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Utah college votes to strip Dixie from name Celine Castronuovo © iStock CART, taking notes, accessibility for hearing impaired, ADA anniversary A Utah university on Monday voted to remove Dixie from the school s name over concerns to its ties to the Confederacy and slavery. Dixie State University s board of trustees voted unanimously in favor of the name change after a study conducted by a Salt Lake City management consulting firm indicated that some employers across states were troubled by the school s name when it appeared on graduates résumés, The Associated Press reported. Dixie has historically been used as a term to refer to the region encompassing the states that seceded from the U.S. in the 19th century to form the Confederate States of America.

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