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A Shelley Felten design on the runway in Paris. Shelley Felten’s career trajectory since graduating in 2017 from Salt Lake Community College’s Fashion Institute hit a high point this year with a Paris Fashion Week appearance in France to show off her unique designs. Creators of the Flying Solo shows in New York and Paris (they run during Paris Fashion Week in each location) first saw examples of Felten’s work on her Instagram account last year. “Hot tip – be sure to keep current your Instagram, TikTok, Etsy, website , whatever platform you use,” Felten says. “You never know what opportunities will arise.” They wanted to feature her work in their 2020 show, but she just had a baby, and the pandemic was starting to change people’s travel plans – so, she declined. When the opportunity came around again this year, Felten jumped at it. Shelley Felten - photo by, Michael Felten. Felten’s path to Paris began as an SLCC fashion student in 2010-11

Have questions on COVID vaccines? There are lots of conflicting messages out there, and it can be hard to find accurate answers. Get the information you’re looking for by taking part in Salt Lake Community College's online vaccination forum. The forum provides the opportunity for you to ask questions of our expert panelists and will cover the importance, efficacy and safety of COVID vaccinations. Panelists will include members of the SLCC biology department, as well as clinicians from our Center for Health and Counseling. You can ask your questions in advance or during the forum using the Q&A feature. If you’d like to submit your questions in advance, please do so by Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 5 p.m. The forum will take place Oct. 27 at 3 p.m. Please use the link below to join the webinar: https://slcc-edu.zoom.us/j/81222645252?pwd=dTlyZnRvODZJZkxZbzlTYkxjY0RqZz09 Passcode: COVID2021! Webinar ID: 812 2264  

  It’s been more than a year and a half since the historic Grand Theatre has hosted a full stage production due to the pandemic, but it’s back – and better than ever, starting with The Rocky Horror Show. Performances run Wednesday through Saturday until Oct. 30 at the Grand, located at 1575 S. State St. in Salt Lake City. Tickets can be purchased at www.grandtheatrecompany.com or by calling the Grand Box Office at 801-957-3322. Featuring a full live band and backup singers, this perennial cult classic pairs sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, stumbling upon the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named Rocky. As usual, audience participation prop bags will be available for $3. Guests are asked to refrain from bringing outside props

  Award-winning author Isabel Wilkerson will discuss the caste systems that shaped America and still define our lives today during Salt Lake Community College’s annual Tanner Forum. Due to the continuing impact of COVID-19, Wilkerson will appear in the forum via virtual livestream Nov. 4, 7-8:30 p.m.   “Caste is insidious and therefore powerful because it is not hatred, it is not necessarily personal. It is the worn grooves of comforting routines and unthinking expectations, patterns of a social order that have been in place for so long that it looks like the natural order of things,” Wilkerson explained in her New York Times bestselling book, “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.” The book, published in August 2020, is currently being adapted into a Netflix film directed, written and produced by Ava DuVernay. Wilkerson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Humanities Medal, has become an impassioned voice for harnessing history to help us understand ourselves, our country a

Salt Lake Community College wants to take the worry out of registering for classes as we implement a COVID-19 vaccination requirement to the process. As previously announced, all students, with the exception of high school students participating in our early enrollment and concurrent enrollment programs, must show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or declare an exemption in order to register for Spring Semester 2022. To help students understand the process of uploading proof of vaccination or claiming an exemption, we’ve created a registration tutorial at slcc.edu . Why the need to declare vaccination status during registration? In an ongoing effort to address overall public health and safety during this pandemic and to create a safe learning environment for everyone, SLCC, along with other Utah System of Higher Education institutions, is asking everyone registering for Spring Semester to either show proof that they were vaccinated or declare a vaccination exemption. This st

Salt Lake Community College  is  committed to fostering a safe and welcoming campus for all students,  faculty  and staff .  It is  the responsibility  of e ach person at SLCC to join in creating an environment in which others can thrive without fear of hate or bias.       “Our values of inclusivity and integrity need to guide us as   we work togeth er to create safe and welcoming learning spaces that embrace forms of speech that encourages us to expand and evolve together into a truly just and democratic society where all voices are valued,” sa id  Dr. Lea Lani Kinkini, SLCC Chief  Diversity Officer.     SLCC has  mechanisms  in place  for reporting and responding to hate and bias speech, including the Hate & Bias Incident Report Form .   Go to slcc.edu/safe  under Reporting Hate or Bias to access the  Hate & Bias Incident Report Form .  The form also  contains  a list of contacts to report an incident in person.     SLCC  continue s  to  strengthen our reporting processes  to

ACS tries to drum up new members on the SLCC Taylorsville Redwood Campus. The American Chemical Society Student Affiliate chapter of Salt Lake Community College has earned the Outstanding Chapter Award for 2020/2021. This award is the highest honor the American Chemical Society bestows on their student affiliate chapters. The award will be announced in an upcoming issue of Chemical and Engineering News, the ACS's official national news magazine. The Student Affiliates of SLCC were also awarded the ACS Green Chemistry award and will be designated as a Green Chemistry Chapter for the 2021/2022 school year. Representatives of SLCC’s chapter will receive the awards when they travel with the ACS clubs to the ACS national conference in San Diego in the Spring of 2022. Here are some of the comments from the different reviewers that assessed our chapter report: “Overall, this chapter serves as a model for other chapters at both 2-year and 4-year institutions.” “The chap