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Show -- 18 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2018 DISMISSAL I STUDENTS continued from page he 1 wants to present his of things. Peterson declined to comment his thoughts on the reasonings for termination in his dismissal letter but said he would be providing local news organizations with a written statement within the next couple of days. "I am just overwhelmed with the outpouring of kindness and love and support," he said. "I've been genuinely surprised and brought to tears by the wonderful things people are doing and saying on my behalf, regardless of what happens. It's something I won't ever side t forget." Webb -- 1 As Is DIXIESUNNEWS.COM . . continued from page . : Scott said she is disap: pointed in the administra: tion, and she wants them to : know that. . : : : : : didn't release his dismissal and of letter declined to comment on whether or not he'll be releasing a written state- ment to the media. Webb too has received an outpour of support from students and commu- - : nity members. : "Work through every: to comes to that thing you achieve your educational goals," Webb said. "Don't let despair or external factors deter you from DSU's Facebook page. achieving your goals." you have any news tips for us? Do S Email TI us at DixieSundixie.edu, message us on Facebook, or tweet at us using voiceofclixie. d 3 Utah legislature concerned for tuition waivers; DSU unaffected 1 "They did wrong," Scott said. "That's the gist of it. They could have handled this any number of ways... and we're not going to let this go; we're not because this is our Dixie. I am Dixie. Ken and Glenn are Dixie." Students have also been showing support for Peter son and Webb by leaving reviews for DSU on its Facebook page. Reviews were later turned off, but reviews have been left on Google. One review by Mitchell Reber said: "This rating doesn't reflect the collective university. I am saddened and disturbed by the current administrations dealings at DSU. First the firing of Davenport, now Ken Peterson and Glen Webb. These gentleman were all immensely valuable to the university. The actions of the current admin must be accounted for and their power kept in check." Dixie Sun reporters haven't been able to reach the person in charge of -- - it's fundraising there's always cash behind those scholarships ." Andrea Brown, director of institutional research and assessment, said for the fall 2017 semester, 23 percent of DSU students were on a tuition waiver of some kind. Hale said the state allows DSU to waive a certain amount each year, but that amount is revealed by the end of each academic year. Waivers are taken off student accounts, and d scholarships as a way for them replace the institution to make up the waived funds. The Utah System of Higher Education said universities may waive up to 10 percent of the total amount of tuition. According to a Utah legislative brief for the 2013-201- 4 academic year, DSU waived a total of $2,015,629. The Deseret News pub BY NAOMI VAZQUEZ naomivazquez Utah legislators are concerned with the increase in tuition waivers at Utah universities. The total amount of tuition waived at Utah universities increased by 70.6 percent in the last three years. Joni Hale, assistant director of scholarships, said at Dixie State University, the increase in tuition waivers is tied to the overall increase in student enrollment. As DSU attracts more academically prepared and qualifying students for academic scholar, ships, the number of waivers offered to those students increases as well Hale said waivers are significant on campus because they cover all of DSU's academic scholarships. All merit scholarships, good neighbor scholarships and WUE scholarships waive tuition. "About 80 percent of the scholarships we have are waivers," said Paul z Morris, vice president of , 0 administrative services. 2 "Twenty percent is cash of some type. Maybe it's an endowment, maybe a donor has given it, maybe o lished an article stating that members of Utah's Higher Education Appropriation Subcommittee voted to cut university tuition waiver budgets by 1 percent, although their vote is preliminary, and members would like to investigate the use and increase of tuition waivers in more depth. Tuition waivers may be offered to residents, nonresidents, members of the Utah National Guard and to encourage students to study fields deemed as critical to Utah, among other qualifications. Hale said although Utah legislators are worried about certain Utah universities, DSU is not one of them, and it can expect no dramatic changes in the process of offering tuition waivers. "We forecast what we think our enrollments are going to be, and we set our targets for a lot of cash-funde- , r budgetary issues, waivers is one," Morris said. "We have a good idea what we'll need for waiver money." Morris said waiver expectations are calculated before each academic year to estimate take rates although the estimations are not perfect. Take rates can go over or under the estimation, but DSU always has contingency planning for either case. He said the tuition waiver process is solid and reliable because of the longterm experience DSU has with tuition waivers. "Waivers are something we've done for a long time and something we know how to manage," Morris said. "I think waivers help students go to school, get their education and recognize their we have lots of dreams categories of waivers that, I think, touch the lives of many students." 