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  The Salt Lake Community College School of Arts, Communication Media is sponsoring a double dose of entertainment Sept. 3 with a new movie premiering for the first time in Utah, featuring an artist who is part of an exhibition that is closing the same night. The film Thuggin’ A New Generation, directed by Downy Doxey-Marshall, features Utah artist and poet MönSr Yusef. In his art and in the film, Yusef explores many themes from his life on the streets that inspire hope of a unified humanity. He uses “Thuggin’” to describe people who accept what and who they are, allowing nothing and no one to prevent them from accomplishing their goals. His artistic process uses poetry and images of pop culture, fashion and design to explore the Thuggin’ generation. The film will be shown in SLCC’s Grand Theatre. Yusef is also one of several artists featured in the so-called New Beehive Exhibition, presented by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums. The exhibition brings together the work of 30 Utah

   Salt Lake Community College is pleased to welcome Sunny Washington and Lindsay Simons to the school’s Board of Trustees. Washington will serve a four-year term replacing former board member Linda Luchetti, and Simons joins the board for a one-year term as president of SLCC’s Student Association. Washington brings to SLCC over 20 years of experience working in the educational technology industry. She is a public policy expert in Utah’s start-up and tech community and serves as the public policy chair of Silicon Slopes Commons. She also worked for Certiport from 2001 to 2009, where she helped bring digital literacy certification programs to K-12 institutions in over 80 countries. Washington has also worked for the educational learning management system, Canvas. Since 2014 she has led her own company, called Because Learning, which distributes space experiments and STEM education curriculum to institutions around the globe. Outside of work, she is an important voice for LGBTQ civil ri

  Waliyatou Djobo   Age : 19 Residence: Salt Lake City Originally from: West Africa in Togo Major: Medicine, because my dad wants me to... Other degree pursuits: I want to do   fashion designing if possible or ant type of art. Goals: To be a famous fashion designer or a famous artist. Dream job: Fashion designer, because I love to draw and make beautiful things from my imagination. Plan B: If fashion or art doesn’t work, I will become a nurse or work in the medical field Why higher education: I want to help my dad and mom. Why SLCC: Because I received a scholarship from the college. What motivates you or inspires you at school or in life: My grandfather, and mom and dad. I want to make them all happy and become something they always wanted me to become.   Important life or career lessons you have learned so far: Working hard and studying hard will help you! What is the best advice you have been given or that you give others: Never give up on the things you want to do. Always keep tryin

Emily Hernandez Alzamora, outgoing SLCC student association president. Salt Lake Community College celebrated more than 3,600 graduates from the class of 2021 Friday during its commencement ceremony at the Maverik Center in West Valley City.   This year’s event, which included the use of extra safety precautions due to the ongoing pandemic, also served to honor SLCC’s 2020 graduates. With last year’s arrival of COVID-19, SLCC was forced to move its 2020 commencement exercises online, but the college extended to its 2020 graduates the opportunity to walk the stage at the college’s 2021 ceremony.   SLCC’s class of 2021 is comprised of 3,634 graduates, including 1,611 who are first-generation college students and 143 who are military veterans. The graduates ranged in age from 15 to 68, and most earned degrees from the school’s general studies program followed by business, nursing, computer science, psychology and criminal justice. “As we go our separate ways, let us use our experiences an

The Little Figurine by Katherine Cavazos  There once was a ballerina That started out as a boy Though her body was that of a soldier She knew she was meant for more So, every night when her creator slept She’d change a piece of herself Swapping boots to ballet flats Being her own ballerina on her little shelf But the next morning the creator would wake And show confusion you see For how could a soldier be a ballerina? That’s just not how it was meant to be So, he would remove the tutu around her waist And put the rifle back in her hand Not knowing it would shatter her heart That her true self couldn’t make a stand Then one night The ballerina had tried to leave her shelf Wanting to find a new home Wanting to be herself But she didn’t realize how high she was Way above the ground And accidentally lost her footing Tumbling all the way down The next day the creator woke Shocked at what he saw For how could the little figurine be broken When it was his best creation of all? He then decided

  Salt Lake Community College, in cooperation with the  Salt Lake County Health Department , is hosting free vaccine clinics at three campuses for students, staff and faculty. Anyone wanting a vaccination is eligible. The clinics will be outdoor and offer the Pfizer, Janssen and Moderna vaccines. The schedule is as follows (maps to each lot are printed below): SLCC Taylorsville Parking Lot V Oct. 28: First, second and booster dose clinic from 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.   SLCC South City Parking Lots 1 and 2 Oct. 20: First dose clinic from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.   SLCC Jordan Northeast J-2 (same as the Covid testing area) Oct. 21, First, second and booster dose clinic from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. West Valley Center Oct. 26: First, second and booster dose clinic from 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. Vaccines are the most effective tool for ending the COVID-19 pandemic, and the college strongly encourages everyone to get vaccinated. SLCC is offering the clinic as part of the  White House’s COVID-19 College Vaccine Ch

  Elizabeth Dawn Hays Age: 31 Residence: Herriman Where are you from: Mostly Tooele, but have lived in California, Colorado, Arizona and Michigan as well   Current major: Biology, to fulfill most of my prerequisite requirements for the Medical Laboratory Science program through the University of Utah.   Academic goals: Transferring to the University of Utah for pathology Dream job: MD or PhD in perinatal/pediatric pathology Plan B:   Masters in medical laboratory science Why are you pursuing a higher education: To help families suffering from infertility and infant loss.   Why did you choose SLCC: Salt Lake Community College is a wonderful school for students planning on transferring to any medical program. A lot of schools can get pricey, but SLCC allows students to fulfill career goals without having to break the bank. Classes are very flexible and they have many campus options throughout the state, all of which are great for single parents.   What motivates or inspires you a