“I have a dream,” Martin Luther King Jr. intoned on the steps of Washington DC’s Lincoln Memorial during an August heatwave in 1963. Those words became a symbol whose gravity bent what King elsewhere refers to as the “arc of the moral universe.” That arc is long, King said, “but it bends toward justice.” Now, SLCC’s Taylorsville Redwood Campus hosts a statue commemorating the moment that King described his dream in a larger-than-life, 9-foot bronze monument. The monument’s physical mass substantiates the figurative weight of King’s dream. The statue is the work of Stan Watts, a Salt Lake City-based sculptor who heads a workshop called Atlas Bronze Casting. Watts has also sculpted other civil rights leaders like Rosa Parks and Ida B. Wells, and — along with fellow sculptor Tami Brooks — populated the Peace and Justice Garden at South City Campus with a series of sculptures honoring other historically significant women. James Walton, who manages SLCC’s galleries and art collec...
The Eccles Early Childhood Development Lab School at Salt Lake Community College’s Taylorsville Campus is dedicated to providing a supportive learning environment for young children while fostering the educational development of students at SLCC. Students in the Family and Human Studies program can gain practical experience through collaboration between the program and the Eccles Lab, creating a learning environment that benefits both children and students. The Eccles Lab curriculum is designed for children aged two to five years old, providing each class with developmentally appropriate activities to ensure the learning and safety of the children. Through exploration, play, and multi-sensory activities, children learn to develop emotional, social, and intellectual skills that are appropriate for their age. Zack Allred, SLCC Director of Library Services, and parent of an Eccles Lab student, says, “Our kiddo was and is quite shy, but has grown so much socially and verbally, it is...