Higher Ed leaders to host several public on-campus discussions on November 19

Contact: Spencer Jenkins 801-999-0202
November 17, 2009

SALT LAKE CITY – Jed Pitcher, Chair of the Utah State Board of Regents, and William Sederburg, Commissioner of Higher Education will be visiting with key constituents of Dixie State College (DSC) on November 19, 2009.

Chair Pitcher and Commissioner Sederburg will be accompanied by Regents Jerry Atkin and John Zenger.

Dr. Stephen Nadauld was appointed Interim President of DSC on March 2008. His length of service as interim president was not specified to give him adequate time to accomplish his charge, which was to prepare the institution for new presidential leadership as well as to affirm alignment of institutional functions and services with the mission of DSC.

“As with other interim presidential appointments, the board is interested in assessing the continuity of leadership at the institution.” announced Chair Pitcher, “We look forward to collecting feedback from a broad base of DSC constituents including, faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community leaders.”

“We appreciate the board’s interest in DSC and we look forward to this opportunity to discuss the tremendous progress the institution has made in the past year.”  added Interim President Nadauld, “We hope the Dixie State community will actively participate in these discussions.”

The following is the schedule for the constituent discussions to be held Thursday, November 19, 2009 in the South Administration Building Conference Room: