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Salt Lake Community College received a $334,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) aimed at increasing the number and diversity of geology majors and improving their transfer rates. The grant pays SLCC geology majors, known as “research ambassadors,” to conduct research projects. These ambassadors will use non-science majors from general education classes to assist with their projects, bringing the benefits of undergraduate research to a wider audience. Ambassadors will also receive mentoring from advanced students and faculty members from the University of Utah and Weber State University. “Engaging students at the community college level in these kinds of activities has the potential to have a substantial impact on the number of students completing STEM degrees at four-year institutions,” said Chris Johnson, SLCC geology assistant professor and principal investigator of the program. “Half of students who complete STEM bachelor degrees start at a community college. As t...

Update: At the beginning of this month, SLCC had three candidates for the Assistant Vice President for Student Development position on campus to meet with individuals from across the College. Based on feedback, the decision has been made to bring in two additional candidates to campus, and all College employees are invited to attend the open forums for each of the candidates. Kathryn Coquemont Monday, August 28 11 a.m. – Noon Oak Room Dr. Sharon Aiken-Wisniewski Tuesday, August 29 11 a.m. – Noon Oak Room As the College continues to make decisions, all five of the finalists will continue to be considered for the Assistant Vice President for Student Development position. We value your perspective and input; please take this opportunity to ask the candidates questions, and provide feedback to our search committee and Dr. Lepper. The Salt Lake Community College Student Affairs search committee for the Assistant Vice President for Student Development have been conduct...

Heather Kahlert, VP of the Kahlert Foundation, has facilitated a $150,000 gift from the Kahlert Foundation to the Salt Lake Community College School of Health Sciences. This gift will support the School of Health Sciences' Telehealth program, which provides free physical and occupational therapy services to individuals and families in outlying communities that do not have these services. This is the second gift to the School of Health Sciences from the Kahlert Foundation. A previous gift totaling $75,000 was given in July 2016.

Faculty and staff celebrated the warm temperatures with their colleagues at the annual Summer Fun Barbecue Series at the Jordan, Taylorsville-Redwood and South City campuses, with music provided by the SLCC Faculty Jazz Quintet and G. Brown Quintet.

Dr. David Richardson, former SLCC Dean of Humanities and Sciences and Vice President for Academic Affairs will return to Salt Lake Community College as Interim Dean of the School of Humanities & Social Sciences. Dr. Richardson has also served in two interim leadership roles for SLCC prior to this appointment. “His familiarity with SLCC administrative and academic processes, his expertise in change leadership and his commitment to SLCC vision, mission and goals will be invaluable during the next academic year,” said Dr. Clifton Sanders, SLCC Provost. Dr. Paul Allen has returned to his duties as Associate Dean for Humanities/Language/Culture and ASL, a position held in the interim by Dr. Jeanine Alesch, Associate Professor for Languages. Dr. Allen will also serve as Interim Associate Dean for Psychology & Social Science replacing Spencer Blake, who has returned to faculty as Associate Professor of Psychology and Social Science. “I would like to express sincere appr...

Salt Lake Community College recently named Jeff Aird as its new vice president for Institutional Effectiveness, effective July 1. Jeff Aird Aird earned his juris doctor and master of public administration degrees from Brigham Young University after completing his undergraduate work at Utah State University. He was hired by SLCC in 2013 as the director for Institutional Inquiry and Analysis. In 2014 he became an adjunct faculty member of SLCC and the acting director for Institutional Research, and in 2015 he was promoted to assistant vice president for Strategy and Analysis. Over the course of three years at SLCC, Aird developed and implemented a college decision-making structure to improve inter-divisional collaboration and in 2015 he guided SLCC through a comprehensive self-evaluation that resulted in a high number of commendations from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.  Previously, Aird has worked for the Utah System of Higher Education, BYU as an...