They had three different ones, all bad. The kid from Mt Si started against us, it was as bad a performance by a college qb that I had ever seen. I felt sorry for him.
They had three different ones, all bad. The kid from Mt Si started against us, it was as bad a performance by a college qb that I had ever seen. I felt sorry for him.
One of the three, Nick Mitchell, is transferring to Div-III Dixie State. If anyone is interested that's in Utah. Somewhere...
They had three different ones, all bad. The kid from Mt Si started against us, it was as bad a performance by a college qb that I had ever seen. I felt sorry for him.
One of the three, Nick Mitchell, is transferring to Div-III Dixie State. If anyone is interested that's in Utah. Somewhere...
They had three different ones, all bad. The kid from Mt Si started against us, it was as bad a performance by a college qb that I had ever seen. I felt sorry for him.
One of the three, Nick Mitchell, is transferring to Div-III Dixie State. If anyone is interested that's in Utah. Somewhere...
Dixie State University From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Dixie College" redirects here. Dixie College may also refer to Tennessee Technological University. Dixie State University Dixie State University logo.png Type Public[1] Established September 19, 1911 President Richard Biff Williams Academic staff 423 Students 8,570[2] Location St. George, Utah, United States 37°5′43″N 113°34′40″WCoordinates: 37°5′43″N 113°34′40″W Campus Urban main campus: 100.11 acres, campus off-site property: 97.1 acres, total campus: 200.99 acres Colors Red and Tan[3]
Nickname (Pending) Mascot (Pending) Website www.dixie.edu Dixie State University (formerly Dixie State College;) is a public university located in St. George, Utah, United States. Contents [hide] 1 History 2 Academics 3 Student Association 4 Athletics 5 Raging Red Show Choir 6 Box office 7 Controversy 8 Notable alumni 9 See also 10 References 11 External links History[edit]
Community Arts Building in St. George, the original home of Dixie College The institution was founded by the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) on September 19, 1911, as St. George Stake Academy. In 1916, the academy, which is located in a region that was called "Utah's Dixie" by Brigham Young and the local settlers who were slave overseers from North Carolina and Mississippi,[4] became Dixie Normal College, and then in 1923 the name was changed to Dixie Junior College. In 1933, the LDS Church discontinued its support of the college, and the local citizenry had to maintain the school until Utah began supporting it as part of the state's higher education system in 1935.[5] In 1952, the institution's sports teams adopted the "Rebel" name. In 1956 the institution adopted a caricature of a Confederate soldier as the official mascot. Starting in 1960, the Confederate flag was flown along with the American flag at official ceremonies. In 1961, the institution's sports teams began wearing the Confederate flag on their uniforms. In 1963, the institution's yearbook changed names to The Confederate. In 1963, the institution built and dedicated the Shiloh dorms.[6] Between 1963 and 1993, the institution increased their Confederate identity: parade floats adopted themes from the Old South, students appeared in black face and Confederate costumes, horseman carried the Confederate flag at school events; mock slave auctions were held, and the yearbook staff depicted a scalping with someone dressed as a Native American and another person hanging from a tree.[7] In 1970, the school became Dixie College. In 1987 "the Rebels," a large bronze statue of soldiers with a Confederate flag was placed on campus. In 1993, the institution said it was officially ceasing the use of the Confederate flag as a school symbol[8] and created a new "stars and bars." In 2000 it became Dixie State College of Utah when the Utah State Legislature authorized the college to offer baccalaureate degrees. When the school first opened its doors, there were only 42 students. In 2000 when the college became a four-year college, enrollment had reached approximately 7,000 students. On September 7, 2007, Dixie State College Board of Trustees members announced that Dixie State College of Utah would petition the University of Utah to become the University of Utah–St. George.[9] The proposal was approved by the Dixie State College Board of Trustees on October 7, 2007, and by the University of Utah Board of Trustees on October 14, 2007; however, this did not come to fruition In 2011, a bill was drafted for the review of the Utah State Legislature and the Utah State Governor to support Dixie State College's transition to university status.[10] The institution contracted with a local advertising firm, Sorenson Advertising, to investigate names for the institution as a university[11] and found that alumni overwhelmingly supported the name "Dixie" while less than half of faculty/staff supported the name "Dixie" (p. 48).[12] In 2013, the Utah Legislature changed the status of the institution from a college to a university and named it Dixie State University. Governor Gary Herbert signed the bill into law in a ceremony on campus, calling the new university into existence on February 16, 2013. President Stephen Nadauld of Dixie State University and others recognized this step as the fulfillment of the dream of the original Mormon pioneers of the area to have a university for their communities. Also in 2013 the Board of Trustees approved a student driven proposed campus-wide tobacco ban. The ban prohibits all tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes. The ban went into effect on January 1, 2014.[13] The primary campus of Dixie State University is located in St. George, Utah, with the Hurricane Education Center campus extension located in Hurricane, Utah. Academics[edit]
