ONE-STOP SHOP STUDENT CENTER
About Us
The Student Center offers educational advocacy, peer tutoring, humanities programming, and resources to all people incarcerated in the women’s designated unit at the Utah State Correctional Facility. It will eventually also offer reentry support. The Student Center aims to create more accessible pathways to higher education, to improve retention and outcomes for existing students, and to create collaborative spaces at Utah State Correctional Facility.
Meet the Education Advocates
Tish
Marina
Whitney
Mauren
Angie
Kota
Chelsea
Mission Statement
The Student Center is committed to transforming education through advocacy. Education is a right, not a privilege. In partnership with our communities, we cultivate curiosity, respect individual autonomy, and expand access to resources. We welcome students of any background, at any stage of their learning. Education advocacy reimagines possibilities for increased justice, intellectual nourishment, and joy.
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In line with Education Advocates’ collective vision, the Student Center is becoming a vibrant hub for community and connection. Advocates are at the heart of the center’s development as well as its day-to-day operation. In addition to educational support and assistance, they write grants, lead working groups, facilitate community workshops, help people write letters home, and assist English as a Second Language learners. Advocates consult with community partners, including the Sundance Film Institute, Cool Hand Series, Utah Humanities, and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, to design educational programming that is both expansive and culturally responsive. They act as liaisons for students and as aides for educators, maintaining transparent and effective channels of communication for all.
Foundational Questions
Student center tutors take on the role of Education Advocates as they engage in educational
advocacy, peer tutoring, humanities programming, and resources to all people incarcerated
in the women’s designated unit at the Utah State Correctional Facility. Collectively,
Education Advocates aim to create more accessible pathways to higher education,
to improve retention and outcomes for existing students, and to create collaborative
spaces at Utah State Correctional Facility.
Educaton advocates work with students in high school, in technical and vocational training programs, and in college classes at Salt Lake Community College and the University of Utah. Thus, they offer peer tutoring in all subjects, at all levels, toward any learning goal.
Each Education Advocate belongs to one or more working group: Wellness, Arts & Humanities, Reentry, Puentes. Advocates organize with one another in their respective working groups and plan events according to the working group's objectives.