SLCC Honors Program & Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS)
Student Bi-Weekly Newsletter - Monday, August 31st, 2020
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| Welcome to the first SLCC Honors and IDS Student Newsletter! These newsletters will be sent out bi-weekly on Mondays and will include department- and college-wide updates and announcements, upcoming events, requests, kudos and shout outs, student and staff spotlights, employment and internship opportunities, and scholarship and funding opportunities. If you would like to add anything to the following Monday weekly newsletter, please send the information (along with any flyers, posters, images, etc.) to kathy.tran-peters@slcc.edu. |
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#SLCCserves September Day of Service
Friday, September 11, 2020 from 10 AM - 2:15 PM - Register Here.
Group Size: 5 - 10 people (in-person opportunity)
Kaysville, UT (30-minute drive from SLCC Taylorsville/Redwood with carpool opportunities)
This is an Enrichment Experience opportunity to volunteer with the Safe Harbor Crisis Center! This is led by the Thayne Center and the group will assist with weeding, adding a weed barrier, mulch, and solar lights to light up the driveway. Volunteers should wear hats, gloves, bring water, lunch as there will be a 30-minute break, a face-covering, and sunscreen. Thayne Center will provide shovels, garbage bags, and additional water. If you have questions, please contact Ja'Shonae Cooks. |
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Mark it on your calendars! Honors Program Enrichment Experience opportunity:
Honors Workshop: Library Support and Services
Tuesday, September 15th from 2:30 - 3:30 PM
Webex or Zoom (A calendar invite with the virtual meeting details will be sent out soon)
Librarians Jamie Dwyer (Humanities and Social Sciences) and Amy Scheelke (Science, Math, Engineering) will be leading an Honors Virtual Workshop on Library Support and Services. They will demonstrate how to navigate the SLCC research databases, how to check out books, request an interlibrary loan for materials not at the library, how to schedule an appointment/meet with your librarian, and other tips and advice to help you to succeed in your courses and at SLCC. |
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High-Impact Practices (HIPs)
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Service-Learning is offered by the SLCC Engaged Learning Office. In service-learning courses, you get to be engaged in your community and make a difference! This is a High-Impact Practice (HIP) that allows you to learn course content and discover firsthand how it applies in the real world. Here are some opportunities for Service-Learning courses http://www.slcc.edu/service-learning/docs/service-learning-courses.pdf. You can register for any of these designated service-learning courses and then document your learning experience in your ePortfolio as part of your HIP. You can also request funding up to $500 to offset costs directly related to your service-learning projects! Learn more about Service-Learning here or contact Lucy Smith or Cassi Hoffmeister.
Dorothy Ilada, an SLCC Dental Hygienist student and recipient of the Engaged Learning award, provided dental health education to elementary students in the underserved communities as part of her service-learning experience. Check out her ePortfolio! |
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Mark it on your calendars! Honors Program High-Impact Practice (HIP) opportunity:
ePortfolio Workshop – Honors Program
Virtual (Webex or Zoom)
Wednesday, September 23rd from 10 AM – 11 AM
All SLCC Honors Program students are required to have an Honors ePortfolio to document their progress toward completing the honors requirements. The SLCC ePortfolio team will lead a virtual workshop designed for Honors Program students to create a new ePortfolio using the Honors Program ePortfolio template (or learn how to move information/assignments/attachments if you have already created an ePortfolio). Learn why ePortfolio is a High-Impact Practice (HIP), learn how to add assignments, reflections, pictures/links, and Honors Program High-Impact Practices and Enrichment Experiences descriptions and reflections.
Check out the student Honors ePortfolio example here: https://slcc.digication.com/KTP-2 (you may need to log in to your MySLCC account to access this link).
Also check out the SLCC ePortfolio's office website and view the video below. Any questions? Contact Emily Dibble and Victoria Harding. |
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Another HIP opportunity is Common Intellectual Experience: In this common intellectual experience Honors Program students can engage with SLCC Civically Engaged Scholars by listening and engaging with podcast series, Radical Imagination. This podcast is hosted by PolicyLink Founder-in-Residence Angela Glover Blackwell. It features conversations with thinkers and changemakers from multiple fields who are wielding instruments of influence — academia, activism, media, government — to deliver equity wins at scale. Read more about the podcast online. View the dialogue series schedule here and to join the dialogue series, please fill out the registration form. To qualify as a HIP, please ensure that you will be able to attend at least 4 of these dialogue meetings. Questions? Please contact Cristobal Villegas.
Please make sure to listen to the respective podcast episode before the dialogue. The next one is: |
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Scholarship and Funding Opportunities
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From the SLCC Dream Center: "We have additional scholarships to share with you all for August and September. Use this link to access these scholarship listings. Once you review the eligibility requirements for each scholarship, keep in mind that Cristina Guerrero from the Dream Center can help you with your scholarship essays or personal statements. She has drop-in Zoom meetings every Wednesday from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM." The necessary information to join this meeting is found below:
Meeting ID: 637 790 6565
Password: wtrg2020 |
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COVID19 Technology and Financial Support
If you’re needing to borrow a laptop, internet hotspot, or webcam, these are all available for students to check out at SLCC Taylorsville-Redwood Markosian Library. For more information, call 801-957-4602 or you can view further details here.
Also, if you are experiencing any financial emergency (technology-related, rent assistance, transportation issues, lack of childcare, food scarcity, etc.) that is affecting your ability to be a successful student, please consider applying for the College’s Students in Crisis Fund.
If you are a Utah resident who is unemployed, furloughed or looking for an opportunity to enhance your career or start a new one due to the effects of COVID-19, funding through the CARES act is also available to cover short-term training courses and certificate programs designed to put you on the path to success. To get started, simply choose from the list of eligible programs/courses below to learn more about your area of interest, including how to apply, register and receive financial support. Click here to learn more: CARES ACT TRAINING FUNDING SUPPORT.
Lastly, if you are a School of Humanities and Social Sciences student who is struggling to pay for internet or technology-related expenses due to COVID-19, you may also be eligible to apply for the Technology Scholarship. The School of Humanities and Social Sciences Technology Scholarship applications are due September 1st, 2020.
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Employment and Internship Opportunities
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| The Utah Afterschool Network (UCASA) is looking for a paid marketing intern to help expand education outreach to local and national policymakers to build greater support for afterschool and summer programs. If you are interested in this internship, please reach out to Olyvia Burbidge at olyvia@ucasa.org. (Internships qualify a HIP) |
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