on the DSC Alumni Board for several years, and in 1994 received a Distinguished Citizen Award from DSC for her remarkable service to the school and the community. She was a member of the DSC Board of Trustees from 1997-2007, and had served as the Board's Vice-Chair since 2000. As a Trustee, her concerns were focused on Dixie State acquiring degree programs and endowed scholarships for students.

For her dedication and service to the College, Jeannine Holt received an Honorary Doctorate from Dixie State during the institution's 2007 Commencement exercises.

"Stan and Jeannine's lives have been dedicated to service and one of their passions has been to enhance student life at Dixie State College," said Christina Schultz, DSC vice president of advancement. "We are grateful for their support and commitment. It means a great deal to our campus community."

DSC to Present Voice Student Recital This Thursday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 7, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah will present its annual DSC fall voice students recital this Thursday, Oct. 9, at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore' Eccles Fine Arts Center Concert Hall on the DSC campus.

The recital, under the direction of Dr. Ken Peterson, is free and open to DSC students, faculty and staff, and the public.

For more information about this concert, future concerts or singing at Dixie State College in general, please contact the DSC Fine Arts office at 435-652-7790.

DSC Choral Ensemble Opens 2008-09 Season With Fall Concert This Friday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 7, 2008) The Dixie State College of Utah Choral Ensemble will open its 2008-09 concert season with the DSC Fall Choral Concert this Friday, Oct. 10, at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore' Eccles Fine Arts Center Concert Hall on the Dixie State College campus.

The concert, under the direction of Dr. Robert Briggs and Dr. Ken Peterson, will feature five DSC choral ensembles, including the Women's Choir, Men's Chorus, Chamber Singers, Rebel Chorus, and the Vocal Jazz Project.

Tickets are available at the door for $5 per person, $1 for DSC students and faculty and staff. For more information about this concert, future concerts or singing at Dixie State College in general, please contact the Dixie State College Fine Arts Department at 435-652-7790.

Dixie State College of Utah Announces Dramatic Enrollment Growth
(ST. GEORGE, Utah – October 6, 2008) After waiting nearly seven weeks to publically share the great news, Dixie State College of Utah officials announced Monday a dramatic rise in the institution’s 2008 Fall Semester enrollment numbers. The Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) officially released its third week enrollment figures for the fall semester, which showed that DSC posted an 8% increase in total headcount with 6,443 students, 499 students ahead of last year’s total of 5,944.

DSC’s full-time equivalency (FTE*) figures for the fall semester also rose almost 11% with 4,422 students, compared to 3,988 students this time last year. In addition, the College’s Budget Related FTE experienced the highest-percentage increase in the USHE System at nearly 12% overall with 4,332 students, up 460 students from last year’s total of 3,872.

College officials attribute the growth to a number of factors, including affordable tuition costs, the addition of new baccalaureate and associate degree programs, and the quality and talent of Dixie’s faculty. DSC’s vice president of student services, Frank B. Lojko, is also quick to point out a challenge made by new President Dr. Stephen D. Nadauld soon after he took office last spring.

“President Nadauld challenged the Office of Recruitment and the Dixie campus as a whole to set a target of bringing 400 new students to Dixie State for this fall,” Lojko said. “In redesigning some of our existing strategies, we developed a special recipe for success, and as everyone can now see, we exceeded our goal. Now we need to go out there and work even harder and continue to build on this success.”

Dixie State also saw a 36% increase in upper division enrollment with 1,131 total headcount, up an even 300 students from last year, and a 15% increase in first-time freshman with 1,431 students, compared to 1,249 in the fall of 2007. DSC also welcomed 121 new transfer students from other institutions, a 45% rise (391 total transfer students in 2008) from a year ago.

“We anticipated that our fall 2008 enrollment would grow due to efforts of building a sound enrollment strategy plan,” Lojko said. “We have begun offering additional two and four-year degree programs, and we are focusing special attention to building a positive college student-life culture on campus for all students.

“We are equally as pleased with the continued rise of our upper division enrollment,” Lojko added. “A lot of work has gone into our retention efforts and we remain focused on giving our students every opportunity to complete their four-year degrees while at Dixie State.”

*One FTE is defined as any combination of 15 units of credit enrolled in by one or more students. For example, if a student is taking 15 credit hours, that equals one FTE. If 15 students take one credit, that equals one FTE as well.

Dixie State College's Annual Homecoming Queen Pageant Set for Tuesday Night
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 3, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah will present its annual Homecoming Queen Pageant, as part of the school's week-long Homecoming festivities, this Tuesday night, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m., in the Cox Auditorium on the DSC campus. This year's pageant theme is "One Night Only" with tickets available for $8 per person, $5 for students and faculty and staff with current DSC ID, at the Avenna Center Ticket Office.

Contestants will not only be competing for the title of "Miss Dixie State College," but also for a $1,500 scholarship and an opportunity to compete at the 2009 Miss Utah Pageant next June. The pageant hopefuls will be judged in physical fitness/swimwear, evening wear and talent areas of the competition, along with the customary onstage question and personal interview portions of the event.

Seven DSC students will vie for the crown, including Samantha Brinkerhoff, a freshman communication major from Ogden, Utah; Samantha Cummings, a freshman fine arts major originally from Laguna Beach, Calif.; Amber Finlinson, a sophomore elementary education major from St. George; Jennifer Jentzsch, a freshman general studies major from St. George; Shannon Johnson, a freshman communication major from Ogden, Utah; Natasha La Vu, a freshman communication from Salt Lake City; and Lacey Timothy, a junior nursing major from Price, Utah.

For more information on the pageant, please call DSC Dean of Students Del Beatty at 435-652-7514 or email beatty@dixie.edu.

Dixie State College Homecoming Week 2008 Set for Oct. 6-11
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 2, 2008) "Dixie Always and Forever" serves as the theme for the 2008 Dixie State College of Utah Homecoming Week Oct.

6-11. The annual rite of the fall season is filled with a number of exciting events and activities for all students, DSC alumni and the community.

"Homecoming really signifies the words fun, fall, football and friends, especially old friends," said Donna Stafford, DSC director of student activities. "It's a nostalgic time, a time when those people who were students and loved the institution, have an opportunity to come back to campus. Here they can renew old friendships and relive the excitement of 'their days' as college students."

Homecoming activities will begin in earnest Monday, Oct. 6, with a formal student kick-off event at the Encampment Mall from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., followed by the annual Homecoming Queen Pageant Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m., in the Cox Auditorium. This year's pageant theme is "One Night Only," with tickets available for $8 per person, $5 for students and faculty and staff with current DSC ID, at the Avenna Center Ticket Office.

DSC students will get in a little painting in on Wednesday, Oct. 8, with the annual painting of the "D" service project at the intersection of 300 South and 800 East beginning at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9 will feature the annual Homecoming Powder Puff Football game at Hansen Stadium at 7 p.m., which will include a performance by the Rebelinas, DSC's all-male version of the Dixie Dance Team. Admission is free to the game.

Raging Red Day is set for Friday, Oct. 10, in which all DSC students, faculty and staff, alumni and community are asked to show school spirit and wear red all day. Meanwhile, the ASDSC student council will host three events, beginning with its annual "Rock the Mall" school song competition at noon on the Encampment Mall. ASDSC will also hold a pep rally at the Encampment Mall at 8 p.m.

