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Dixie Today
| Dixie State Receives State Approval for New Four-Year Music Degree |
03/27/2009 - The Utah State Board of Regents 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. |
| Dixie State College Theatre Program Closes 2008-09 Season with "The Crucible" |
03/26/2009 - 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. |
| DSC Communication Department Receives $145K Donation from Simmons Media Group |
03/26/2009 - 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. |
| Dixie State College to Launch New Classical Radio Station |
| 03/26/2009 - 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. 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. |
| Dixie State College Crowns Chelsea Gould D-Queen 2009 Tuesday Night |
03/25/2009 - 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. |
| "Dixie....Remember & Never Forgetting!!" the Theme for Dixie State's Annual D-Week Festivities |
03/25/2009 - "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. |
| Dixie State Humanities Faculty to Host Cambridge University Professor for Special Lecture April 3 |
| 03/24/2009 - 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. |
| Dixie State College Theatre Program Turns Up the Heat with "110 in the Shade" This March |
03/02/2009 - 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 "110 in the Shade," based on N. Richard Nash's 1954 American classic play "The Rainmaker." The production will run nightly March 5-7 and March 10-14, at 7:30 p.m., in the Dolores Dore' Eccles Fine Art Center's Main Stage Theater.
With the music of Harvey Schmidt, coupled with lyrics by Tom Jones, and Nash's script, the show features a wonderful range of styles and songs to support the plot. |
| DSC and the Southern Utah Chapter of the U of U Alumni Assoc. to Host Renowned Utah Author for Special Convocation |
03/02/2009 - The Southern Utah Chapter of the University of Utah Alumni Association, in collaboration with 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 audience. |
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