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7:30 AM – 12:00 PM Closed Session
Utah Board of Higher Education to interview Dixie Technical College presidential finalists
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Public Meeting to Select President
Location: Dixie Technical College, Building A, Room 223
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Utah Board of Higher Education
Dixie Technical College
Thursday, September 15, 2022
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
Minutes
Board Members Present
Lisa-Michele Church, Chair
Jesselie Anderson, Vice Chair
Stan Albrecht
Julie Beck
Stacey Bettridge
Hope Eccles
Patricia Jones
Arthur Newell
Shawn Newell
Steve Starks
Scott Theurer
Xitlalli Villanueva
Rick Wheeler
Board Members Absent
Grace Acosta
Rich Christiansen
Sanchaita Datta
Office of the Commissioner
Dave R. Woolstenhulme, Commissioner of Higher Education
Geoffrey Landward, Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel
Brynn Fronk, Executive Assistant to the Utah Board of Higher Education
Melissa Van Hien, Executive Assistant to the Commissioner
Southern Utah University Board of Trustees
Gil Almquist, Chair
Stephen Wade, Vice Chair
Darcy Stewart
Other Attendees
Members of the Dixie Technical College and St. George community
Chair Church called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
Committee of the Whole
Chair Church welcomed those in attendance and thanked members of the presidential search committee for their efforts. Dixie Technical College Board of Trustees Chair Gil Almquist provided some brief remarks. Chair Church called for a motion. Board member Wheeler made a motion to appoint Jordan Rushton as president of Dixie Technical College. Board member Jones seconded the motion, and the motion passed. President Rushton addressed the group and expressed his appreciation and excitement.
The meeting adjourned at 5:45 p.m.
Date Approved: November 18, 2022
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