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PG. 10 ADMINISTRATORS TOUTED FOR OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

PG. 43 EXPANSION: NEW WEST VALLEY CENTER

PG. 45 6TH IN THE NATION FOR DEGREES AWARDED CRJ700 JET SIMULATOR AT SLCC SNAPSHOTS

Students pose at the Taylorsville Redwood Campus during a photo shoot for the First Year Experience handbook.

FALL 2015 | SLCC.EDU TOP LEFT: Students on the first day at the newly opened West Valley Center.TOP RIGHT: A volunteer mugs for the camera during the fall job fair. MIDDLE RIGHT: Jennifer Joiner offers students a free T-shirt at the South City Campus. BOTTOM RIGHT: Special Assistant to the President Dr. Roderic Land addresses hundreds of Latino students visiting SLCC. BOTTOM LEFT: A student at South City Campus is excited for her first day.

FALL 2015 | SLCC MAGAZINE 2 SLCC student and artist Kenneth Gonzalez poses with a piece he created for a student art show at South City Campus.

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1: SLCC President Dr. Deneece G. Huftalin appears on Ch. 2’s Fresh Living show to talk about College Application Week. 2: Sandra Ence Paul kicks off the High Style fashion exhibit at South City Campus. 3: Buddhist monks receive help signing up for classes at the Taylorsville Redwood Campus. 4: The cast of “Young Frankenstein” performs at the Grand Theatre. 5: Students take part in taping a talk show for SLCC TV. 6: A performer shows off African dance moves at the Alder Amphitheater.

FALL 2015 | SLCC MAGAZINE 4 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Gail Miller, Chair Clint W. Ensign, Vice Chair ere’s something about trying to y a CRJ700 Sanchaita Datta Maria Farrington commercial jet – albeit not an actual jet full David W. Lang of people – just one time that gives you a W. Tim Miller new appreciation for the skills and expertise Carlos Moreno, Student Body President Patricia Richards demonstrated by commercial airline pilots every Annie V. Schwemmer, SLCC Alumni day. My cabinet and I recently took the controls Association President Jim M. Wall of Salt Lake Community College’s new CRJ700 simulator at our Westpointe Center and realized SLCC EXECUTIVE CABINET Deneece G. Huftalin, PhD just how diƒcult and nuanced those takeo„s President and landings can be. You can read about SLCC’s Clifton Sanders, PhD plans for the new simulator – and reactions of Provost for Academic Affairs Charles Lepper, PhD those who have taken a turn at it – in this edition Vice President for Student Affairs of SLCC Magazine. Barbara Grover Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness You’ll also see what an exciting fall semester we’ve had, with visits to campus Roderic Land, PhD Special Assistant to the President by journalist and author Naomi Klein who drew more than 800 people to Dennis Klaus the Grand eatre on our South City Campus, and by NPR’s Planet Money Vice President for Business Services reporters Stacey Vanek Smith and David Kestenbaum. We witnessed the grand Alison McFarlane Vice President for Institutional opening of our West Valley Center, a visit by a Navy rear admiral to our award- Advancement winning Veterans Center on the Taylorsville Redwood Campus, and a “greener” Tim Sheehan Vice President for Government and college overall with the expansion of our alternative fuel vehicle eet. Community Relations

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5 FALL 2015 | SLCC.EDU TABLE OF CONTENTS FALL 2015

Going Green 17

COVER STORY PG. 27: CRJ700 Jet Simulator

SECTIONS Goldman Sachs’ Utah19 Success 1 SLCC Snapshots

7 Trustees and Administrators

9 Faculty

10 Innovation

11 Students

13 Awards

17 Green

19 Community

23 SLCC Values Donor Boosts STEM Initiatives37 31 Awareness

33 Workforce Education & Training

36 Inclusivity

37 Giving

40 Alumni

43 SLCC News

46 Op-Ed

Alumnus succeeds as40 top chef

FALL 2015 | SLCC MAGAZINE 6 TRUSTEES

Maria Farrington W. Tim Miller Jim M. Wall Three members added to SLCC Board of Trustees

Maria Farrington is a community leader W. Tim Miller has been president/ Jim M. Wall served as publisher of with more than 20 years experience in local CEO of Echelon-Frontier since early Publishing Company Inc. not-for-pro–t organizations and schools. She 2002. He has been recognized by the U.S. from 2000 to 2010. He was director of recently was appointed as the new executive Small Business Administration for job Bonneville International Corp. Prior to that, director of Holy Cross Ministries. She has creation and commercialization and has he served as executive vice president and served as chief executive oƒcer of Discovery deep experience in building Fortune 500 general manager of the Denver Post. His Gateway children’s museum in Salt Lake divisions and successful business startups career has been spent in many positions City, and developed a variety of educational and exits, including IPO, in pharmaceuticals, in the newspaper industry. Wall has been partnerships to bene–t and expand the diagnostics, and medical device markets. active in each of the communities where museum throughout the Intermountain Past senior management positions include he has lived and worked, including in West. Her prior experience also includes Wyeth, Marion Laboratories (Sano–/ e Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day seven years as executive director of the Aventis), and American Hospital Supply/ Saints; executive board positions with the Eccles Annenberg Initiative in the Salt Lake Baxter. He has an MBA from the United Way; local chambers of commerce; City School District, executive director of where he graduated community economic development; College Community Collaboration for United Way –rst in class with honors and teaches as Board of Trustees; Boy Scouts of America; of Salt Lake and president and executive an adjunct instructor. He was awarded theater, opera and symphony boards; and director of Communities in Schools of San Utah’s Governor’s Medal for Science and charitable organizations. He is a constant Antonio, a dropout prevention initiative to Technology for 2011. For multiple years, presence in the community and has bring needed educational services to county he has been recognized as one of Utah’s participated on more than 20 Utah boards school districts in San Antonio, Texas. top venture entrepreneurs. He established or committees. In 2004, Wall was honored She received bachelor’s degrees from the Angel Flight (angelight.org) in Utah in as the American Heart Association’s “Heart University of Houston and attended the 1999 to provide free nonemergency medical of Utah” recipient. He attended Washington University of Utah for a Master’s in Public air transportation, started Santa Flight in State University for one year and later Administration. She is married to Bob 2001 for needy Utah children, and was team graduated from University Farrington and has two sons. liaison with the U.S. Men’s Ice Hockey Team with a degree in communications in 1972. during the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics. He is a pilot, nationally recognized ight instructor, ies his own plane, and periodically plays in a local blues band.

7 FALL 2015 | SLCC.EDU ADMINISTRATORS

Dr. Clifton Sanders Dr. Charles Lepper Richard Scott Sanders named lepper named scott named Provost of vp of student dean of arts and Academic Affairs affairs communication

Salt Lake Community College When Dr. Charles Lepper ew in to Richard Scott was named Dean of the President Dr. Deneece G. Huftalin this Salt Lake City from Virginia to interview SLCC School of Arts, Communication past summer named Dr. Clifton Sanders for the job of Salt Lake Community & Media in May. “Richard brings an as Provost of Academic A„airs. For College Vice President for Student A„airs, understanding of institutional history, the past 20 years, Sanders has been a he asked a cab driver on the way to his academic leadership, strategic planning faculty member, division chair, dean and hotel about her impression of SLCC. “She and an impressive record of community an interim vice president. “Dr. Sanders said, ‘Oh, it’s an institution on the move,’” engagement to Academic A„airs along with brings an understanding of institutional Lepper recalled her saying. “ at stuck with a deep commitment to student success,” history to the executive cabinet as well as a me.” e cab driver’s response is reective said SLCC Provost of Academic A„airs, willingness to innovate and lead initiatives of what drew Lepper to the job, in which he Clifton Sanders. “His leadership and to improve student success rates,” Huftalin oƒcially started July 1. longtime success in cross-departmental said. “His leadership in engaged learning, While VP of Student A„airs at collaboration, community conversations and securing grants, workforce integration, Tidewater Community College in his deep and personal understanding of the cross-departmental collaboration and social southeastern Virginia, Lepper said he creative process will continue to be an asset justice practices are, and will continue to be, was attracted to SLCC by its “laser” focus to the College.” an asset to the College.” on student success and completion and Scott served as interim dean and he Sanders, who had been serving as the its desire to be the “premier” community will continue to preside over programs interim provost, said his vision for the college in the nation. SLCC President o„ered by the new Center for Arts and post will be to see a continued increase Deneece G. Huftalin said Lepper brings Media at SLCC’s South City Campus in certi–cate and degree completion rates a wealth of experience in working at large, near . e while focusing on areas like deep learning, complex community colleges, where he center delivers courses in television, –lm, pro–cient workforce skills, transformative led initiatives to strengthen student access radio, journalism, animation, theater, citizenship and a hunger for lifelong and success. Lepper said he plans to focus radio, photography, graphic design, music learning. “As professionals committed to on continuing e„orts at SLCC to foster and more. “With the School of Arts, quality student learning, faculty, sta„ and an environment in which to learn, work Communication & Media, the new administrators must be deeply engaged and play where all people feel “appreciated, Center for Arts and Media and the Grand in the broader issues of completion, our respected and accepted” and where “all eatre, the future of South City Campus changing student demographics, high voices are heard and their uniqueness has never been brighter,” Scott said. “We impact teaching and learning practices is appreciated and recognized.” Prior to are working on increased collaboration and informed decision making,” he said. Tidewater, Lepper was assistant vice between programs that complement each “For example, understanding that most president for student development at Ivy other in order for our students to excel and of our students must balance work and Tech Community College, an institution in succeed in multiple arts- and media-related family commitments must inform how Indiana with 23 campuses serving 200,000 –elds.” He has almost 30 years of theatrical we implement programs, pathways, students. He earned a master’s degree experience as a producer, director, actor and interventions and support to help them from Grand Valley State University and a instructor. meet their educational goals.” doctorate from Indiana State University.

