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Media Advisory: Jan. 24, Granger High Students Receive iPads at SLCC's New College Access Program From: Peta Owens-Liston <peta.liston@slcc.edu> Sent: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 09:04:56 -0700 (Mountain Standard Time) To: Utah Education Reporters (26) Community Publications (17) Utah TV Assignment Desks (12) (50 contacts) MEDIA ADVISORY Launching New College Access Program at Granger High School Event:  Sixty Granger High School freshmen will receive a free iPad as participants in the school’s new PACE Program  (Partnership for Accessing College Education ). The Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) donor-funded program has significantly increased high school graduation and college participation rates in the Salt Lake Valley for low-income and first-generation college students, over the last 10 years. A generous gift from the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation will establish Granger as the sixth local high school to host PACE. The need is evident. Granger is the l...

From: Peta Owens-Liston <peta.liston@slcc.edu> Sent: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 10:47:23 -0700 (Mountain Standard Time) To: Community Publications (16)National Higher Ed (68)Utah TV Assignment Desks (12)Philanthropic (9)Utah Education Reporters (26) (115 contacts) SLCC and Granger High Launch Program to Increase College Access for First-Generation and Low-Income Students SALT LAKE CITY, JANUARY 18, 2024—On Wednesday, January 24, 60 Granger High School freshmen will receive a free iPad as participants in the school’s new PACE Program ( Partnership for Accessing College Education ). The Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) donor-funded program has significantly increased high school graduation and college participation rates in the Salt Lake Valley for low-income and first-generation college students, over the last 10 years. (Event details below.) “We’re pretty pumped about the PACE program. It helps the kids see the end goal at the beginning of high school—many students think college is u...

From: Peta Owens-Liston <peta.liston@slcc.edu> Sent: Mon, 8 Jan 2024 07:30:00 -0700 (Mountain Standard Time) To: Utah Education Reporters (26) Community Publications (16) Business (12) Utah TV Assignment Desks (12) (59 contacts) SLCC’s Presidential Search Committee Announces Three Public Meetings SALT LAKE CITY, January 8, 2024—The Salt Lake Community College’s (SLCC) Presidential Search Committee will host three public meetings this month to gather input from members of the SLCC community and the general public. This is an opportunity to provide input on the leadership profile, which is part of the position announcement, for the presidential search before the position is posted and the search committee begins reviewing applications.   The times and locations for the three in-person meetings include the following: January 9, 2024, 6–7 p.m., South City Campus, Multipurpose Room January 10, 2024, 11 a.m.–noon, Taylorsville Redwood Campus, Student Center Building,...