"This year's student government have worked so diligently to make this the best Homecoming ever," Stafford said. "For our new students who've just arrived, Homecoming is a lot of traditions and pageantry that celebrates the old as it welcomes the new. The activities we have planned will help our entire studentbody catch that 'Dixie Spirit' that we all speak fondly of."Friday's alumni activities include the Alumni Assembly at 10:30 a.m. in the Eccles Concert Hall and Golden Generation Luncheon and Program at noon in the Gardner Ballroom. The Alumni Assembly is free to attend, while tickets for the Golden Generation Luncheon may be purchased for $10. In addition, the annual Dixie Alumni Reunion Party and Barbeque will be held Friday at the Stephen and Marcia Wade Alumni House beginning at 7 p.m. The party and barbeque is free and open to all DSC alumni and their families.

Saturday's festivities begin bright and early with the inaugural Homecoming Alumni Run/Walk with DSC First Lady Margaret Nadauld at 7 a.m. The run/walk, which will last approximately one hour, starts and finishes at Wade Alumni House. Cost is $10 per person, which includes a t-shirt and a continental breakfast.

The annual Homecoming Parade begins at 9:30 a.m., and will travel down Tabernacle Street beginning at 300 East and ending at 100 West. DSC alum Jerry Atkin (Class of 1969) and his wife, Carolyn, will serve as grand marshals of the parade.

All entries must line up at the parade's starting point (300 East on Tabernacle) at 8:30 a.m. Currently there are over 40 entries for the parade with plenty of room for more floats and participants. Individuals or businesses wishing to place entries in the parade are asked to contact DSC director of student activities Donna Stafford at 435-652-7513, or by email at stafford@dixie.edu.

Immediately following the parade on Saturday will be the Founder's Day Assembly and Hall of Fame induction ceremony at 10:30 a.m., in the St.George Tabernacle. Admission to both is free.

The DSC Alumni Association will host a free tailgate party at the Wade Alumni House at 12 noon, prior to Dixie State's football game vs. Humboldt State, which is slated to kick-off at 1 p.m. Game tickets ($10 reserved, $7 general admission) may be purchased by calling the DSC general ticket office at 435-652-7800, or online at www.dixie.edu. Tickets may also be purchased at the box office at Hansen Stadium prior to kickoff.

The week wraps up Saturday night with the annual Alumni Homecoming Banquet at 7 p.m., in the Old Gym. Speaking at this year's banquet will be Jerry Atkin, while Joy Atkin will be presented with Distinguished Alumni award, and Lois Iverson will be given the Distinguished Service award. Tickets for the banquet may be purchased for $12. The Homecoming Dance, entitled "Autumn in New York," will follow at 9 p.m. in the Gardner Ballroom. Admission to the dance is $10 in advance at the Avenna Center Ticket Office, or for $15 at the door.

Tickets for the Golden Generation Luncheon and Alumni Banquet may be purchased by contacting the DSC Alumni Office 435-652-7535 or via email at larson@dixie.edu.

DSC English Department to Host Caesar Lecture This Tuesday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 2, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah English Department will host a lecture on Julius Caesar, presented by DSC professor and internationally-recognized Shakespearean scholar Dr. Ace Pilkington, this Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 2:30 p.m., in room 207 of the McDonald Center on the DSC campus. Admission is free for all community members, DSC students, and faculty and staff.

The lecture is sponsored by Alpha Pi Epsilon, DSC's newly established chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, an International English Honor Society. Dr.

Pilkington's lecture coincides with the production of Julius Caesar, which is currently being staged at the Utah Shakespearean Festival in Cedar City through Oct. 25.

DSC's Alpha Pi Epsilon chapter was established last spring as an opportunity for students to have work published in a number of national journals and publications. The chapter, sponsored by DSC assistant professor of English Dr. Ami Comeford, currently has nine members in its ranks.

Undergraduate student membership in Sigma Tau Delta is based on the following criteria, including three semesters of completed college course work; a minimum of two courses in English language or literature beyond the freshman level; a 3.0 or equivalent grade point average or higher in English; and an overall class ranking in the top-35%.

For more information on DSC¹s Alpha Pi Epsilon chapter or Tuesday's lecture, please email Dr. Ami Comeford at acomeford@dixie.edu.

Local Neurosurgeon Dr. John Clark to Address DSC Colleagues Meeting This Monday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah October 1, 2008) Local neurosurgeon Dr. John Clark will address the first President's Colleagues of Dixie State College meeting of the 2008-09 academic year this Monday, Oct. 6, at 12 noon, in the Dunford Auditorium of the Browning Resource Center on the DSC campus. The meeting is free and open to the public.

Dr. Clark's presentation, entitled "How to Die Young at an Advanced Age,"will discuss the modern healthcare system, both in cost and effectiveness, for the majority of the country's populace, and why American affluence is counter-productive against a healthy society. In addition to his speaking role at Monday's meeting, Clark will be announced as the new chairman of the President's Colleagues.

Clark's impressive career, following graduation from Stanford University and Drexel University Medical School, includes 32 years in private neurosurgical practice and service in three branches of the United States Armed Forces.

For the past seven years, he has done recurrent humanitarian work in Ethiopia and Bulgaria, helping to establish and maintain neurosurgical training programs. Clark currently resides in Bloomington, Utah, with his wife of 51 years, Antoinette, and the couple is the parents of six children.

The Colleagues meet together once a month during the academic year to hear presentations from each other and/or invited guests. The next meeting is slated for Monday, Nov. 3, when Dr. Bill Koldewyn, a physicist and consultant to NASA, will address the Colleagues and present an update on the nation¹s aerospace program.

DSC's Southern Quill to Host Reading as Part of Cultural Arts Month
(ST. GEORGE, Utah September 29, 2008) To help celebrate Cultural Arts month, Dixie State College of Utah's literary journal, The Southern Quill, will host an evening of readings on October 3 at the Tabernacle in downtown St. George. Featuring poetry and prose produced by local writers, this free event will begin at 7 p.m., and is open to the public.

In print since 1950, The Southern Quill is committed to recognizing the arts in southern Utah. It publishes poetry, short fiction and visual art created by Dixie State College students and residents of Washington County.

The Southern Quill is now accepting submissions for its 2009 edition. Contributors may submit up to three poems, three works of visual art and/or one short story. Send materials to The Southern Quill, c/o Dr. Stephen Armstrong, Department of English, Dixie State College of Utah, St. George, UT, 84770. Deadline for submission is February 2, 2009.

All DSC students who submit poems will also receive consideration for scholarships funded by the Annie Atkin Tanner Memorial program. The Tanner program was established in 1972 by Dr. Vasco M. Tanner to honor his wife Annie. This year, the fund will award $900 in prizes. To determine winners, The Southern Quill’s editorial staff reviews and evaluates every student-written poem, selects the 10 strongest pieces from this pool and then forwards them to members of the Tanner family, who determine the first, second and third place winners of the scholarship prizes.

For further information contact Dr. Steve Armstrong at 435-652-7806.

Small Business the Focus of Thursday's DSC Business Ethics Forum Presentation
(ST. GEORGE, Utah September 29, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah's Udvar-Hazy School of Business continues its bi-monthly noontime Business and Ethics Forum series this Thursday, Oct. 2, with a presentation by Jill Elliss, who serves as the director of the Dixie Business Alliance (DBA).

Elliss' presentation, entitled "The Small Biz Paradox: Faith vs. the Brutal Facts," will discuss how small business owners have to be honest in their evaluations of business prospects. She will share with the audience about how the pitfalls of how not being honest and the inability to face the facts affects each owner¹s business future.

