Salt Lake Community College
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Former names
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Salt Lake Area Vocational School (1948-1959) Salt Lake Trade Technical Institute (1959-1967) Utah Technical College at Salt Lake (1967-1987) |
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| Motto | Step Ahead |
| Type | Community college |
| Established | 1948 |
| President | Deneece Huftalin (2014) |
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Academic staff
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346 full-time faculty |
| Students | 30,112 (2012-13 year) |
| Location |
Salt Lake County, Utah, United States 40°40′20″N 111°56′40″W / 40.67222°N 111.94444°WCoordinates: 40°40′20″N 111°56′40″W / 40.67222°N 111.94444°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Royal Blue and Gold |
| Mascot | Brutus the Bruin Bear |
| Affiliations | NJCAA |
| Website | www.slcc.edu |
Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) is Utah’s largest two-year college with the most diverse student body. It serves more than 60,000 students on 10 campuses as well as through online classes. The college has a student to faculty ratio of 20:1. Since SLCC is a community college, it focuses on providing associate degrees that students can transfer to any other four-year university in the state to satisfy their first two years of requirements for a bachelor's degree. SLCC has open enrollment and serves the local community, with approximately 95% of the student body considered Utah residents.
Although the college does not offer four-year degrees directly, school officials work with the state's other institutions of higher learning to create partnerships between different schools and ensure that credits are transferable. Salt Lake Community College has partnered with selected four-year institutions to provide opportunities for students to complete a bachelor's degree while remaining on one of SLCC campuses. General education credits may be transferred to any four-year school in Utah including the University of Utah, Utah State University, Utah Valley University as well as private schools such as Brigham Young University and Westminster College.
Located at 4600 South Redwood Road in Taylorsville, the Taylorsville Redwood Campus is the primary campus and harbors the school's student center and main offices. Serving over 15,000 students a year, the campus is spread across two city blocks in twelve academic buildings, housing a library (approx 90,000 volumes), athletic facilities, an amphitheater, and a student union.
Anime Banzai and Anime Salt Lake, which are two different anime conventions, were both initially held at the Taylorsville Redwood campus. The Rocky Mountain Revue, a pre-season basketball tournament sponsored by the NBA's Utah Jazz, was hosted in the Lifetime Activities Center until 2008. The arena has hosted professional basketball teams over the years, including the Utah Snowbears, the Salt Lake Dream, the Utah Eagles, and currently the Salt Lake City Stars
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