College Essentials

1. College Essentials Campus Tour Lacey Hall Abegail Jennings DalanaGovan Eduardo Rojas

2. Academic & Career Advising • Academic Advising is the place to go when you don’t know where to go on your College road to success! They are there for both academic and career advising based off of your wants, needs, and personality. Offering assistance with academic obstacles, advice, career resources, personality tests, classes, teachers, scholarships, transferring, and in general where to go next. Check in with your advisors today!

3. Disability Resource Center • The disability resource center is a safe haven for those with both physical and mental challenges. They offer a multitude of resources to assist those who need it. Covering everything from the hard of hearing to Attention Deficit Disorder and providing you with equipment and advantages to make College a bit less difficult.

4. Financial aid • Financial Aid offers assistance with Pell Grants, scholarships, loans, and work study in addition too financial aid to international students. You can apply to such things through FAFSA or look into the scholarships in which SLCC offers at www.slcc.edu/financialaid/slcc-scholarships-and-tuition-waivers.aspx The financial aid on the Taylorsville Campus is located in the Student Center building on the second floor.

5. Enrollment services • The enrollment services are there to assist students with enrollment, registration issues, transcripts, and more. Claims and requests can take 2-4 weeks for in state students and can take 4-6 weeks for out of state students. They on average process 8,000 + claims a year. However they only have 2 evaluators.

6. Student Activities & Clubs • Salt Lake Community College offers 60 + clubs. Everything from multicultural, sports, debate, chess, etc. Meaning majority of students should be able to find a club in which they have interest in. You can start a club going through www.orgsync.com it requires a minimum of five students and one faculty member. Some clubs to have GPA requirements as well as fees associated. Please keep this in mind when searching for a club for you!

7. Thayne center for service & learning • The Thayne Center is a way for students to actively get involved in their community. It assists students in volunteering. This is something recommended to all. Volunteering offers students a sense of satisfaction, helps them gain confidence, helps improve people skills, and improves experience. When volunteering be sure to document when and where. The SLICE group is associated with the Thayne center and addresses issue monthly. Last month it was domestic violence, this month it is hunger. To get involved please contact Lynn McCue-Hamilton at 801-957-4669.

8. Health & Wellness Services • This Center offers several beneficial services such as the following: massages, STI testing, Immunizations, birth control, thyroid testing, physicals, vaccines, pregnancy testing, counseling, alcohol education, nutrition, physical activity, sleep health, safe sex, stress management, quitting smoking, and more. All of which at a extremely discounted cost verse community costs.

9. Student employment • They help provide you with tools to the success of your future career. Assisting with things such as resume building, cover letters, and mock interviews. They also have the capability to assist you in finding internships. There are ways you can earn credit towards your college degree through working, find out how by contacting them directly at 801-957-4014.

10. Student life & leadership • The student life and leadership center offers you a chance to be a voice among your peers. Offering services such as the Student Senate, Clubs &Organizations, Fine Arts & Lectures Board, Publicity & Advertising Board, North Region Board, South Region Board, Taylorsville Activities Board, and the Presidents Board. To get involved they are holding interviews November 22, 2013. Check it out at www.slcc.edu/sllgetinvolved.

11. Writing center • Having trouble with writing your paper? Not to worry SLCC’s writing center is the place for you. They offer assistance in writing and finalizing drafts of papers. Please try to bring in a copy of the actual assignment and its requirements when you arrive to your scheduled appointment. You make an appointment online with your student ID number at www.slccswc.organd keep in mind it is free of charge.

12. Library • The SLCC library is not only a great resource for students, it is also a great resource for the community. Students one card will act as a library card, however if you are not a student you can purchase a year subscription to the library for the price of $20.00. You are capable of checking out up to 10 items at a time. They do offer classroom text books to be checked out for four hour increments and you are required to stay in the library during this time. You can rent a book up to 28 days. In addition they provide a computer lab.

13. Learning center • The learning center is there to provide students with assistance in their classroom needs. Drop in tutoring is available for math and science. You are also able to get tutoring by appointment. In addition they offer campus final exam reviews. Further more they offer online assistance for those who don’t have the time to come in. So if you are having difficulties with your studies, this is the place to go to get the assistance needed to obtain academic success.