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DSC President Caldwell Steps Down, Nadauld Steps Up
By Cami Cox
Staff Writer
Dixie State College announced March 27 that Dr. Lee Caldwell, president of DSC since July 2005, has stepped down as the college's president. According to information from DSC, Caldwell is leaving for unspecified personal reasons. To succeed him as interim president of Dixie State, Dr. Stephen D. Nadauld, former president of Weber State University, officially took the helm at DSC on March 28.
“We appreciate President Caldwell's dedicated service as president, and before that as vice president, and wish him well,” State Board of Regents Chair Jed H. Pitcher said in a press release. “The Board is pleased Dr. Nadauld, who brings much experience and stature to the position, has accepted this assignment and is willing to begin immediately. He will carry forward discussions with the University of Utah regarding potential partnerships and an alliance and will continue to lead the institution as it contributes to workforce and economic development in Washington County and this state.”
Under Caldwell's leadership, a variety of changes and strides forward have occurred at DSC. During his tenure, the college received regent approval for seven new baccalaureate programs. The addition of those programs helped bring DSC's certificate and degree attainment to 1,317 at the college's 96th graduation ceremony last year. That number included 134 bachelor's degrees given – the highest so far in the school's history.
Dixie State College also saw a jump in overall enrollment this semester, with an increase of students enrolling in upper-division courses and programs. This is attributed to the availability of the new bachelor degrees, according to information from the college.
“Lee Caldwell brought to this institution an open perspective about higher education in Southern Utah, its mission, its role in economic development and, above all, its responsibility to build student possibilities,” DSC Vice President of Academics Dr. Donna Dillingham-Evans said in a press release. “His frame of reference is always about what is best for students. Dixie State College of Utah will greatly miss President Caldwell.”
Among his accomplishments as DSC's president, Caldwell received the Executive of the Year award from the St. George Area Chamber of Commerce at its annual awards and installation banquet last month.
His temporary successor, Nadauld, will bring a wealth of educational experience to Dixie State College. In addition to serving as Weber State's president from 1985 to 1990, Nadauld has also served in a variety of positions at Brigham Young University's Marriott Graduate School of Management. He was director of the Master of Business Administration Program at BYU from 1980 to 1983, and he served as an associate professor of finance from 1976 to 1983.
Nadauld has also served as an instructor of finance at the University of Utah and the University of California at Berkeley. He received his doctorate from UC Berkeley and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
At BYU, Nadauld was named Outstanding Finance Professor in 2002, and at UC Berkeley he received the Outstanding Teacher of the Year award in 1976.
Nadauld served as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1991 to 1996. He also served the church as president of the Geneva, Switzerland Mission from 2003 to 2006. His wife, Margaret Dyreng Nadauld, served as the Young Women General President for the church from 1997 to 2002.
Dr. Stephen Nadauld currently serves on the boards of the Deseret Book Corporation, the O.C. Tanner Corporation and the Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority, according to a press release.
He will be taking a leave of absence from BYU, where he currently serves as a professor of finance, to serve a temporary term as DSC's president until a new president is found. A spokesperson for the Utah System of Higher Education said Nadauld will likely serve for about a year as DSC's president.
Dixie State College continues to move forward in its proposed affiliation with the University of Utah, according to a press release. The joint task force of DSC and U of U administrators presented a progress report to Dixie State's board of trustees last week, and progress will continue toward a potential operating agreement between the two schools that may reach finalization later this year, according to information from DSC.

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