SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A push to change Dixie State University’s name has advanced in the GOP-dominated Utah Senate. Students rallied at the Capitol last week and urged lawmakers to revive a stalled plan to change the name. A new version of the legislation was released Monday during a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A push to change Dixie State University’s name has ignited a political firestorm, further pitting the university and its students against southern Utah residents who’ve been putting pressure on Republican lawmakers to kill the idea. The Dixie name has long drawn scrutiny, but in the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A push to change Dixie State University’s name is stalling in the GOP-dominated Utah Senate after a new push to drop the term sparked a backlash. A spokesman for the institution in Southern Utah told the Associated Press on Friday that administrators have been told […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A crowd gathered to protest the proposed name change of a Utah university that has a moniker that draws unwelcome reminders of racist elements in the nation’s past. The St. George Spectrum reports about 100 people rallied Monday to march to the campus of Dixie […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A university in Utah voted Monday to drop “Dixie” from its name. The move is another example of the nation’s reexamination of the remnants of Confederacy and slavery. Dixie State University’s Board of Trustees unanimously recommended the name change Monday after reviewing the results of […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A university in southern Utah has said testing will be encouraged but not mandatory despite state health orders mandating college students get tested weekly for the coronavirus. Dixie State University spokesperson Jordon Sharp said the school does not have enough tests to even test everyone. […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Residents of a Utah city that has adopted a nickname with ties to the Confederacy held a rally to support the name. The Spectrum reports a crowd gathered in St. George Thursday to defend the use of Dixie as the community’s unofficial second name. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A university in Utah is considering dropping “Dixie” from its name as another example of the nation’s reexamination of symbols associated with the Confederacy. Dixie State University has faced scrutiny in the past over the name’s association to slavery. It has resisted changing it because […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah-Late Tuesday, it was reported that the Washington County Commission voted for the approval of a 20-year $10 million strategic marketing agreement to leverage the assets of Dixie State University and the Greater Zion Convention & Tourism office. This approval will benefit area residents, students and visitors, per […]
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — A centennial event celebrating Zion National Park’s founding 100 years ago is planned Nov. 19 at Dixie State University in St. George. The park’s nonprofit partner, Zion National Park Forever Project , said the 7:30 p.m. event is free and open to the public, with tickets available online […]
