Southern Utah University, or even SUU, is located in Cedar City, Utah. It was founded within 1897 as an extension of the Utah teacher training school per citizens of Cedar City.

Recently known as the Top Ten Right Value around America by ''Consumer's Drink'', a university's enrollment is 6,859 students when of Fall semester 2005, by owning 223 academic teaching within 5 colleges & ii schools:

College of Computing, Integrated Engineering & Technology College of Education College of Humanities & Social Sciences College of Performing & Ocular Arts College of Science

School of Business School of Continuing & Office Studies

Southern Utah University presently draws students from either 45 states, Twenty-five foreign countries, & tons of Utah's Twenty-seven counties. Of the amount enrollment, 57 percent come women & 43 percent come men. Just about 70 percent of everthing students survive campus or even touching a campus. A student-faculty ratio is 22 to One. A university awards Associate, Bachelor's Degrees, & Master's Degrees.

A university's 1st building remains a share of campus, & is dearly referred to as Old Main. A university besides boasts a legend of ''[http://www.suu.edu/campmap/statues/founders.html Old' Sorrel]'', the horse who is said to have assisted a citizens withwithin building a school in record-high snow. The statue of the horse is located ahead of the Centrum athletic center, on the west side of campus. Uniform by owning its heritage of educating pedagogue, a single around trio graduates keep around an education degree.

a school as well has a free affiliation using the Utah Shakespearean Festival, which uses university theaters when you took a summertime break.

In a period of its history, the school hwhen been known as Branch Normal School (1897–1913), Branch Agricultural College (1913–1953), College of Southern Utah (1953–1969) & Southern Utah State College (1969–1990).

Athletics

A university's sports teams come referred to as a Thunderbirds. A colors come red & white. Teams compete withinside Section We-AA in football (Great West Football Conference) and inside Division I in other sports (Mid-Continent Conference).