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From a 23-year-old soldier to an 84-year-old Korean War vet, 15 female veterans from all branches of the military recently were treated to new custom-designed gowns made by students of Salt Lake Community College’s Fashion Institute. In recognition of Veterans Day, the gowns were modeled by the vets during the annual Women Veterans Celebration, featuring the “Grit To Glamour: Warrior To Woman” fashion show at Zions Bank in Salt Lake City. SLCC students also provided hair and makeup services for the veterans as well as organizing the fashion show. SLCC student Charlie Fratto designed the gown worn by veteran Amanda Turner. Design student Charlie Fratto, 22, made a dress for Air Force Senior Airman Amanda Turner, who has worked with wounded soldiers at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. “Being a veteran,” she says, “means stepping up to the call to honor those who have served and offered their lives for this country.” Fratto designed Turner’s floor-length gold gown with full s...

Salt Lake Community College presents the SLCC Choirs Fall Semester Performances 2015 with the SLCC Showcase Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m. at the Grand Theatre, featuring Chamber Singers and Salt City Voices. Tickets are available at the Grand Theatre Box Office or at the door on the night of the performance. For more information or for tickets, call 801-957-3322. The "Carols of Christmas" concert will be on Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church.

Journalist and author Naomi Klein told more than 800 people at Salt Lake Community College’s Grand Theatre in November that until about six years ago she had been writing books, which she calls “ammo for activists,” about economic justice, human rights, labor abuses, free trade and privatization, and that she “outsourced” the subject of climate change to “green groups.” She went a step further and said people would rather watch “cat videos” online than read a story about melting glaciers. Naomi Klein at the Grand Theatre Klein appeared at the Grand as part of the Tanner Forum on Social Ethics, presented by a generous gift from the O.C. Tanner Charitable Foundation with funding from SLCC Art and Cultural Events programming . She gave a 45-minute presentation, followed by a Q&A and book signing. Klein’s latest book, “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate,” is the 2014 winner of the prestigious Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. Earlier in th...

Utah Governor Gary Herbert and First Lady Jeanette Herbert on Tuesday visited Salt Lake Community College’s Meadowbrook Campus, which is home to the Utah Refugee Education and Training Center and where they heard about what the center has done for refugees so far. Many refugees told Herbert that the center is like a second home, that it connects them with employers, has resources to help them learn English, and provides a place to gain the skills and education they need to get jobs and pursue a better life. Utah Governor Gary Herbert and First Lady Jeanette pose for a group shot. “Your stories are impressive,” Herbert told refugees at the center. “We follow what’s taking place here, and on behalf of the three million people of Utah, we want you to know that you’re welcome. We’re honored to have you here. We’re glad you somehow have chosen Utah as your home.” Utah is home to an estimated 60,000 refugees from around the world. Many seek help with assimilating into the Ut...

Salt Lake Community College President Deneece G. Huftalin told Granger High School students that she doesn’t care where they go to college, just that they should go. “I’m not here just representing Salt Lake Community College,” Huftalin said. “I’m representing all of higher education.” SLCC President Deneece G. Huftalin Granger was one of 84 schools in 25 districts across Utah Monday that participated in the Utah System of Higher Education’s third annual Utah College Application Week (UCAW). Last year about 18 percent of almost 11,000 students in 49 high schools said they would not have otherwise applied for admission to college had it not been for UCAW. About 34 percent said they were first-generation students while 80 percent said UCAW increased their interest in going to college. Huftalin told Granger students that a college degree can help them earn about $1 million more over their lifetime than a career without a higher education. Students asked questions abou...