Elliss has served as DBA director for the past 12 years. She had previously headed up the Small Business Development Center at the DBA, where she consulted with hundreds of small businesses in Washington and Kane Counties every year. In January of 2008, she also became director of SEED Dixie and an analyst for USTAR. Both initiatives focus on developing companies with the potential to create high paying jobs in national markets.

Elliss is a graduate of Brigham Young University and earned her MBA from the University of Phoenix. In 2006, she was named Executive of the Year by the St. George Area Chamber of Commerce and State Star by the National Association of Small Business Development Centers. She was named BPW Woman of Achievement in 2004 and recently received an award from the Utah Small Business Administration as Small Business Champion of the Year for her development of "BizSMART," a statewide program of web-enhanced entrepreneur training.

The series will continue Oct. 23, with a presentation by Washington County Sheriff Kirk Smith. In addition, Scott Hirschi, Director of Washington County Economic Development, will address the forum Nov. 6; local mortgage broker Alan Crooks will speak Nov. 20; and Josh Little, attorney with the law firm of Durham, Jones and Pinegar, will wrap up the semester schedule with a presentation Dec. 4.

Each speaker throughout the semester will speak on business matters in their respective professions and have been asked to integrate ethics into the discussion.

For questions regarding the DSC Institute for Business Integrity forums, contact Dr. Huddleston at huddleston@dixie.edu or 435-652-7740.

Former Oklahoma Prosecutor Turned New DSC Faculty Member to Address Tuesday's Dixie Forum
(ST. GEORGE, Utah Sept. 25, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah's weekly
noontime "Dixie Forum: A Window on the World" series continues this Tuesday,
Sept. 23, featuring a presentation on the inner workings of a courtroom
setting by new DSC criminal justice assistant professor W. Scott Julian. 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.

Julian's presentation, entitled "On the Witness Stand: Courtroom Trial
Testimony Being Honest, Efficient and Effective," will discuss courtroom
demeanor and proper courtroom testimony, among other topics. Julian served
for 25 years as a prosecutor in the state of Oklahoma, where he participated
in approximately 170 jury trials.

Julian was a highly-decorated prosecutor and earned a number of awards
honors, including being named the 2002 Region V Drug Prosecutor of the Year
and the 2007 Oklahoma Drug Prosecutor of the Year. In addition, he was given
the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Director's Award for Law
Enforcement, was made an honorary Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper for his
work in drug interdiction, and was named Outstanding Prosecutor for the
State of Oklahoma.

Julian graduated with a Bachelor's of Arts degree from Central Oklahoma
State University in 1976, and earned his Juris Doctorate degree from
Oklahoma City University in 1981.

The Dixie Forum will continue each Tuesday through the rest of the fall
semester. Upcoming guest speakers include Dr. Carole Grady, DSC associate
dean of health sciences, who will present "If We are Together, Nothing is
Impossible: Partnerships in Health Sciences Education" Oct. 7; and local
author and former CIA agent Mike Ramsdell will discuss his book "A Train to
Potevka," which chronicles his experiences as a government agent deep inside
Russia, with the forum Oct. 14.

For further information on DSC's Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre
Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

DSC Announces Dixie Idol Week #5 Nickname Finalists and Submission Winners
(ST. GEORGE, Utah September 25, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah announced Thursday the fifth and final set of three concept finalists during the last week of nominations for the institution's "Dixie Idol" campaign to come up with the institution's new nickname and mascot. Over the past five weeks of the nomination process, nearly 3,500 total concept submissions have been entered on DSC's "Dixie Idol" website for consideration, including nearly 450 concept entries over the final week.

The fifth week's nickname finalists are "Patriots," "Rattler," and "Red Storm," each of which were nominated multiple times by a number of submitters. Individual entrants who submitted each of the three concepts were drawn from a hat and were awarded a $100 prize for their efforts. Two of the three of winners this week are from the St. George area, including Ezra Irvin (Patriots) and Jimmy Salley (Red Storm), while Dany Stevens of Phoenix, Ariz., was awarded a prize for the "Rattlers" concept.

Each submission up for consideration was judged and reviewed based on its appropriateness in conjunction with the traditions, values and virtues of the Dixie State College community. A second criteria for consideration is based on the overall number of times a concept has been nominated.

Overall, a total of 14 concept finalists have been identified, including the submissions of "Pioneers" and "Scorpions" from week one, along with "Reds," "Coyotes" and "Heat" from week two. The concepts of "Diamondbacks," "Red Hawks," and "Suns" were selected for week three, and "Roadrunners," Red Devils," and "Blazers" were chosen for week four. One other submission from week one, "Red Bulls," was removed from consideration after DSC officials learned that the makers of the "Red Bull" energy drink owned all possible trademark and licensing variations with the brand name.

Last year, the Dixie State College Board of Trustees voted to retire the use of the "Rebel" nickname and the "Confederate" identity, which was adopted in the 1950s. The hope of the DSC naming committee, headed by DSC's 2008-09 studentbody president Brock Bybee, is to come up with a new school identity that reflects the true pioneer heritage, traditions, values and work ethic of the region. The committee is made up of DSC student-body, athletic, faculty and staff, and alumni representatives.

The five-week nomination process began August 19th, allowing all DSC alumni, current students, faculty and staff, fans and community members the chance to get involved. Dixie State will formally announce the 14 nickname finalists, along with at least 10 at-large entries, during DSC's Homecoming festivities, which is slated for the week of Oct. 5-11.

Following that announcement, the first round of online voting will take place from Saturday, Oct. 11, through Friday, Oct. 31, to narrow the field down to 10 entries. Voters may vote for up to three concepts during this first initial round of voting. DSC officials will then introduce the top-10 and a new round of voting will commence from Friday, Nov. 14, through the last day of the 2008 fall semester, which ends Friday, Dec. 12. During this round of voting, voters may cast their vote for just one concept.

Those votes will be tabulated and the field will be whittled down to three final entries. The three remaining entries, complete with costumes designed during the Christmas Holiday break, will be announced in January.

"Dixie Idol" will really get interesting as the contest moves into the "Shootout" stage, as each mascot finalist will perform during a DSC's men's basketball home game (Jan. 26/Jan. 27/Feb. 14), and will all perform as an ensemble during DSC's final home game of the year on Thursday, Feb. 20.

Then beginning Friday, Feb. 21, through Thursday, March 5, everyone can one more vote for the their favorite finalist online. The outcome of the final vote will be reported to Dixie State's administration and Board of Trustees for approval. Following that process, the winner and new DSC nickname and mascot to be unveiled at the conclusion of the Great Race during "D" Week Friday, April 3, at the Encampment Mall.

DSC Hall of Famer and Alum Dr. Greg Prince to Discuss Research at Tuesday's Dixie Forum
(ST. GEORGE, Utah Sept. 19, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah's weekly noontime "Dixie Forum: A Window on the World" series this Tuesday, Sept. 16, with a presentation on the art of doing research by DSC alum and chairman of the College's National Advisory Council Dr. Greg Prince. 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.

Dr. Prince will present "Trying to Get the Questions Right: Reflections on 35 Years of Research," which discusses his career in medicine and research.A native of Los Angeles, Calif., Dr. Prince, who was inducted into DSC's Hall of Fame in 1999, graduated a class valedictorian from Dixie College in 1967. After earning his bachelor's degree, he attended the UCLA School of Dentistry from 1969-73, again graduating as valedictorian. He received a Ph.D. in Pathology from UCLA in 1975, studying respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the primary cause of infant pneumonia worldwide.

