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  Social Good Software founder and SLCC alumnus Rick Hernandez (left) with Jon Beutler, Director of the Mill Entrepreneurship Center at Salt Lake Community College.   Rick Hernandez, Founder and CEO of Social Good Software, recently won the highly competitive Morgan Stanley Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures Lab pitch competition, securing $250,000 in exchange for 5% equity—valuing his company at an impressive $5 million. This win not only provides funding to accelerate growth but also positions Morgan Stanley as an investor, significantly increasing the company’s future acquisition potential. Hernandez was one of over 7,000 applicants nationwide—including 250+ from Utah—competing for a place in Morgan Stanley’s six-week, in-house accelerator program in New York. Hernandez was one of two winners selected from Utah. The program offers entrepreneurs of technology-driven startups access to capital, mentorship, and an exclusive network of investors poised to scale high-gro...

Salt Lake Community College won third place in the Competency-Based Education Network’s first-ever national Storytelling Contest. The school received the award for a video presentation highlighting the benefits of SLCC’sCompetency-Based Education program . SLCC tied with Southern New Hampshire University and as part of the award received $1,000 for its CBE program. Winning videos were selected for their ability to illustrate the value of CBE’s innovative approach to higher education. This year, 18 video stories were submitted by C-BEN member schools. The competition is designed to encourage member universities to share digital stories about the positive impact competency-based education is having on their students. SLCC is a founding member of C-BEN and has played a large role in helping to develop and refine the organization’s quality framework for CBE programs. Since 2015, SLCC has enrolled over 1,000 students in its CBE programs, which run on an open-t...

Salt Lake Community College students competing in several categories took home gold and silver medals from the SkillsUSA National Skill and Leadership Conference in Louisville, Kentucky in June. With more than 300,000 students and advisors as members, SkillsUSA is a nationwide partnership with industry representatives to ensure that the U.S. has a skilled workforce. Founded in 1965, SkillsUSA is a national organization serving teachers and high school and college students who are preparing for careers in technical, skilled and service occupations. Every year the SkillsUSA state winners move on to compete nationally in a variety of disciplines. This year’s national winners from SLCC were: Gold – Team Works, with Ben Hull (electrician), Aaron Brumfield (carpenter), Tanner Ostler (plumber) and Deric Yoakam (brick mason), which beat 13 other teams for the top prize Silver – Jeremy Tritchler, cabinetmaking; Sienna Scheid and Adam Hill, web design; and Morgan Hofheins, scre...

The City Weekly Food & Drink blog recently featured SLCC Culinary Arts students. Several of the program’s talented students were on hand assisting some of Utah’s most talented chefs for the 5th Annual "Iron Chef" culinary competition.  The students offered their talents to chef teams from Faustina, Fresco, Montage and Talisker at the Sandy South Towne Expo Center for the Nicholas & Company Food Show. See the blog entry—including pictures of the appetizing entries at the City Weekly blog here: http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/blog-13-7715-scenes-from-nicholas-iron-chef-competition.html

Writers can participate in this summer's most fun and exciting competition: The Wasatch Iron Pen. Adult and Youth divisions compete in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry categories, or take on the Ultra Iron Pen challenge and write in all three! click to enlarge The competition begins June 23. Register now at: https://epay.slcc.edu/C20011_ustores/web/store_main.jsp?STOREID=6 For more information, call the SLCC Community Writing Center at 801-957-2192 or visit its website: www.slcc.edu/cwc .