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Poet Laureate’s words inspire at Convocation

e Salt Lake Community College Poet Laureate distinction was created last spring following Lisa Bickmore’s recognition as winner of the Ballymaloe International Poetry contest. e Ballymaloe competition involved 2,000 poets from around the world who submitted almost 3,000 poems. Bickmore’s entry “Eidolon” was written during her sabbatical and drew from her life in faith and as a mother. Bickmore will lead a team to identify a student poet to be featured at commencement. She penned “Inquiry Method” for the College’s 2015 Convocation. Lisa Bickmore

Inquiry Method n the evening there was no one here, of a backpack. e fermata, just before no groundskeeper nor teacher nor analyst, a teacher walks in, uncaps a marker, just one woman with her dog, and us, writes something on a whiteboard and turns walking around. e failing light just caught to speak her name. When does it begin, Ithe Sky Grasss blades, so that it the scraping together of money, the desire in turn could reect its blue; saw the dry powering each arrival, the hazard outline on the sycamore leaf. Buildings of eŠort and aim and will for a shut up, the sun gilding their glass. Canal barely trusted future You walk here too,

water on the northern edge gliding just before the sky gets dark, in the quiet west, away from the river. When does ­elds crossed by walkways, lined with trees, heat any story start Tomorrow, the hour still rising from where it has soaked into appointed for beginning arrives, the very earth. If you listen closely,

the ritual with which we comply, you can hear it already, the beautiful upon which we are ­xed: the noise we make and diŒcult hum of work underway, of beginning, obscuring the chance-composed in a thousand distinct modes: we may call music of a thousand quieter this, this place, a beginning, but it is not

commencements: they will arrive on that day, the ­rst, nor will it be the last, incident each from her own neighborhood, family, in the record: and if you listen circumstance. She will have arranged for her you can hear their accounts, shi to begin when her two classes end. a minim of each single song: the clocks

He will have taken his little boy in the classroom are not yet ticking, to daycare. She wants to go to law school. or at least we cant yet hear their driving He wants to farm as his father did, measures: for now, we only sense the soon but in a better way. Another to arrive, their still potent dreams as yet

holds hope like a small amulet he dares unspoken—or unspoken to us. not show anyone. For some, its a murmur, When do their stories begin, we ask, and song made of a laptop opening, I will tell you: all stories have always the retrieval of a pen, the unzipping already begun, but they also always

begin now.

9 FALL 2015 | SLCC.EDU INNOVATION

Administrators recognized as innovators

he Utah System of Higher education, and the small contribution Education’s (USHE) newly created we can make is by making textbooks biennial Alan E. Hall Innovation a„ordable, if not free,” Mozdy said. Tfor Undergraduate Student Success e awardee or team at each USHE Award honored winners from eight public institution received $10,000, half of which institutions, including two colleagues from is designated for advancing the innovation Salt Lake Community College. being recognized. Utah entrepreneur Suzanne Mozdy, associate dean of and investor Alan E. Hall, founder SLCC’s Mathematics Department and of Tempus Global Data, is funding Jason Pickavance, director of educational the annual award for sta„ and faculty initiatives at SLCC, were recognized seeking to further initiatives designed to for their e„orts with SLCC’s OER improve undergraduate success. Hall also (Open Educational Resources), to make founded MarketStar Corp., and nonpro–t a„ordable online resources more available organizations Grow Utah, Grow America for classes such as pre-algebra, calculus, and, together with his wife Jeanne, trigonometry, college algebra and statistics. the Alan and Jeanne Hall Foundation, “ e math department strongly believes dedicated to helping low-income and in the movement toward a„ordable impoverished people. Suzanne Mozdy

Pickavance visits White House to discuss Open Educational Resources

s the cost of a college education remains prohibitively high for many people, university and college leaders met at a recent White House Ainvitation-only event to discuss how they are using “open educational resources” (OER) to lessen the –nancial impact on students. e White House’s recent Open Education Symposium included Salt Lake Community College’s Jason Pickavance, director of educational initiatives and a champion at SLCC of using OER-based courses for a variety of subjects. “ e Salt Lake Community College OER Initiative has saved students over $750,000 since we started tracking savings in the summer 2014 semester,” Pickavance says. “ is fall semester we saved students about $300,000 with about 150 OER sections. We’re o„ering OER-based courses in math, biology, business, education, English, history, sociology and psychology. Our goal is to save SLCC students at least $3 million over the next three years. We’re on track to complete that goal. In the fall of 2016, we should have 300-400 open sections, at least doubling this year’s total.” During the White House symposium, school leaders, technology tool providers, state leaders and other stakeholders met with senior administration oƒcials to demonstrate the positive impact that openly licensed educational resources can have on teaching and student learning. “ e invitation to the White House event was a recognition of the fact that SLCC is doing exciting things in the open education space,” Pickavance said. Jason Pickavance

FALL 2015 | SLCC MAGAZINE 10 STUDENTS

LOGAN ABSTON Life – and death – sheds new meaning on graduation for one civically engaged student

isbelief quickly turned to a sense of urgency, and there was no Dquestion Logan Abston would visit his dying friend on the eve of graduating from Salt Lake Community College. As a volunteer with Inspiration Hospice, he was informed of her imminent death by a text message. She would become Abston’s second end-of-life experience as a hospice volunteer. “I was in disbelief, the day before graduation. I thought, ‘This can’t be happening.’” She was dying of cancer, had no family in town, and Abston during “I was really, truly part the last eight months often had been her only company outside of the staff at her of change, and I found long-term care facility in Salt Lake City. it was what I want to do He had started donating his time as for the rest of my life.” a hospice volunteer while at SLCC as part of the College’s Civically Engaged Logan Abston Scholars program. He thought the program would someday look good on his resume. But his experiences with in the organization (the Greek word doula A LIFE OF SERVICE Inspiration Hospice and other volunteer denotes a “woman who serves”). Because of his involvement with opportunities through SLCC exceeded NEW HORIZONS Crossland and the Thayne Center, Abston his expectations, changed who he was Once he took root in Utah, Abston found a golden opportunity to volunteer and altered his academic and career decided he wanted to become a certified with the Maliheh Free Clinic in Salt Lake aspirations. nurse midwife and women’s health City. Maliheh provides free medical care to low-income and uninsured clients. STARTING BEHIND practitioner, and earn a bachelor’s degree. “It is beyond anything else I’ve ever Abston, 30, grew up in California. He enrolled at SLCC, and found Sean experienced, and it opened my eyes to There were stretches when his family was Crossland, community partnerships see that I wasn’t just a person talking the homeless. “It was pretty messed up, but coordinator through the College’s Thayne talk or just saying volunteering is great. we got through it,” he said. “It showed Center, which connects students, staff I was really, truly part of change, and I me that struggle is important.” Living in and faculty with volunteer opportunities. found it was what I want to do for the rest Fresno, he had tested out of high school “Sean is an inspiration because he lives a of my life.” at 16 and eventually took some general life of inspiration, and he actually cares,” While working in patient care at education classes at a community college. Abston said. He took Crossland’s Civically Maliheh and with the birthing process But when a family member died, he put Engaged Leader class, and Crossland as a doula, Abston began to wonder college on hold and went to work full time. also encouraged Abston to join Phi Theta about the dynamic between entering and Throughout his 20s, Abston gained Kappa, which recognizes and encourages leaving the world. In both cases, people experience as a patient technician and “scholarly academic excellence among are screaming or crying, stoic, having a birth doula, a non-medical person two-year college students.” Abston trouble breathing, afraid, spiritual – the who helps a birth mother with physical, was PTK’s chapter president for two emotions and physical responses, he emotional and informational support semesters. noted, run the gamut. In August 2014, he before, during and after giving birth. He “Logan’s passion and enthusiasm started with Inspiration Hospice, where also developed an interest in midwifery, to help make positive changes in he learned about its 11th Hour program moving to Utah when his pregnant sister the community are evident after one that places volunteers with families and asked if he would help with the birth. On interaction with him,” Crossland said. “I patients when someone appears to be his Utah Doula Association page, Abston really can’t say enough good things about within 48 hours of passing away. After his claims to be the state’s first male doula him.”

11 FALL 2015 | SLCC.EDU STUDENTS first experience with 11th Hour, Abston pondered his choices as a student at a ROSARIO BIBIANO-GARCIA community college, how he initially was just trying to get a leg up on his career by being involved in a civic program, and PACE Job shadowing helps students that he was in fact fortunate to be part ast High School senior Rosario days she was able to talk to and work of such a powerful experience, to be a Bibiano-Garcia figured she’d just with graphic designers, photographers, stranger invited into a sacred space at an relax this past summer, thinking instructors and professionals who emotional time. “It definitely registered E maybe she’d forget about school for a exposed her to career possibilities with me that this is a big deal,” he said. little while. Instead, for three days in June different from her current aspiration to His next 11th Hour request would come she was in and out of classrooms and become an interior designer. “I’ve learned the night before graduating from SLCC. offices at Salt Lake Community College, a lot, especially since not knowing about A DYING FRIEND job shadowing as part of the Partnerships the subjects I was shadowing,” Bibiano- After receiving the text message for Accessing College Education (PACE) Garcia said. “I learned you really need to about his friend, he knew his “shift” program. have a network and that personality is began at 10 p.m. The woman he’d been PACE is a partnership between local important. You need to be outgoing, talk visiting had been moved to a different high schools, businesses and SLCC. It to people, be social.” To other students room. “We had become very close,” he serves qualifying students by awarding curious about job shadowing, she would said. It was a bit shocking to see her recommend it even if the subjects they’re for the first time that night. She was no shadowing don’t reflect their current longer on oxygen. Her hair was a mess. career choices. “You will gain something Abston didn’t have a comb or brush. from it.” He used his fingers to gently work out the tangles. He kept talking to her, even though she was unresponsive. “I’m glad “I will be experiencing that I’m here for you,” Abston told her, things I won’t be able to with no one else in the room. He brought do anywhere else.” Neil Gaiman’s collection of short fiction “Trigger Warning” to read to his friend. He kept a hand on her arm, checking the People like Sandy-based Bohme temperature of her skin and just letting Boutique owner Fernanda Bohme- her know that he was there. Birkland, who volunteered to show PACE As the minutes ticked by, Abston participants around, had a deep emotional said what he needed to say before his connection to being shadowed. She is friend passed. “I told her that I always a graduate of SLCC’s Fashion Institute liked her nose and that I was glad we and became teary at a meeting with other had gotten to know each other, and that volunteers, PACE employees and SLCC senior Rosario Bibiano-Garcia tries her I thought she was a really great person,” hand at photography while job shadowing through PACE. advisor and volunteer coordinator Will he said. Only 45 minutes had passed ‘Unga. “You mentioned these kids are when his friend appeared to look up and two-year scholarships to SLCC at underprivileged,” she told ‘Unga. “That brought her arms toward her chest. “I the end of the program. Students can was me – we were the poorest immigrants put my hand on her shoulder and said, enter the PACE program as high school you could ever imagine. And I had zero ‘It’s okay. Everything’s fine.’” And, alone freshmen if they have at least a 2.5 GPA, help. This program gives opportunities to with his friend, he watched her let out 90 percent or more “on-time” attendance people who have talent and opens their one last breath. He stayed with her for and are “low income, first generation eyes to what they can do in this country a while longer, did what is required of and/or underrepresented in higher if they just believe. I had to make my own hospice volunteers and drove back to his education.” Participants in PACE are opportunities, and no one hand fed me apartment in Salt Lake City. required to attend at least one summer anything.” SLCC GRADUATION program activity before their senior year, PACE advisor Monica Gomez The next day, Abston was beaming, which is how Bibiano-Garcia ended Rogerson told volunteers that the dressed in a cap and gown, walking up job shadowing at SLCC, and other shadowing is part of students’ growth in across the stage at the Maverik Center in businesses. PACE, that they’d be nervous being on a West Valley City with hundreds of other “At first I was like, ‘It’s summer, why job site for the first time but that they’d be graduates. Somehow, the day seemed a do I have to do this?’” she said about grateful for the opportunity. While Bibiano- little different than what he had expected. her initial reaction. “Then I thought, I will Garcia didn’t appear at all nervous – in “It felt more important,” Abston said. “I be experiencing things I won’t be able to fact, she was curious, assertive, helpful was so glad that I had been able to be do anywhere else – so, it’s worth it. Plus, and enthusiastic as she learned new skills there for her.” it’s only three days.” And for those three – she was thankful.

