Orville D. Carnahan (President 1981-1990) bestows honors for upcoming commencement. The students will wear what they receive in addition to their cap and gown in the evening. Digitization completed with funds from a 2017 USHRAB (Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board) Grant that was awarded to Salt Lake Community College, Library Services.
The Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award Ceremony
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Color photographs of the 2015 Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award Ceremony. An award given to SLCC employees who have worked to help achieve equality. The ceremony was held in the Oak Room at the Student Center.
On Monday, September 29, Salt Lake Community College President Deneece G. Huftalin honored former SLCC President Jay L. Nelson by dedicating the newly opened green space where the former Taylorsville Redwood Campus administration building once stood. Former President Jay L. Nelson was in office for 29 years while the school was still named Utah Technical College. The dedicated green space and the legacy fountain located east of the Student Center now show Nelson’s name, as well as his family’s, in the form of pave stones and a dedicated bench. Part of President Nelson’s legacy comes in the form of SLCC’s independent status; he didn’t allow the college to be absorbed into other institutions, providing an affordable technical education for citizens and creating a second home for many alumni and students. Former President Nelson’s son, Bruce Nelson, spoke on behalf of his three brothers and sister. Nelson talked about his life with his father and his childhood spent at SLCC while President Nelson was active.
Ceremonial raising of the United States flag in honor of Veterans Day, November 11, 2014. Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day which commemorated the end of World War I. World War I officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. However, the fighting ended about seven months before that when the Allies and Germany put into effect an armistice on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, Nov. 11, 1918, was largely considered the end of “the war to end all wars” and dubbed Armistice Day. In 1926, Congress officially recognized it as the end of the war, and in 1938, it became an official holiday, primarily a day set aside to honor veterans of World War I.
Color photographs of the 2020 Unsung Sheroes Awards Luncheon. An event held in the Oak Room at the Student Center during Woman's History Month. In the event various of awards are given members of the college community.
Calvin L. Rampton being made honorary member of the Operating Builders Union, 1971
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Black and white photograph of an official of the Operating Builders Union, Local No. 3, presenting honorary membership placard to Governor Calvin L. Rampton. Others on stage unidentified. Redwood Road Campus, Utah Technical College at Salt Lake (Salt Lake Community College), February 1, 1971.