Supporting Technical Education in Rural Utah

Snow College Trustee Jeff Kahn addresses the crowd. President Stacee Yardley McIff thanks donors for their continued support.

By Janie Harris

The Snow College Richfield Campus is home to approximately 600 students and touts the greatest opportunity for college growth. The college is committed to supporting this growth and recently brought on board a new vice president of Technical Education and Workforce Development to support and develop technical education programming and economic development for the region. Merging the Utah System of Higher Education’s degree-granting institutions and Utah’s technical colleges last year, Snow has proudly taken on the role of being central Utah’s technical college, while remaining a degree-granting institution.

To make a Snow College education more affordable for local students and provide regional industries with skilled workers, many of the most popular technical education programs at the Richfield campus are offered at a reduced tution rate. Unfortunately, this is still not enough for some students. To help spread the news about the new and improved affordable technical education programs— while also drawing community stakeholders, friends, and alumni together to support local students—a generous supporter stepped up to sponsor a scholarship benefit dinner. The dinner was organized to support students who are interested in technical education programs on the Richfield campus and help make their educational dreams a reality through financial assistance.

Longtime Snow College supporter and current trustee Jeff Kahn generously sponsored the dinner, covering all costs of the event to ensure that the money raised would be applied directly to the newly established Richfield Endowed Scholarship Fund to support Richfield campus students. Many members of the community, alumni, and friends of the college attended to support students, making several donations to kickstart the endowed scholarship fund. This outpouring of support is a testament to the many friends of Snow College who share an interest in student success. Given the success of the dinner, Jeff is thrilled to sponsor the event again in the fall of 2022 to bring further financial support to students and to support the growth of the Richfield campus.