• News
    • Campus
    • Local
    • World
  • Arts and Entertainment
    • Performing Arts
    • Visual Arts
    • Music
    • Film
    • Fashion
  • Lifestyle
    • Campus Happenings
    • Community Happenings
    • Food
    • Business
    • Travel
    • Calendar
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • Video
    • Globe News
    • What’s Bruin
    • Bruin Lens
    • Film
    • Music
    • Globe Shorts
  • Radio
Search
31.8 F
Salt Lake City
Sunday, January 29, 2023
  • Newsletter Signup
  • Contests
  • About The Globe
    • Staff
    • Jobs
    • Issue PDFs
Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password? Get help
Privacy Policy
Password recovery
Recover your password
A password will be e-mailed to you.
The Globe The Globe
The Globe The Globe
  • News
    • Campus
    • Local
    • World
  • Arts and Entertainment
    • Performing Arts
    • Visual Arts
    • Music
    • Film
    • Fashion
  • Lifestyle
    • Campus Happenings
    • Community Happenings
    • Food
    • Business
    • Travel
    • Calendar
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • Video
    • Globe News
    • What’s Bruin
    • Bruin Lens
    • Film
    • Music
    • Globe Shorts
  • Radio
Home News Campus Education First for 66% of Utahns
  • News
  • Campus
  • Local

Education First for 66% of Utahns

By
Jamie Jarvis
-
February 22, 2012
0

The 66% campaign is phase II of Education First Utah’s mission to “Put our economy first by putting education first.”

The premise is to have two-thirds (66%) of Utahns educated beyond high school with either a trade certification or a degree by the year 2020.

The petition circulating toward the end of fall semester 2011, initiated by Education First Utah was phase I of this mission, SLCC students provided 9,000 signatures in support of it.

“Research has shown that by the year 2020, two-thirds of the jobs in Utah will require a post-secondary degree or some kind of certification,” says Utah Governor Gary Herbert. “Continuing your education past high school is not only a necessity, it’s an investment.”

“The three main focuses of the [66%] campaign are competitive funding, a 1% pay increase for outstanding faculty and staff and to encourage scholarships and grants for high demand jobs,” says Mike Bird SLCC student body president.

RSVP to attend one of the four SLCC campus caucus trainings.

On Thursday, March 1, 2012 Education First Utah will present caucus training events on four of SLCC’s campuses.

  • 11:00 a.m. on the South City Campus (East Entrance – South Foyer)
  • 11:00 a.m. on the Miller Campus (MFEC Building Rm. 203)
  • 1:00 p.m. at the Taylorsville Redwood Campus (Oak Room second floor of the Student Center)
  • 1:00 p.m. at the Jordan Campus (Student Pavilion).

The training events will cover how and where people can attend the precinct caucus meeting in their neighborhood and how to become a legislative delegate.

The events are non-partisan and designed to give participants the tools they need to have a voice in government decisions that affect the funding of their own education.

“We need students to be trained as delegates to better represent higher education… legislation needs to see education as a priority,” says Bird.

Securing Utah’s economic future

Education First Utah is a citizens group dedicated to improved accountability, innovation, and increased funding for education in Utah.

The group includes Utahns from all walks of life that share the common goal of securing Utah’s economic future by ensuring that the workforce of tomorrow has the skills to compete in a global marketplace.

They believe that this can only happen through education and therefore support public officials and candidates for office in Utah who support our state’s economic future by putting education first.

  • TAGS
  • 66%
  • caucus
  • Education First Utah
  • Jordan Campus
  • legislative delegates
  • Miller Campus
  • Prosperity 2020
  • South City Campus
  • Student Life and Leadership
  • Taylorsville Redwood Campus
Jamie Jarvis

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

Students sit inside the SWRC

SLCC’s Student Writing and Reading Center bounces back

A bus waiting at the Redwood campus pick-up

UTA will adjust bus routes and schedules due to a shortage of drivers, affecting two SLCC routes

The Center for Health and Counseling at Taylorsville Redwood Campus

Multiple health events planned through fall, including a fair with free health screenings

Alex holds two cucumbers inside the food pantry

Bruin Pantry provides relief for college community amid rising inflation

"GROW" theme for SLCC Mega Fair sign

SLCC clubs: Mega Fair offers something for everyone

The Globe
ABOUT US
About The Globe
Staff
Jobs
Issue PDFs
FOLLOW US
  • About The Globe
  • Staff
  • Contact Us
  • Jobs
© 2023 The Globe