Over a period of fifteen years at the National Institutes of Health and Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Prince and his co-workers developed the thesis that RSV disease could be prevented by administering antiviral antibodies to high-risk infants. He co-founded Virion Systems, Inc. to commercialize this thesis, and serves as its President and CEO.

In 1989, Virion Systems and MedImmune, Inc. formed a joint venture to conduct clinical trials that ultimately resulted in the licensure by the Food and Drug Administration of RespiGam (1996), and Synagis (1998) for the prevention of RSV pneumonia in high-risk infants. Synagis is the first monoclonal antibody ever licensed for use against any infectious agent and its first-year sales made it one of the most successful biotech product launches in history. In addition to a career in science,

Dr. Prince has developed an avocation as a historian. His first book, Power From on High: The Development of Mormon Priesthood, was published in 1995, and has written a biography of LDS Church President David O. McKay.

The Dixie Forum will continue each Tuesday through the rest of the fall semester. Upcoming guest speakers include new DSC instructor Scott Julian, who will share his experiences in the courtroom in his presentation entitled "On the Witness Stand: Courtroom Trial Testimony Being Honest, Efficient and Effective" Sept. 30; and Dr. Carole Grady, DSC associate dean of health sciences, who will present "If We are Together, Nothing is Impossible:Partnerships in Health Sciences Education."

For further information on DSC's Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

Dixie State College Theatre Program Opens 2008-09 Season With Production of "Dancing at Lughnasa"
(ST. GEORGE, Utah September 19, 2008) The Dixie State College Theatre program will raise the curtain on its 2008-09 season with the production of "Dancing at Lughnasa," a Tony Award-winning masterpiece by legendary Irish playwright Brian Friel. The production will run nightly Oct. 2-4 and Oct.7-11, at 7:30 p.m., in the Main Stage Theater of DSC's Dolores Dore' Eccles Fine Arts Center.

"Dancing at Lughnasa," set in Ballybeg, a fictional village in Donegal, Ireland, is a charming, bittersweet memory of the laughter and tears of a long-lost summer. The narrator, Michael (played by Jarom Brown), looks back to the summer of 1936, when he was seven, living with his mother and her four spinster sisters, and an uncle, Father Jack (played by Spencer Potter), a priest who, after 25 years in Africa, has recently returned home. The memory is completed by a visit from Michae's seldom-present father, Gerry (played by Scott Pederson), who had gone off to fight in the Spanish Civil War.

The play's title refers to the pagan Irish harvest festival, Lughnasa, which is celebrated with bonfires and dancing. This background, coupled with Father Jack¹s description of the ceremonies of Africa, and underscored by traditional Irish music, easily establishes the conflicts between the head and heart, faith and passion, what might have been and what is.

Friel is considered by many to be Ireland's greatest living playwright and ³Dancing at Lughnasa² is widely regarded as his masterpiece. His plays have been performed continuously around the world for over 40 years. "Dancing at Lughnasa" premiered in Ireland, went on to the London stage and then to New York where in 1992 it won three Tony Awards, including Best Play.

The cast for "Dancing at Lughnasa" features as the five sisters: Rebecca Wright as "Maggie," Whitney Morgan Cox as "Kate," Lindsay Cordell as "Chrissie," and Lindsay Harding as "Aggie," with Meleah Ridd and Hannah Davenport alternating in the performance of the role of "Rose." DSC Director of Theatre Varlo Davenport will serve as the director of "Dancing at Lughnasa," while Potter serves as costume designer. DSC theater professor Dr. Brent Hanson serves as the set designer, with light design by Josh Scott, choreography by Whitney Cox, and Brook Owen is the Stage Manager for the production.

Ticket prices are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and non-DSC students, and$1 for DSC students, faculty and staff with a valid activity card. Dixie State¹s Fine Art Department is also introducing an all-new DSC Fine Arts Season Pass, giving patrons access to all 20 DSC theatre productions and instrumental and vocal concerts for the 2008-09 season. The DSC Fine Arts Season Pass is available for $85, a $49 savings over the regular box office single-event ticket price.

DSC Announces Dixie Idol Week #4 Nickname Finalists and Submission Winners
(ST. GEORGE, Utah September 18, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah announced Thursday the fourth set of three concept finalists during the penultimate week of nominations for the institution's "Dixie Idol" campaign to come up with the institution's new nickname and mascot. Through the first four weeks of the nomination process, nearly 3,000 total concept submissions have been entered on DSC's "Dixie Idol"website for consideration, including over 500 concept entries over the last week.

The fifth and final week of nominating began at midnight early Thursday morning to come up with three more unique nickname concepts. All nominations from the previous week will not be considered in determining the next three concept finalists. For more information on "Dixie Idol" and to nominate a concept, please visit www.dixie.edu/mascot.

"I have been very impressed by the number of submissions that we've received since the process started," said Brock Bybee, DSC 2008-09 Studentbody President and Naming Committee Chairman. "I hope that the excitement generated will snowball as we begin the voting process. This is a positive turning point in Dixie State's history and the my hope is that the campaign continues to gain momentum and carry us through to the final announcement during D-Week in April."

The fourth week's nickname finalists are "Blazers," "Red Devils," and "Roadrunners," each of which were nominated multiple times by a number of submitters. Individual entrants who submitted each of the three concepts were drawn from a hat to come up with the $100 prizewinners. All three of the weekly are from the St. George area, including Phillip McLeod (Blazers); Cathy Johnson (Roadrunners); and Cassandra Nielson (Red Devils), who will each be awarded $100 for participating in the nomination process.

Each submission up for consideration is judged and reviewed based on its appropriateness in conjunction with the traditions, values and virtues of the Dixie State College community. A second criteria for consideration is based on the overall number of times a concept has been nominated.

Through the first three weeks of nominating, a total of 11 concept finalists have been identified, including the submissions of "Pioneers" and "Scorpions" from week one, along with "Reds," "Coyotes" and "Heat" from week two, and "Diamondbacks," "Red Hawks," and "Suns" from week three. One other submission from week one, "Red Bulls," was removed from consideration after DSC officials learned that the makers of the "Red Bull" energy drink owned all possible trademark and licensing variations with the brand name.

DSC officials are inviting all alumni, current students, faculty and staff, fans and community members to get involved in what should be a fun and exciting process. The initial five-week nomination portion of the campaign began August 19th, and will run through Wednesday, Sept. 24, giving all DSC stakeholders an opportunity to have a say in what the College's new nickname and mascot will be.

Each week during the five-week initial nomination process, three lucky nickname submitters will be awarded $100 and their submission will be one of 14 finalists. At the conclusion of the initial nomination process, Dixie State will announce the 14 nickname finalists, along with at least 10 wildcard entries, during DSC's Homecoming festivities, which is slated for the week of Oct. 5-11.

Following that announcement, a new round of online voting will take place through Friday, Oct. 31, to narrow the field down to 10 entries. DSC officials will then introduce the top-10 and a new round of voting will commence from Friday, Nov. 14, through the last day of the 2008 fall semester, which ends Friday, Dec. 12.

