Following are some of the awards and recognitions Salt Lake Community College staff and faculty have received in recent months.
Bob Burdette, director of the
Salt Lake Community College Culinary Arts program, was awarded the
2015 Honorary Chef of the Year by the American Culinary Federation’s Beehive
State Chefs chapter. Culinary arts assistant professor Chef Franco Aloia won
the “Top Chef” competition in the Utah Food Bank 6th Annual Night at
the Warehouse Gala.
Marketing Management assistant
professor Ahmad Kareh received the 2016 Teaching Excellence Award for the
Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs Region 7.
Legal studies professor Monte
Sleight was invited to serve on the Supreme Court Committee on Licensed
Paralegal Practitioners.
School of Applied Technology
faculty Doug Miller, Diego Pardo, Celeste Skinner, Julia Miller and Steven
Fogg received the SLCC Innovation of the Year award in 2015 for their work on
the CBE (Competency-Based Education) project in the SAT. They presented and
were recognized for their award on the SLCC CBE project at the annual League
for Innovation Conference in March 2016.
Ron
Valcarce and Neil Bastian
both won a Salute to
Excellence award from the National American Chemical Society. The American Chemical Society club won the Outstanding Chapter award (the only community
college in the U.S. to win it) and the Green Chemistry award. These awards are due
to the leadership and advice of the all the chemistry department faculty and
Associate Dean Peter Iles—faculty members are Lu Giddings, Ron Valcarce, Neil
Bastian, Mary Alvarez and Ryan Holcomb.
Math
professor Shawna Haider was named a fellow during 28th annual The International Conference
on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics (ICTCM) conference held in Atlanta, Georgia. The designation recognizes faculty who
have indicated a sustained effort using technology for teaching mathematics and implies a record of innovation, command, leadership, contributions and a
long-term commitment to the ICTCM environment.
Elixer
Press recently published English professor Lisa Bickmore’s poetry book “flicker.” Adjunct English instructor Eric Robertson
won first prize in Utah Division of Arts & Museums' Utah Original Writing Competition in the novel category for "The Salted Earth."
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