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SLCC’S ‘UNA MANO AMIGA’ RECEIVES INNOVATION AWARD

he Salt Lake Community College Academic and Career Advisors T peer-mentoring program, “Una Mano Amiga,” was selected this past fall for the 2015 NASPA Region V Innovative Program Award. NASPA (National Association of Student Personnel Administrators) is the leading association for the advancement, health and sustainability of the student affairs profession. Una Mano Amiga (A Friendly Hand) began at SLCC in 2011 and has since LEFT TO RIGHT: Geraldina Palma Carias, Luz Gamarra, Dr. Sonia Parker and Elizete Bond. assisted more than 830 Latino students to become mentors and leaders and programs, but no one has a model are developed as participants help has guided them under the motto based on the strength of a culture,” others. The NASPA award strengthens “Learn, Grow and Share.” The program said Dr. Sonia Parker, SLCC Director of staff and administrators in our efforts enhances the services that Academic Academic and Career Advising. “This to empower students to become full Advising provides to Latino students at is a culture that embraces collectivism, participants in their academic planning, SLCC. appreciation, social relationships and career goals and lifelong learning.” “There are many peer mentoring family values. Peer leadership skills

ASSOCIATE PROVOST NAMED CHAMBER ATHENA WINNER

he Salt Lake Chamber named Salt support and training efforts including “Gunn has over 30 years’ experience Lake Community College’s Karen the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small as an educator, corporate manager T Gunn as the 2015 ATHENA Award Businesses program,” said SLCC and entrepreneur. Besides having an recipient. Gunn recently retired as President Deneece G. Huftalin. “She is astonishingly successful career, Karen SLCC Associate Provost of Economic a bright, engaging, passionate leader has helped numerous other women Development who has had an enormous impact on achieve their dreams. We couldn’t and Business Utah’s business community. We salute be more excited to honor her as the Partnerships her alongside the Chamber.” newest ATHENA.” and the The ATHENA Award is a prestigious In the time Gunn has overseen Executive national award presented annually 10,000 Small Businesses at SLCC, Director to an active member of the Salt Goldman Sachs has helped provide of SLCC’s Lake Chamber who demonstrates practical business and management Goldman excellence, creativity and initiative in education, support services and capital Sachs business. Each recipient must also to 215 Utah entrepreneurs, with 76 10,000 Small provide valuable service by devoting percent reporting increased revenues Karen Gunn Businesses time and energy to improve the quality within 18 months after graduating and program. of life for others in the community and 57 percent saying they have added “Karen Gunn has shared her assist women in reaching their full new jobs in that same time period. amazing talents and knowledge with leadership potential. Recently, three cohorts graduated, with SLCC in the classroom, in the School “I cannot think of a more deserving 93 business owners employing 1,611 of Business, and most recently at our recipient,” said Lane Beattie, President people and representing over $145 Miller campus, leading small business and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber. million in revenues in Utah.

13 FALL 2015 | SLCC.EDU AWARDS

SLCC STUDENTS WIN GOLD AT SKILLSUSA CONFERENCE

alt Lake Community College many great faculty members who students brought home four taught and trained them.” S gold medals in the 51st annual SLCC won gold medals in web SkillsUSA National Skill and Leadership design, 3-D visualization and animation, Conference, held earlier this year in screen-printing technology and in the Louisville, Kentucky. SLCC had 16 “TeamWorks” division, and a silver students participate in 11 categories medal in advertising design. More in what is called the country’s largest than 6,000 students participated in the collegiate job skills competition. weeklong June event that included 100 “Our students who competed in occupational and leadership skill areas. SkillsUSA exhibited the highest level of SkillsUSA is a partnership of training and education, which reflects students, teachers and industry well on their experience at Salt Lake working together to ensure America Community College,” said Ralph Tasker, has a skilled workforce. The SLCC interim Associate Dean for the organization serves more than 300,000 Division of Technical Specialties. “We students each year through 53 state LEFT TO RIGHT: Seth Johnson, Jason Groce, Deric Yoakam and R.J. Beckstead. congratulate each of them and the and territorial associations.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT NAMED NEW CENTURY SCHOLAR

ow does an older student from engineering area,” Godoy says. “I also another country, in this case had the chance to study English as a H 41-year-old Salt Lake Community Second Language before beginning College student David Godoy from my major without taking the TOEFL Venezuela, beat out students half his (a proficiency test for non-native age for one of this year’s coveted English speakers), and that was a huge Coca-Cola New Century Scholar advantage.” awards? “I never give up,” Godoy says. To qualify for the scholarship, Godoy “I go forward with faith and never get needed to be a member of the honor discouraged.” society Phi Theta Kappa, which this Godoy was the top-scoring year is holding its annual convention applicant from Utah among more in San Antonio, where Godoy and than 1,700 applications nationally for other winners are being recognized one of the 2015 New Century Scholar for academic achievement, leadership, awards. Originally from Maracaibo service and “a response to a significant in the northwest tip of Venezuela, endeavor.” Godoy is married with four children Godoy, who has won three other and has his sights set on getting a PhD scholarships, said the $2,000 award someday in manufacturing or industrial is a big help. “Because of political engineering. But first, he will earn an problems in my country, it is very associate’s degree. “I realized that SLCC difficult to transfer funds from my had an excellent balance between country to this country. So, it was really price and education received, with good to receive this good news.” several options to choose from in the David Godoy and family

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WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND MOORE NAMED HONORS SLCC WITH SAFETY AWARD DISTINGUISHED FACULTY alt Lake Community College was tactics, including written safety plans, one of 16 Utah companies that regular safety training, accident LECTURER S received top safety awards during analysis, employee involvement in the the Workers Compensation Fund safety process and incentive programs. Safety Summit. “The importance of workplace From construction and trucking safety cannot be underestimated—every to manufacturing and municipal effort Utah companies make to protect services, the winners of the 2015 WCF their workers helps protect individuals Charles A. Caine Workplace Safety and families from injury, pain, financial Awards are a diverse group of Utah- hardship and more,” said Ray Pickup, based businesses with a common WCF president and CEO. “We applaud commitment to safety. The honorees these award-winning companies who Dr. Ted Moore practice similar safety management lead the way in workplace safety.” his year’s Salt Lake Community College Distinguished Faculty t Lecturer, Dr. Ted Moore, received his PhD from Michigan State University BENDT AWARDED ASSISTANT COACH in American history with a focus on OF THE YEAR IN NJCAA DIVISION the urban environment. Moore taught at several institutions before arriving he National Fastpitch Coaches at Salt Lake Community College in Association (NFCA) recently 2009. He specializes in urban and T announced its recipients of the environmental history. 2015 Assistant Coach of the Year A dedicated teacher, Moore is Awards, and the award for NJCAA committed to elevating the academic Division I went to Salt Lake Community quality and rigor in the classroom with College Assistant Coach Tara Bendt. an eye toward helping his students to Bendt’s contributions to the better compete in the world. program helped SLCC hold a No. Moore is an award-winning author. 1 ranking for four weeks during the Among his most notable publications season and carried that into the are “Democratizing the Air: The Salt National Championship Tournament. Lake Women’s Chamber of Commerce Along with her duties as recruiting and Air Pollution, 1936-1945.” The coordinator and as an outfield and article won Best History Article Award slapping coach, Bendt plays a critical from the Utah State Historical Society. role as the team motivator through He also wrote “Fast Revolutions: various channels before or during Bicycles, Paved Roads, and the practice or whenever she feels it is Tara Bendt Creation of a Middle-Class City in needed. Salt Lake, 1890-1903” and “Speed Her hard work on the recruiting trail which involves social media, player Merchants: The History of Professional has allowed Bendt and head coach of the week nominations and getting Cycling in Salt Lake City, 1898-1914,” Cyndee Bennett to open up recruiting (SLCC) softball information out to the both of which were selected by the in several states and form relationships public in a timely fashion. Utah State Historical Society as Editor’s with many four-year schools. Also on Choice for Best Article. In his personal her plate is marketing of the program, life, Moore enjoys cycling.

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STUDENT WINS HUMANITARIAN AWARD AND SCHOLARSHIP

alt Lake Community College pursuing positive social change.” student Israel Santana earlier this Santana’s plan is to finish at S year received the 2015 Youthlinc SLCC and transfer to the University Utah Young Humanitarian Award and of Utah next spring. One of the a $5,000 scholarship through the scholarship contest judges, Peter sponsoring nonprofit Youthlinc, the Ingle, Westminster College Dean of largest service-based scholarship the School of Education, said, “Israel is program in the state. going to change the world.” The award recognizes Santana’s Youthlinc Local Service Director involvement for the past six years with Jerika Mays said the award is important Israel Santana, center, receives humanitarian award. the Mestizo Arts & Activism Collective because it “celebrates young people (MAA), helping to empower youth on prison or dead,” he said. As a college who excel at giving back in their Salt Lake City’s west side to become student, he has been mentoring community in hopes of inspiring community leaders. In high school, he younger students about the value of more youth to volunteer.” The annual used poetry and photography at MAA education. Santana is quoted on the scholarship offerings of $5,000; $3,000 to share his experiences growing up Youthlinc website: “My leadership (runner-up); $1,000 (three awards); a west sider, where drug and gang in Salt Lake City has focused on and $500 (five awards), are funded activity could have steered Santana empowering young people of color by the George S. and Dolores Doré from his academic path. “If it hadn’t to pursue a higher education, become Eccles Foundation, the Robert D. Kent been for the Mestizo Arts and Activism politically aware, and maintain a sense Jr. Trust and by Shaun Michel. For more Collective, I would have either been in of pride in their cultures, all while information, visit youthlinc.org.