Part of the campus of Dixie State University The University offers over 150 academic programs[14] with baccalaureate degrees in Accounting,[15] Art,[16] Biology, Business Administration, Communications,[17] Computer and Information Technology, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Dance, Dental Hygiene, Elementary Education, English, Finance, History, Music, Music Education, Nursing, Psychology, hotel management Physical Science Composite Teaching, Spanish, Social Sciences Composite Teaching, and Theatre. Dixie State University is continuously working to provide more academic programs. Student Association[edit]
This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (October 2015) Dixie State University provides an opportunity for students to participate in its Student Association (or DSUSA) each year. Various responsibilities fall to DSUSA including the planning of most on campus events, charity and service work, and relations between University Students and the schools faculty and surrounding community. DSUSA is broken up into three major groups of student leaders; Executive Council, Managers, and Committee Members. All Executive Council members and most Managers receive some sort of financial aid in return for their work. Any student is able to apply for any position in DSUSA, and if chosen is asked to maintain good academic and community standing, while abiding by the Universities other rules and bylaws. Athletics[edit]
Official Athletics logo Main article: Dixie State Red Storm Dixie State competes in NCAA Division II as a full member of the Pacific West Conference and as a football-only member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. Starting in 2016, Dixie State will compete in football in the Rocky Mountain Athletics Conference (RMAC). The team name is the Red Storm. Previously, when the school competed in Junior College athletics, Dixie State teams used the team name "Rebels". Raging Red Show Choir[edit] The Raging Red Show Choir is a goodwill and showcase performance group composed of students that was started in January 2009.[18] Raging Red has performed throughout Utah, in parts of Nevada and Arizona, and performed at the 2010 World's Fair in China. The group is directed by Merilee Webb and performs a variety of different styles of music, including hip-hop, spiritual, and Broadway, and stages scenes from popular films and television programs. For the 2010 World's Fair, its program included the song "Belle" from Disney's Beauty and the Beast, "For Good" from the Broadway production of Wicked, a medley of Muppet music and skits from The Muppets and Sesame Street, as well as a dance mix of seventies classics. Each song includes solo performances by members of the choir and almost always require improvisation at some point. In April 2010, Raging Red opened a show for Jon Schmidt as a fundraiser for its trip to China the following month, which was in part funded by the students.[19] Merilee Webb has a Master's in Music Education from Brigham Young University, where she was selected "Most Outstanding Musician" in 1983, and teaches in Salt Lake City and St. George.[20] Webb has served as Associate Director for "Young Americans," where she met Raging Red's then-future choreographer, Mackenzie Koehler, a student at the time. Box office[edit] Dixie State University Box Office is located in the Cox Auditorium (aka the Avenna Center) in between Tennis Courts and the Smiths Computer Center. The Box Office is the main ticketing center for events on campus including sports, music, theater, and dance. Although the main office for the Box Office is in the Cox Auditorium there are offices in various buildings: Cox Auditorium: Celebrity Concert Series, Concerts, Dance, Choir, Dixie's Got Talent, Music Eccles Black Box: Theater Eccles Main Stage: Theater, Dance Eccles Concert Hall: Choir, Band Hansen Stadium (East and West sides of the stadium): Soccer, Football, Outdoor concerts, Senior Games Cooper Field: Softball Burns Arena (East and West sides of the gym): Basketball, Concerts Gymnasium (aka Old Gym): Volleyball Controversy[edit] In 2013, Dixie State University student Like Klabanoff attempted to form a sorority called Phi Beta Phi but was told by administrators that the use of Greek letters in the name was prohibited because the university did not want to give the public impression that it was a "party school."