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  Salt Lake Community College is one of 73 colleges from around the world, and only one of three community colleges, to be honored with Gold status by Exercise is Medicine for its efforts to create a culture of wellness on campus. Joining the ranks of schools such as University of Hong Kong, Purdue University and Michigan State University. The Department of Exercise Science helped SLCC earn gold level designation from the Exercise is Medicine On Campus (EIM-OC) program.  “We are thrilled to recognize these campuses’ commitment to make movement a part of daily campus culture and give students the tools to cultivate physical activity habits that will benefit them throughout their lives,” said Robyn Stuhr, Vice President of Exercise is Medicine. “These campus programs are nurturing future leaders who will advance a key tenet of Exercise is Medicine: making physical activity assessment and promotion a standard in health care.” Multiple collaborations across SLCC have made obtaini...

  Tara M. Stringfellow to speak at commencement. Photo by Matthew F. Thomas. Poet, former attorney and author Tara M. Stringfellow will give the keynote address at Salt Lake Community College’s 2023 Commencement Ceremony, scheduled for May 4 at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah. “We are honored and delighted to have Tara share her journey with our new graduates, who undoubtedly will find wisdom and hope in her words,” said SLCC President Deneece G. Huftalin. “As our graduates enter the next chapter of their lives, I’m sure her lived experiences will resonate.” Stringfellow's journey as a writer began at an early age when she discovered a love for poetry and reading. “I was three when I heard my first full-length narrative poem that wasn't a nursery rhyme or a story,” she said. The poem was Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven,” and she knew in that moment she wanted to be a writer. Her father told her if she was to pursue her dream, she had to be three times better than Poe...

Throughout this year, a new traveling photo-story exhibit will be moving between Salt Lake Community College’s campuses to commemorate the College’s 75 th  anniversary.   The “Then and Now” exhibit invites viewers to step into the lives of former students, who remember what it was like when they first started at SLCC—some scared, some unsure, some excited—and to then learn where they are now in their careers.    Each story includes nuggets of hard-earned advice that they would now give to their younger selves, and to current and prospective SLCC students.  "We hope that students can perhaps see themselves in some of these stories and be inspired by them as they figure out what’s next,” says Peta Owens-Liston, who collected the stories and is the Assistant Director, Public Relations. “It also shows all the different ways SLCC alumni have gone on to contribute to our communities and others’ lives.”     The exhibit stories are not limited to the twelve th...

  Senator Karen Mayne, along with her daughter and son, tour the areas named after her at the Westpointe campus. She has built a legacy as an advocate for education and women in the trades. On March 9, Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) named a key section of its Westpointe Campus after Senator Karen Mayne to honor her long career history as a strong and tireless advocate for SLCC, and particularly for her support in advancing the skilled trades at the college, including its Salt Lake Technical College.     At the Westpointe campus, which focuses on offering skilled trade classes, the Welding, Machining, and Composites labs will be named in honor of Senator Mayne and the connecting corridor will be named the Karen Mayne Hall for Skilled Trades.    “There has been no one in my 12 years at the college who has been a greater champion of the college and its trade programs. She has been an amazing friend, advocate and supporter of our mission and our students,” ...

Dalia Salloum PhD, Assistant Professor in the Biology Department Dalia Salloum, PhD, assistant professor in the Biology department here at Salt Lake Community College, has been awarded the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS) Diversity, Equity and Inclusion grant. The award will allow Dalia to attend and present at the annual HAPS conference. The award came with hard work, perseverance and passion for providing all her students with a safe and equitable classroom space where they can be themselves and learn. Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS) Grant Dalia was first introduced to HAPS in 2021 by a colleague who recommended her for a research project, which she and her fellow team members could present at the annual conference in 2022—the year in which she officially first attended the conference. “The opportunity to attend the national conference is why I applied for the grant in the first place,” says Dalia. “It is a place where there are a lot of like-minded people, su...