COLLEGE RECEIVES $2.8 MILLION TO SLCC WINS HELP DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS BUSINESS AWARD

alt Lake Community College academic tutoring, counseling, he nonprofit Columbus, a South was awarded two TRIO Student mentoring, financial guidance Salt Lake-based agency that S Support Services (SSS) grants and other support to improve T supports people with disabilities, by the Department of Education to educational retention, completion and recently honored Salt Lake Community benefit disabled, low-income and first- transfer. These services are especially College with its Business Partner of generation students. TRIO is a set of needed for low-income and first- the Year award. The honor recognizes federally funded college opportunity generation students, who often face SLCC for working with Columbus to programs that motivate and support significant financial and social barriers promote vocational opportunities students from disadvantaged to college. for people with disabilities within the backgrounds in their pursuits of To maximize benefits to participants business community. college degrees. A total of 790,000 and improve the likelihood of success, SLCC was given the award during low-income, first-generation students SLCC designed the programs to utilize Columbus’ 10th annual Dignity and students with disabilities — from and identify best practices. The SSS Through Work recognition event. The sixth grade through college graduation programs have been designed to SLCC Facilities Services Department — are served by over 2,800 programs strategically interact with other effective has awarded grounds maintenance nationally. support programs at the College, such and custodial contracts to Columbus, The $2.8 million in federal funds as First Year Experience, Bridge to which in turn has allowed Columbus for TRIO SSS programs at SLCC will Success and InnovaBio. to provide vocational training provide participants with personalized and employment opportunities to individuals with disabilities.

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SLCC’s natural gas-powered garbage truck.

College’s vehicle fleet getting greener all the time

hey’re like two boys sharing a battalion of environmentally friendly more expensive, especially when new toy car, prone to saying transportation. They have cars, it comes to vehicles. “We had to things like, “Ooh, this is so pickups, a new garbage truck, a convince (administrators) that it’s cool! Watch what it does!” lawnmower and even a forklift that the environmentally proper thing to But Rand Webb and Edward Benson run on compressed natural do,” Webb said. “If you’re thinking Taren’t talking about toys. They’re gas (CNG), electricity, ethanol or we’re saving money by doing this, talking about Salt Lake Community we’re not. It’s an air quality issue – College’s commitment to alternative- we’re doing the right thing. We feel fuel vehicles. They often finish each like it’s worth the money to have other’s sentences or talk over one 85 percent less tailpipe exhaust another. “He’s the scientist guy,” and to contribute that much less to Benson says, “and I’m the nuts-and- greenhouse gasses.” bolts guy.” Webb calls Benson the While SLCC is going the extra “fleet guy” and himself the “EPA guy.” mile with cleaner vehicles, the state But the subject – a greener fleet of is pushing the issue, demanding vehicles – is, well, pretty cool. that half of all vehicles purchased These days, Webb, who used to for the state fleet rely on alternative work with the federal Environmental Edward Benson hooks up a Nissan Leaf to a charging station. fuels such as CNG. All state fleet Protection Agency and the state vehicles are expected to be running Department of Environmental a mix of gasoline and electricity. It on alternative fuels by 2019. Benson Quality on cleaning up polluted means the College is doing what figures SLCC is ahead of the game sites, is the environmental and Webb calls the “right thing,” by with about 37 percent of its fleet health safety manager at SLCC, and emitting fewer pollutants into Salt running on CNG. While CNG refilling Benson is the College’s fleet and Lake Valley’s already oft-polluted air. stations were once in short supply, logistics coordinator. Together, with The shift in thinking about what there are now about 45 CNG sites support of SLCC administrators, kinds of cars to purchase for SLCC’s throughout Utah, including seven they’re turning SLCC’s fleet of fleet didn’t happen overnight. That’s in the Salt Lake City area. One of about 135 vehicles into a “green” because going “green” is sometimes those stations is located on the SLCC

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Taylorsville Redwood Campus. “It’s cheaper, it’s cleaner and it’s SLCC’s GREEN FLEET domestic,” Webb says about the CNG station on campus. “We’re buying a domestic product that 43 - Percent of SLCC’s fleet that uses alternative fuels Questar pumps out of the ground in Evanston. No matter what you think Vehicles: about global warming, is it wrong to have less greenhouse gas?” A CNG- powered vehicle also requires one third less maintenance than a typical 20 17 16 5 2 gasoline vehicle. BIODIESEL E85 (Ethannol) CNG ELECTRIC HYBRID SLCC also owns several hybrid vehicles that run on gas and electricity, including four Toyota Priuses and two Toyota Camries. Benson and Webb recently welcomed two fully electric Nissan Leafs into the fleet. Webb SLCC electric vehicle facts from June 15 to Nov. 11, 2015: can monitor from a computer 140 6 Gallons of gas saved Electric port/recharge locations: 2 at Gundersen & Facilities, 2 at AAB, 2 at South City

1,115 kwh 468 Amount of energy used Kilograms of greenhouse by electric vehicles gases not released into atmosphere

300 2 free hours Number of times private and to recharge at SLCC electric SLCC-owned electric vehicles ports; $10/hour after that recharged at six ports on two campuses

Rand Webb demonstrates how to use the charging station for electric cars. on his desk just how the Leafs E85 fact: CNG facts: are performing with energy consumption and curbing emissions, This 85 percent and they can be plugged in to ethanol fuel SLCC CNG vehicles recharge at a station outside his emits fewer save 9,500 gallons office. “SLCC has been a pioneer hydrocarbons of gasoline a year in this,” Benson said. “We have into the air stepped ahead and done a lot of The College’s CNG pre-planning, and support from garbage truck alone Biodiesel fact: saves 2,400 gallons administration has been fantastic. of gasoline a year CNG We’ve been a step ahead of all other Made from (state) schools.” Benson said that in vegetable oil and 85 percent fewer the next few years, over half of all animal fats, this tailpipe emissions vehicles in SLCC’s fleet will run on biodegradable fuel emits less alternative fuels. sulfur.

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Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses yields success at SLCC

new national impact study from Babson College shows that the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses programA administered in Utah through Salt Lake Community College is among Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses participants attend graduation. the more successful business education and training programs in the country. supports the project in partnership with Within six months of graduation, Salt Babson College and the Initiative for a Lake business owners who have completed Competitive Inner City. Local partners in the program outpace the national averages Utah include the Utah Governor’s Oƒce for revenue increases and job growth of Economic Development, Salt Lake for their companies. Program research Community College, Mountain West showed that 70.2 percent of participating Small Business Finance, and the Utah businesses in Utah reported an increase State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. in revenue within six months of starting “Utah’s performance numbers reect the program, compared with 68 percent the dedication of the local Goldman Sachs nationally. In that same time period, 10,000 Small Businesses program team the report showed that 47.9 percent of and key stakeholder partners in our state business owners added jobs, compared to providing one of the best environments with 46.2 percent nationally. In addition, in the country for growing small the national impact study shows that 18 months after graduation, 76 percent of “The success of the participants reported increases in their revenues and 57 percent reported creating program is evident in net new jobs. Finally, the program has a 99 the numbers.” percent graduation rate and 84 percent of graduates are doing some form of business with each other. businesses,” said Karen Gunn, Executive “Salt Lake Community College is Director of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 fortunate to be part of such an impactful Small Businesses program at SLCC. program as 10,000 Small Businesses,” said Since the program began in Utah SLCC President Dr. Deneece G. Huftalin. in 2013, seven cohorts representing “ e success of the program is evident in 215 business owners have successfully the numbers, a quanti–able portrait of a completed the program. Recent graduate return on investment that reects well on Angela Brown, editor and publisher of the local economy and on the state as a Utah-based SLUG Magazine, said she whole.” knew immediately after being accepted Nationally, the 10,000 Small as a 10,000 Small Businesses scholar into Businesses program started in 2009 Cohort 5 that she would “never be the Incorporate Massage founder and CEO Amelia Wilcox. and, with more than 125 partners and same.” And results soon followed. “Since aƒliate organizations, has helped nearly completing the program, I have overcome over the next three years.” Brown was 5,000 small business owners through 25 my fear of asking for money,” she said at one of 93 scholars in three cohorts to United States and Great Britain sites and graduation in June. “I’ve taken out a line graduate from the program in Utah in a national blended learning program. A of credit. I have hired four new full-time 2015. Combined, those businesses employ $500 million investment by Goldman employees and identi–ed a revenue stream 1,611 people and represent a total of $145 Sachs and the Goldman Sachs Foundation that will triple SLUG’s annual revenue million dollars in annual revenue.

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Refugees ask governor for continued support on SLCC campus tah Gov. Gary Herbert and –rst lady Jeanette Herbert recently learned how refugees who start in other states end up in Utah, Ubecause of the way they’re treated and the resources they’re o„ered in the Beehive State. In November, they visited Salt Lake Community College’s Meadowbrook Campus, home to the Utah Refugee Education and Training Center. 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. “Your stories are impressive,” Herbert told refugees at the center. “We follow what’s taking place here, and on behalf of the 3 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 Gov. Gary Herbert and first lady Jeanette Herbert pose with refugees. home.” An estimated 60,000 refugees from around the world live in Utah. Many seek help with assimilating into the Utah job market and culture through the center, which represents a partnership between higher education, the private sector and state government, including the Utah Department of Workforce Services. Refugee and SLCC student Zakiya Ali called the center home. “You have people to help you understand life here,” she said. “ e culture and society is di„erent.” Refugees, she added, can rely on Gov. Gary Herbert listens to refugees talk about the value of the Utah Refugee Education and Training Center.

