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Choose your own adventure! Visit with faculty in your areas of interest Academic & technical programs Tuesday, March 4, 2014 5-7 pm Taylorsville Redwood Campus Student Center For more information contact: luann.furner@slcc.edu

Join us for a panel discussion highlighting current trends and issues for women in fitness, featuring expert panelists: Julie Morgan - Assistant Professor, Health and Lifetime Activities - SLCC Jessica Perez - Personal Trainer and Fitness Instructor - Gold's Gym Tiffany Pack - Fitness Instructor - Gold's Gym Lorri Castro-Zenoni - Director of Health and Wellness Services Tatiana Burton - Manager 1, Health Promotion and Wellness Date: Wednesday, March 26 Time: Noon - 2 pm Place: Taylorsville Redwood Campus, STC 221

South Mountain Builders Inc. owner Juan Cardenas sees the economic downturn of 2008 as a turning point, after which he pared his general construction company down from over 40 employees to just 3 family members and enrolled in a unique program at Salt Lake Community College. Things have been looking up ever since, and Cardenas was recently honored at the State Capitol along with other business owners who received “Client of the Year” awards from the Utah Small Business Development Centers network. “… I had no other choice but to push the reset button,” said Cardenas. “We’ve managed to regroup and move forward, thanks in part to my experiences growing up in a tough Los Angeles neighborhood where I learned to work hard and plan for the future.” He credits the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program at Salt Lake Community College with giving him “insights” into correcting lingering issues with his business. Advisers with the program, for example, helped him realize th...

4FRNT Skis co-owner Matt Sterbenz now has an Olympic gold medal and a national program held at Salt Lake Community College to help grow his business. Athlete David Wise, who is also Sterbenz’s business partner, won a gold medal in the ski halfpipe this past week during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. “We have been getting a lot of calls,” said Joshua Moreland, marketing director for 4FRNT. “A number of people calling just to congratulate us. … They were excited about an American company, making skis in America, winning gold medals.” While Wise has been winning in Sochi, Sterbenz has been using the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program at SLCC to hone his skills as a leader and improve the company, which with eight full-time employees designs and manufactures skis. “He’s learning a lot about how to be a better leader,” Moreland said. He said Sterbenz has already been a great leader within a “horizontal” structure where everyone is free to share opinions and ...

Salt Lake Community College officials named Jesselie Barlow Anderson and Ronald W. Jibson the College’s 2014 Honorary Doctorate recipients. They will receive the awards during the College’s May 8 Commencement Ceremony at the Maverik Center, 3200 South Decker Lake Drive in West Valley City, Utah. Jesselie Barlow Anderson Ronald W. Jibson Barlow Anderson served two full terms from 2005-2013 on the SLCC Board of Trustees, chairing the Board for one term, and was instrumental in establishing the College’s Washington D.C. internship program. Jibson, through his employer Questar and personally, has contributed toward an existing SLCC scholarship program and was pivotal in helping the College establish an energy grant that has benefited students. “These two individuals have given so much of their time and have invested so much of themselves in this great state,” said SLCC Interim President Deneece Huftalin. “It’s fitting that the College recognizes them with the highest honor it c...

SLCC Veterans Services Presents Student Veterans 101 Q: What makes SLCC #11 in the Nation as Veteran friendly? A: WE CARE! Thirteen hundred student-veterans and service members attend SLCC each semester. Learn how to better serve SLCC's veteran and active duty students. March 18, 2014 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Taylorsville Redwood Campus Student Center Oak Room Presenters: Darlene S. Head Manager, SLCC Veterans Services Mike Foster, PhD, CRC, LVRC SLCC VA VetSuccess On-Campus Counselor D. Aaron Ahern, PhD. SLCC VA VITAL Program Coordinator (Veterans Integration to Academic Leadership) Each participant will receive a Certificate of Attendance. Register on the MyPage Employee tab in the Employee Training box.

Honoring students who have achieved President and Dean's Lists status. Monday, March 24th, 2014 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm and 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Student Event Center Taylorsville Redwood Campus S tudents, parents, family members, faculty and staff invited to attend! Light refreshments served.

Presented by The Utah Education Network Featuring SLCC’s Associate Dean for the Division of Management and Marketing, Barbie Willett, Alan Sandomir, Associate Professor and Lecturer David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah, David Blain, President of Saxon Horne Advertising, and Preston Wood, Director/Partner Creative Love Communications. Free Film Screening &  Panel Discussion Wednesday, March 5th 2014 6:30 p.m. SLCC Grand Theatre 1575 S. State Street Salt Lake City

Salt Lake Community College shortstop Eddy Alvarez helped the U.S. Speedskating team win silver Friday in the 5,000-meter short track relay. Russia took the gold while China finished third. The U.S. long track team did not win a medal in 12 events, while the short track team had not reached the podium through seven events prior to Friday. The 5,000 was Alvarez’s fifth of five scheduled events during the Olympics. Photo via US Speed Skating Instagram The Miami-born son of Cuban immigrants moved to Utah to train at the world-renowned Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns. While in Utah he attended Salt Lake Community College and in 2011 walked on to the College’s baseball team as a shortstop, batting an impressive .303 and making the All-Conference team. Alvarez, 24, fought back from double knee surgery in 2012 to make the U.S. Olympic speed skating team. He said his plans are to give up speed skating after the Olympics to pursue baseball while returning t...

Track your academic progress online with DegreeWorks ! DegreeWorks is a web-based tool that enables you and your advisor to track your progress towards graduation and map out your educational plan. Access DegreeWorks today: Login to your MyPage Account Access the Student Tab Click the DegreeWorks Link DegreeWorks Audits: Now Available! Audits allow you and your advisors to: Track your progress towards degree completion. View how Salt Lake Community College and transfer classes apply towards your graduation requirements. Create “What-if” Scenarios for different degrees. View graduation requirements for another degree you are not currently enrolled in. View graduation progress with a different catalog year. Calculate current and future GPA. Click the DegreeWorks link in the Student Portal channel. Log in today, then make a follow-up appointment to discuss your progress with your academic advi...