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Professional Development At-a-Glance   Equitable & Inclusive Teaching online course starts this week  Deadline for registering for $200 gift card — Oct. 1  Tech Tips for Teaching — Oct. 6, 12–1 p.m.  Creating Proctored Exams with Proctorio — Oct. 6, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Developing Excellent Reflection Prompts — Oct. 6, 2–3 p.m. Beyond Blue: Understanding Mental Illness — Oct. 7, 10–11:30 a.m. From Equity Talk to Equity Walk — Oct. 8, 12–1 p.m. The Power of Our Stories to Heal — Oct. 9, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. Because Internet — Oct. 13, 12–1 p.m. Creating Equity in Writing Assignments — Oct. 22, 12–1 p.m. Faculty Dashboard Training — Oct. 30, 1–2 p.m.    See descriptions of above titles below; register through the SLCC Registration System under Faculty Development, unless otherwise mentioned.     Save the Date: People & Workplace Culture Speaker   The Power of Our Stories to Heal   Keynote Sp...

  **Please note that the following opportunities are available to all faculty and staff.** LinkedIn Learning — Recommended Course of the Week     ~ 49 minutes Driving Workplace Happiness Employers are always looking for ways to increase engagement and decrease turnover. Part of building engagement is creating opportunities for employees to feel happy—because happy employees are more productive employees. Learn what makes people happy at work and how investing a small amount in workplace happiness can make a big impact your company culture. Get started with LinkedIn Learning: SLCC Learn or https://lnkd.in/gE9RCNW   We would appreciate feedback by taking a short survey on LinkedIn. *** *** Because Internet: Understand the New Rules of Language   Sept. 29, Oct. 13 and 27  12–1 p.m.; virtual  Many people think the internet is ruining language and writing abilities, but this learning community will show you that language and writing is ...

Don't miss a special presentation from People & Workplace Culture: The Power of Our Stories to Heal, featuring  keynote speaker, Sara Jones.   When: Friday, October 9, 10–11a.m. MDT Where: via zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5159213910   The world has changed. As our communities and spaces diversify, our leadership skills need to evolve. Especially during this particularly challenging time in our nation and society, we need leaders who have skills that inspire our current and future students.  Sara Jones is CEO of InclusionPro®, where she consults thoughtful leaders on building inclusive cultures, with a particular focus on team performance and team innovation. Her life and career path have taken her through unexpected twists and turns — from patent attorney to tech CEO. Her ability to connect with people has enabled her to build strong communities of influence. In 2018, after 42 years of separation, Sara discovered her South Korean birth family — thanks ...

As a college community, we are hosting the 4th District Congressional Debate on October 12th at the KSL Broadcast Studio and have been asked to have students participate in the debate process by submitting video questions. Here are some guidelines for your submissions:   Introduce yourself with your name and your role here at SLCC (“I am YOUR NAME and I am a student/staff/faculty member at Salt Lake Community College…”).   Pick a quiet place with good lighting; neutral backgrounds are preferred. If you are using your phone to film. please do so horizontally — with your phone turned sideways — and keep the camera steady.   Keep the question around 15 seconds.   Suggestions for question topics can include COVID-19 response and plan, the economy, police brutality, systematic racism, climate change or anything else that may affect you or your fellow Utahns.  Please submit your videos to  debate@utahdebatecommission.org   by October 7 . If you would like to...

  John Gauthier Assistant Professor School of Humanities and Social Sciences   Anthropology  Courses he teaches: Cultural anthropology (Anthropology 1010), human prehistory and archaeology (Anthropology 1030 and Anthropology 2030), and United States history (History 1700 and History 2700). Number of years teaching at SLCC:   Part time since 2012, full time beginning this semester Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (anthropology, history, philosophy) Master’s: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (MS anthropology, MA history) Doctorate (or All But Dissertation /ABD): University of Utah (ABD) Why working at SLCC matters: SLCC is Utah’s biggest open enrollment college, providing students from a wide variety of backgrounds the opportunity to pursue higher education.   Greatest professional challenge: At SLCC I have had the pleasure of teaching students from a wide variety of backgrounds in diverse settings, including the college’s prison education pr...

Marlon Andrus Legacy inspires grateful alumni and friends to create scholarship honoring a beloved Professor For many people, creating an endowed scholarship at SLCC is a meaningful and lasting way to honor a cherished friend, a revered professor or valued mentor. By creating the Marlon Andrus Endowed Scholarship for Business, Roger McQueen, Ben Jones and others hoped to pay tribute to the fund’s namesake, who served in all three roles.   Marlon Andrus (May 10, 1938–January 10, 2018) was a beloved and exemplary instructor in SLCC’s Finance and Economics department who walked away from a lucrative role as a vice president and manager of First Security Bank for a teaching career. Working with college students turned out to be his true calling. During his 30-year career at the college he earned many awards, including the National Teaching Excellence Award from the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs.   “In his 30 years teaching at SLCC, Marlon was much more th...

In today’s world, a college degree is more important than ever. The landscape of our economy requires people to be technically skilled, but also capable in the arts of communication, critical thinking and teamwork. Education is also an important stepping-stone out of poverty for many Americans and is tied to higher weekly and lifetime earning rates. According to the  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics , the earning potential of the average American with an associate’s degree is $124 more a week than people with only a high school diploma. Americans with a bachelor’s degree make $461 more per week than people with a high school diploma. These dollars may seem small when considered on a micro level, but they represent hundreds of thousands of dollars gained or lost over a person’s lifetime.                        With the American middle class shrinking each year, and more than 38 million Americans living in poverty , education...