“We’re honored to have called the success of the center the composites, warehousing and aerospace you here. We’re glad you epitome of that kind of partnership. “I that are available for refugees. would like to say how enormously proud Herbert said that the center is a place somehow have chosen we are of you,” she told refugees. “You have for refugees to gather, learn and improve Utah as your home.” enriched our lives. You have shared your their lives. “It’s the helping hand up, not culture with us, and we have learned so just a helping hand,” he said. “ e work much from you. And we are glad in some ethic you bring is certainly welcome small way to pay back a little of what you here in Utah. We want to help you help translators at the center to help them feel have given us under the leadership of Gov. yourself. We promise you here in Utah more comfortable and con–dent so that Herbert.” that you will have opportunities. We’re they will take a chance to get a job and As the governor and his wife toured just honored here to have you as part of become part of society. parts of the SLCC campus and refugee Utah. You add a signi–cant blessing to our Community activist Pamela Atkinson center, they learned about the resources community with your presence. We will reminded Herbert about his –rst inaugural available to refugees. SLCC President come back more than once a year.” speech when he spoke of the importance Dr. Deneece G. Huftalin talked briey of public and private partnerships. She about programs at the campus such as

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Female veterans pose in gowns made by SLCC fashion students. Students bring fashion to female veterans rom a 23-year-old soldier to want to do this.’ If I can use my talents an 84-year-old Korean War to say ‘ ank you,’ then it makes me so vet, 15 female veterans from all happy.” Fratto said Turner, a 25-year-old branches of the military recently mother, allowed him to design using his Fwere treated to new custom-designed “aesthetic” with an eye toward out–tting a gowns made by students of Salt Lake strong, con–dent woman. He was grateful Community College’s Fashion Institute. for the experience of working directly with In recognition of Veterans Day, the gowns a “client” in a real-world setting outside of were modeled by the vets during the the classroom environment. “She was such annual Women Veterans Celebration, a great sport about everything,” Fratto said. featuring the “Grit To Glamour: Warrior “It turned out absolutely beautiful, but she To Woman” fashion show at Zions Bank also feels great in the dress — and as long in Salt Lake City. SLCC students also as she feels beautiful, then I’m happy.” provided hair and makeup services for the Sakaki told veterans that students veterans, and organized the fashion show. worked long hours volunteering to make Design student Charlie Fratto, 22, the dresses. “I appreciate the opportunity made a dress for Air Force Senior Airman for our students to be able to serve you,” Amanda Turner, who has worked with she said. “You have served our country, and SLCC fashion design student Charlie Fratto (left) made the wounded soldiers at Fort Sam Houston in we have been able to give back to you a gown Air Force Senior Airman Amanda Turner is wearing. San Antonio. “Being a veteran,” she says, little bit.” Sakaki said each dress took six or “means stepping up to the call to honor seven –ttings to get it just right. “I’m very those who have served and o„ered their proud of them,” she said. “I’m proud they military members who are women, and lives for this country.” Fratto designed wanted to give, that they wanted to make a the population of female veterans grows Turner’s oor-length gold gown with full di„erence. And as beautiful as these ladies more every day,” Huftalin said. “Brave, sleeves and a high neckline. All of the are on the inside, we can see that they are courageous women are today reaching veterans were able to keep the dresses they beautiful on the outside as well.” some of the highest levels of command wore in the fashion show. Earlier in the evening, SLCC President in the military, weaving what I might Fratto didn’t hesitate when SLCC Dr. Deneece G. Huftalin said beauty is describe as a unique hybrid of beauty Fashion Institute Director Mojdeh Sakaki more than what we see in the mirror. “ e throughout the fabric of our male- asked for volunteers to be involved in the female veterans here tonight represent dominated armed forces.” project. “I was like, ‘Yes, sign me up—I the nearly 15 percent of active duty

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Navy rear admiral visits SLCC campuses VA taps successful avy Rear Admiral Richard P. Snyder “You can have great facilities, computers, Nwrote in an op-ed prior to his visit to printers, but at the end of the day it’s the veterans center for Salt Lake Community College’s Veterans dedicated people who are sitting here day Center that Utah’s higher education and in and day out to support our veterans, and open house business community is helping provide the that’s what’s most impressive.” type of research for innovations the Navy Ten years ago, the center started with needs for weapons, ships, submarines and 178 square feet and helped less than 20 aircraft. “Our nation needs a strong and graduates. In 2014, more than 200 vets ready Navy, and a strong and ready Navy (the biggest class of vets yet) graduated, needs the people of Utah,” Snyder wrote. and 189 vets graduated in 2015. SLCC’s e op-ed and his visit to SLCC Veterans Services has facilities at the coincided this past September with Navy Taylorsville Redwood and South City Week, during which representatives of campuses. Sta„ members are available to the Navy fanned out to 12 cities across educate vets and their dependents about the country to share what today’s Navy is education bene–ts, scholarships and how doing. “It’s also a chance to come out and to apply for admission to SLCC, which thank the people of Utah for their support this year again made the Military Times Students learn about services offered to veterans. of our Navy and veterans,” Snyder said. Best for Vets: Colleges 2016 rankings. he Veterans Administration’s Oƒce of Field Operations this fall recognized Salt Lake TCommunity College’s VetSuccess on Campus (VSOC) program as one of 10 top-performing campuses chosen to hold open houses that showcased services provided by Veterans Services oƒces. e recent open house at SLCC hosted representatives from 17 service providers that included the Utah Department of Veterans and Military A„airs, GoArmyEd’s Education Services, the American Red Cross, Veterans Integration to Academic Leadership and the Utah National Guard. Almost 100 veterans and dependents attended the event. “ e open house was such a success, and so many of our veterans were served by holding this event. To have the VA see the success of our partnership is an honor,” said Darlene Head, SLCC manager of Veterans Services. “It is important for us to successfully work in partnership with the VA to best serve our student veterans. I am honored to be in partnership with them.” VSOC vocational rehabilitation counselors provide academic and vocational guidance to vets, connecting them to other VA bene–ts that include health care and mental health services. Counselors also help service members, veterans and dependents apply for Navy Rear Admiral Richard P. Snyder meets and greets staff, faculty and students at SLCC’s Veterans Services center. medical and nonmedical bene–ts.

FALL 2015 | SLCC MAGAZINE 22 In August, Salt Lake Community College President Dr. Deneece G. Huftalin asked SLCC staff and faculty to write down — or in some cases draw — what they value at the College and then pose for a photo with their words and art. As part of a collegewide strategic planning process throughout fall semester, more than 80 people participated in what became known as the “SLCC Values” photography project that portrayed a broad spectrum of institutional values that were absorbed into the planning process.

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27 FALL 2015 | SLCC.EDU NEW CRJ700 JET SIMULATOR TAKING OFF AT WESTPOINTE

alt Lake Community College President Dr. Deneece G. Huftalin and her cabinet have piloted it. So have a bunch of high school students. And the great equalizer has been that Sthe CRJ700, even though it’s a simulator, is pretty hard to land for a novice at the controls for the first time. Under the direction of copilot and assistant professor Erwin Zundel, a typical landing in the simulator can go about like this one, which features a high school student at the controls and Zundel doing the talking:

Keep the nose down. Power back. Keep coming back with it. Give yourself full flaps. Line yourself up with the runway. When he calls ‘500 feet’ change the position of your nose. Hands on the throttle — we’re all going to die (laughter follows). Start raising the nose up. Head toward the runway. Looking good. Nose coming down. Gently pull back on the yoke. Pull back! Pull back! No! Ooooh! (pause) Not bad. The student crashed the plane — but, again, it’s only a simulator.

President Huftalin’s takeoff was a little shaky, to say the least. But she nailed her landing during the President’s Challenge event in October, when every cabinet member took turns in the simulator while trying to best each other. Dr. Roderic Land, special assistant to the president, walked away with the first-place trophy for having the smoothest and most successful takeoff and landing. “I look at the experience as kind of a metaphor for life, school or your career,” Huftalin said. “Sometimes, with a new beginning, we have a rough takeoff. But once we learn the controls and get comfortable in the air, the whole world opens up as to where and how we can land. Some of our students are literally learning to fly with this

FALL 2015 | SLCC MAGAZINE 28 Special Assistant to the President Dr. Roderic Land takes control of the simulator. School of Technical Specialties Dean Rick Bouillon explains the simulator to SLCC President Dr. Deneece G. Huftalin. amazing new simulator; others are learning to fly in their aircraft costs about $25 million, seats up to 78 people own career fields.” and is typically used by a smaller regional airline like The purpose of having the cabinet and, high school SkyWest. It’s expected the simulator will be a regional and students try out the simulator is to raise awareness — and a even national draw for pilots who are preparing to test few eyebrows — about the new technology being used at for the FAA’s Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) license toward SLCC’s Westpointe Center. ESP Inc. (Engineering Support becoming certified to fly bigger jets. Students will likely Personnel) purchased the once-mothballed simulator spend about 10 hours using the simulator before taking from a university, completely rebuilt it and in 2015 sold it to SLCC for about $250,000. “It has the latest version of Lockheed Martin’s “Sometimes, with a new beginning, we software,” said Jim Williams, who worked with ESP to have a rough takeoff. But once we learn get the simulator running at SLCC. “We’re using the most modern technology that can go into this simulator. the controls and get comfortable in the When it comes to a community college level, you are air, the whole world opens up.” far superior than most. This really is a very sophisticated trainer. I think SLCC is fortunate to have found the means to install this system here. It will give you an edge up the ATP test. “We should be ready by spring to offer a as being a leading college in providing jet transition class utilizing the CRJ700,” said Gillette Samms, associate training.” dean over the professional pilot program at Westpointe. The goal now is to develop a curriculum that will “It fills quite a unique void.” Samms said demand for pilots allow future pilots to transition from training on a single is on the rise as more and more people travel. SLCC’s propeller system to a more sophisticated, complex simulator adds an element of training that airlines seek commercial jet craft with the simulator. The actual CRJ700 when looking to hire experienced candidates to fly jets.

29 FALL 2015 | SLCC.EDU High school students taking aviation courses try out the simulator.

Chris Johnson in 2014 earned an associate’s degree This is an opportunity for students to go up to the next in SLCC’s pilot program after serving in the Army for five level in their training and to advance beyond a regular years, with two tours in Iraq as an explosive ordnance trainer and to see what opportunities lie ahead for them.” disposal technician. “Ever since I was a kid, I always Olympus High School student Zachary Nelson, 17, wanted to be a pilot,” said Johnson, 28, who grew up in took a turn at the simulator. “I would love any job that South Ogden. “I used to watch planes take off and land at would give me the ability to fly a plane,” Nelson said. Hill Air Force Base.” He still remembers taking the controls “Even if it was crop dusting, I would just love to fly in the of a plane for the first time. “It was awesome,” he said. “It’s air.” He loved piloting the CRJ700, compared to flying like getting addicted to a drug. I was just addicted. It’s in a smaller simulator. “I felt like it had more power,” like nothing else.” Johnson was hired first by Cornerstone he said. “It was scary, exciting and all around amazing.” Aviation, the fixed-wing flight school used by SLCC, and Shenille Fiack, 17, of Taylorsville High School, was equally then he started at SLCC as an adjunct instructor. These impressed. “It was crazy,” Fiack said. “I thought it was days he flies small jets for a firm in Phoenix. He said amazing. The opportunity was fantastic, that we could SLCC’s new simulator will give students a chance to see come up here and get the opportunity to fly something and control the type of systems they will encounter on different than what we fly at school.” Fiack already has her larger jets. sights set on joining the Air Force, becoming a fighter Granite Technical Institute teacher Carl Readicker pilot and someday flying one of the most important jets brought a group of high school students in an aviation in the world. “I want to be on Air Force One,” she said. program to try out the new simulator, which is a bit bigger “That’s my dream.” than the Cessna trainer they had been using. The goal is to keep bringing young students to the cockpit of the CRJ700. “It gives them an idea of where they’re going from here,” Readicker said. “This is absolutely incredible.

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Disability Resource Center Assistant Director Steven Lewis gives a thumbs up to the new grow boxes.

SLCC’s newest community garden helps stock campus food pantry

n a small lot where an old dilapidated house once stood near Salt Lake Community College’s South City Campus, 20 grow boxes yielded fresh Ovegetables for low-income students who used the campus’ food pantry. SLCC bought the old house along 1700 South, demolished it and paved the way for the College’s third plot for a community garden – the other two are near the Taylorsville and Jordan campuses. At the South City site, Grainger Industrial Supply donated money toward the project, and sta„ers at nearby Whittier Elementary School and South City Campus Daycare pitched in some sweat equity. e idea for a community garden at South City came from SLCC Community Partnerships Coordinator Sean Crossland and the College’s Disability Resource Center Assistant Director Steven Lewis, who helped start the other two gardens. e boxes were quickly spoken for and by September and October growers were twice a week helping to stock the food pantry at South City with fresh produce.

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Naomi Klein brings climate change topic to SLCC “wasted” doing the wrong things and talking about a rapidly evolving subject in a way that is stuck in the 1990s. She invoked climatologist Michael Mann’s notion of the “procrastination penalty” and how drastic measures are now required over “nonradical” options for stemming the tide of climate change and the “inaction” that has taken the world in the wrong direction. “We now need to cut our emissions very deeply and very rapidly to stay within the carbon budget,” she said. Klein told students, and later a near sold-out crowd at the Grand eatre, that e„orts to focus more on climate change can be designed to also help solve problems like economic inequality and racial injustice. “In short,” she said, “a more Author and journalist Naomi Klein autographs books for students at the Taylorsville Redwood Campus. humane society that values the lives and experiences and contributions of all of his November, journalist and or a drought becomes a “severe” drought its members, including people who have author Naomi Klein told more because of climate change, she added. She been forced to leave their home countries than 800 people at Salt Lake also said private enterprise can have a role because of wars fought over fossil fuels, Community College’s Grand eatre that in positively a„ecting climate change in because of the impasse of unfair trade T agreements that our governments have until about six years ago she had been writing books, which she calls “ammo pushed and, indeed, because of climate for activists,” about economic justice, change.” Klein also plugged her new –lm human rights, labor abuses, free trade and “ is Changes Everything,” wherein privatization, and that she “outsourced” a “symphony of voices” on the “front the subject of climate change to “green lines” of climate change are depicted as groups.” She went further and said people a “celebration and exploration” of the would rather watch “cat videos” online movement. She wanted the –lm to come than read a story about melting glaciers. out in time for the upcoming United Klein appeared at the Grand as part Nations conference on climate change in of the Tanner Forum on Social Ethics, Paris. Her favorite screening so far, Klein presented by a generous gift from the said, was in Amsterdam, where it was O.C. Tanner Charitable Foundation shown on the wall of a coal-–red power with funding from SLCC Arts and plant. Cultural Events programming. She Klein’s –rst book, “No Logo: gave a 45-minute presentation, followed Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies,” was by a Q&A and book signing. Klein’s also an international bestseller. She latest book, “ is Changes Everything: is a contributing editor for Harper’s Capitalism vs. e Climate,” is the 2014 Magazine, a reporter for Rolling Stone, winner of the prestigious Hilary Weston Naomi Klein talks to more than 800 people at the an internationally syndicated columnist Writers’ Trust Prize for Non–ction. Earlier Grand Theatre. and a member of the board of directors in the day, she met with students on the for 350.org, a global grassroots movement SLCC Taylorsville Redwood Campus, ways that are socially responsible, albeit to solve the climate crisis. Her reporting where she was asked how she came up in an economic system that is built to from Iraq for Harper’s Magazine won with the name of her new book. value short-term pro–t and growth above her the James Aronson Award for Social “Climate change doesn’t just load the all else, including the environment. But Justice Journalism in 2004, and in 2014 dice for the weather. It’s an accelerant for instead of acting in an impactful way she received the International Studies all kinds of other issues as well,” Klein toward climate change, Klein said the Association’s IPE Outstanding Activist- said. A storm becomes a “super” storm past two-and-a-half decades have been Scholar award.

FALL 2015 | SLCC MAGAZINE 32 WORKFORCE EDUCATION & TRAINING

SLCC President Dr. Deneece G. Huftalin (left) prepares to testify before lawmakers in Washington about the value of CTE funding. PHOTO CREDIT: House Education and the Workforce Committee.

SLCC president testi–es in D.C. about CTE funding

Salt Lake Community College was rapidly increasing,” Huftalin told President Dr. Deneece G. Huftalin legislators. “Acquiring modern equipment testi–ed in October in front of the House is imperative for state-of-the-art CTE Subcommittee on Early Childhood, programs. ese programs are costly to Elementary, and Secondary Education maintain and often require signi–cant for the meeting “Improving Career and –nancial resources to ensure we have the Technical Education to Help Students latest technologies and equipment to Succeed in the Workforce.” train our students to enter today’s ever- House members were considering advancing and technical workplace.” reauthorization of funding for the 1984 Huftalin said Perkins funds have Perkins Act, established to improve the been used to improve training in SLCC’s PHOTO CREDIT: House Education and the quality of technical education as a means Aviation Maintenance Avionics “to meet Workforce Committee. of helping the economy. Lawmakers industry demand and maintain high- invited Huftalin and others to talk about quality training,” and in the college’s aerospace manufacturing program, which the impact Perkins funds have had on Automotive, Diesel Training and Building relies on Perkins funds. CTE programs at their institutions. Construction programs, all serving “critical “Career and technical education has For –scal year 2016, SLCC received industries that contribute to a healthy always been, and will continue to be, approximately $1.25 million in Perkins economy.” She told representatives how at the very core of our mission at Salt money. Perkins dollars help strengthen student Lake Community College,” Huftalin “Over the last several years as the support services that help increase concluded before taking questions from recession weakened state investment completion rates. SLCC’s president committee members. “We appreciate your in higher education, Perkins funding highlighted how the college works past support of the Perkins program and was crucial to our ability to maintain collaboratively with Boeing to train encourage your continued support as this and grow key CTE programs for our students in CTE areas like machining, worthwhile program is considered for students at a time when our enrollment fabrication and composites within SLCC’s reauthorization.”

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SLCC helps accelerate resurgence of manufacturing

PHOTOS ON THIS PAGE: Students take part in a composites class at the Meadowbrook Campus.

Salt Lake Community College is part industries. UAMMI, using a chain of local of the latest round of 12 communities or solution centers and led by the University states selected to take part in the federal of Utah, involves seven colleges and Investing in Manufacturing Communities universities, including SLCC, seven state Partnership (IMCP) initiative, a U.S. and local economic development groups Commerce Department-led project to and nine industry partners. One center, accelerate the resurgence of manufacturing SLCC’s Westpointe Center, will advance in communities nationwide. as a comprehensive solution center for e Utah Advanced Materials and manufacturing technology training and Manufacturing Initiative (UAMMI) entrepreneurship advancement, said was one among the second round of Karen Gunn, SLCC associate provost “manufacturing communities” that will of economic development and business bene–t from more than $1 billion in partnerships. e College also o„ers a federal funds that will fuel targeted Manufacturing Engineering Technology grants for participants. U.S. Secretary of program that trains students to be Commerce Penny Pritzker announced composites technicians. the –rst 12 designees in May 2014. “ is important designation “An IMCP designation is an important will promote communities taking a signal to potential investors that these strategic, comprehensive approach to communities are a good place to spend long-term operational improvement of their money, and this is smart government manufacturing activities,” said Nicole communities selected to take part in the at work,” Pritzker said. Omer, SLCC Oƒce of Sponsored IMCP also receive a dedicated federal For the past 50 years, Utah’s Projects director. “ e Utah Initiative liaison to help navigate all available Advanced Composite Cluster has grown (UAMMI) involves deep relationships federal resources. e UAMMI and other to serve national and international between the public and private sector and participants also receive increased global markets through its highly specialized is designed to have a substantial impact visibility via a government website that is manufacturing capacity in advanced on developing critical manufacturing accessible to prospective private foreign composites materials and products workforce infrastructure.” and domestic investors investigating for aerospace, outdoor recreation and In addition to having access to federal manufacturing communities’ competitive equipment and transportation equipment funds, the designated manufacturing attributes.

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SLCC students bene–t from aerospace program Gov. Gary Herbert announced over the summer the start of the Utah Aerospace Pathways (UAP) program, which will provide Utah students the opportunity to graduate high school with a certi–cate in aerospace manufacturing and begin an aerospace manufacturing career. is unique program has brought aerospace industry representatives, education and government leaders together in an unprecedented collaboration, with the goal of developing A student in the School of Applied Technology gets hand-on welding instruction. a pilot program. e –rst semester of Welding is one of SLCC’s competency-based programs. the program took place in high schools in Granite and Davis school districts, and the second semester at Salt Lake Community College and Davis Applied College pilots competency-based education Technology College. Students participate Salt Lake Community College is using vision of CBE is to implement a robust, a $2.5 million Department of Labor grant scalable and cross-disciplinary program and existing college resources to roll out that would support the expansion of CBE a competency-based education (CBE) into more academic areas of the college. delivery model within the SLCC School SLCC leaders believe this is a unique of Applied Technology. e goals of this and innovative approach to providing initiative are to develop a delivery model solutions for adult learners and that the that addresses the unique needs of adult combination of bene–ts and exibility to learners and to o„er those learners options students will provide access and incentive not available in the traditional academic for a population of adults not currently model. e SLCC program targets accessing higher education. working adults who are underserved by e program will help reduce a traditional education models. Successful student’s time toward completion and, pieces of the pilot will be scaled to the as a result of an accelerated schedule, Flanked by area officials and community members, SLCC larger SLCC community. lower the cost of attending college. It President Dr. Deneece G. Huftalin touts the Utah Aerospace A 2013 Utah Board of Regents is the recognition of prior learning that Pathways program. resolution called to implement strategies helps speed a student through assessment. that will help Utah’s public higher Students will use a self-paced, self- in a paid internship during their senior education institutions improve completion directed type of learning that relies year of high school. rates toward reaching Gov. Gary Herbert’s on technology-enhanced educational Upon completing the UAP goal of 66 percent of all Utah adults resources to help adult students realize program, and passing pre-employment holding a college degree or technical the ability to customize their approach to requirements, students will be certi–ed certi–cation by 2020. learning. Competency-based education to begin work with one of the aerospace SLCC is using the CBE initiative to at SLCC incorporates a exible blended partners in Utah. e six aerospace respond to the local, state and national delivery system made up of online and industry partners in Utah are Boeing, demand for educators to –nd ways to face-to-face instruction. By the time Harris, Hexcel, Hill Air Force Base, increase recognition of prior learning, students are –nished, industry-designed Janicki and Orbital ATK. Students completion, retention and persistence of transcripts will list competencies mastered begin work at a family-sustaining wage, college students. e design of the model – or in other words, what students can and many of the industry partners have includes strategies to improve those do – instead of broad concepts seen in the agreed to provide tuition reimbursements outcomes and looks to reduce time to typical course titles listed on transcripts after a minimum of one year working for completion and cost of attendance. that potential employers are left to the company. If students prefer, they can While some components of the model interpret. pursue training within their company and are already in place, the SLCC long-term work their way up.

