I’m Chris Holmes, co-host of the Big Picture Morning Show. I also enjoy my work as a sports and news contributor on KSUB. I hold a Masters of Professional Communication degree from Southern Utah University. While at SUU my work received numerous awards including the 2009 King Foundation Best of Festival Award in the National Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts. I live in Cedar City, with wife, Marie.
Chris Holmes
SUU Biology Club Helping Keep Thunderbirds Fed
Southern Utah University's Biology Club just collected almost a half ton of food (1,000 pounds) for their club's holiday food drive, nearly doubling the SUU student food pantry's current stock.
SUU Biology Club advisor Whitney Hoff said the success rate of this food drive was nothing short of remarkable. “Bi...
Beaver County Search & Rescue Responds to Call at Abandoned Mine
On Saturday night, December 16th, the Beaver County Search and Rescue Team received an activation alert to rescue an individual who was trapped in an abandoned mine.
The team assembled and proceeded to the location on the East side of the Mineral Mountains...
SUU’s Donna Law Appointed to State Post
Donna Law has been appointed by Utah Governor Spencer Cox as the interim executive director of the Utah Department of Cultural and Community Engagement (CCE). Donna will begin her position with the state on January 3. Law is currently the associate vice president of community and government relations at Southern Utah University...
Reds Face Manti, Spanish Fork; Falcons Begin Region at Richfield (Media Links)
The Cedar High Reds picked up the first win of the season with an 79-76 overtime victory over SLAM Academy (Henderson, NV), Thursday. The Reds were led by Landon Kreitzer with 24 points, followed by Easton Albrecht with 17 and Tate Stubbs with 15. Stubbs ...
Iron County School District Receives “Hoax” Threat
Iron County School District alerted parents, Friday, indicating that the district had received "a hoax generic email," Friday morning, "threatening explosives inside of every school in district."
The alert also noted that the same email was received by Weber, Cache, and Box Elder school districts, as well as district in Idaho...
SUU Nursing Program Among Nation’s Best
Southern Utah University has been named as one of the nation’s best schools for online degrees and certificates in the healthcare field going into 2024. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), there are 747 RN to BSN nationwide programs available, including more than 650 programs that are offered at least partially online. With...
SUU Gymnastics Opens Season Ranked #24.
CEDAR CITY, Utah - Southern Utah will enter the 2024 Gymnastics season as the #24 ranked squad in the country. The Flippin' Birds finished the 2023 season ranked #22 in the country after beating the #12 Auburn Tigers at the NCAA Regionals in Los Angeles
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SUU Partnership Helps Incarcerated Individuals Earn College Credits
Southern Utah University is thrilled to announce its partnership with Hustle 2.0, a second-chance rehabilitation curriculum for incarcerated individuals. Hustle 2.0 is currently used in more than 500 jails and prisons across the US. Individuals need to complete the three Hustle 2...
SUU Professional Sales Hosts Annual Sales Never Fails Competition
Southern Utah University’s Professional Sales program was thrilled to hold the annual “Sales Never Fails” competition. The competition is the biggest sales event of the semester, offering ProSales students the opportunity to refine their sales skills through a sales pitch setting.
Students also...
Cedar High’s Rylan Tebbs Signs with SUU Soccer
Rylan Tebbs, a senior at Cedar High School has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Southern Utah University, and compete with the school's soccer team.
Rylan stated that initially she had wanted to go outside of Utah to play, but after several visits to campus, and visits with coaches, she realized that SUU "just felt right...