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Six programmable glockenspiels earned Beth Sallay, IT systems administrator and president of Make Salt Lake, a runner-up winner award in a national Maker Share competition, and a featured spot in volume 64 of its Mission to Make magazine.

While pursuing a bachelor’s degree in biology from Idaho State University, Gretchen Lohse enrolled in a “Photo Applications of Ecology” course. “That was it for me,” said Lohse, lead camera operator on the Video Services Team in UIT Teaching & Learning Technologies. “I absolutely fell in love with photography.”

Nick Loomans, Human Resource analyst for UIT employees, was racing competitively by age 6, eventually achieving national USSA point ranking, and international point ranking in the Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS).

Crème brûlée, beef bourguignon, and baklava – these are just a few of Dominic Mathison’s favorite things (to make). Mathison, IT specialist for UIT Network & Communications Infrastructure (NCI), has been cooking since he was a kid.

Samantha Lankford, lead service coordinator in UIT's Network and Communications Infrastructure, is mom of three, and dog wrangler of two. And on any given weekend, Lankford earns her swagger as a security guard.

For Danial Ebling, life moves a little faster than most people – more like 70 miles per hour in a parking lot fast.

Scott Wilgar has been interested in art ever since he was a kid, when he spent his free time drawing pictures of Hot Wheels cars and watching his dad paint with watercolors.

It was 5:00 p.m. on a Friday afternoon when Dave Packham’s phone began sounding off multiple alarms, followed by an urgent phone call from his daughter. “Dad, the house is on fire,” she said.

Tragedy always strikes when you least expect it – and in the summer of 2016, it happened to Tina Nguyen. First, her uncle-in-law passed away from a sudden heart attack. Then, the family dog was put down. And then, in June, her mother was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma – non-smoker’s lung cancer – stage 4. The doctors gave her six to twelve months to live.

Are you a millennial who wants to become involved with local politics, but you aren’t quite sure where to start? Emerging Leaders Initiative (ELI) can help.