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Jonathan
Morrell has been the full-time director of Student Support
Services since October 1, 1997. He was successful in his recent SSS
proposal and also assisted the College of Eastern Utah prepare a
successful proposal for a new program that began in 2001. His 1995 UB
proposal received a perfect score of 100 and 15 points for prior
experience. It was only one of a few national of 5-year grants.
He joined Dixie State College in October 1988 as the Director of
the Upward Bound Program He was the director of that program until
1991 when his Talent Search grant was funded. He directed UB and ETS
until 1994 when campus administration asked him to direct all the
campus TRIO programs. Up until October 1997, he was the director of
the three TRIO Programs at Dixie State College .
Mr. Morrell was born and raised in a small farming community of
Bicknell, UT in south-central Utah. He graduated with departmental
honors from Weber State University in 1980 with a B.A. degree in
Communications/Public Relations. His minor was in Asian Studies with
an emphasis in Japanese. After graduation, he spent 18 months working
in Tokyo as a communications consultant. Upon his return, he worked
for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) as a technical writer/editor.
He completed his Master of Arts
degree in Communications from Brigham Young University in 1986.
Shortly after completing his degree he transferred to San Diego to
work as a technical trainer for CSC. He made the move to postsecondary
education in October of 1988 as the Director of Upward Bound at Dixie
State College.
He has presented twice at the Council for Opportunity in Education
(COE) Conferences (1996 and 1999), four ASPIRE Conferences
(1995/1996/1997/1999) at a WESTOP Conference (1996) and twice at the
National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience Conference
(2000/2001)
Aside from his TRIO participation, he has served as the Staff
Association President for the Dixie State College employees (1993-94)
and served on the executive board for three terms, was a member of the
Celebrity Concert Series Executive Board, and Rebel Awards committee.
He is currently serving on the college Campus to Community and Campus
Benefits Committees. In 1994, he was presented with the College's
Distinguished Service Staff Award. He served a two-year term
(1994-96) as the founding President of the Utah Higher Education Staff
Association (UHESA) and was a board member since 1992. He was a
12-year member of the St. George Southwest Chorale and is currently
singing with Fourte, a St George a cappella group. Their first CD is
now available.
He is also an adjunct instructor at Dixie State College presently
teaching COMM 1100 (Interpersonal Communications), SSC 1000 (New
Student Orientation) and SSC 2000 (Sophomore Capstone). He has
taught Introductions to Communications, Public Speaking, Introduction
to a Personal Computer, Desktop Publishing, Beginning and Intermediate
WordPerfect, Beginning Writing, Freshman Composition and Study/Success
Skills.
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