Southern Utah College
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Former names
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Branch Normal School (1897–1913) Branch Agricultural College (1913–1953) College of Southern Utah (1953–1969) Southern Utah State College (1969–1990) |
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| Motto | Learning Lives Forever |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1897 |
| President | Scott L. Wyatt |
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Academic staff
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282 |
| Students | 9,299 (Fall 2016) |
| Undergraduates | 8,497 (Fall 2016) |
| Postgraduates | 892 (Fall 2016) |
| Location |
Cedar City, Utah, U.S. 37°40′32″N 113°04′18″W / 37.675448°N 113.071632°WCoordinates: 37°40′32″N 113°04′18″W / 37.675448°N 113.071632°W |
| Campus | College town, 129 acres (0.52 km²) |
| Nickname | Thunderbirds |
| Colors |
Red & White |
| Website | www |
Southern Utah University (or SUU) is a public university located in Cedar City, Utah, United States, founded in 1898. Originally a normal school, Southern Utah University now graduates over 1,800 students each year with baccalaureate and graduate degrees from its six colleges. SUU offers more than 85 undergraduate degrees and eight graduate programs. There are more than 10,000 students that attend SUU.
Most Noteably Southern Utah University is known for hosting the Utah Shakespeare Festival every summer. This prestigious theatre production has gained many awards and recognitions.
Southern Utah University is also the site for the Utah Summer Games https://larryhmillerutahsummergames.org/.
SUU’s 17 athletic teams compete in Division 1 of the NCAA and are collectively known as the Thunderbirds. SUU joined the Big Sky Conference in September 2012.
In the spring of 1897, Cedar City was notified it had been chosen as the site for the Branch Normal School, the region’s first teaching training school in southern Utah. For the next three months, citizens labored to complete Ward Hall on Main Street for the first school year. In September, the school opened its doors.
School had been in session for two months when officials informed the school administrators that Ward Hall did not comply with state law and that a new building needed to be built on land deeded solely to the state by the next September or the school would be lost.
Cedar City residents came together and in January 5, 1898, a group of residents trudged into the Cedar Mountain through shoulder deep snow. It took them four days to reach the sawmills, located near present-day Brian Head Ski Resort. Upon arrival, they realized the wagons they brought with them could not carry logs through the heavy snow. Sleighs were needed.
The way back was just as hard as the trip up. The snow continued to fall destroying the trail they originally took. It was this phase of their march that an old sorrel horse proved valuable. Placed at the front of the party, the horse would walk into the drifts, pushing against the snow until it gave way. Then he would pause for a rest and then get up and start over again. “Old Sorrel” was credited with being the savior of the expedition.
From January through July they kept up their labors and when September 1898 arrived, Old Main was almost completed. It had a large chapel for religious assemblies, a library and reading room, a natural history museum, biological and physical laboratories, classrooms and offices.
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