The Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs (ODMA) changes name to Student Engagement, Experience, and Achievement (SEEA)

Effective May 9, 2024, the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs (ODMA) is changing its name to Student Engagement, Experience, and Achievement (SEEA). Our commitment to supporting, advocating for and celebrating the multifaceted experiences of all SLCC students will continue through the Dream Center, the Gender and Sexuality Student Resource Center, and the Student Involvement and Culture Center (formerly the Student Involvement Center). The URL to our webpage will change to slcc.edu/SEEA.

Safe Hire Training Program

A memorandum to the SLCC campus community, from Richard Enyard, PhD, Associate Vice President of People and Workplace Culture.

People and Workplace Culture is pleased to announce the launching of the new Safe Hire Training Program. The Safe Hire Training Program is a program designed to ensure that SLCC is legally compliant in its hiring processes. The Safe Hire Training Program replaces the Search Advocate Training Program — it will ensure that all hiring committees (faculty and staff) are legally compliant. This change updates the training and information provided to search committees and anyone serving on a search committee. The Safe Hire Training Program will provide our search committees with the most up-to-date information on interviewing/hiring. 

The Safe Hire Training Program will focus on: Equal Employment Opportunity, uniform hiring guidelines in the hiring/selection process, how to form a search committee and its functions, Federal and State Laws governing legally compliant hiring, how to identify and ask legally appropriate interview questions, and the completion of the I-9 process. 

The new Safe Hire Training Program will have a pre-launch date of April 19, 2024, at the Focus and Learn Day and a May 1, 2024, launch, at the Supervisors' Guidance Meeting. The official launch of the Safe Hire Training Program will take place on June 18, 2024 at the Hiring Bootcamp. All who attend these sessions will receive credit for attendance and completion. Please note, all hiring managers and any employee interested in serving on a search committee must first complete the Safe Hire Training Program. This training must be renewed every two (2) years. For those attending the above mentioned training dates, attendance and participation will be recorded to ensure that you will receive credit for attending the training.

I would like to express my sincere thanks to the Search Advocates for all the work you have done to move SLCC forward. I look forward to your continued participation and support as we ensure that we have a hiring program that is fair and equitable. I appreciate your patience, as we developed this new training. 

If you have any questions, please contact the Employment Team at 801-957-4210 or at hr@slcc.edu. 

SLCC Printing Services to Move to new TAB Building

SLCC Printing Services is on the move! Our printing services department will be moving to its permanent home in the new Technical Arts Building (TAB) on the Taylorsville Redwood Campus. The bulk of the move will take place March 4-8. During this time, please anticipate slightly longer turnaround time, as the printing equipment will need to be disassembled and moved from the West Valley Center.

The second part of the move will take place in mid-March, which involves moving the Customer Service location of Printing Services from the portable building on the north side of the Taylorsville Redwood Campus to the TAB. Be aware there may also be minor service disruptions during that move. Until this secondary move is completed, Printing Services’ Customer Service department will continue to operate out of the Portable Building.

Also worth remembering, SLCC Printing Services has First Right of Refusal on all printing projects for the College. All printing projects (including but not limited to: signs and banners, booklets, books, brochures, printed apparel orders, printed swag orders, stickers and other applications with college logos and artwork, etc.) must be presented to SLCC Printing Services for production. Outside vendors may only be contacted if Printing Services gives permission or has stated that they are unable to complete an order in house. See SLCC’s policy at https://www.slcc.edu/policies/docs/2.1.030---college-procurement.pdf for more details.

Water Bottle Initiative

For 2024, while recycling is important, we are going to be focusing on reducing, reusing, and REFILLING. 

Here at SLCC, there are water bottle refilling stations in every building, on every campus. Let’s leave single use plastic water bottles in 2023 and start remembering to bring our own bottles to refill! 

Starting March 1, through the end of April, there will be QR codes on the water refilling stations for a competition. To participate, refill your water bottle and then scan the code every time and fill out the brief form. Every time you fill out the form, it will act as a count for how many times you have refilled your water bottle in the two-month challenge. 

May 1, the tallies will be counted, and the top two winners will be announced. The first-place winner will receive a sweatshirt blanket. The second-place winner will get an awesome water bottle; both are courtesy from the SLCC campus store! Let’s get into the habit of reusing what we have and work together to do our part, making SLCC a more sustainable place to be.

2024 Friday Summer Schedule

Following the results of the survey from the Friday Summer Schedule Survey, Executive Cabinet approved continuing the Friday Summer Schedule in 2024.

Beginning May 17 - July 26, 2024, the College will be moving to a summer schedule and all physical locations will be closed on Fridays, with the exception of the following buildings: South City Childcare Center, Westpointe Training Center, Jordan Health Science Center, Miller Campus: Corporate Partnership Center, Conference Center, Professional Development Center and Public Safety Education & Training Center, and Taylorsville LAC for athletic camps. This change will provide many employees with the opportunity to work a 4/10 schedule and enjoy a three-day weekend throughout the summer.  

