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Show NE1NS A: 4 11 LO Á A. students DSU EMS program D3 i ito'..74, 'frs.:1 r , k t -' 'I i..:ii, J - , 'I..: - F, li 1 i , i 1 T., kViePTIV,,, 1 Z Z M : AT&T u ".'?".mot,,,.,,,,,..,',..,- ' 1 Y , t in Dixie "I just want to say departments, police partments, all these first responders that are on this one network." Wilcox said that the paramedic field is dropping in numbers nationwide because students aren't entering the field as much as they used to. EMS Program Director Shanna Alger said: "This scholarship from AT&T is a huge step in the right direction. We have so many EMS workers that go through here. For them to try to get an education and be able to pay for it is very, very hard, especially when they're still trying to work and support their own families." The scholarship is a grand total of $20,000 divided into four students and two years. This amounts to $1,250 per semester, $2,500 per year and $5,000 per student. MONIQUE CHAVEZ MoniqueDSN Four students in Dixie State University's Emergency Medical Services program received two years of scholarship funds to support their training on Thursday night at the DSU Hurricane Education Center. "This was a collabora tion with our development office and AT&T over the past couple of years," said Drew Wil cox, department chair of healthcare diagnostics and therapeutics. "AT&T has a national contract to supply the telecommunications and wifi for first responders. It's a wireless network that goes nationwide specifically for the paramedics, EMTs, fire first-respond- er I'm really grateful for this scholarship, it came to me completely by surprise," said Weston Viets, scholarship recipient and junior EMS major from Cowgill, Missouri. "I was logging into my financial aid expecting that big bill and I just saw it in there. I was just really grateful for it." Another scholarship recipient was Kassidy Weller, a junior EMS major from Cedar City. Weller said her goal after the program is to be a life flight paramedic and do air medicine. Four different students will be chosen again next year for this scholarship. For more information about DSU's Emergency Medical Services program, visit catalog.dixie. Jo The Dixie State Univer- sity Athletics department welcomed new football head coach Paul Peterson. Peterson is originally from Snow College but will be at DSU starting next year. He has coached the Badgers at Snow College for two years, leading them to an 18-- 4 record. Having much success with his past team, it remains to be seen how the DSU athletic community will do under his wing, according to a statement released on Dec. 2 by the DSU Athletics page. Coach Peterson will be at Wednesday's official press conference, which will begin at 2 pm. in the Gardner Center Conference Room B. This comes just after the dismissal of previous football head coach Shay McClure. More information will be published at dixiesumiews. corn as it becomes available. STAFF FOR THE The Dixie State University Board of Trustees discussed the Division I offer in their Nov. 30 meeting, but a formal decision is yet to be made. Jordon Sharp, chief marketing and communications officer, said: "President Williams is s, s, ty impactsupportinterest, impact on the rest of campus academically, socially, and logistically, alumni outreach efforts, and university branding. We found that overall these factors are all affected positively. Sure, there are some negatives, just as there would be if we remained Division However, we feel that the positives far outweigh any negatives." While an exact date for the announcement of the decision is still not in place, Boothe said he does not anticipate the process taking much longer. More information will be currently going through the feedback from the online surveys and town hall meetings, along with the feasibility study data, and will make a final decision in January. The Board of Trustees will affirm the decision at that time." President Biff Williams will ultimately make the final decision. If DSU Athletics does go Division I, all sports would enter the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) beginning July 1, 2020, except for football. Football would be inde published at dixiesunnews. corn as it becomes available. DO YOU HAVE ANY NEWS TIPS FOR US? Email us at DixieSundixie.edu, message us on Facebook, or tweet at us using voiceofdixie. , L 1 -- rJ1 u - atIN X D being considered. Boothe said: "...Finances being the largest factor, but also very important are academic impact on the student-athleteathletic impact on our teams and student-athletecommuni- , , , State University's Emergency Medical Services program hold their from AT&T. 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