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Pride Parade

Nearly 300 Salt Lake Community College staff, faculty, students and their families marched in the 2015 Utah Pride Festival parade as part of SLCC President Dr. Deneece G. Huftalin’s ongoing inclusivity initiative.

Hispanic Student Leadership Summit draws hundreds to SLCC More than 1,000 students from area high schools attended the recent 2015 USHLI (U.S. Hispanic Leadership Institute) Student Leadership Summit held at Salt Lake Community College. Sponsored by McDonald’s and USHLI and organized in part by Latinos In Action SLCC and the SLCC Student Association, educators and Hispanic students heard from Alfred Ramirez, USHLI director of operations, and educator Ernesto Mejia. Keynote speaker Carlos Ojeda Jr. shared his inspirational story of growing up in a tough neighborhood, struggling in school, and later graduating from college and succeeding with his career. He showed photos of his three children and wife, who is now a doctor. Students from several school districts spent the morning attending a career and college fair on SLCC’s Taylorsville Redwood Campus. One goal of the event was to motivate students to pursue a college education. It is the third year McDonald’s has joined USHLI and CoolSpeak, of which Ojeda is president and CEO, to present Latino high schoolers attend the U.S. Hispanic Leadership Institute Student Leadership Summit at SLCC. the Student Leadership Summit.

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Dumke Foundation board member Scott Thornton in the offices of Combat Films in Salt Lake City.

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Donor boosts development of math, science resource center

It took Scott ornton a few tries center is fully functioning, it will annually before he found his academic footing or a serve an estimated 13,000 student requests clear career path. At –rst he wanted to be for assistance. a “ski bum” or maybe a river rafting guide. “Diplomatically I think community en he worked in the restaurant business colleges deserve more resources because for a while. He tried taking classes at Utah the barriers to entry are so much smaller,” State University and Westminster College. said ornton. Huftalin in her letter, asked At best, he had a “spotty” transcript the Dumke Foundation for $250,000, when he enrolled at Salt Lake Community which she said would help the new center College, leaning in the direction of promote peer learning, student-faculty someday making movies. “When I was engagement and student professional a kid I wanted to be a photojournalist,” development. ornton said. At the time, he also heard “SLCC is working tirelessly to try to about a business called Combat Films in close the math and science achievement Salt Lake City. He walked in one day and gaps for underrepresented students,” said, “‘Teach me how to make movies, Huftalin said. “We know there are and I’ll work for free.’” For about half of students out there who can succeed in that –rst year, he moved boxes, logged STEM (science, technology, engineering video tapes, took out the recycling and and math) –elds with just a little hauled equipment, which he learned to encouragement and support to help them use while attending SLCC. His favorite –nd their academic con–dence. is instructor at SLCC was Josh Gold, an generous gift will help us build a state- of-the-art resource center to assist “SLCC is working tirelessly to try to close students in pursuing their dreams of a the math and science achievement gaps for career in science, underrepresented students.” math, engineering and technology.” Staff, faculty and students attend an event announcing the Before the development of the Math, Science and Technology Resource Center. associate professor of political science. Dumke Foundation agreed to make the “He’s probably one of the most passionate donation, ornton met with Dr. Craig teachers I’ve ever had. I was blown away,” Caldwell, SLCC interim dean of the students. I am very con–dent that this ornton said. School of Science, Mathematics and gift will have a positive and lasting e„ect It was that fresh start at SLCC, gaining Engineering. Caldwell helped ornton on the lives of our students for a very long con–dence, being exposed to engaged better understand the need to help more time.” professors like Gold, and his new job at students succeed in STEM. ornton called it a “no brainer” to Combat Films that propelled ornton “As our focus at SLCC continues to support the new center at SLCC and into a career in making documentaries. be on completion, we have recognized the students it will help. “ ese are kids For the past eight years, this career that the needs of community college who are hungry for knowledge,” he said, has taken him around the world. As students are unique and require new adding that the gift is the start of what he a new board member of the Dumke strategies to accelerate completion hopes will be a lasting relationship with Foundation, ornton remembered his in math and science,” Caldwell said. the College. “SLCC makes the most of positive experience at SLCC when a letter “For this reason, the importance of the its resources,” he said. “ e amount of from College President Dr. Deneece G. gift from the Dumke family can’t be students served versus the money given, Huftalin came before the board asking for overstated. It has enabled us to make a it’s going to service a lot of people and a donation for the new Math, Science and remarkable transformation of the learning impact a lot of lives, and ultimately that’s Technology Resource Center. When the support o„ered to our science and math the mission of the Dumke Foundation.”

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LEFT TO RIGHT: SLCC student Odassis Cheeks, SLCC President Dr. Deneece G. Huftalin, SLCC student Alyssa Wandell and Chair of the SLCC Board of Trustees Gail Miller.

Annual Gail Miller Golf Tournament Bene–ts SLCC Students alt Lake Community College Chair Gail Miller and SLCC President donations to the scholarship fund. Foundation in September Dr. Deneece G. Huftalin during an The Bear, Jazz Dancers held its annual Gail Miller Utah on-site broadcast of The Zone Sports and ’s Kurt SLeadership Cup golf tournament at Network. Kragthorpe also took part in the Hidden Valley Country Club in Sandy “I thought the golf tournament event. and raised more than $140,000 for was a great way to get the community The winning teams for the student scholarships. involved and to help them see the three flights were: Sinclair/Grand “It is truly humbling and inspiring importance as well as the need that America; George S. & Dolores to see this tournament grow we as students have at SLCC,” said Eccles Foundation; MountainStar each year with the involvement SLCC student Alyssa Wandell, a Healthcare; Boyer Company; Roger of more and more community Jordan High School graduate who McQueen Group; and Komatsu members who recognize the value wants to be a nurse someday. She Equipment. Three generations of the of helping to educate students was stationed at a hole on the course M. Dale Ensign family played on the at SLCC,” said Alison McFarlane, with fellow SLCC student leader same team this year. SLCC vice president of Institutional Odassis Cheeks. “Higher education Advancement. “It’s also a thrill to see is completely necessary and it is the golfers taking the opportunity completely expensive and it’s not to speak with SLCC students, the always easy to get a scholarship,” she beneficiaries of their donations, said. “So, I think it’s fantastic that we throughout the day on the golf had the golf tournament because course.” it gives students the opportunity to SLCC student ambassadors make their goals a reality.” For more information or to become greeted golfers from 38 registered Four-person teams began the involved in next year’s tournament, scheduled for Sept. 12, 2016, contact teams at each hole to talk about day with a shotgun start and played Nancy Michalko, executive director of the College and their goals. Two an 18-hole team scramble format. Development at: SLCC basketball players hit long Utah Jazz broadcasters Craig 801-957- 4247 or drives for some teams. Radio hosts Bolerjack and Ron Boone were on the [email protected] David James and Patrick Kinahan course throughout the day to take interviewed SLCC Board of Trustees a few swings for golfers who made

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Recipe for a long, successful career

Utah chef moved beyond dyslexia, rough academic start

here will always be a place in chef Zane there’s a whole lot more there.” Holmquist’s kitchen for underdogs — Holmquist’s father and grandfather were because he used to be one, when few realtors and property developers, and it was people gave him a chance in school and assumed he would follow in their footsteps. But Twhen cooking meant time spent not having to his mother ran restaurants where Holmquist bear the ridicule that came from being dyslexic. started to learn to cook. “This is literally what Once voted in high school most likely to go to I’ve done my entire life,” he says. “In the kitchen, jail, Holmquist, 48, is now vice president of food I found solace. One of the things I tell people and beverage operations for the Stein Eriksen about this job whether you’re in the front or Lodge Management Corp. Not bad for a “punk” back of the house is that it’s truly an equalizer. kid who sported a Mohawk haircut, tattoos and It doesn’t matter if you speak English, if you can an attitude and, by all appearances, looked like read or write, if you’re from the Ukraine, Russia he might be headed down a path of obscurity. or Mexico, whether your mom and dad were On the contrary, he has become a star in his rich, we open our arms to and accept everyone. profession. I grew up working around people from around Despite skipping a lot of class time his senior the world from every economic scale.” year, Holmquist managed to graduate from e cooked throughout high school, Cottonwood High School. His biggest criticism of graduated and inched forward schools today is that educators often don’t teach professionally while working two or to a student’s strengths, a flaw in the system that three jobs at a time. One of those jobs he says actually pushed him toward cooking. As was working as a line cook for Melvin Harward, a student, he had been mocked for his dyslexia, H executive chef at Salt Lake Country Club. a reading disorder that meant he also had a Harward remembers being hard on Holmquist. horrible time spelling even simple words. Now, But they also talked about Harward’s career path, former classmates say things like, “‘Hey, I saw how much it paid and what Holmquist needed you on TV,’” he recalls. “You shouldn’t judge a to do if he wanted to become a chef. “He had book by its cover. That’s kind of the dichotomy of that raw talent,” says Harward. “And I told him my life—don’t judge just what you see, because

