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'N 4 iL'at Z , - ..1 At the beginning of DSU's establishment, the now university was an academy for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Da- y Saints. The organization was named St. George Stake Academy, Dixie Academy, Dixie Normal College and Dixie Junior College before it was almost closed. The church closed Dixie Junior College's doors in 1933 because the church was closing private academies, and after two years of negotiations, the state of Utah opened the institution once again as a public college. The community paid for the college throughout the debate through donations and work. Despite the 200 college students taking residence at Dixie Junior College, the institution was at risk of being shut down for almost 30 years after becoming a state college. It AvereeRHeinIen .'".,,. - In light of recent developments, students and alumni are reflecting on DSU's history and origins. "Despite how many times DSII has rebranded itself, I think it has finally come time where the changes are more of a benefit and less for show," said Tara Dooley, a junior psychology major from West Jordan. Dooley said in the beginning of DSU's history, a lot of the changes were meant as a means to help the institution find itself and its purpose. Now, DSU is a four-yeuniversity with to create functioning :- -. 0e 1 I I ks,),, -- 7'i - - i i 1 , , 1, .1 i 4 7 1,N ' 1 t Nvl 1 -i 1 - 1 1 , . :....--- - , N.......,11'- DIXIE STAM I I co1.:1 oF CIAll ) ) ; ',I' 1 . 1 ar see THROWBACK page 2 )' I - -) a.,.goal ( ,, A 1 c.,( t r1 b..0 )) '4141, : " . ,. - f ". )cm WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER , I 29, 2g17i VOLUME XLVI NO. -- t. - , ,...01100A6)117.11?1" k 4 6. 1 ? 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According to higheredinfo. for reorg, the national average tention rates in the U.S. is 79.8 well beneath percent. DSU falls 51.3 percent. this average at made has improvements DSU universince its first years as a first-tim- e of 48.9 sity when only freshmen returned on average. Andrea Brown, director of institutional research, said there students are three major reasons said they leave DSU: financial, family and job reasons. However, Brown said students typically avoid saying what may be the real reason they don't return. "When our department digs deeper into why students withdraw, we often find that academic performance is a major issue with these particular students," Brown said. "There's been a huge concerted effort across campus to help improve our retention rate." According to DSU's website, FYE courses are designed to provide freshmen with knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in college. These classes provide expertise on where to find different campus resources, how to properly man age time, and many other skills needed to balance school and life. The Student Success Center also offers a course similar to FYE, which helps students gain life skills. "Because DSU is open enrollment, anyone can get in, and this means we get a lot of students who come to college with academic issues," said Jeffery Hoyt, assistant vice president for student success and assessment. "We have to change how we teach developmental courses or our retention rate won't change." Hoyt said students who are at a high risk of failing academically often keep "bad high school habits." Darlene Di lley, assistant vice president for enrollment man 1 t x, c.,., agement, said DSU President Biff Williams has called together a retention task force, which is designed to help students succeed during their first year and continue their schooling. This task force was brought together at the end o' f September. "One of the task force's initiatives is looking at classes students don't do well in," Dilley task said. "It was a short-terforce that met through early November, and once we identified the challenges and roadblocks, we started working in smaller teams to create plans of action." Dilley said DSU is also start- ing to reach out to students before they're in school to build a m see RATES page 2 435-656-40- .1 1 |