"Dixie Idol" will really get interesting as the contest moves into the "Shootout" stage, as each mascot finalist will perform during a DSC's men's basketball home game (Jan. 17/Jan. 31/Feb. 12), and will all perform as an ensemble during DSC's final home game of the year on Thursday, Feb. 20.

Then beginning Friday, Feb. 21, through Thursday, March 5, everyone can vote for the their favorite finalist online. The outcome of the final vote will be reported to Dixie State's administration and Board of Trustees for approval. Following that process, the winner and new DSC nickname and mascot to be unveiled at the conclusion of the Great Race during "D" Week Friday, April 3, at the Encampment Mall.

DSC Students Given Chance to Earn College Credit Abroad in Costa Rica
(ST. GEORGE, Utah September 18, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah students and St. George residents who either register for Geography 2990 or Community Education course 0290 this Spring semester will have a chance to earn college credit out of the confines of the classroom setting. Students will not find the class anywhere on the DSC campus, or in the United States for that matter. In fact, it is scheduled to take place abroad.

Instead of sitting in the classroom learning about the geography of the country of Costa Rica, as many as 12-20 students will spend 10 days exploring Costa Rica's tropical rain forests, beaches, volcanoes and culture first-hand and earn college credit while doing it.

The two-credit Costa Rica trip will take place during DSC's spring break, which is scheduled for March 14-23, 2009. The trip to the Central America country has been an annual occurrence since 2003.

According to DSC professor and course coordinator Kelly Bringhurst, the trip will partially consist of various hikes, which will expose the group to a variety of wildlife and terrain. He went on to say that in addition to visiting various geographical wonders, students can expect to see a variety of wildlife, hike, snorkel and take part in a service project as part of the course. One year, Bringhurst and his students delivered 40 pounds worth of fiction and non-fiction books from the DSC library to a Costa Rican elementary school.

The course is open to students, faculty and staff, and community members and can be applied as elective credit toward a degree. Cost of the trip is $1,395, which includes all Costa Rican transportation, lodging, meals, and guides. The price does not cover airfare or transportation to and from Las Vegas' McCarron International Airport.

Students or community members wishing to participate on the trip are asked to drop off a $40 flight deposit to Mary Curtis at Murdock Travel by Friday, Sept. 26. In addition, a $500 trip deposit is due to the DSC Cashier¹s Office by Tuesday, Sept. 30, and the full balance is due by Tuesday, Dec.16. An orientation meeting will be scheduled for sometime in February 2009.

For additional information and to fill out an application for the course visit www.dixie.edu/travelstudy/index.html. Interested students and community members may also contact Kelly Bringhurst at 435-652-7768 or bringhur@dixie.edu with questions.

Dixie State College Calls for Homecoming Parade Entries
(ST. GEORGE, Utah September 17, 2008) "Dixie Always and Forever" is the theme for the 2008 Dixie State College of Utah Homecoming Week, which will kick off Friday, Oct. 3, and run through Saturday, Oct. 11.

One of the many Homecoming traditions is the parade, which will run down Tabernacle and 300 East on Saturday, Oct. 11. Line-up for the parade will begin at 8:30 a.m., while the parade is set to start at 9:30 a.m.

Individuals or companies wishing to place entries in the parade are asked to contact DSC director of student activities Donna Stafford at 435-652-7513, or by email at stafford@dixie.edu.

DSC Art Students Given Opportunity to Experience Global Classroom in May
(ST. GEORGE, Utah September 15, 2008) Next spring, Dixie State College of Utah students will have an opportunity to expand their classroom experience on a global scale. Rather than just reading about the visiting the Louvre, or seeing images of the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, the Sistine Chapel, the Colosseum or the Acropolis in text books, DSC students are going to experience these historical treasures first hand, and in turn, taking their understanding of world history and cultures to a new level.

On May 6, 2009, 50 students of Professor Glen Blakley's art class and DSC's studentbody will embark on a 20-day educational adventure on an Education First (EF) Educational Tour to France, England, Italy, Switzerland, and Greece, including a cruise of the Greek Isles. The tour includes stops in London, Paris, Florence, Rome, Pisa, Assisi, Pompeii, Sorrento, Meteora, Delphi, Athens, and the Greek Isles off Patmos, Mykonos, Rhodes, and Kusadasi.

"In today's world, international education and cultural knowledge is more important than ever before," said Blakley. "I not only believe in the value EF Educational Tours has on my students academically, but I feel strongly that world travel changes their perspective. It can even influence career direction."

Blakley noted that this educational trip will be his sixth such trip and is his 15th venture to Europe overall. In preparation for the trip, he has incorporated educational content about the countries his students will be visiting into his curriculum. The resources are provided by PBS as part of a partnership between the organization and EF Educational Tours. Several students of Professor Blakley's class will complete coursework upon returning from their tour, enabling them to receive College credit.

"It is one thing to learn about art, world history and other cultures from a book, but it is a whole different world being there and seeing it first hand," says Blakley.

There are still slots available for DSC students to sign up for the trip.

Interested students needing may also contact Professor of Art Glen Blakley at 435-652-7795 or blakley@dixie.edu with questions.

Harry Truman and the End of Segregation in the Military to be Discussed at Tuesday's Dixie Forum
(ST. GEORGE, Utah Sept. 12, 2008) In celebration of Constitution Day, Dixie State College of Utah's weekly noontime "Dixie Forum: A Window on the World" series will focus on former President Harry S. Truman and his work to end of segregation in the United States Military, as presented by Lieutenant Colonel Keith June of the Army War College, this Tuesday, Sept. 16. 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.

A career soldier, Lieutenant Colonel June was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1986, and is a Distinguished Military Graduate of the University of South Carolina. He is also a lifelong student as he has earned a Masters of Public Administration and a Masters of Arts in International Relations from Webster University. He also earned a Masters of Military Arts and Sciences from the Command and General Staff College. Lieutenant Colonel June is a 2005 Graduate of the George Washington University with a Masters of Arts in Telecommunications. LTC June has published several articles on communications.

Lieutenant Colonel June, who hails from Bonneau, S.C., has served in a variety of command and staff positions. Prior to his selection for attendance at the Army War College, he served as the Deputy brigade Commander for the 160th Signal Brigade. The brigade was responsible for communications in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait and Qatar. He commanded the 54th Signal Battalion in Iraq and Kuwait. While assigned to the Pentagon, he served as a member of the Joint Staff, J6. He also served on the Army Staff in the G-6/CIO as the Chief of the Army's Tactical Information Assurance section.

Lieutenant Colonel June served as the C6 Operations Officer for the Organization for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) later the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) during Operation Iraqi Freedom. While assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, Lieutenant Colonel June was the Battalion Operations Officer in the 82nd Signal Battalion. He also served as the Brigade S-6 in the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment (AIR). While assigned to 5th Signal Command, he served as the Implementation Force (IFOR) Frequency Manager during the Peace Implementation Force mission in the Balkans. Lieutenant Colonel June also served as the Chief of the USAREUR Frequency Management Office and as the 5th Signal Command, Secretary of the General Staff. Lieutenant Colonel June commanded HHC, 82nd Signal Battalion.

Other assignments include Battalion Signal Officer, I-325th Airborne Infantry Regiment(AIR), 82nd Airborne Division and Battalion Signal Officer, 3/17th Field Artillery and Area Signal Center Platoon Leader, 141st Signal Battalion, 1st Armored Division, Ansbach, Federal Republic of Germany.

