Academic Peer Advisors

Left to Right:

Hailey Hammer graduated from Dixie High in St. George. She is majoring in Pre-Elementary Education and is on the DSC Dance Team.

Ammon Zitting graduated from Lone Peak High in Highland, UT. He is a senior majoring in Business Administration and plays baseball for DSC.

Becca Morse graduated from Viewmont High in Bountiful, UT. She is a junior Music Education major involved in many DSC activities including the Mountain Man Rendezvous.

Shane Blocker graduated from Timpanogos High in Orem, UT. He is majoring in Communication and loves to golf!

Brandon Price graduated from Box Elder High in Brigham City, UT. He is majoring in Theater and loves to hike and bike.

Jacob Blatter graduated from Snow Canyon High in St. George. He is a junior majoring in CIT-IT. He loves to fish and hunt.

Megan Horton graduated from Durango High in Las Vegas, NV. She is a sophomore majoring in the Pre-Dental Hygiene program. She is an Ambassador who loves to make cookies.

Jessica Baird is from Roy High in Roy, UT. She is a junior majoring in the Pre-PTA program. She is a performer, rock climber and is involved in many DSC activities.

Lacee Watters graduated from Gunnison Valley High in Gunnison, UT. She is a junior majoring in Pre-Elementary Education She loves to dance.

Moving Day Again for Our Director

Our Director, Rick Palmer has now moved into the law office in the back of the Academic Advisement Center. This will be his 6th move. We suspect he only has one more move to make when we move into the Holland building next summer.

Jared Burton Leaves Us for the University of Arizona

Jared is now a Wild Cat instead of DSC's "Big Dee" the bull! We wish you success Jared in coming back with your PhD!!!

Annual Pine Valley Retreat

Our annual Pine Valley Retreat was held on Thursday, August 4th, 2011. Eric Robinson was one of our guest speakers. Eric is a therapist who assists our students who visit the Health & Wellness Center. He also teaches at the University of Phoenix. He discussed the challenges and recommendations of the mental health needs of today's college students and how we advisors can assist our students. We also did some roll playing in the following ways:

1) Reviewing the changing mental health needs of today's college students.

2) The challenges posed by both the growing number of students with serious psychological problems on campus and the increase in the number of students seeking counseling.

3) The implications of student mental health problems for the student, faculty, staff and the institution.

4) Strategies for responding to the surge in mental health needs on college campuses.

Bridget Sheffer, a Communication Lecturer/Advisor was invited and presented at the Utah Advising Orientation Association, UAOA. We invited her to present the information to group. She presented on "Responding to Threats: Individual Crisis Management." This information was helpful to all who attend in learning new ideas or reinforcing what was already known.

Thanks to both Eric and Bridget and all of you who attended!