ST. GEORGE -- Dixie College's graduation to a four-year school will cost two administrators their jobs.
George Fenstermacher has worked as director and Sharyl Mathews as administrator since 1991 of Dixie's University Center, an extension service funded by Southern Utah University.But the funding, $500,000 a year, will be turned over starting July 1 to Dixie College for its new baccalaureate programs.
SUU will have to let the administrators go, said Neal Cox, public relations director for SUU.
"Dixie College could pick them up," he said.
But Dixie College President Robert Huddleston said he can't guarantee Fenstermacher or Mathews a job.
A former teacher with a Ph.D. in recreation and park administration, Fenstermacher said he's looking elsewhere for employment and would like to return to a classroom. Mathews declined comment on her job prospects.
Dixie College, meanwhile, is asking Guy Denton, who works on its campus for Utah State University, to leave.
Denton oversees two bachelor's and two master's programs that USU offers at Dixie.
Huddleston said Dixie College needs the space for its own four-year programs starting in 2000, pending approval from the state Board of Regents.