His awards include the Bronze Star Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Exceptional Volunteer Medal, Army Achievement Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the NATO medal and the Army Staff Badge and the Joint Staff Identification Badge. In addition, Lieutenant Colonel June is a Master Rated Parachutist.

The Dixie Forum will continue each Tuesday through the rest of the fall semester. Upcoming guest speakers include Greg Prince, who will speak on "Trying to Get the Questions Right: Reflections on 35 Years of Research" on Sept. 23; and Scott Julian, who will share his experiences in the courtroom in his presentation entitled "On the Witness Stand: Courtroom Trial Testimony Being Honest, Efficient and Effective" on Sept. 30.

For further information on DSC's Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

DSC Announces Dixie Idol Week #3 Nickname Finalists and Submission Winners
(ST. GEORGE, Utah September 11, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah announced Thursday the third set of three concept finalists for its "Dixie Idol" campaign to come up with the institution's new nickname and mascot.

Through the first three weeks of the nomination process, nearly 2,400 total concept submissions have been entered on DSC¹s "Dixie Idol" website for consideration, including nearly 900 concept entries over the last week.

The third week's nickname finalists are "Suns," "Diamondbacks," and "Red Hawks," each of which were nominated multiple times by a number of submitters. Individual entrants who submitted each of the three concepts were drawn from a hat to come up with the $100 prizewinners. Mckoye Mecham (Diamondbacks), a DSC student originally from Tropic, Utah; Jean Beck

(Redhawk) of Hurricane, Utah; and Emily Theobald (Suns) from St. George who is the youngest prize winner to date (8-years old), will each be awarded $100 for participating in the nomination process.

Each submission up for consideration is judged and reviewed based on its appropriateness in conjunction with the traditions, values and virtues of the Dixie State College community and the area. A second criteria for consideration is based on the overall number of times a concept has been nominated.

Through the first three weeks of nominating, a total of eight concept finalists have been identified, including the submissions of "Pioneers" and "Scorpions" from week one, along with "Reds," "Coyotes" and "Heat" from week two. One other submission from week one, "Red Bulls," was removed from consideration after DSC officials learned that the makers of the "Red Bull"energy drink owned all possible trademark and licensing variations with the brand name.

The fourth week of nominating began at midnight early Thursday morning to come up with three more unique nickname concepts. All nominations from the previous week will not be considered in determining the next three concept finalists. For more information on "Dixie Idol" and to nominate a concept, please visit "www.dixie.edu/mascot."

DSC officials are inviting all alumni, current students, faculty and staff, fans and community members to get involved in what should be a fun and exciting process. The initial five-week nomination portion of the campaign began August 19th, and will run through Friday, Sept. 26, giving all DSC stakeholders an opportunity to have a say in what the College's new nickname and mascot will be.

Each week during the five-week initial nomination process, three lucky nickname submitters will be awarded $100 and their submission will be one of

15 finalists. At the conclusion of the nomination process, Dixie State will announce the 15 nickname finalists during DSC's Homecoming festivities, which is slated for the week of Oct. 5-11.

"Dixie Idol" will really get interesting as the contest moves into the "Shootout" stage, as each mascot finalist will perform during a DSC's men's basketball home game (Jan. 17/Jan. 31/Feb. 12), and will all perform as an ensemble during DSC¹s final home game of the year on Thursday, Feb. 20.

DSC Receives Utah State Board of Regents Approval for New Physical Therapist Assistant Associates Degree Program
(ST. GEORGE, Utah September 11, 2008) As part of the institution's continued mission as the region's primary health care training provider, Dixie State College of Utah received approval from the Utah State Board of Regents last Friday to offer a new physical therapist assistant associate of applied science degree program. Classwork for the degree program will begin at the start of the 2009 fall semester.

The new physical therapist assistant (PTA) program, which has been the making for the past four years, will be housed in DSC's new Russell C.

Taylor Health Science Center, with classroom space and lab equipment to simulate a physical therapy clinic. The PTA program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills work alongside a physical therapist and perform hands-on physical therapy care. Graduates of the program will be qualified to work with pediatric to geriatric-age patients, sports injuries, exercise programs, hydrotherapy and electrical therapy, among others.

According to program coordinator Rand Edwards, the curricular requirements for the program included prerequisites such as human anatomy and physiology, and English composition. Edwards added that the PTA program will be a "limited-entry program," in which students will apply and be selected based on GPA and other criteria yet to be established. He noted that the program will accept approximately 16 students per year.

Edwards says the PTA program is applying for accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Physical Therapy Education, a process that takes three years to complete. He went on to say that according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, rates of PTA job growth are "must faster than average," with the national median wage listed at $44,000 a year.

For more information on DSC's new PTA program, please contact program coordinator Rand Edwards at 435-879-4861 or at redwards@dixie.edu.

Dixie State College currently offers an array of health sciences programs, including baccalaureate programs in nursing and dental hygiene, along associate and certificate programs in nursing, dental hygiene, emergency care and rescue (EMT/Paramedic), medical radiography, respiratory therapy, surgical technology and phlebotomy. For a complete listing of DSC's health sciences programs, visit www.dixie.edu.

DSC moved its entire allied health sciences program into the newly-built Russell C. Taylor Health Science Center, which will be located on the Dixie Regional Medical Center¹s River Road Campus. Classwork began in the new 78,000-square foot, three-story facility last month with the start of the Fall 2008 semester.

In 2000, Dixie State College was granted license to begin offering bachelor¹s degrees in high demand areas, which initially included business administration and computer & information technology. In 2005, the Board of Regents approved a change in mission for Dixie State College, allowing the college to begin offering bachelor¹s degrees in "core" or "foundational"areas consistent with four-year colleges.

Several other degrees have since followed, including elementary education (2002), nursing (2004), communication & new media (2005), English (2006), biology (2006), dental hygiene (2007), accounting (2007) communication (replacing communication & new media; 2007) and aviation management (2007).

Earlier this year, DSC received approval by the Regents to offer a new integrated studies baccalaureate degree.

The integrated studies program consists of common core and select concentrations in nine of disciplines, including business, communication, computer and information technology, English, biology, mathematical sciences, psychology, fine arts and Spanish.

In addition, DSC was given the green light by the Regents to offer a secondary education teaching (SET) licensure program this past December in three emphases; biology, English education and integrated science. Class work for those programs will begin at the start of the 2008 fall semester next August.

Dixie State College will continue to function as a comprehensive community college as well, offering associate degree and certificate programs to its students. Along with the new respiratory therapy and PTA programs, DSC recently received approval for an early childhood education associate degree program, which has three tracks, including an associate of science (AS) and associate of arts (AA), which are transferable degrees and could serve as a prerequisite for a student to enter a baccalaureate program in elementary education or early childhood development. The third track for the early childhood education degree is an associate of applied science (AAS) track, a two-year terminal working degree with a vocational track. The AAS degree aims to provide students with the skills needed to work in child care services and other care programs.

The overall strategic goal for Dixie State College is to offer core and high demand educational opportunities at both the associate and baccalaureate levels that are consistent with and responsive to the needs of the community. Future programs for Dixie State College will likely center in three primary strategic clusters, which include business & technology, health care & public safety, and education.

Dixie State College Bi-Monthly Business Ethics Forum Series Returns for 2008-09 With Debut Presentation September 18
(ST. GEORGE, Utah September 11, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah's Udvar-Hazy School of Business will kick off its 2008-09 bi-monthly noontime Business and Ethics Forum series this Thursday, Sept. 18, featuring a presentation by Bruce T. Jensen, President and CEO of Town & Country Bank in St. George, entitled "Building and Maintaining a High Octane, High Ethics Business Team."

