I am often asked what I like most about working at a community college. While there are certainly many aspects of my job that bring me satisfaction, I reply that I am most rewarded by the part I play in helping SCC fulfill our mission to create life-long learning opportunities for everyone. And the opportunities we create are as numerous and diverse as those we serve.
Every day, SCC provides opportunities for discovery, learning, inspiration, achievement, and empowerment. Creating so many opportunities requires the hard work and dedication of everyone here at SCC. We all share great pride when we see how the opportunities we helped create enable others to build better lives and achieve their goals.
In this edition, I invite you to read how our students, staff and alumni create opportunities for themselves and for others every day. We read how one instructor’s idea to showcase student talent resulted in an award-winning student publication for creative expression, how SCC and its partners can now better train current and future fire fighters to protect our communities, how SCC’s InTech program is enabling job seekers to take advantage of employment opportunities, and how one instructor created an opportunity for students to engage in cultural understanding. We also recognize the many generous friends and alumni who enable SCC to create these opportunities.
Over my career, I have learned that the most beautiful doors are not made of wood or glass or metal. They are made of opportunity. And a person who creates opportunities for others can become a master carpenter without ever laying a hand on a hammer. I know because I see it every day at SCC.
That is what I like best.
Dr. Beverly Simone