[21] On March 4, 2015, three students filed a federal lawsuit against Dixie State University alleging the university violated their free speech rights by refusing to let them post fliers with satirical images of former President George W. Bush and revolutionary leader Che Guevara.[22] Notable alumni[edit] Alana Lee Burns, competed in the 2012 Miss America pageant Anton Palepoi, NFL player 2002–2007 Barry Sims, NFL player, 1999–2010 Brad Thompson, member of 2006 World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals Brandon Lyon, MLB relief pitcher, 2001–2013 Bruce C. Hafen, LDS Church leader, president of Ricks College, 1978–1985 Bruce Hurst, MLB Pitcher 1980–1994 Corey Dillon, NFL running back for the Cincinnati Bengals, 1997–2003 and New England Patriots, 2004–2006 Cresent Hardy, Nevada State Assemblyman[23] Dave Rose, BYU Men's Basketball Head Coach, 2005–present Howard W. Cannon, U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1959–1983 Jeffrey R. Holland, president of Brigham Young University 1980–1989; apostle of the LDS Church 1994–present Jerry Atkin, founder and CEO of SkyWest, Inc. John Moses Browning, developed firearms in the 1900s John "Cat" Thompson, 1962 inductee into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Josh Burkman, former football player who earned JUCO All-American honors, current mixed martial artist for World Series of Fighting, formerly Ultimate Fighting Championship Junior Siavii, NFL player, 2004–2010 Krissia Beatty, competed in the 2016 Miss America pageant Lionel Hollins, NBA All–Star, 1978; head coach for the Memphis Grizzlies, 2009–2013 and Brooklyn Nets, 2014–present M. Anthony Burns, CEO of Ryder, 1983–2000 Marcus Banks, NBA player 2003–2011 Maurice Baker, NBA player for the Los Angeles Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers, 2005 Mike Affleck, American football player, 2009–2010 Nolan D. Archibald, CEO of Black & Decker P. Alberto Sanchez, film producer/writer/director Reno "Junior" Mahe, NFL running back for the Philadelphia Eagles, 2003–2007 Rick Baird, member of the U.S. Bobsled team, 1998–2003 Sark Arslanian, former football coach at Dixie Junior College, Weber State University and Colorado State University Scott Young, NFL offensive lineman, 2005–2009 See also[edit] Dixie Rotary Bowl Southern Utah International Documentary Film Festival References[edit] Jump up ^ "Dixie State University's Mission Statement". Dixie State University. Retrieved 1 March 2014. Jump up ^ "Enrollment holds steady at Utah's public colleges and universities". Utah System of Higher Education. Retrieved 11 November 2014. Jump up ^ "Color Palette | Dixie State University". Dixie.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-21. Jump up ^ Larson, Andrew (1992). I Was Called to "Dixie:" The Virgin River Basin: Unique Experiences on Mormon Pioneering. Dixie College Foundation St. George, Utah. p. 185. Jump up ^ Adler, Douglas. "What is Dixie State University?". Dixie State University. Retrieved 1 March 2014. Jump up ^ Battle of Shiloh Jump up ^ "Southern Utah Anti-Discrimination Coalition". Facebook.com. Retrieved 2015-12-21. Jump up ^ http://dsc.dixie.edu/physplant/History/yearbooks/1994YB.pdf Jump up ^ "The Dixie/UofU Partnership". Dixie State University. Retrieved 1 March 2014. Jump up ^ "S.C.R. 2011". Utah State Legislature. Retrieved 1 March 2014. Jump up ^ Whitehurst, Lindsay (10 January 2013). "Survey says, keep 'Dixie' - nearly 83 percent support name". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2013-08-15. Jump up ^ http://www.dixie.edu/namechange/File/DSC-Research-Report-January-9-2013.pdf Jump up ^ "Dixie State University to go tobacco-free next year". Deseret News. November 22, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013. Jump up ^ "Approved # of Programs & Courses | Dixie State University". www.dixie.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-08. Jump up ^ "Accounting | Dixie State University". catalog.dixie.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-08. Jump up ^ "Art | Dixie State University". catalog.dixie.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-08. Jump up ^ "What Can I Do With A Communication Degree>". Dixie State University. Retrieved 18 December 2010. Jump up ^ "Dixie State's "Raging Red" Show Choir Set to Perform at Tuesday's Dixie Forum". Dixie Today. Dixie State University. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2010. Jump up ^ "Dixie State's "Raging Red" Show Choir Teams Up with Renowned Pianist Jon Schmidt for Benefit Concert April 20". Dixie Today. Dixie State University. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2010. Jump up ^ Webb, Merrilee. "About Merrilee Webb". Reading Keyboard Music. Retrieved 1 March 2014. Jump up ^ "Students push for Greek life at Dixie State University". fox13now.com. 2013-08-10. Retrieved 2015-12-21. Jump up ^ LINDSAY WHITEHURST The Associated Press. "Dixie State violates free speech, students say in lawsuit | The Salt Lake Tribune". Sltrib.com. Retrieved 2015-12-21. Jump up ^ "Cresent Hardy" (PDF). Legislative Biography - 2011
They had three different ones, all bad. The kid from Mt Si started against us, it was as bad a performance by a college qb that I had ever seen. I felt sorry for him.
