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Salt Lake Community College has teamed up with Facebook to develop a new digital marketing program, giving SLCC students access to a new curriculum that includes digital marketing and social media strategy courses. Facebook is working closely with SLCC to structure courses that reflect digital skills needed by Utah jobseekers, managers and local small businesses. SLCC is one of 20 community colleges nationwide selected by Facebook to collaborate on the new curriculum. Collectively, the programs are expected to train and educate more than one million people how to use Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to promote a business or brand. “We are very excited to partner with Pathstream to offer this Facebook Digital Marketing Certificate to our students and the business community,” said Barbie Willett, Associate Dean, SLCC School of Business, Division of Management and Marketing. “The faculty members in the Marketing Management Department have worked closely ...

Brendan Cruz is living out his cheerleading dreams at what some might consider an unlikely location – Salt Lake Community College. Cruz, 19, was born and raised in West Valley City. He didn’t cheer in high school but would occasionally do cheer stunts with friends. He tried out for and made a competitive cheer team with a private cheer facility, but it quickly became too expensive for him to participate and he had to quit. Cruz, second from left, and the squad on photo day. Finances would again alter Cruz’s path when he went looking for colleges. He wanted to start at a four-year school, but it cost too much. SLCC became his best option. “Now that I’m going on my second year at SLCC, I have realized that it has been a huge blessing in disguise,” Cruz says. “It has treated me so well, and I’m happy to go here.” Cruz currently works at an Intermountain WorkMed clinic and is getting his general education requirements out of the way at SLCC before tr...

Anne Cannon   Assistant Professor School of Applied Technologies and Technical Specialties English as a Second Language What she teaches: This semester I am teaching Beginning Reading/Writing, Beginning Listening/Speaking. I have also taught Intermediate II Reading/Writing, Intermediate I Listening/Speaking, Advanced I Reading/Writing, Intermediate II Vocabulary, Intermediate II Pronunciation. Number of years teaching at SLCC: 4 Undergraduate degree: Utah State University Master’s: University of Pittsburgh Why working at SLCC matters: Working at SLCC matters to me because I sincerely believe in its mission and values. I specifically chose to work at SLCC because I want to support our student population. I value the opportunity to play a small role in helping students who may not have believed that higher education was an option for them and those who are facing the challenge of beginning a new life in a new place. Working ...