ST. GEORGE — Dixie Technical College opened its doors to the community on Tuesday for the annual Get the Scoop open house event.
This year’s event, held Tuesday from 4-6 p.m., boasted free Snelgrove ice cream, live music from local artists and activities led by each of the school’s programs.
Everyone who entered the building was met with a member of the Dixie Tech recruiting team and given a checklist that included five checkpoints located around campus, and a list of each program and its activity for the night.
After completing the checklist, participants turned in their checklist they were entered into a drawing for a chance to win AirPods, a wireless Bluetooth speaker or a gift card.
Attendees walked through each of the three buildings, where they received information about the programs offered at the college and met the faculty and staff.
Jordan Rushton, president of the college, said one of their goals with this annual event is to help the community understand what is available at Dixie Tech.
“This year there’s an effort to make sure that there is some hands-on thing that can happen in every program and really let people understand what we’re all about,” Rushton said.
Each of the programs held a demonstration or hands-on activity that showcased some of the curriculum students can expect if signing up for the program.
In the information technology room, staff helped attendees experience a virtual reality setup and play games like Beat Saber.
Some of the health care programs taught first aid skills, while others demonstrated what it’s like to get your blood pressure taken and glucose levels tested.
The industrial programs had a virtual reality welding demonstration and taught participants how to engrave dog tags.
“We have so many great programs up here on the hill, and we continue to find all the time that a lot of the people out in the community don’t even know that we’re up here,” Rushton said. “This is an annual opportunity to get more and more of the community up here to see what we’re doing, see the great benefits that come from what we’re doing, and hopefully we’ll continue to see more enrollment and help get people into meaningful jobs in our community.”
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