Show You have shared our struggle and sacrifice Ij Ml it rr l t I 1 t j I r f r 1 By Nina Grover To Prospective employers higher educators future colleagues honored teachers and andst st staff ff dear friends and family A Resume Name The Spring graduating class of 1988 of the Salt Lake Community College Address We commuted from Ogden from Provo from Tooele from Salt Lake Valley and along the Wasatch Wasat h front We come from all ov over the St State te of Utah from the states of Arizona Wyoming Idaho Nevada California and Colorado We have origins In many and nations P Personal Information tion We are men and women of all races rZ colors ages and conditions 1 w V I Objectives Many of us will directly enter the work force in the fields of business industry and technology To add to the service the efficiency efficiency effi effi- effi clency and productivity of this nation as skilled skilled skilled skill skill- ed practitioners in business and office in banking in automotive maintenance and repair aviation maintenance pro pro- graming science and maintenance in hospitals as heavy duty mechanics in in industrial industrial in maintenance marketing information processing production management transportation mam management gement welding Interior Interior in interior In- In design and sales in law enforcement floral design real estate travel architectural technology automated systems technology barbering building construction i cosmetology dental assistance in childcare electricity engineering technology graphic design machine shop manufacturing technology printing refrigeration and air air- conditioning Some of us look forward to furth further education having filled general education requirements Some of us have co completed the arduous cou course requirements engineering Education and experience We have filled the requirements for Certificates Certificates and for Associate of Applied Science Degrees and Associate Degrees For some of us this h has s meant a balancing juggling act jobs children housework and homework in desperate search for the 26 hour day For some of us this has taken years struggling ing to balance bank accounts and save a little at a time in order to afford tuition books and fees for just a few hours at a time each quarter We have filled tilled out endless forms loans grants scholarship applications any form that might help us find the cash to fund our dream for a bett better future For some of us this has meant physical l pain overcoming injury while retraining as a life course has been changed hanged or the mental pain of redirecting thinking when a care career has ended as a job moved away or vanished A r 4 For most of us this has meant patience and perseverance in overcoming one or more of the following following- learning ons math anxiety spelling the quadratic equation bugs in the program and the dangling modifier We have dealt with our own handicaps handicaps handicaps han han- inadequacies the various bugs In our own programming And we have tried to solve the equations within our own lives Some of us have overcome staggering cultural and language barriers Some of us have plowed through a of mental cobwebs as we have re-entered re the classroom after aher a long absence training arthritic ar shoulders to bear the added burden of ofa a book bag full of worth of books and md materials We have even survived and crisis as as' the school we started out in does not necessarily bear the same name as the school from which h we are graduating It may even be that some of us are 20 good looking smart art and with no pressing financial concerns y f y r. r Vo Vot t a ti t 1 Character The qualities of courage and tenacity run strong in this class How else could we have overcome such challenges and hardships ps in achieving our goal We are not Quitters If there is a job to be done a challenge to be met or a goal to be achieved achieved- you will find us there We have proven ourselves to you but butmore butmore butmore more importantly we have proven to ourselves that we can do It And hard times notwithstanding we shall continue to do It it We are appreciative We express endless gratitude for you you who have shared our struggle and sacrifice sacrifice who care Clue about us who have offered love support and encouragement We are exceedingly exceedingly ex ex- ex grateful to fo the faculty who have taught us challenged us and made our minds stretch and expand for this goal We invite all of you to share our joy Celebrate with th us and realize that you each have a part of the recognition of achievement we now receive |