Southern Utah University
Southern Utah University in Cedar City began in 1897 as a branch normal school and is home to the Utah Shakespeare Festival.
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The school was founded in 1897 as the Branch Normal School and had 15,444 students in fall 2024. Mindy Benson, named interim president in August 2021, later became its 17th president and its first woman in the job. The endowment was $45.9 million in 2025. [1] [2]
The Utah Shakespeare Festival, founded in 1961 by Fred C. Adams, is housed on the campus, with its first season in 1962. The Thunderbirds compete mostly in the Western Athletic Conference, football plays in the United Athletic Conference, and the school is scheduled to rejoin the Big Sky Conference in 2026. [1]