Official SLCC Blog

While the Salt Lake Community College basketball team fell short of their ultimate goal of returning to the NJCAA tournament, Salt Lake's talent-laden roster was once again highly recruited by notable figures throughout college basketball. The Bruins recently announced that four players have committed to NCAA programs across the country. NCAA signees include  Josh Colon , who committed to Fordham University. Others include  Cameron Mack , who switched his commitment from St. John's to Nebraska, and Washington State-commit  Daron Henson .  Hunter Schofield  also has signed to play at Dixie State in St. George. Colon will join a Fordham program that went 12-20 in the Atlantic-10 Conference last season, an NCAA Division-I mid-major conference. Fordham is located in The Bronx borough in New York City. Mack was a player who originally committed to play at St. John's in the New York area but switched his commitment to Nebraska and new coach Fred Hoiberg. He...

The Salt Lake Community College volleyball program is one of the nation's top junior college programs on the court but the Bruins are also one of the leaders in the classroom. The program released its academic accomplishments from the 2018-19 academic year over the Memorial Day weekend, celebrating several individual and team accomplishments. SLCC's awards represent another year where the Bruins have been recognized for the success of their student-athletes.  Salt Lake coach   Sue Dulaney   said the team focuses on academics in almost all of their team activities. "We are very proud of the accomplishments that our team has achieved academically," she said. "These hard-working, competitive and dedicated individuals know the classroom is extremely important and that those habits carry over onto the volleyball court.  This is the best spring we have had in two years regarding our returning class. I cannot wait to see what accomplishments they will achieve o...

In September, 2018, the brick and stucco house that now stands at 2578 South Beagley Circle in West Valley City was little more than a concrete foundation. Associate professor Boyd Johnson was taking a handful of Salt Lake Community College students through the first phases of framing the structure under a blistering summer sun. It was a similar beginning to many of the homes with a Beagley Circle address. They started out as SLCC project houses built by students, and they’ve ended up as ranch-style homes with full unfinished basements for folks who don’t mind having a few horses for neighbors in this transitioning, once-rural enclave in the Salt Lake Valley. By this past spring, the final SLCC project house in that area was completed. A few of the proud students who worked on the project showed up for an open house on a cool, breezy day in May. Along with Johnson, instructor Chad Fail and some SLCC support staff from the college’s Construction Management program , they surv...

The dance numbers are epic and the singing is spectacular in the Grand Theatre production of West Side Story at Salt Lake Community College's South City Campus May 16 to June 8. With the music of Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim that devotees of this musical love and by which newcomers will be hooked, this musical transports audiences to 1950s New York City. The story borrows from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet as two young lovers find themselves caught between warring street gangs. The struggle to survive in a world of hate, violence and prejudice is one of the most innovative, heart-wrenching and relevant musical dramas of our time. The production is rated PG-13 for mature themes. Showtimes are Wednesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees on Saturdays. The Grand offers discounts for groups, veterans, SLCC students, staff and faculty and also for junior high and high school students. For information about tickets to West Side Story...

Each spring administration and staff members at Salt Lake Community College pitch in to help the Facilities team plant annuals at campuses throughout the Salt Lake Valley for Beautification Day. Here are a few highlights from the Taylorsville Redwood Campus. SLCC President Dr. Deneece G. Huftalin

Salt Lake Community College is poised to be a model around the country for its unique workforce training partnership with Swiss-based Stadler Rail and Salt Lake City School District , according to Edward McMullen, U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland. McMullen and other Swiss officials recently visited SLCC’s Westpointe Workforce Training & Education Center to hear David Schlaepfer, assistant to the CEO at Stadler, explain how the new Talent Ready Apprenticeship Connection (TRAC) program will work. Stadler, which is expanding its rail car manufacturing operations with a new U.S. facility in the Salt Lake Valley, will need to hire hundreds of personnel from Utah’s workforce. TRAC partners, with support from the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, will tap into high schools to attract seniors interested in a career with Stadler as one of two types of technicians. Qualifying students will work half the time at Stadler and spend the other half finishing high school, emphasizing c...

Winning championships is never an easy task in college athletics, regardless of how dominant the program is. The No. 6 Salt Lake Community College softball program has met nearly every challenge in the 2019 season, rolling into a Region 18 championship game matchup with Southern Idaho full of momentum. The Bruins earned two run-rule wins to open the tourney, setting the expectations for SLCC to continue the trend. Instead, Salt Lake had to come back before ultimately earning a 7-3 win to claim their first Region 18 crown since 2017.  Tarni Stepto With  Tarni Stepto  - the Region 18 Pitcher-of-the-Year - throwing for SLCC in the circle, Southern Idaho rolled to an early 3-0 lead in the fourth inning, giving the Golden Eagles an early edge. However, fans should never underestimate a champion's heart and SLCC would accordingly go on to score seven unanswered runs to pick up the victory. First,  Savanna Montoya  hit a two-RBI triple in the fou...