FALL 2015 | SLCC MAGAZINE 40 ALUMNI back and say, ‘What if I could have done things differently.’” However, to become an executive chef, Holmquist notes that the hours mimic that of an emergency first responder, someone in the military or a doctor. “A lot of chefs don’t want to work like that,” he says, singling out the next generation of chefs now in their 20s. “I think it’s good and bad for the industry,” he says. “It will be a rough transition. It’s an evolution, but I think it will overall be better for the industry.” If someone is willing to work hard for him, then their chances are “infinite,” Holmquist says. And he has a soft spot for underdogs, the types who might be a little rough around the edges — like Holmquist Zane Holmquist talks about his career at Stein Eriksen Lodge. was — and seem like more of a risk to take on as an employee. “To me, it’s about the second chances,” he says. he would do better going to culinary grandmother’s Swedish meatball Holmquist’s definition of success in school and getting that piece of recipe to Stein Eriksen’s Lodge, life, personally and professionally, is paper if he wanted to get his foot where he has worked for the past hearing about the chef he mentored in the door. I think he’s extremely 15 years. Using Scandinavian flavors talented. He puts his whole heart and soul into it. He has a love for it.” olmquist headed back “What lled the gap for me was Salt Lake to school, a humbling experience for someone Community College. It got me back in the ow who already had a cache Hof cooking competition victories. after being out of school for ve years.” He also had gaping holes in his academic history. “What filled the and influences he grew up with, gap for me was Salt Lake Community who was able to finally buy that first Holmquist crafted a menu for the College,” Holmquist says. “It got me home or one he might meet on a lodge that creates lifetime memories back in the flow after being out of beach who just wants to say thank for customers. “It was about creating school for five years.” He took basic you for the time they had at Stein’s. a sense of who Stein’s is and creating math and English and honed his an overall theme to the food, which e quips about still not being skills and talent in SLCC’s culinary is rustic refined American,” says able to spell the word program. “SLCC put me on the path Holmquist. “It’s very eclectic.” And the February, but he has cooked and gave me the skills to go away menu undergoes two full changes for kings, presidents and to The Culinary Institute of America each year, with beloved mainstays celebrities, newlyweds, the very rich in Hyde Park (New York). And CIA is H like his signature wild game chili. and those of more modest means really the Harvard of culinary schools, who save up for an experience in the finest in the world in my mind.” hrough the years, the Stein’s dining room, where Holmquist From the finest learning demands on Holmquist’s — his punk attitude and tattoos tucked environments to one of the finest family and personal life away — is often found roaming, ski boutique hotels in the country, have meant 80-hour work talking to customers about their Holmquist eventually landed at the weeks, never being home for the T meal or their stay at the lodge. “I Goldener Hirsch Inn in the Deer holidays and missing many of his love hearing from guests,” he says. Valley Resort area. He cooked at the son’s events in and out of school. “I “It means everything. I read every inn for six years before bringing his love what I do,” he says. “We all look comment card. And I get back to

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Chef Zane Holmquist likes working near a scenic environment.

people. I take those things very powder piles up. And lately he’s been “Being a chef is a cool thing,” he says seriously.” For Holmquist, a good or competing in half iron-man events. about the path that led him to the bad day on the job is determined He spends some of his spare time top of his profession. “I love it, being less by spreadsheets than by making with his “wiener” dogs and his wife, at Stein’s. I truly have the best job in the world, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. I’m pretty lucky. I have a great kid and a great wife. I am the “To me, it’s about the second chances.” American dream.”

sure customers leave happy. He lives who works in the hospitality industry. to hear things like, “’You made my They may enjoy a simple meal from anniversary. You made my wedding,’” a “one pan” recipe, or they’ll pedal and so on, he says. to a local restaurant where the conversation drifts in and out of work olmquist has loved being and business. Yes, work inevitably “on the mountain” for the comes first, whether it’s cooking, past 21 years working in talking to customers, working with the Deer Valley area, riding the 200 people he manages or sitting his mountain bike when the roots H at his desk with an $8 calculator to and rocks are showing and slipping figure out a $15 million budget. in a few runs on his skis when the

FALL 2015 | SLCC MAGAZINE 42 SLCC NEWS West Valley Center opens

ylie Farmer isn’t sure what area of environmental geology she will pursue when she transfers to a four-year institution, but for now she’s grateful for Salt Lake Community “I like it College’s new West Valley Center. KSLCC’s newest location opened this past fall, and because more than 30 di„erent courses are being taught there for the spring 2016 semester. Farmer, who recently returned it’s close to Utah with college credits from Washington, looked at places such as University of Utah and Westminster to home.” College, but SLCC was the right –t at this point in her life. “I really go o„ of my gut, and SLCC really felt right,” she said. “I like it because it’s close to home.” She lives in Magna and is attending college using military bene–ts earned by her father, a disabled Army vet who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. “I think I have half of my teachers’ phone numbers, just because they say, ‘Call if you need help with any assignments.’ ey all know my name, which isn’t always the case in college. It’s a really close connection. ey’re always willing to stay after class if I need to talk about anything. I really like it.” SLCC sta„ and faculty welcomed community members and leaders Aug. 15 to open the new location at 3460 South 5600 West in West Valley City. A ribbon cutting was held with special guests, Utah Rep. Sophia DiCaro, Utah Sen. Luz Escamilla and West Valley City Mayor Pro Tem Corey Rushton. Guests were given tours of the facilities. “Our new presence in West Valley City is collaborative, intentional and according to the enrollment numbers, already successful,” said SLCC President Dr. SLCC student Kylie Farmer is among the first to attend the new West Valley Center. Deneece G. Huftalin. “We are proud to have worked

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with the local community leaders to determine the courses needed by the residents and to have created such a vibrant, welcoming place to learn.” Whether it’s the basics, such as English or math, or more unusual subjects, such as astronomy or yoga, West Valley Center o„ers a variety of subjects to –t many goals and aspirations. e Center will also have student services for veterans, people with disabilities, and those in need of –nancial assistance. Close to Granger, Kearns, Hunter and Cyprus high schools, SLCC is collaborating with community, government and business leaders to ensure the West Valley Center meets the needs of the area and its residents. Just like SLCC’s many other locations in the Salt Lake Valley, the West Valley Center gives students an a„ordable, convenient option for fully transferrable general education courses as well as classes for the lifelong ALL PHOTOS THIS PAGE: Students, community members, staff and faculty check out SLCC’s newest location in learner. West Valley City, which opened to students for the fall semester.

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Salt Lake Community College 6th in nation for degrees awarded alt Lake Community College placed sixth overall in Community College Week’s most recent Top 100 list of associate degree producing Scolleges in the United States. “SLCC is consistently in the top 10 producers and we are always pleased to share this accomplishment,” said SLCC President Dr. Deneece G. Huftalin. “As the national and local attention grows even more focused on college completion rates, I am pleased SLCC can contribute in such an impactful way.” e ranking is based on the 2013-2014 academic year, in which SLCC awarded 3,782 degrees, representing a 9 percent increase over the previous year. Community College Week annually produces a special report that features the top 100 degree and certi–cate producing two-year institutions. Community College Week compiles its top 100 list using data collected by the National Center for Education Statistics through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Set completions survey that all colleges and universities accredited by agencies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education must complete. e list includes institutions from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Salt Lake Community College 2015 Commencement.

2015 President’s Art Show

Over 200 artists submitted to the 2015 President’s Art Show.

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Building lives and community one student at a time €e following article by SLCC President Dr. Deneece G. Huftalin appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune in October.

ssuming the role of president of Sugarhouse Co„ee, Emily enrolled in the Salt Lake Community College Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses over a year ago was a huge program at SLCC, which helped her privilege.A As I’ve listened to the national construct a successful business growth conversation escalate over the important plan. Six months after her graduation, role of community colleges, I have Emily had increased revenue by 14 deepened my knowledge and respect for percent and employees by 20 percent. the enormous, diverse and transformative Emily, alongside owners of Feldman’s impact that SLCC is having in our own Deli, PopArt, KRCL, Camp K and backyard through the stories of the Paletti represents the 219 small business students we serve. leaders who have completed the short- term, grant-funded training program, Last May, Sam, a –rst generation strengthening our local businesses and college student and SLCC graduate, demonstrating SLCC’s community completed his –rst year of graduate SLCC President Dr. Deneece G. Huftalin engagement and economic development school at Columbia University. In high missions. school, Sam thought he wasn’t college college by Military Times for our service roughout the year, I’ve applauded material. Since his parents hadn’t had to veterans. She also represents the 30 our committed faculty members who, the opportunity to attend college, Sam’s percent of students who attend SLCC to concerned about the growing costs of knowledge of the college application take advantage of our workforce education textbooks, are using low- or no-cost online process was limited. By chance, he tried mission. educational resources for entire courses. one Developmental Math class at SLCC As of this fall, this initiative will have his –rst semester. With positive feedback We educate and train more than saved students $750,000 on textbooks. By and personal attention from his faculty spring semester the savings will surpass $1 member, he tried a few more courses the 61,000 students each year. million. next semester. His academic con–dence To realize Gov. Gary Herbert’s 66 lifted, Sam continued at SLCC, graduated Carlos, a new student for Fall 2015, percent by 2020 goal, we must open our with honors and transferred seamlessly to successfully completed our PACE doors more widely to Utahns who have the University of Utah where he earned program at . Carlos historically been underrepresented in a degree and served as student body began the program four years ago as a higher education. Our West Valley Center president. Sam represents just one of ninth-grader. He committed to taking a opened its doors this fall and currently the 70 percent of SLCC graduates who strong academic schedule, maintaining enrolls 377 students with immediate bene–t from SLCC’s transfer education a high grade point average, achieving 90 geographic access to higher education. mission toward helping them –nd a percent attendance, and exploring career Salt Lake Community College is a pathway to a four-year degree. options during the summer for four comprehensive community college, with years. In return, Carlos arrived at SLCC After serving 14 years in the military, no plans to deviate from that path. We with a two-year, guaranteed scholarship. Darlene started a career in the concrete educate and train more than 61,000 anks to partners such as Zions Bank, business but couldn’t make ends meet. As students each year at 10 sites and online. Questar, the George S. and Dolores Doré a single mom of two, Darlene enrolled Our students’ stories exemplify the diverse Eccles Foundation and others, SLCC at SLCC and earned two degrees in and impactful inuence we have – an has provided this clearly –nanced student two years, including one in the high intellectual path, a strong second career, pathway. Carlos is one of 152 students tech –eld of Non-Destructive Testing. enhanced business savvy, a place to shine, in the PACE pipeline as part of SLCC’s Darlene’s new career takes her all over free learning resources and an open and access and a„ordability mission. Utah, inspecting components on bridges, a„ordable door to college. fuel tanks on trucks, even equipment at With her father, Emily dreamed of a It’s important that everyone in the Salt nuclear and geothermal plants. Now she gathering place for co„ee and conversation Lake community understand and support provides a strong living for her and her in the Sugarhouse community. After her the role of Utah’s only community college family. Darlene represents 642 student father’s death, Emily wanted to carry on by urging our state’s legislators to continue veterans receiving an education from the dream’s legacy, to create a public space investing in education and, in particular, in SLCC, recognized consistently as a top 10 with great menu items. After opening Salt Lake Community College.

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SLCC students from Matt Monson’s visual merchandising class pose in front of a Macy’s window, where they revealed their candy-covered creation for the store’s holiday display.