Perhaps SMCC’s most unique program is its award-winning Storytelling Institute. Unique among American community colleges, the program is led by a talented faculty, teaching the techniques and nuances of this art form to students with an emphasis on multicultural folktales from around the globe.
But perhaps the most visual display of diversity at SMCC each year comes on the Fourth of July, with the college’s popular annual “Fiesta of Independence.” Working with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service, more than 300 new citizens, representing more than 60 nations, gather together at the college to be sworn in. The images of our nation’s newest citizens assembled at our college, representing every race, creed, and ethnic heritage imaginable, waving flags and singing our national anthem, say more about SMCC’s commitment to diversity and inclusion than could 10,000 words.
But those images and the other highlighted programs merely give illustration to what our college has provided for Phoenix and all of Arizona for three decades: a college committed to educating minds, transforming lives, touching hearts and building community. D