One of the three, Nick Mitchell, is transferring to Div-III Dixie State. If anyone is interested that's in Utah. Somewhere...
Dixie State University From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Dixie College" redirects here. Dixie College may also refer to Tennessee Technological University. Dixie State University Dixie State University logo.png Type Public[1] Established September 19, 1911 President Richard Biff Williams Academic staff 423 Students 8,570[2] Location St. George, Utah, United States 37°5′43″N 113°34′40″WCoordinates: 37°5′43″N 113°34′40″W Campus Urban main campus: 100.11 acres, campus off-site property: 97.1 acres, total campus: 200.99 acres Colors Red and Tan[3]
Nickname (Pending) Mascot (Pending) Website www.dixie.edu Dixie State University (formerly Dixie State College;) is a public university located in St. George, Utah, United States. Contents [hide] 1 History 2 Academics 3 Student Association 4 Athletics 5 Raging Red Show Choir 6 Box office 7 Controversy 8 Notable alumni 9 See also 10 References 11 External links History[edit]
Community Arts Building in St. George, the original home of Dixie College The institution was founded by the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) on September 19, 1911, as St. George Stake Academy. In 1916, the academy, which is located in a region that was called "Utah's Dixie" by Brigham Young and the local settlers who were slave overseers from North Carolina and Mississippi,[4] became Dixie Normal College, and then in 1923 the name was changed to Dixie Junior College. In 1933, the LDS Church discontinued its support of the college, and the local citizenry had to maintain the school until Utah began supporting it as part of the state's higher education system in 1935.[5] In 1952, the institution's sports teams adopted the "Rebel" name. In 1956 the institution adopted a caricature of a Confederate soldier as the official mascot. Starting in 1960, the Confederate flag was flown along with the American flag at official ceremonies. In 1961, the institution's sports teams began wearing the Confederate flag on their uniforms. In 1963, the institution's yearbook changed names to The Confederate. In 1963, the institution built and dedicated the Shiloh dorms.[6] Between 1963 and 1993, the institution increased their Confederate identity: parade floats adopted themes from the Old South, students appeared in black face and Confederate costumes, horseman carried the Confederate flag at school events; mock slave auctions were held, and the yearbook staff depicted a scalping with someone dressed as a Native American and another person hanging from a tree.[7] In 1970, the school became Dixie College. In 1987 "the Rebels," a large bronze statue of soldiers with a Confederate flag was placed on campus. In 1993, the institution said it was officially ceasing the use of the Confederate flag as a school symbol[8] and created a new "stars and bars." In 2000 it became Dixie State College of Utah when the Utah State Legislature authorized the college to offer baccalaureate degrees. When the school first opened its doors, there were only 42 students. In 2000 when the college became a four-year college, enrollment had reached approximately 7,000 students. On September 7, 2007, Dixie State College Board of Trustees members announced that Dixie State College of Utah would petition the University of Utah to become the University of Utah–St. George.[9] The proposal was approved by the Dixie State College Board of Trustees on October 7, 2007, and by the University of Utah Board of Trustees on October 14, 2007; however, this did not come to fruition In 2011, a bill was drafted for the review of the Utah State Legislature and the Utah State Governor to support Dixie State College's transition to university status.[10] The institution contracted with a local advertising firm, Sorenson Advertising, to investigate names for the institution as a university[11] and found that alumni overwhelmingly supported the name "Dixie" while less than half of faculty/staff supported the name "Dixie" (p. 48).[12] In 2013, the Utah Legislature changed the status of the institution from a college to a university and named it Dixie State University. Governor Gary Herbert signed the bill into law in a ceremony on campus, calling the new university into existence on February 16, 2013. President Stephen Nadauld of Dixie State University and others recognized this step as the fulfillment of the dream of the original Mormon pioneers of the area to have a university for their communities. Also in 2013 the Board of Trustees approved a student driven proposed campus-wide tobacco ban. The ban prohibits all tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes. The ban went into effect on January 1, 2014.[13] The primary campus of Dixie State University is located in St. George, Utah, with the Hurricane Education Center campus extension located in Hurricane, Utah. Academics[edit]
