Southern Utah University is a caring campus community where students come to explore their interests and prepare for meaningful careers and life experiences. With more than 145 undergraduate programs* and 18 graduate and certificate programs across six academic colleges, SUU proudly offers world-class, project-based learning opportunities where students gain professional experience before entering the job market.

Located in the world’s best backyard, SUU is the University of the Parks thanks to its close proximity to several outdoor recreational areas and its educational partnerships with the National Park Service. SUU’s safe, residential campus allows students - more than 10,000 - to create lifelong friendships along with once-in-a-lifetime outdoor adventures in conjunction with innovative academic endeavors.

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Dr. Steven Meredith is the associate vice president of enrollment management for Graduate and Online Programs at Southern Utah University.  

Most recently Dr. Meredith served as an assistant to the president for planning and institutional effectiveness at SUU. He has also led a number of campus initiatives at SUU, including the Southwest Tech Dual Enrollment Partnership, and the 3-Year Degree Option.  

Prior to his assignment in the President’s Office, Dr. Meredith was the associate dean of the Graduate and Online School at SUU, and a member of the faculty in the Department of Music.  

Dr. Meredith's career in higher education has been remarkably varied and innovative. As an administrator, he has established dozens of new associate, bachelor's and master's degrees in music and technology. He has built and managed a number of technology and production facilities, including a full-fledged TV station. He has served as a dean, department chair, and in many other positions of leadership.  

He is also the "Voice of the Thunderbirds, providing PA services for SUU athletics, commencement ceremonies, and other community activities. Dr. Meredith earned a bachelor's degree in music and a master's degree in choral music education from the University of Utah and his doctorate degree in musical arts in choral music from Arizona State University.

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Why do we have General Education and why is it so much a part of American higher education?

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General education in the United States is the foundation of skills, knowledge, and values preparing higher education students for success in their academic careers and beyond. Typically taken at the beginning of a college career, these classes are similar to the core academic classes studied in high school and cover a variety of major academic disciplines.  

An innovator in general education, Southern Utah University’s President Scott L Wyatt established the Jumpstart General Education program at SUU. President Wyatt shares his thoughts on general education as a fundamental piece of higher education in the United States.

“One of the primarily unique things about American higher education is general education. I've had a chance to see the way general education is treated around the world and the answer is, mostly, it's only an American thing.”

“This is one of the defining features of an American higher education and one of the things that we most prize. Some might call it the liberal education, some might call it the broad-based foundational education or general education, but it's what helps us understand other peoples and cultures and ideas and informs our lives. It enriches everything about us.”

President Wyatt believes whether a student is majoring in engineering, art, education, or business, they need to have a broad academic understanding, which includes topics like the arts, humanities, literature, and writing.

“General education stretches a student beyond the narrow field that she or he is studying. If you're going to be an engineer, you're going to be a better engineer if you know something about the arts and something about humanities. You're going to be a better member of democracy if you know something about history and political science. And we do that not through the engineering classes for an engineering student, but through this general education program that's the fundamental piece, the bedrock, of American higher education.”

President Wyatt is a leader in higher education specializing in creating transformative learning experiences and achieving high-quality outcomes. As the 16th president of SUU, he has led the university in student enrollment growth, launched the University of the Parks initiative, opened a new veterans center, started a center for diversity and inclusion, and overseen the construction or acquisition of more than $60 million worth of capital improvement projects. 

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Student needs are changing. Nationally, there are 95 million people who have finished high school but have not finished college, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

To address these needs, Southern Utah University and Southwest Technical College have created a unique academic partnership unlike any other in the nation. Through the Dual Enrollment Program, participating students at Southwest Tech are simultaneously enrolled at SUU, and receive university credit at no cost in specific Course Equivalencies. For students at SUU, the Dual Enrollment Program means they are admitted to Southwest Tech and entitled to enroll in certificate programs for which they earn SUU credit while paying the significantly lower tuition rate at the technical college.

SUU and Southwest Tech are committed to helping their students by providing multiple academic paths. The Dual Enrollment Program will give students more opportunities for success.

For more information: https://www.suu.edu/stech/

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