Dixie State University selects committee members for name change

Dixie State University is now on the way to changing its name and removing "Dixie" from it as a Name Change Committee was established yesterday. DSU also gave a timeline of the name change process. The 19-member committee will start looking for new names on Monday and will have to propose a final name recommendation to the university's Board of Trustees on June 11th. The board will then take a vote for the name on June 14th. If approved, the name will head to the Utah Board of Higher Education, who will vote on whether or not to recommend the name to the Legislature by November 1st.

The name change committee members are as follows: Utah Board of Higher Education member and committee vice chair, Shawn Newell; SkyWest founder, Ralph Atkin; SkyWest CEO and president, Chip Childs; Dixie State staff association president-elect, Megan Church; Intermountain Healthcare communications director, Terri Draper; Dixie State faculty Senate president-elect, Susan Ertel; Dixie State alumni, Bruce Hurst; Dixie State alumni, Danny Ipson; Utah Board of Higher Education member, Patricia Jones; Dixie State provost, Michael Lacourse; Dixie State alumni and community member, Patsy Lamb; trustee, Deven MacDonald; Dixie State student body president, Penny Mills; Dixie State student athletic association president, Deven Osborne; Dixie State alumni association president, Connor Shakespeare; Dixie State vice president of marketing and communication, Jordon Sharp; Dixie Technical College board chair, Darcy Stewart; and community member, Randy Wilkinson.