Part of the campus of Dixie State University The University offers over 150 academic programs[14] with baccalaureate degrees in Accounting,[15] Art,[16] Biology, Business Administration, Communications,[17] Computer and Information Technology, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Dance, Dental Hygiene, Elementary Education, English, Finance, History, Music, Music Education, Nursing, Psychology, hotel management Physical Science Composite Teaching, Spanish, Social Sciences Composite Teaching, and Theatre. Dixie State University is continuously working to provide more academic programs. Student Association[edit]
This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (October 2015) Dixie State University provides an opportunity for students to participate in its Student Association (or DSUSA) each year. Various responsibilities fall to DSUSA including the planning of most on campus events, charity and service work, and relations between University Students and the schools faculty and surrounding community. DSUSA is broken up into three major groups of student leaders; Executive Council, Managers, and Committee Members. All Executive Council members and most Managers receive some sort of financial aid in return for their work. Any student is able to apply for any position in DSUSA, and if chosen is asked to maintain good academic and community standing, while abiding by the Universities other rules and bylaws. Athletics[edit]
Official Athletics logo Main article: Dixie State Red Storm Dixie State competes in NCAA Division II as a full member of the Pacific West Conference and as a football-only member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. Starting in 2016, Dixie State will compete in football in the Rocky Mountain Athletics Conference (RMAC). The team name is the Red Storm. Previously, when the school competed in Junior College athletics, Dixie State teams used the team name "Rebels". Raging Red Show Choir[edit] The Raging Red Show Choir is a goodwill and showcase performance group composed of students that was started in January 2009.[18] Raging Red has performed throughout Utah, in parts of Nevada and Arizona, and performed at the 2010 World's Fair in China. The group is directed by Merilee Webb and performs a variety of different styles of music, including hip-hop, spiritual, and Broadway, and stages scenes from popular films and television programs. For the 2010 World's Fair, its program included the song "Belle" from Disney's Beauty and the Beast, "For Good" from the Broadway production of Wicked, a medley of Muppet music and skits from The Muppets and Sesame Street, as well as a dance mix of seventies classics. Each song includes solo performances by members of the choir and almost always require improvisation at some point. In April 2010, Raging Red opened a show for Jon Schmidt as a fundraiser for its trip to China the following month, which was in part funded by the students.[19] Merilee Webb has a Master's in Music Education from Brigham Young University, where she was selected "Most Outstanding Musician" in 1983, and teaches in Salt Lake City and St. George.[20] Webb has served as Associate Director for "Young Americans," where she met Raging Red's then-future choreographer, Mackenzie Koehler, a student at the time. Box office[edit] Dixie State University Box Office is located in the Cox Auditorium (aka the Avenna Center) in between Tennis Courts and the Smiths Computer Center. The Box Office is the main ticketing center for events on campus including sports, music, theater, and dance. Although the main office for the Box Office is in the Cox Auditorium there are offices in various buildings: Cox Auditorium: Celebrity Concert Series, Concerts, Dance, Choir, Dixie's Got Talent, Music Eccles Black Box: Theater Eccles Main Stage: Theater, Dance Eccles Concert Hall: Choir, Band Hansen Stadium (East and West sides of the stadium): Soccer, Football, Outdoor concerts, Senior Games Cooper Field: Softball Burns Arena (East and West sides of the gym): Basketball, Concerts Gymnasium (aka Old Gym): Volleyball Controversy[edit] In 2013, Dixie State University student Like Klabanoff attempted to form a sorority called Phi Beta Phi but was told by administrators that the use of Greek letters in the name was prohibited because the university did not want to give the public impression that it was a "party school."[21] On March 4, 2015, three students filed a federal lawsuit against Dixie State University alleging the university violated their free speech rights by refusing to let them post fliers with satirical images of former President George W. Bush and revolutionary leader Che Guevara.