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SUU's Leavitt Center Chosen to Host Utah Attorney General Election Debate
Southern Utah University's Micheal O. Leavitt Center for Politics and Public Service has been selected by the Utah Debate Commission (UDC) to host the general election debate for Utah’s Attorney General on October 1, 2024, at 6 p.m. The debate will take place in the Church Auditorium on campus and be open to the public with details on ticketing and reservations to be determined.
Happy Factory honored with new street name-“Happy Factory Lane”
Cedar City’s 2175 West will now be known as Happy Factory Lane, the sign will now also say “Happy Factory Lane.”. Donna Cooley and Neal Smith asked the Cedar City Council if “Happy Factory Lane” could be added to the street sign or a second sign, featuring the new name could be installed. The proposal received a positive recommendation from the City’s planning commission. Happy Factory was founded in 1995 in a small Cedar City workshop after Charles and Donna Cooley “became aware that many children have never had a toy.” Since then, they’ve shipped toys worldwide and donated them to Primary Children’s Medical Center, Canyon Creek Women’s Crisis Center, and many others.
BZI named by USA TODAY as a top workplace in the nation
Kanarraville, UT — BZI® (bzi.com), a national leader in construction and technology for safer, simpler, and more efficient building processes, announced today that they have been named on the list of Top Workplaces in the nation by USA TODAY. BZI was recognized as the #37 top place to work among companies with 100-499 employees. Recently, the company was named #1 in The Salt Lake Tribune’s Top Workplaces 2023 Awards for large businesses and was also recognized for its positive growth, inspiration, and vision with the Direction Award.
SUU ‘thrilled to recognize’ 3,000 graduates, its largest class ever, at 125th commencement
CEDAR CITY — Southern Utah University celebrated the largest-ever “strong and resilient” graduating class Thursday evening during its 125th annual commencement. “We are thrilled tonight to recognize 3,047 candidates for graduation, with 888 master’s degrees 1,876 bachelor’s degrees, 290 associate degrees and 107 certificates,” said SUU President Mindy Benson as she welcomed those in attendance at the America First Event Center.
Southern Utah Seniors Conference slated for Cedar City
Five County Area Agency on Aging is proud to present the 2024 Southern Utah Seniors Conference “Bee The Change.” The keynote speaker is Kathy Nelson, training specialist with Salt Lake County. We are offering five breakout sessions with everything from safe medications to laughter as stress release. We...
Teen sings faithfully on national stage showing Cedar City’s got talent
CEDAR CITY — Attendees at community events might remember her singing the national anthem, previous titles from Cedar City and Iron County talent shows or Christmas songs on Main Street. Cedar City 14-year-old Sydney Rasmussen’s most recent feat was in front of Randy Travis, Barbara Fairchild and John Berry...
Region 9 girls golf: Cedar Reds cruise to 38-stroke win on home course
CEDAR CITY — Playing on their home turf, the Cedar Reds posted a dominant win at Region 9’s girls golf match on Wednesday at Cedar Ridge Golf Course. Cedar’s top four golfers all finished among the top six individual scores as the Reds won their fourth straight season match. They were led by RaeLee Johnson’s 75, which put her at second place overall. Cedar teammates Taylyn Wilson (84), Denym Bohn (85) and Breelle Evans (86) finished in the fourth through sixth spots.
New FutureReady Program To Bring More High Wage Jobs and Skilled Job Training to Southern Utah
From Becki Bronson, SUU Community & Government Relations. Southern Utah University (SUU), in partnership with Utah Tech University and Snow College, has forged a five-year collaboration called FutureReady Utah, to increase high-wage jobs and skilled job training in the 11 counties of southwest Utah. FutureReady Utah connects rural areas to...
18 Students from Southwest Utah Compete in the 6th Annual SEDC Regional Spelling Bee
From Clint Stephens, Southwest Educational Development Center. Cedar City, Utah – April 16, 2024 – Southwest Educational Development Center (SEDC) today announced that Savannah Paul from Washington School District has won the 6th Annual SEDC Regional Spelling Bee for students in grades 3-8. The competition was held on April 16, 2024 at the Iron County School District offices and featured 18 students from Beaver, Kane, Iron, Millard and Washington school districts, as well as students from Valley Academy Charter School in Hurricane, Utah. Kane and Valley Academy are a welcome new addition to this year’s competition.
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