 

Why implement a summer schedule?

Summer schedule is something many colleges and universities have adopted and something SLCC has adopted in the past. Fridays during the summer are especially slow days for many areas of the College. Following the results of a college-wide survey this past fall, there was overwhelming support to continue this schedule following last year’s pilot. Additionally, closing the physical campuses on Fridays allows us to implement some efficiency protocols to reduce energy and water usage and provide our Facilities Services teams access to Friday maintenance days without impacting college operations.

 

How does a 4/10 schedule work?

For full-time employees, the change is spreading a 40-hour work week over four days instead of five. If you typically work 8 a.m. -  5 p.m. Monday - Friday, your 4/10 schedule might instead look like 7:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Monday - Thursday.  There are a number of variations that can work for each team, and we encourage teams to work together to develop schedules that best meet the service priorities of the department with their leadership.

 

Do I have to work a 4/10 schedule?

Depending on the needs of the team and the work that the employee performs, employees, with supervisor approval, have the option of maintaining a typical five-day schedule, working remotely on Fridays. The remote Friday would count as one of the two hybrid days allowed by SLCC for hybrid/remote work. It is important to note that the College will be physically closed on Fridays, so employees will not have access to campus on Fridays during the summer schedule if their primary work location is not listed as an exception.

 

What about our students?

We are asking all student-facing offices to help us communicate this change. We will be sending communication to all students and prospective students and updating all websites to reflect the summer schedule to ensure our students are in the loop. We will also send messaging asking employees to add an update to their email signatures for the summer in April.

 

There are several holidays during the summer. How will that work?

There are several summer holidays and many fall on Monday. This means many full-time employees working the 4/10 schedule will automatically get four-day weekends around these holidays. For full-time employees, you will receive the 8 hours of holiday leave for each holiday. You have the option of using two hours of vacation pay or adjusting your schedule for the remainder of the week to make up the remaining two hours.

 

I am a part-time employee. How does this affect me?

For our part-time employees, this means you, too, will receive Fridays off this summer. You will work with your supervisor to adjust your schedule to complete your hours over a four-day period instead of the typical five-day schedule. During weeks with holidays, you will have the option of adjusting your schedule to complete your hours over the three days the College is open.

 

I am a faculty member. How does this affect me?

For our faculty members, this means you, too, will receive Fridays off this summer. We will not be holding classes on Fridays during the summer with some exceptions for SLTC and Health Sciences.

 

I’m a supervisor and I have questions.

We encourage supervisors to work directly with their AVP and Vice Presidents. PWC will be providing additional training and support for supervisors including discussion during Supervisor Guidance and Training sessions. We are especially mindful of providing support for employees with small children requiring childcare and supporting supervisors in providing flexibility for these circumstances.

Cookie Decoration Contest Winners

Thank you to all who attended February’s Valentine’s Social hosted by PWC. Congratulations to the winners of the Cookie Decoration Contest. The winners received a gift certificate for a massage at the CHC.

Winners:

1st: Arleth Miramontes, Cookie 16 (A Starry Night)

2rd: Lee Galicia Azamar, Cookie 10 (Shrek)

3rd: Natalie Spendlove, Cookie 12 (Red and blue heart)

Honorable Mention:

Jessica Doyle, Cookie 5 (Colored SLCC)

Chris Martin, Cookie 7 (SLCC 75th Anniversary)

— People and Workplace Culture

New Online Booking Tool

Purchasing, Accounts Payable, and Travel is excited to announce that, effective January 25, 2024, we will be switching to a new online booking tool with our travel agency Collegiate Travel Planners (CTP) called Lightning. This new tool will replace Concur. This new tool has an easy to navigate interface, is faster, and provides additional features, such as booking multiple people at the same time on the same flight and the ability to see what seats on a flight are filled with SLCC travelers.

CONCUR TO LIGHTNING SWITCH-OVER 
Lightning will go live on January 25. To make the switch, our Concur system will need be taken down a few days beforehand. Therefore, Concur will be unavailable starting on January 22. Any flights that need to be booked between January 22 - 25 will need to be done directly with an agent, either by email or phone.

LIGHTNING  TRAINING
In the coming weeks, we will announce training sessions for this new tool. We encourage everyone who is interested to attend.

PROFILE INFORMATION
The information in your profile, such as frequent flyer numbers, reward membership numbers, and KTNs, should transfer from Concur to Lightning. However, we encourage travelers to review their profiles prior to booking in the new system. In addition, if a travel arranger is listed on a profile, it may not transfer to the new system. Travelers may need to login to Lightning and reenter their travel arranger.

Note that this system does not replace Chrome River. You will still need to use Chrome River to create pre-approvals and expense reports. 

If you have any questions, please reach out to either Lisa Bradshaw (lisa.bradshaw@slcc.edu) or Brandon Thomas (brandon.thomas@slcc.edu).