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Deneece Huftalin

Salt Lake City
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President of Salt Lake Community College.
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Challenging assumptions, embracing possibilities

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By Deneece Huftalin
| CCDaily Verified
It’s unbelievable to me that I am soon ending a nearly 40-year career in higher education. In 1984, it was my good fortune to land a job in the admissions department at Stanford University and realize you could make a career out of spending every day surrounded by intellectual curiosity, youthful optimism and tangible evidence of people fulfilling their dreams. How lucky I’ve been.
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SLCC is unapologetically affordable, open-access and welcoming to all Original

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By Deneece Huftalin
| Deseret News Verified
Early on in my SLCC presidency, I was asked to speak at the Salt Lake Rotary Club on the value of a community college education. After my remarks, a woman, smartly dressed in a St. John's suit, came up to shake my hand. She leaned in and whispered: "You know, my grandson went to SLCC. He had a great experience." I wanted to ask: "Why are you whispering this? You should be shouting it from the mountain tops." Sadly, this happened more than once.
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This business school is the first in Utah to be named solely after a woman

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By Deneece Huftalin
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Role models can have an extraordinary impact on one's personal and professional life. As president of Salt Lake Community College, I myself have been privileged to learn from many inspiring people through the years. I've witnessed the power of role models among students, as they are taking their first steps on their higher education path. Among the role models in my life is philanthropist and businesswoman Gail Miller. As the owner of the Larry H. Miller Company and chair of the Larry H.
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