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Untitled, Aïsha Lehmann. Salt Lake Community College’s Facilities Services staff recently installed artwork in the Huval Student Center’s Lactation Space, thanks to the Worksite Mini-Grant for Lactation Accommodations. The grant from the Utah Department of Health’s HEAL program intends to alleviate any financial constraints that may prevent an organization from creating or improving its lactation spaces. Caleb Prusso applied for the grant after learning about it from Campus and Site Services Director Shannon McWilliams. As the College’s Facilities assistant planner, Caleb works with the Interior Design, Architecture and Construction Management teams to select and implement furnishings for all College campuses. The team opted to use the grant funds to improve the existing lactation space in the Huval Student Center with untitled artwork by local artist Aïsha Lehmann. “Selecting artwork, particularly by a Utah artist, seemed to align with the College’s culture of fostering tale...

SLCC student Valene Peratrovich and KRCL's Lara Jones collaborated to produce an award-winning show. The Radio and TV Production student Valene Peratrovich took first place at the Utah’s Society of Professional Journalist Headliners Awards in June for best "public affairs talk show" with Lara Jones, executive producer of KRCL's RadioACTive. The award-winning talk show was a Thanksgiving special that Valene hosted and largely produced that included local indigenous leaders and community members who “explored the truths” about the holiday. “I’m honored by this award, but I just got lucky with the incredible panel involved, who were so honest and truthful. They were the magic. At the end, all five of us were ‘whoa.’ It just felt like magic,” says Valene, who is Tlingit - Eagle Clan, Unungan + Athabascan, from the Anchorage, Alaska area. The panelists could speak personally to the Native American experience, all of whom ...

July 25 marked National Hire a Veteran Day, a period that raises awareness of employment for transitioning U.S. servicemembers and veterans after completing their military service. Veterans bring competitive skills to jobs, like dedication, teamwork and good communication; yet, finding and competing for civilian positions can be challenging for transitioning veterans. Many may not know of Salt Lake Community College’s longstanding history with student veterans. In 1948, the Salt Lake Area Vocational School expanded its educational programs and resources financed by the Montgomery GI Bill. Today, SLCC serves approximately 1,100 veterans and is ranked 16 on the Military Times Best for Vets: Colleges 2020 as a two-year college. Career Services is the perfect one-stop-shop out of the many job readiness resources Salt Lake Community College offers student veterans. Career coaches can meet with students and help them map their professional needs. Career Coach Dan Hooten says an i...

It’s summer, and that means construction everywhere, from big and small projects inside and out; there’s no avoiding it. From parking lots, roads, stairs, offices, a building, and even an entirely new campus, much is happening at SLCC. As much as we hate having to take the long way around, we love a newly paved parking lot, an air-conditioned building on a hot day, and better access to higher education for students in rural places. Here are the construction projects taking place now or scheduled to start this fall and continue into 2023. Juniper Building (Herriman Campus) There’s been much buzz about the new Juniper Building at Herriman Campus, and rightly so. This partnership facility with the U will allow students to start their studies at SLCC in a specific program and then transfer right into the same field of study at the bachelor's level at the U, all from the same campus. SLCC, with Big D Construction, contracted to do the work, broke ground last summer in an em...

Stock image: Kayaking at Lake Martin, a bald cypress swamp, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, USA. Salt Lake Community College students traveled to New Orleans on July 10 for the College’s first interdisciplinary domestic study trip, A Taste of Louisiana. Professor Jeff Zealley instructed the class and co-led the trip with Engaged Learning Specialist Jenny Huynh, with President Huftalin joining the group for the first few days of their travels. About SLCC’s Domestic Study Programs A Taste of Louisiana falls under DSD 2900 , the new designation developed by SLCC Engaged Learning Director Lucy Smith in collaboration with Jeff. Unlike study abroad or discipline-specific domestic study programs, DSD 2900 is an interdisciplinary designation, meaning a student in any area of study may enroll in the program and complete two general credit hours. The designation creates a new program structure through the lens of experiential learning, the process of learning by doing. While enrolled in the c...