ST. GEORGE – Dixie State University’s weekly noontime “Dixie Forum: A Window on the World” series continues Tuesday with a presentation entitled “Law Literacy 101” given by Nathan Langston and Kevin D. Swenson, attorneys with the law firm of Robert J. Debry and Associates. The forum will be held in the Dunford Auditorium of the Browning Resource Center on the DSU campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
A St. George native, Langston joined Robert J. Debry and Associates in 2013, specializing in personal injury law. He is a Dixie High School and Dixie State alumnus who went on to earn his bachelor’s degree and law degree from the University of Utah. Swenson, who joined the firm in 2010, is also a graduate of the U of U’s College of Law and has practiced law for over 20 years.
The Dixie Forum is a lecture series designed to introduce Dixie students, faculty, and the St. George community to diverse ideas and personalities and to widen their world views. Dixie students can earn one college credit by signing up for HUM 1000, attending lectures regularly, carefully considering the ideas expressed, and writing about the presentations.
Dixie Forum – Window on the World | Spring schedule remaining
- When: All forums are held on Tuesdays, except as otherwise noted
- Where: Dixie State University campus, Dunford Auditorium of the Browning Resource Center, 225 South 700 East, St. George.
- Contact: John Burns – 435-879-4712 or [email protected]
Date | Presenter | Topic |
Jan. 28 | Attorneys Kevin D. Swenson and Nathan Langston of Robert J. Debry & Associates | Law literacy 101 |
Feb. 4 | Bashir Shadman, adjunct professor, DSU | War, terrorism and the future |
Feb. 11 | Matt Morin, associate professor, DSU | “We are the World” to “Ohanglaman”: Music and global development discourse in East Africa’s NGO Sector |
Feb. 13(Thursday) | Matt Brandt, photographer | Art and photography |
Feb. 18 | No forum | |
Feb. 25 | Dixie Regional Medical Center Trauma Center Director Dr. Greg Watson and Kim Phillips, nurse practitioner | Medicine/health, advances in trauma care |
March 4 | Dana Telford, financial consultant | The billionaires classroom |
March 11 | No Forum – DSU Spring Break | |
March 18 | Wayne Potts, biology professor, University of Utah | Research in sugar in the diet, toxicity assessment and detecting health declines in mice |
March 25 | Executive Creative Director Steve Babcock, Evolution Bureau, Colorado | The democratization of culture: How the content we create shapes our world |
April 1 | Dr. Stephen Armstrong, associate professor, DSU | DSU Research Day presentations |
April 8 | David Bish, professor of mineralogy at Indiana University, Bloomington | Mars science laboratory experiment |
April 15 | Marnie Powers-Torrey, managing director of Books Arts Program, U of U and Red Butte Press | The art of the book: object, text, image, experience |
Submitted by: Dixie State University Public Relations Department
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