[22] Notable alumni[edit] Alana Lee Burns, competed in the 2012 Miss America pageant Anton Palepoi, NFL player 2002–2007 Barry Sims, NFL player, 1999–2010 Brad Thompson, member of 2006 World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals Brandon Lyon, MLB relief pitcher, 2001–2013 Bruce C. Hafen, LDS Church leader, president of Ricks College, 1978–1985 Bruce Hurst, MLB Pitcher 1980–1994 Corey Dillon, NFL running back for the Cincinnati Bengals, 1997–2003 and New England Patriots, 2004–2006 Cresent Hardy, Nevada State Assemblyman[23] Dave Rose, BYU Men's Basketball Head Coach, 2005–present Howard W. Cannon, U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1959–1983 Jeffrey R. Holland, president of Brigham Young University 1980–1989; apostle of the LDS Church 1994–present Jerry Atkin, founder and CEO of SkyWest, Inc. John Moses Browning, developed firearms in the 1900s John "Cat" Thompson, 1962 inductee into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Josh Burkman, former football player who earned JUCO All-American honors, current mixed martial artist for World Series of Fighting, formerly Ultimate Fighting Championship Junior Siavii, NFL player, 2004–2010 Krissia Beatty, competed in the 2016 Miss America pageant Lionel Hollins, NBA All–Star, 1978; head coach for the Memphis Grizzlies, 2009–2013 and Brooklyn Nets, 2014–present M. Anthony Burns, CEO of Ryder, 1983–2000 Marcus Banks, NBA player 2003–2011 Maurice Baker, NBA player for the Los Angeles Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers, 2005 Mike Affleck, American football player, 2009–2010 Nolan D. Archibald, CEO of Black & Decker P. Alberto Sanchez, film producer/writer/director Reno "Junior" Mahe, NFL running back for the Philadelphia Eagles, 2003–2007 Rick Baird, member of the U.S. Bobsled team, 1998–2003 Sark Arslanian, former football coach at Dixie Junior College, Weber State University and Colorado State University Scott Young, NFL offensive lineman, 2005–2009 See also[edit] Dixie Rotary Bowl Southern Utah International Documentary Film Festival References[edit] Jump up ^ "Dixie State University's Mission Statement". Dixie State University. Retrieved 1 March 2014. Jump up ^ "Enrollment holds steady at Utah's public colleges and universities". Utah System of Higher Education. Retrieved 11 November 2014. Jump up ^ "Color Palette | Dixie State University". Dixie.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-21. Jump up ^ Larson, Andrew (1992). I Was Called to "Dixie:" The Virgin River Basin: Unique Experiences on Mormon Pioneering. Dixie College Foundation St. George, Utah. p. 185. Jump up ^ Adler, Douglas. "What is Dixie State University?". Dixie State University. Retrieved 1 March 2014. Jump up ^ Battle of Shiloh Jump up ^ "Southern Utah Anti-Discrimination Coalition". Facebook.com. Retrieved 2015-12-21. Jump up ^ http://dsc.dixie.edu/physplant/History/yearbooks/1994YB.pdf Jump up ^ "The Dixie/UofU Partnership". Dixie State University. Retrieved 1 March 2014. Jump up ^ "S.C.R. 2011". Utah State Legislature. Retrieved 1 March 2014. Jump up ^ Whitehurst, Lindsay (10 January 2013). "Survey says, keep 'Dixie' - nearly 83 percent support name". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2013-08-15. Jump up ^ http://www.dixie.edu/namechange/File/DSC-Research-Report-January-9-2013.pdf Jump up ^ "Dixie State University to go tobacco-free next year". Deseret News. November 22, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013. Jump up ^ "Approved # of Programs & Courses | Dixie State University". www.dixie.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-08. Jump up ^ "Accounting | Dixie State University". catalog.dixie.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-08. Jump up ^ "Art | Dixie State University". catalog.dixie.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-08. Jump up ^ "What Can I Do With A Communication Degree>". Dixie State University. Retrieved 18 December 2010. Jump up ^ "Dixie State's "Raging Red" Show Choir Set to Perform at Tuesday's Dixie Forum". Dixie Today. Dixie State University. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2010. Jump up ^ "Dixie State's "Raging Red" Show Choir Teams Up with Renowned Pianist Jon Schmidt for Benefit Concert April 20". Dixie Today. Dixie State University. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2010. Jump up ^ Webb, Merrilee. "About Merrilee Webb". Reading Keyboard Music. Retrieved 1 March 2014. Jump up ^ "Students push for Greek life at Dixie State University". fox13now.com. 2013-08-10. Retrieved 2015-12-21. Jump up ^ LINDSAY WHITEHURST The Associated Press. "Dixie State violates free speech, students say in lawsuit | The Salt Lake Tribune". Sltrib.com. Retrieved 2015-12-21. Jump up ^ "Cresent Hardy" (PDF). Legislative Biography - 2011
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Dixie College" redirects here. Dixie College may also refer to Tennessee Technological University.
Dixie State University
Dixie State University logo.png
Type Public[1]
Established September 19, 1911
President Richard Biff Williams
Academic staff
423
Students 8,570[2]
Location St. George, Utah, United States
37°5′43″N 113°34′40″WCoordinates: 37°5′43″N 113°34′40″W
Campus Urban
main campus: 100.11 acres, campus off-site property: 97.1 acres, total campus: 200.99 acres
Colors Red and Tan[3]
Nickname (Pending)
Mascot (Pending)
Website www.dixie.edu
Dixie State University (formerly Dixie State College;) is a public university located in St. George, Utah, United States.
Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Academics
3 Student Association
4 Athletics
5 Raging Red Show Choir
6 Box office
7 Controversy
8 Notable alumni
9 See also
10 References
11 External links
History[edit]
Community Arts Building in St. George, the original home of Dixie College
The institution was founded by the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) on September 19, 1911, as St. George Stake Academy. In 1916, the academy, which is located in a region that was called "Utah's Dixie" by Brigham Young and the local settlers who were slave overseers from North Carolina and Mississippi,[4] became Dixie Normal College, and then in 1923 the name was changed to Dixie Junior College. In 1933, the LDS Church discontinued its support of the college, and the local citizenry had to maintain the school until Utah began supporting it as part of the state's higher education system in 1935.[5]
In 1952, the institution's sports teams adopted the "Rebel" name. In 1956 the institution adopted a caricature of a Confederate soldier as the official mascot. Starting in 1960, the Confederate flag was flown along with the American flag at official ceremonies. In 1961, the institution's sports teams began wearing the Confederate flag on their uniforms. In 1963, the institution's yearbook changed names to The Confederate. In 1963, the institution built and dedicated the Shiloh dorms.[6] Between 1963 and 1993, the institution increased their Confederate identity: parade floats adopted themes from the Old South, students appeared in black face and Confederate costumes, horseman carried the Confederate flag at school events; mock slave auctions were held, and the yearbook staff depicted a scalping with someone dressed as a Native American and another person hanging from a tree.[7]
In 1970, the school became Dixie College. In 1987 "the Rebels," a large bronze statue of soldiers with a Confederate flag was placed on campus. In 1993, the institution said it was officially ceasing the use of the Confederate flag as a school symbol[8] and created a new "stars and bars." In 2000 it became Dixie State College of Utah when the Utah State Legislature authorized the college to offer baccalaureate degrees. When the school first opened its doors, there were only 42 students. In 2000 when the college became a four-year college, enrollment had reached approximately 7,000 students.
On September 7, 2007, Dixie State College Board of Trustees members announced that Dixie State College of Utah would petition the University of Utah to become the University of Utah–St. George.[9] The proposal was approved by the Dixie State College Board of Trustees on October 7, 2007, and by the University of Utah Board of Trustees on October 14, 2007; however, this did not come to fruition
In 2011, a bill was drafted for the review of the Utah State Legislature and the Utah State Governor to support Dixie State College's transition to university status.[10]
The institution contracted with a local advertising firm, Sorenson Advertising, to investigate names for the institution as a university[11] and found that alumni overwhelmingly supported the name "Dixie" while less than half of faculty/staff supported the name "Dixie" (p. 48).[12]
In 2013, the Utah Legislature changed the status of the institution from a college to a university and named it Dixie State University. Governor Gary Herbert signed the bill into law in a ceremony on campus, calling the new university into existence on February 16, 2013. President Stephen Nadauld of Dixie State University and others recognized this step as the fulfillment of the dream of the original Mormon pioneers of the area to have a university for their communities.
Also in 2013 the Board of Trustees approved a student driven proposed campus-wide tobacco ban. The ban prohibits all tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes. The ban went into effect on January 1, 2014.[13]
The primary campus of Dixie State University is located in St. George, Utah, with the Hurricane Education Center campus extension located in Hurricane, Utah.
Academics[edit]
Part of the campus of Dixie State University
The University offers over 150 academic programs[14] with baccalaureate degrees in Accounting,[15] Art,[16] Biology, Business Administration, Communications,[17] Computer and Information Technology, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Dance, Dental Hygiene, Elementary Education, English, Finance, History, Music, Music Education, Nursing, Psychology, hotel management Physical Science Composite Teaching, Spanish, Social Sciences Composite Teaching, and Theatre. Dixie State University is continuously working to provide more academic programs.
Student Association[edit]
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Dixie State University provides an opportunity for students to participate in its Student Association (or DSUSA) each year. Various responsibilities fall to DSUSA including the planning of most on campus events, charity and service work, and relations between University Students and the schools faculty and surrounding community. DSUSA is broken up into three major groups of student leaders; Executive Council, Managers, and Committee Members. All Executive Council members and most Managers receive some sort of financial aid in return for their work. Any student is able to apply for any position in DSUSA, and if chosen is asked to maintain good academic and community standing, while abiding by the Universities other rules and bylaws.
Athletics[edit]
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Main article: Dixie State Red Storm
Dixie State competes in NCAA Division II as a full member of the Pacific West Conference and as a football-only member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. Starting in 2016, Dixie State will compete in football in the Rocky Mountain Athletics Conference (RMAC). The team name is the Red Storm. Previously, when the school competed in Junior College athletics, Dixie State teams used the team name "Rebels".
