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Salt Lake Community College will host this year’s annual “Expect The Great,” a state college and career readiness event for African, African-American and black students, on Oct. 5 and 6. The event, which this year boasts the theme “Build, Invest, Connect,” is free and takes place at SLCC’s Taylorsville Redwood Campus (4600 S. Redwood Road, Taylorsville) at the Student Center building. The first day of the event is by invitation only for Utah college students. For the event’s second day, the public is invited to participate in breakout sessions and panel discussions about everything from financial aid and scholarships to admissions and transitioning from college to career. Registration is required for the Saturday event. For more information or to register, visit www.expectthegreatutah.com . Expect The Great started in 2011 and is held at a different Utah college campus each year. It began with the leadership of Utah System of Higher Educat...

A book from the NEH Summer Institute final exhibit. Salt Lake Community College rose to the top in a highly competitive grant application process this year to host a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institute. Each Institute is an opportunity to explore topics relevant to undergraduate education in the humanities, and SLCC was one of only two community colleges in the country this year to receive an NEH grant to host a Summer Institute. The SLCC-hosted institute was led by faculty members Lisa Bickmore, Melissa Helquist and Charlotte Howe. The three writing professors worked with SLCC Office of Sponsored Projects director Nicole Omer to apply for the grant, and then they designed the curriculum, planned the projects and secured visiting faculty. “It was a big project, and we’re really proud of the work we did,” Bickmore said. “This is the first time SLCC hosted such an institute, and community colleges are not often awarded these grants.” Melissa ...

Eccles Gallery exterior. Designed with the intention to be accessible to individuals who are blind or have low vision, the “TACTILIS” art exhibit will be displayed from Oct. 3 through Nov. 9 in the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Art Gallery at Salt Lake Community College’s South City Campus, 1575 S. State Street, Salt Lake City. In addition, an opening reception for the exhibit will be held on Oct. 19 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Shandra Benito, executive director of Art Access in Salt Lake City, will give a presentation at 7 p.m. during the reception on the importance of accessibility and representation in art and public spaces. The exhibit is free and is open to the public from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Friday. TACTILIS features fully non-hazardous, touchable pieces and labels in both English and Braille. Curated by SLCC art gallery and event specialist Danielle Susi, the exhibition showcases works created by Utah artists including: Havoc H...