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Friday, May 2, 2003
Features
Behind
the tie
Scoot Dixon trades in
traditional roles
iaurie Pinkert
'Hot staff
When you hear the words
Vice President of Enrollment
lanagement,” what comes to
ind? Perhaps you picture a
an wearing a tie sitting
;hind a desk in some
nknown office punching num-
rs into a calculator or typing
n a computer. This man
jmains faceless to you
scause you are a student who
not privy to the associations
f the administration.
However, if you know
:oot Dixon, vice president of
iirollment management, you
[ay picture him in a different
ht. You might picture him
aring blue jeans and a base-
11 cap sitting in the stands at a
seball game or you might
ture him eating in the cafete-
i with his wife because in
)ite of his administrative
Jties, Dixon attempts to be
ivolved in student life as
luch as possible.
“The one thing that I enjoy
ost about my job is the day-
-day interaction with stu
dents,” said Dixon.
Dixon served as the GWU
Vice President for University
Relations from 1989 to 1996.
After leaving for two years, he
returned as the Vice President
of Enrollment Management in
1998.
He currently manages the
recruitment of students in
Gardner-Webb’s two under
graduate programs and in the
four graduate programs.
“My goal for the future of
Gardner-Webb,” said Dixon,
“is that we remain true to our
Christian-focused mission,
while improving the quality of
the Gardner-Webb experience.”
Another aspect of Dixon’s
position is to manage the finan
cial planning process in which
he, along with his staff, attempt
to identify and obtain funds to
assist students with their educa
tional expenses.
Dixon, who now resides in
Cleveland County, majored in
Business Administration at
UNC Chapel Hill.
“I grew up working in my
family’s general merchandise
country store. 1 loved it,” said
hat’s Life by Charlie Baber
Scoot Dixon talks with Jennifer Wilhite, freshman, in the office.
Dixon. “I started when I was
old enough to sweep the floors
and stock shelves. That experi
ence helped me to pay for col
lege and taught me how to
work with people.”
This love for working with
people, especially college stu
dents, was the main reason that
Dixon returned to Gardner-
Webb in 1998. His advice to
students is: “Major in a field
that you love. Aim for happi
ness, not financial gain.”
“My favorite memory at
Gardner Webb,” said Dixon,
“was the graduation of a very
special young person. This stu
dent had to battle so many chal
lenges: health, handicap, fami
ly illness and death, poverty.
Most people would have given
up.”
Dixon loves the springtime
when nature’s colors return and
baseball season begins again.
“If I could be doing any
thing else,” said Dixon, “I
would be the General Manager
for the New York Yankees.”
Dixon enjoys reading,
working out at the YMCA and
spending time with his wife.
A mutual friend introduced
Dixon to his wife Myra, who is
a third grade teacher at
Photo by Stephanie Alexander
Springmore Elementary
School.
“I have been married to
two wonderful women,” said
Dixon. “I was married for 20
years to my late wife Robbie
and five years to Myra. Myra
and I both lost our spouses to
cancer.”
He and his wife have one
cat. Mo, who is part of the fam
ily.
When asked about the mis
sion statement for his life,
Dixon said, “To enjoy every
day with my wife Myra and our
family.”
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