Raging Red Show Choir[edit]
The Raging Red Show Choir is a goodwill and showcase performance group composed of students that was started in January 2009.[18] Raging Red has performed throughout Utah, in parts of Nevada and Arizona, and performed at the 2010 World's Fair in China. The group is directed by Merilee Webb and performs a variety of different styles of music, including hip-hop, spiritual, and Broadway, and stages scenes from popular films and television programs.
For the 2010 World's Fair, its program included the song "Belle" from Disney's Beauty and the Beast, "For Good" from the Broadway production of Wicked, a medley of Muppet music and skits from The Muppets and Sesame Street, as well as a dance mix of seventies classics. Each song includes solo performances by members of the choir and almost always require improvisation at some point.
In April 2010, Raging Red opened a show for Jon Schmidt as a fundraiser for its trip to China the following month, which was in part funded by the students.[19]
Merilee Webb has a Master's in Music Education from Brigham Young University, where she was selected "Most Outstanding Musician" in 1983, and teaches in Salt Lake City and St. George.[20] Webb has served as Associate Director for "Young Americans," where she met Raging Red's then-future choreographer, Mackenzie Koehler, a student at the time.
Box office[edit]
Dixie State University Box Office is located in the Cox Auditorium (aka the Avenna Center) in between Tennis Courts and the Smiths Computer Center. The Box Office is the main ticketing center for events on campus including sports, music, theater, and dance. Although the main office for the Box Office is in the Cox Auditorium there are offices in various buildings:
Cox Auditorium: Celebrity Concert Series, Concerts, Dance, Choir, Dixie's Got Talent, Music
Eccles Black Box: Theater
Eccles Main Stage: Theater, Dance
Eccles Concert Hall: Choir, Band
Hansen Stadium (East and West sides of the stadium): Soccer, Football, Outdoor concerts, Senior Games
Cooper Field: Softball
Burns Arena (East and West sides of the gym): Basketball, Concerts
Gymnasium (aka Old Gym): Volleyball
Controversy[edit]
In 2013, Dixie State University student Like Klabanoff attempted to form a sorority called Phi Beta Phi but was told by administrators that the use of Greek letters in the name was prohibited because the university did not want to give the public impression that it was a "party school."[21]
On March 4, 2015, three students filed a federal lawsuit against Dixie State University alleging the university violated their free speech rights by refusing to let them post fliers with satirical images of former President George W. Bush and revolutionary leader Che Guevara.[22]
Notable alumni[edit]
Alana Lee Burns, competed in the 2012 Miss America pageant
Anton Palepoi, NFL player 2002–2007
Barry Sims, NFL player, 1999–2010
Brad Thompson, member of 2006 World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals
Brandon Lyon, MLB relief pitcher, 2001–2013
Bruce C. Hafen, LDS Church leader, president of Ricks College, 1978–1985
Bruce Hurst, MLB Pitcher 1980–1994
Corey Dillon, NFL running back for the Cincinnati Bengals, 1997–2003 and New England Patriots, 2004–2006
Cresent Hardy, Nevada State Assemblyman[23]
Dave Rose, BYU Men's Basketball Head Coach, 2005–present
Howard W. Cannon, U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1959–1983
Jeffrey R. Holland, president of Brigham Young University 1980–1989; apostle of the LDS Church 1994–present
Jerry Atkin, founder and CEO of SkyWest, Inc.
John Moses Browning, developed firearms in the 1900s
John "Cat" Thompson, 1962 inductee into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
Josh Burkman, former football player who earned JUCO All-American honors, current mixed martial artist for World Series of Fighting, formerly Ultimate Fighting Championship
Junior Siavii, NFL player, 2004–2010
Krissia Beatty, competed in the 2016 Miss America pageant
Lionel Hollins, NBA All–Star, 1978; head coach for the Memphis Grizzlies, 2009–2013 and Brooklyn Nets, 2014–present
M. Anthony Burns, CEO of Ryder, 1983–2000
Marcus Banks, NBA player 2003–2011
Maurice Baker, NBA player for the Los Angeles Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers, 2005
Mike Affleck, American football player, 2009–2010
Nolan D. Archibald, CEO of Black & Decker
P. Alberto Sanchez, film producer/writer/director
Reno "Junior" Mahe, NFL running back for the Philadelphia Eagles, 2003–2007
Rick Baird, member of the U.S. Bobsled team, 1998–2003
Sark Arslanian, former football coach at Dixie Junior College, Weber State University and Colorado State University
Scott Young, NFL offensive lineman, 2005–2009
See also[edit]
Dixie Rotary Bowl
Southern Utah International Documentary Film Festival
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