Salt Lake Community College

SLCC Grand Theatre's 2020 Sundance Lineup to feature Salt Lake Premiere of Taylor Swift Documentary

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Monday, January 20, 2020
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SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --The 2020 Sundance Film Festival will screen 19 films at Salt Lake Community College's Grand Theatre, Jan. 24-Feb. 2, during the event's opening and closing weekends.

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  • SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --The 2020 Sundance Film Festival will screen 19 films at Salt Lake Community College's Grand Theatre, Jan. 24-Feb. 2, during the event's opening and closing weekends.
  • The schedule of movies at the Grand features 11 premiere category films including "Tesla," with Ethan Hawke and Kyle MacLachlan, "Downhill," with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell, "Four Good Days," starring Glen Close and Mila Kunis, and the Salt Lake City premiere of the Taylor Swift documentary "Miss Americana."
  • The Grand Theatre is located at SLCC's South City Campus, 1575 S. State St., Salt Lake City.
  • The Grand Theatre is a 1,100-seat venue located at Salt Lake Community College's historic South City Campus, home of the innovative and state-of-the-art Center for Arts and Media in Salt Lake City.

SLCC, Facebook Partners in New Digital Marketing Certificate

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Wednesday, November 27, 2019
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SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Salt Lake Community College has teamed up with Facebook to develop a new digital marketing program, giving SLCC students access to a new curriculum that includes digital marketing and social media strategy courses.

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  • SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Salt Lake Community College has teamed up with Facebook to develop a new digital marketing program, giving SLCC students access to a new curriculum that includes digital marketing and social media strategy courses.
  • "We are very excited to partner with Pathstream to offer this Facebook Digital Marketing Certificate to our students and the business community," said Barbie Willett, Associate Dean, SLCC School of Business, Division of Management and Marketing.
  • The training includes a new Digital Marketing Certificate program, which is anticipated to include training on Facebook and Instagram marketing tools.
  • Facebook, working with Pathstream, Inc., is supporting development of the certificate program by providing instructional content and learning simulations that allow students to gain digital skills and skill certifications that are in-demand and highly-relevant to attractive digital marketing professional opportunities.

SLCC Gives Back to Community with Annual Day of Service

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Tuesday, October 15, 2019
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The SLCC Day of Service is organized by the college's Thayne Center for Service & Learning.

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  • The SLCC Day of Service is organized by the college's Thayne Center for Service & Learning.
  • The Thayne Center provides SLCC students, staff and faculty opportunities throughout the year to engage with the community.
  • In 2018, 6,532 members of the SLCC Community contributed more than 34,400 hours of service through the Thayne Center.
  • In addition to providing opportunities through its Thayne Center, SLCC also promotes community service through its Community Engagement Leave (CEL) policy, which gives 3,000 college employees 24 hours of paid leave per year for volunteer activities.

SLCC Offers New Fitness Degree, Easing Path to Four-Year Schools

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Thursday, September 19, 2019
Academic disciplines, Ergonomics, Exercise physiology, Human physiology, Kinesiology, Motor control, Branches of biology, South Louisiana Community College, Salt Lake Community College

SLCC added an Associate of Science degree in Exercise Science/Kinesiology as well as several exercise science courses.

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  • SLCC added an Associate of Science degree in Exercise Science/Kinesiology as well as several exercise science courses.
  • The new offerings will prepare students for seamless transfer to four-year degree programs at the University of Utah and other state schools.
  • SLCC worked closely with the University of Utah and other state schools to ensure the changes accommodate a seamless transition to four-year degree programs.
  • The changes at SLCC prepare students for careers and transfer pathways in exercise science and kinesiology, the study of human movement.

Salt Lake Community College to Welcome Popular Speaker, Statistician at Its Annual Tanner Forum on Social Ethics

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Tuesday, September 10, 2019
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SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Salt Lake Community College will host Dr. Talithia Williams at its 2019 Tanner Forum on Social Ethics.

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  • SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Salt Lake Community College will host Dr. Talithia Williams at its 2019 Tanner Forum on Social Ethics.
  • The forum, which is open to the public, will be held Oct. 8 at SLCC's South City Campus in the Grand Theatre, 1575 S. State Street, Salt Lake City.
  • Tanner Company, the Tanner Forum on Social Ethics brings nationally and internationally recognized speakers to Salt Lake Community College.
  • SLCC is also a top 10 college nationally for total associate's degrees awarded and the leading provider of applied technology courses in Salt Lake County.

SLCC Officially Opens the Westpointe Workforce Training & Education Center

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Thursday, September 20, 2018
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SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Utah lawmakers, along with industry, business and education leaders, received their first glimpse of Salt Lake Community College's new 121,000-square-foot Westpointe Workforce Training & Education Center during a grand opening celebration held on Wednesday.

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  • SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Utah lawmakers, along with industry, business and education leaders, received their first glimpse of Salt Lake Community College's new 121,000-square-foot Westpointe Workforce Training & Education Center during a grand opening celebration held on Wednesday.
  • Strategically located in Salt Lake City's industrial northwest quadrant near Salt Lake City International Airport, Westpointe will be integral to the Wasatch Front's long-term economic vitality.
  • "I'm so pleased with what we're seeing happening in this state and an increased emphasis on technical education," Pyfer said about the opening of Westpointe.
  • Westpointe also allows SLCC to fulfill its mission as Salt Lake County's primary post-secondary provider of workforce education and will serve a significant portion of SLCC's 28,000 students enrolled in career and technical education (CTE) courses each year.