Recently, I've been assisting with a project that requires me to dig into piles of historical photographs of Dixie State's past. I have also had the privilege of spending time with retired Dixie State President Doug Alder. President Alder works in the special collections, and is a Professor Emeritus. I have also been working with a few others, who are really nice, and have a lot of fun stories about Dixie State, and their experiences as students, professors, and administrators. They have been more than welcoming and I have found myself looking forward to get to work so that I can share more time with such wonderful people. (The photograph shown on the left is a committee discussing the construction of the Mosaic Mural circa 1974)As a student, I would study in the library quite often. Walking passed the Special Collections and Archives room, I would always think to myself, "what a chill place that would be to study in". Well, now, I have found out first hand exactly how chill it really is in there. They seriously have a refrigerator for photographs aged more than 50 years old.
Aside from working in the Special Collections, I am now put on a cataloguing project that will make it easier to retrieve photos from the Dixie State Database. Good times all-around!
Classes are going great! I wrote a paper in 30 minutes and scored an A-. Not to shabby for an old geezer like me.
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