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  As part of our established emergency procedures,   SLCC has a plan in place for handling infectious diseases that have potential to affect everyday life  . These plans include procedures for facility management, hosting campus events, class schedule adjustments and more. We have also created a coronavirus working group that includes members of college leadership, the SLCC Department of Public Safety, the Center for Health and Counseling, and the school’s Environmental Health and Safety department. This group is working closely with the Utah Department of Health to monitor the spread of the virus and any impact it may have on our region.   If deemed necessary  , the college may choose to implement protective measures, and if any of these actions are undertaken, the college will communicate this through email, social media and our emergency communications system.   If you have not yet signed up to receive email, text and phone alerts th...

Anne Fife In Zach Curtis’ Theatre 1030 class, there is a lot of chatter and laughter among his students on a day in February when they are learning the art of “unarmed stage combat.” In one corner of the dance studio at Salt Lake Community College’s South City Campus where they train, it’s relatively quiet as Anne Fife pays rapt attention to her American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters. On this day, Fife is using two ASL interpreters, Katie Hoover and Heather Beck, and an intern, Drake Heap. All are here through the resources of SLCC’s Disability Resource Center, which helps about 50 deaf or hard of hearing SLCC students and is providing ASL interpreters to 11 students for the spring 2020 semester. Fife’s crew takes turns signing what it is that Curtis is saying as he instructs students on how to fake a punch or make it look like you’re dragging a person around by the hair. Anne Fife and an acting partner work on a combat technique. Fife’s face turns serio...

Hailey Brohamer poses in front of her classmates and instructors in the diesel lab at SLCC's Westpointe Campus. When Hailey Brohamer was in the eighth grade, she thought she wanted to be an actor. Then she decided to shadow her father one day at his job as a diesel mechanic working for Wheeler Machinery Co. in Salt Lake City. It would not be an easy day, just hanging out with Dad. Brohamer was up at 4 a.m. to leave by 5 a.m. Dad bought her a new pair of steel-toe boots, which she still has. She was given a tour of Wheeler and met lots of people. She was given a Cat (Caterpillar) hoodie, which she still wears. A fearless girl spent the day using a ratchet to pull apart sections of an engine used in heavy equipment, just like Dad would do. “It was, I mean, it was hard work,” recalls Brohamer, now 16. “I enjoyed it. I am a hands-on type of person. I don’t care if I get my hands dirty. I actually like it.” Time flew that day. “I was in the moment,” she says. “I l...

Kit Giddings Associate Professor School of Social Sciences Education What she teaches: Study of Disabilities, Introduction to Special Education, Inclusive Classrooms and Research/Inquiry in Education Number of years teaching at SLCC: 7 Undergraduate degree: Brigham Young University Master’s: Brigham Young University Why working at SLCC matters: Teaching is emphasized over research at SLCC. This allows me to have more interaction with students. Greatest professional challenge: Attending school while raising a family and working full time. Greatest professional accomplishment: The satisfaction of helping students realize their academic goals. Advice for students or others: Life is full of possibilities, so we shouldn’t limit ourselves. Future plans: Continue teaching at SLCC and enjoy my family. Family: Married with three children and nine grandchildren Hobbies : Hiking, drawing, reading and cooking

Salt Lake Community College’s Grand Theatre presents the hilarious musical theater parody, “The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) ,” running Backstage at the Grand, Feb. 13 – March 7, 2020. Seating is limited.   Having received multiple award nominations, “ The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)” tells the story of June, an ingenue struggling to pay rent, plagued by her evil landlord, encouraged by her wise neighbor and potentially saved by the leading man. A cast of 10 actors jump between variations of five settings and delightful musicals, each written in distinctive styles of different composers—from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Stephen Sondheim. It’s a hilarious parody of musical theater.   “Whether you’re a musical theater buff, or just someone who enjoys theatre once in a while, you’ll laugh at this show as it pays homage to some of the greatest musical theater writers and composers by lovingly needling and roasting them,” said Seth Miller, artisti...

Richard Prazen (center) demonstrates a technique in his metal sculpting class. For Bonnie Jo Fisher, grandmother of nineteen, metal sculpting is therapeutic. For Marissa Cox, Spring 2019 Criminal Justice graduate, metal sculpting decorates her home and creates some disposable income. Both Cox and Fisher are longtime students in Richard Prazen’s fine arts metal sculpture course on the Taylorsville Redwood campus. Students often voluntarily repeat the class, which fulfills an SLCC fine arts credit, but a perpetually full waitlist can make doing so competitive. University of Utah student Keon Aarabi, a 2017 transfer from SLCC, commutes between campuses to keep his spot. “It’s the only class I don’t want to miss,” he says. In fact, Aarabi credits his career choice to multiple semesters spent in Prazen’s class. And he doesn’t plan to weld for his living — not quite, anyway. Aarabi is a pre-dental student at the U. Through metal sculpting, Aarabi discovered his aptitud...

SLCC alum and filmmaker Dylan Lunt on Main Street in Park City. For aspiring filmmakers Sadie Lynn Ledbetter and Dylan Lunt, the recent Sundance Film Festival was less about watching movies and more about building a career. Lunt graduated this past fall from Salt Lake Community College with a film production technician degree. His final project while at SLCC’s Center for Arts and Media was making a short film called Circadian. The movie is about a pilot who wakes up to find that his wife and half of his spaceship are missing, with only artificial intelligence to keep him company. Lunt calls his piece “high quality” and plans on submitting it to film festivals. While still a student at SLCC, Lunt was offered Sundance credentials through the college that opened access to panels and events during the festival. In all, about 17 SLCC students and alums were engaged in some way during the festival with events, panels and work. At the panel discussion “All About Shorts,” Lu...