4 , t!e- , i; , r- r - i1 1 L.A 1 DIF1 H 171 irmgmano L.11! 7:1 i ,,,,. )7( . 1 C j .1 : , n i i, ki c 0 'is Witt 9, BY CODY le ECKMAN Cody Eckman . of students, and members of the faculty Hundreds I community gathered on the second floor of the Jeffrey R. Holland Centennial Commons Building to meet Mitt Romney during his Dixie State Univers- visit to ity on Monday. Romney's campaign coordinated with DSU staff and staff as well as a number of volunteers from around campus to make faculty the visit happen. Romney arrived in the late morning on Monday, had a private meeting with President Biff Williams and made himself available to meet the crowd that had gathered and take pictures with them. Volunteers directed the crowd, gathered required Signatures for Romney's nomination to run for senf freY )htly ate, held ers in signs and postsupport of Romney, handed out merchandise, and recruited more volunteers to help Romney's campaign in Washington county. OVID )StJ and Hannah Mc Gough, a junior biology major from Las Vegas, staff the helped event by manning the volunteer sign-u- p table, helping People register to vote and getting signatures. She said she was excited to volunteer because she thinks Romney Would make a good senator for Utah. SV seeild Roll ley visils "I read an article once where he said that Utah has a lot to teach," Mc Gough said. "Which I think is absolutely amazing. I moved here from Vegas and I, 100 percent, agree with that." Romney hopes to gain the support of students and local citizens in his bid for Orrin Hatch's senate seat. He has ed well-receiv- ed all different backgrounds, it's giving them...degrees a very powerful story." Romney hoped students would join his campaign 1,..77,4 42' ...... t ' ' ..,.1,,-- - ,,,-- ''','' 7 ) I ;, ,," t k.,,.4 , r t r ...... , I ..,,;,yt kr, - i,771.,..1-', , ,. .4,, .. 1; ; , e 11,,4 , ......... I ,' I l , i i, il..--,- )., 1 r te ; ' ill,.' x ,'',,,;.,, ,, .1' 0 l' , lk t : , ,,1 i j 1 been actively campaigning for just under 3 weeks and has already made numerous stops in Utah. "It's awesome that he came to Dixie State we've never had such a big, political figure down here," Connor Heward, a senior , C Spanish major from Santa 0. rn Clara, and Romney camo paign volunteer, said. "It'll u)1 be awesome to see him z' interact with the students... It's a big step for Dixie as it grows." The event was by Romney and his staff and they were grateful for the opportunity to visit DSU. "Dixie State's been wonderful to work with," MJ Henshaw, communications director for Romney's cambeen paign, said. "They've us." for wonderful hosts "It's great to be at Dixie "What today," Romney said. mission an extraordinary the university has, which is welcoming people in from s, p Pfr ' , I , 1,,,:',i, ft ... t - Tki t'i- , 1 . 1 1 t ' ) -- , , I ,,,..., .,...- ,- ) .I i , 4 I -- . ,....,,,, I ' .1 , 1' ' f ,.7 , . ' .,, , , , i , . , ! l,,,,'' . , , , ' . , I.' to rally support Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, traveled to Dixie State University of the community. took time to meet and take pictures with students, faculty, staff and members and said students don't have to write ads and sit in meetings to get involved. "The way you get involved is by collecting signatures, going to caucuses, perhaps becoming a delegate to the convention, or at least voting for delegates, or maybe volunteering going to do some canvassing," Romney said. "Those are the ways you start in the campaign. The people in my staff largely began that very way." The Romney campaign has decided to forego the door-to-do- or use of paid signature gatherers in favor of reaching out to grassroots support to gather the tens of thousands of signatures necessary to be nominated for the senate primaries. "We've had so many peo- ple offer to help out that we decided, 'Let's rely to the greatest extent on volunteer helpers," Romney said. Romney invited students to get involved in the political process and said he can do more for Utah than the average incoming junior senator. "The students at DSU need to understand that if they want to have great starting jobs and great careers, they need to have people in government who understand how the economy works, who have actually been in a real job, not spending their lives in politics," Romney said. Romney likes his chances of winning the senate race, but said in politics you can never take anything for granted. "You have to work very hard to let people know who you are," Ronmey said. "The best way to have in Washington County. Romney people to know who I am is to go out and meet them person by person. People make their judgement in the connection that we make." Romney encouraged everyone to sign his petition to appear on the primary ballot and to vote for him to become Utah's newest junior Senator. "As a U.S. senator, if I'm lucky enough to get elected, I will fight to make sure that we have good jobs for the people of Utah," Romney said. "I'm going to go to work to try and help every community in our state." ,. I |