Dixie State University trustees recommend removing ‘Dixie’ from school’s name

The Dixie State University board of trustees voted unanimously Monday to recommend removing “Dixie” from the college’s name.The board made its recommendation to the Utah Board of Higher Education after going over findings from a study by the consulting firm Cicero, which evaluated the potential effects of keeping or changing the name.This is the latest discussion of several over the years about whether to remove “Dixie” from the university’s name due to contro