The Business and Ethics Forum, presented every other Thursday throughout DSC's fall and spring semesters, will be held in the Boeing Auditorium (Room

121) of the DSC Udvar-Hazy Business Building. DSC students, faculty and staff, the entire Washington County business community, and the general public are all invited to attend. Admission is free.

Jensen has worked in the banking industry for over 30 years, including working in management positions at Wells Fargo Bank and Zions Banks, prior to becoming president of Town & Country Bank. He graduated with a B.A. from Brigham Young University in 1975, and studied for an M.B.A. at DePaul University in Chicago, Ill.

The series will continue Oct. 2, with Jill Elliss, who is the director of the Dixie Business Alliance, SEED Dixie and USTAR. In addition, Washington County Sheriff Kirk Smith will address the forum Oct. 23; Scott Hirschi, Director of Washington County Economic Development, will speak Nov. 6; local mortgage broker Alan Crooks will present to the forum Nov. 20; and Josh Little, attorney with the law firm of Durham, Jones and Pinegar, will wrap up the semester schedule with a presentation Dec. 4.

Each speaker throughout the semester will speak on business matters in their respective professions and have been asked to integrate ethics into the discussion.

For questions regarding the DSC Institute for Business Integrity forums, contact Dr. Huddleston at huddleston@dixie.edu or 435-652-7740.

Dixie State College ROTC to Host Golf Fundraiser at Sunbrook September 27
(St. George, UT September 11, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah's ROTC program is hosting the First-Annual Army ROTC Golf Tournament on Saturday, Sept. 27, at Sunbrook Golf Course. The tournament is sponsored by the Utah National Guard, Sunbrook Golf Course and the Army ROTC Corps of Cadets at DSC, with proceeds going to benefit the purchase of specialty equipment needed for DSC¹s ROTC training.

This four-person scramble will begin at 7 a.m., with tournament check-in and warm-up, followed by a shotgun start at 8 a.m. Cost is $75 per player/$300 per team, which includes green fees and cart, range balls and lunch on the course. In addition, there will be prizes for longest drive, closest to the pin and longest putt.

For more information or to register, please contact DSC ROTC at 435-879-4750 or 435-652-7723.

Now in its second year of existence, the DSC ROTC program provides leadership training experience, which includes rapelling, military weapons training, helicopter rides, swimming, land navigation, paintball, survival training, first aid training, among other opportunities.

According to DSC's Department of Military Science Army ROTC Training Officer Captain Collin M. Wallace, DSC's ROTC program can provide a lot of scholarship money to interested students. He added that prospective students may take up to two years of classes with no military obligation. However, students that do commit to the military will be obligated to either six years of military service in the Reserves or four years of active duty.

To qualify, students must carry a minimum 2.5 GPA and pass a medical physical. For more information about the DSC ROTC program, contact Captain Wallace at 435-652-7723 or at collin.wallace@us.army.mil.

The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program is a college-based, officer commissioning program. It is designed as a college elective course that focuses on leadership development, problem solving, strategic planning and professional ethics. Army ROTC units are organized as brigades and battalions.

USHE Commissioner Sederburg to Visit Dixie State College Campus This Tuesday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah September 10, 2008) Newly appointed Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) Commissioner William A. Sederburg will pay a visit to the Dixie State College of Utah campus this Tuesday, Sept. 16.

Commissioner Sederburg's visit is the second stop on his month-long tour of Utah's public higher education institutions.

According to a press release provided by USHE, Commissioner Sederburg, along with some members of the Utah State Board of Regents, will participate in a tour of the DSC campus, including the new Russell C. Taylor Health Science Center. Sederburg will also meet with DSC President Dr. Stephen D. Nadauld, DSC administrators and trustees, students, faculty, St. George and Washington County community and business leaders, and elected officials, including members of the southern Utah legislative delegation as part of his day-long visit.

The press release went on to say that tours will help him gain a greater understanding of the services the state's higher education institutions provide to students, their surrounding communities and businesses, and the state¹s economy as a whole.

"I appreciate this opportunity to gain insight into the many activities occurring at our institutions, and to be able to do this at the most local level is especially important," remarked Commissioner Sederburg in the USHE press release. "I want to make sure that as I try to represent our institutions in front of lawmakers and other state leaders, that the higher education strategies and policies that we work to formulate support the priorities of our campuses."

DSC to Officially Dedicate Russell C. Taylor Health Science Center This Friday
(ST. GEORGE, Utah September 9, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah will christen its new home for the institution's allied health programs as the Russell C. Taylor Health Science Center will be dedicated this Friday, Sept.12. Due to space limitations, the by-invitation dedication ceremony, including the official ribbon-cutting, will begin at 2 p.m. Following the ceremony, the DSC will host an open house for the public with refreshments starting at 3 p.m.

Construction of the Russell C. Taylor Health Sciences Center took just over a year to complete. The 78,000 square foot, three-story facility, which was designed by Salt Lake City's VCBO Architecture, is located on the River Road campus of Dixie Regional Medical Center, just to the north and east of the hospital, approximately two miles from the DSC campus.

The four-acre site at the base of Medical Drive Center was donated to the College by Intermountain Healthcare and the Foremaster family of St. George.

In addition, Intermountain Healthcare donated $720,000 over the next three years to support hiring program directors for those medical career programs at Dixie State.

Classwork in DSC's complete health sciences curriculum began in the Center last August with the start of the Fall 2008 semester. The Center currently houses degree programs in nursing, including registered nursing, practical nursing and nursing assistance, along with DSC's dental hygiene baccalaureate and associate degree programs, and associate and certificate programs in emergency medical technology/paramedic, medical radiography, respiratory therapy, surgical technology, and phlebotomy.

The Russell C. Taylor Health Science Center will house 14 combined laboratories, 10 classrooms, a 150-seat lecture hall, 24 dental operatories, three computer labs and numerous offices and conference rooms, along with two student lounges with wireless internet capabilities.

In addition to the donated land, Russell C. and Joyce Taylor, along with the late Dr. Mervyn Cox and his wife Sue, have provided significant donations to this project. Private donations for the new facility have totaled in excess of $4 million thus far. Over $18 million has been funded by the state, but the private donations laid the groundwork in securing the state funding.

Dixie Forum Makes 2008-09 Debut With Encore Presentation on 9/11 and NFL Films Project
(ST. GEORGE, Utah September 5, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah's weekly noontime "Dixie Forum: A Window on the World" series makes its 2008-09 debut with an encore presentation of "9/11 and the NFL Films Project: The Healing," by 30-time Emmy Award-winner and DSC communication faculty member Phil Tuckett. The Forum will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 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.

Tuckett will discuss the fascinating project he helped spearhead that involved restoring photographs and artifacts from the World Trade Center following the events of Sept. 11, 2001, a project he was able to accomplish with the help of NFL Films and over 200 volunteers from the company.

His involvement with the restoration project began after working with the New York Police Department on another assignment. The painstaking task a task many thought impossible resulted in 3,000 artifacts that could be restored to families who lost loved ones in the attacks on the World Trade Center.

"Phil's presentation was moving last year, we as a committee felt he would be a wonderful choice to kick off this year's forums," said Terre Burton, Dixie Forum coordinator and DSC faculty member.

Tuckett, who currently heads the DSC communication department's Dick Nourse Center for Media Innovation, is a 30-year veteran of NFL Films, for which he worked as a producer, director, editor, and cameraman, and was named Vice President of Special Projects in 1982. During his tenure, he won 30 Emmy Awards for shows like "Football America," "The 100 Yard Universe," "Autumn Ritual," and "Lost Treasures of NFL Films."

He recently completed work on a new documentary film on a middle-aged men's soccer league in Queens, N.Y., entitled "The Golden Age A Passion to Last a Lifetime." Tuckett has also produced non-sports related programming like "Blood from a Stone" for the History Channel, "Faces of Evil" for TNT, along with music videos for a wide variety of artists including B.B. King, Santana, Def Leppard, and Stevie Ray Vaughn.

The Dixie Forum will continue each Tuesday through the rest of the fall semester. Upcoming guest speakers include Lieutenant Colonel Keith June, who will present "Harry Truman & the End of Segregation in the Military" on Tuesday, Sept. 16; and historian Greg Prince, who will speak on "Trying to Get the Questions Right: Reflections on 35 Years of Research."

For further information on DSC's Dixie Forum series, please contact Terre Burton at 435-652-7812 or at Burton@dixie.edu.

Dixie State College Dental Hygiene Outreach Program to Provide Service in Kane County
(ST. GEORGE, Utah September 4, 2008) The Dixie State College of Utah Dental Hygiene Outreach Program will be coming to Kane County on Friday, September 19th and Friday, October 3rd, to provide free dental hygiene services to low income elementary school students. Services include oral screenings, cleanings, fluoride treatments, x-rays, sealants, and oral hygiene education and will be provided in the mobile clinic on site at Kanab Elementary School.

"We are grateful that Dixie State College is able to provide these much needed services to the residents in Kane County," said Daniel W. Hulet, Chair of the Kane County Commission. "We are always seeking ways to enhance the quality of health and dental care for our citizens and this program will have a positive impact."

All services are provided by Dixie State College students under the supervision of DSC's Dental Hygiene faculty. DSC's mobile dental clinic, which has four on-board operatories, has been going to elementary schools and rehabilitation centers in Washington County as well as the Doctor's Free Clinic for nearly two years. In addition, DSC students have provided services in the mobile clinic as part of the "Give a Kid a Smile Day" campaign.

"We have found three major obstacles for our community in obtaining dental services lack of transportation, lack of time, and lack of financial resources," said Karmen Aplanalp DSC Dental Hygiene Program Director and assistant professor. "The majority of the populations we serve have never had oral hygiene education. We believe that preventive care will lead to fewer dental problems in the future."

To qualify for DSC's Outreach Program services, a student must be eligible for the school's free or reduced lunch program. Students who qualify for Medicaid, CHIPS, or are uninsured will also be accepted. Parents wishing to register their child for these no-cost dental hygiene services on either Sept. 19th or Oct. 3rd, are invited to pick up application forms at the Kanab Elementary principal’s office. For specific questions, contact: Veronica Fely at (435) 879-4906.

DSC Announces Dixie Idol Week #2 Nickname Finalists and Submission Winners
(ST. GEORGE, Utah September 4, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah announced Thursday the second set of three concept finalists for its "Dixie Idol" campaign to come up with the institution's new nickname and mascot. Through the first two weeks of the nomination process, nearly 1,500 total concept submissions, including 766 entries in week two, have been entered on DSC's "Dixie Idol" website for consideration.

The third week of the five-week nomination process began at midnight early Thursday morning. All nominations from the previous week will not be considered in determining the next three concept finalists. For more information on "Dixie Idol" and to nominate a concept, please visit www.dixie.edu/mascot.

The second week's nickname finalists include the submissions of "Reds," "Heat," and "Coyotes," each of which were nominated multiple times by a number of submitters. Each of this week's finalists included a variation of the three concepts, including "Big Reds" and "Dixie Reds," "Dixie Heat," and "Dixie Coyotes" and "Wild Coyotes."

Individual entrants who submitted each of the three concepts were drawn from a hat to come up with the $100 prizewinners. Samantha Holt (Reds) of Herriman, Utah, and Laura Zwahlen (Heat) and Kraig Stowe (Coyotes) from St. George, all of whom are DSC alums, will each be awarded $100 for participating in the nomination process.

Through the first two weeks of nominating, a total of five concept finalists have been identified, including the submissions of "Pioneers" and "Scorpions" from week one. One other submission from week one, "Red Bulls," was removed from consideration after DSC officials learned that the makers of the "Red Bull" energy drink owned all possible trademark and licensing variations with the brand.

DSC officials are inviting all alumni, current students, faculty and staff, fans and community members to get involved in what should be a fun and exciting process. The initial five-week nomination portion of the campaign began August 19th, and will run through Friday, Sept. 26, giving all DSC stakeholders an opportunity to have a say in what the College's new nickname and mascot will be.

Each week during the five-week initial nomination process, three lucky nickname submitters will be awarded $100 and their submission will be one of 15 finalists. At the conclusion of the nomination process, Dixie State will announce the 15 nickname finalists during DSC's Homecoming festivities, which is slated for the week of Oct. 5-11.

Dixie State College Partners With German University for Student Exchange
(ST. GEORGE, Utah September 4, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah has partnered with the University of Bremen in Germany for a one-semester bilateral student exchange, with purposes to increase intercultural connections and to open students' horizon to other cultures and other ways of living. This is the first student exchange between DSC and an institution of higher education abroad, with the hope that students who participate will enhance their foreign-language skills, become culturally savvy, and gain independence and self-assurance.

DSC students Brad Atkins (Integrated Studies major) and Marc Griffin (Business Administration major) are currently studying abroad at the University of Bremen, while German students Tim Ole Heib, Yvonne Hellmann and Annika Larws, each began their semesters at DSC last week.

"This is the third time I have been to the United States and this school is a great place to get to know people and learn the culture," says Annika Larws. "I really like waking up and seeing the sun, the blue sky and the mountains. I really like it here."

The German students at DSC are all English majors, with emphasis on Education, in their third year. They hope to improve their language skills here, take a number of literature courses to count toward their degree, gain some teaching experience on campus (in conjunction with the German and EOSL programs as well as through the Music Department), and, above all, learn about American culture and everyday life.

During the time of the exchange, students remain enrolled at their home institution. Both sets of students have the option to transfer credits for the classes they take at the host institution back to the home institution.

According to DSC English professor and German native Theda Wrede, all DSC students can participate in the exchange, regardless of their major, but preferably only those in their second or third year should apply, whereas only English majors at the University of Bremen can apply. During the time of the exchange, students remain enrolled at their home institution, and students have the option to transfer credits for the classes they take at the host institution back to the home institution.

DSC students have the opportunity to take German-language summer classes before the semester begins, which is linked with a cultural program (music, art, excursions) and a formal introduction to German culture. The University of Bremen is located in the city of Bremen, a large port city on the Weser River in northern Germany The city has an old historical center and a great variety of cultural programs offered throughout the year.

For more information on the DSC/German exchange program, please contact DSC English professor Theda Wrede at 435-652-7821 or at wrede@dixie.edu.

Dixie State College to Host First-Annual College Convocation on September 7
(ST. GEORGE, Utah September 3, 2008) Dixie State College of Utah President Dr. Stephen D. Nadauld is formally inviting all DSC students to attend the First-Annual College Convocation on Sunday,