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Skyline Shines - May 11th 2018 Issue - Skyline College San Bruno
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Puente Learning Community Celebrates 25 Years at Skyline College
With beautiful handmade flowers adorning the tables, and strings of "testimonios" (testimonies) attached to student pictures as the backdrop, two cohorts of the Puente learning community gathered on May 4, 2018 to celebrate 25 years of Puente at Skyline College. Continuing the tradition, graduating Puentistas, scholarship recipients, students who had completed the first year of Puente, and mentors were recognized. …
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As Skyline College reviews and revises its strategic goals and initiatives and moves full steam ahead with the College Redesign, discussion has dwelled on how to foster active citizenship. The assessment of the Citizenship Institutional Student Learning Outcome lends insight to this goal. In spring 2016, eighteen faculty members from across the disciplines assessed students’ work. One rubric criterion pertains …
Skyline College Competes Against 17 Colleges and Universities in the Annual SMUD Solar Regatta!
The Skyline College Engineering and Robotics Club competed in the seventh annual Sacramento Municipality Utility District (SMUD) Solar Regatta held at the Rancho Secco Recreational Area Southeast of Sacramento on May 5, 2018. The team consisted of 10 students and 4 faculty members who embarked to the Rec area and campsite Friday afternoon. The competition was to design, build, and …
BAEC. The Place for Networking and Business Resources
The Bay Area Entrepreneur Center (BAEC) held its Networking & Resource Summit on May 3, 2018, bringing together a mix of community members, students, entrepreneurs, startup CEO’s, and Skyline College faculty and staff. Several different types of exhibitors came to showcase their company, from student entrepreneurs to local small businesses such as personal fashion stylists Qloset Queen, SGC Financial & …
Skyline College’s Center for Career and Workforce Programs in partnership with the Biotechnology Department, hosted a lively and informative Bioscience Career Forum to engage Skyline College students beyond the classroom on May 4, 2018. Moderated by the charismatic Andrea Vizenor, Director for the Center for Career Workforce Programs, the event featured notable bioscience alumni, bioscience professionals as well as current …
The Skyline College Automotive student body held its annual Automotive Olympics on May 3, 2018. The automotive students and staff took a half day out of education to support a fun event that builds family and encouragement in our program and department. The students competed in groups from each class in events like: Tire toss, creeper race, car push, parts …
Skyline College 10th Annual Intervention and Inclusion Conference, Bigger and Better Than Ever!
May 5 marked the 10th year that the Early Childhood Education Program at Skyline College hosted the Early Intervention Conference. To make this anniversary memorable the program partnered with the San Mateo County Office of Education and the county’s 4C’s (Child Care Coordinating Council) to put on a full day conference, rather than the usual half day, along with many …
Adult School Students Get College Ready
Students from South San Francisco Adult School, Jefferson Adult School, and the greater community participated in the “College Readiness” event on May 5, 2018 by engaging in various workshops to better prepare them for their first semester at Skyline College. Workshops were collaboratively designed and led by Skyline College’s ESOL Department, The English Language Institute, Skyline College’s Workforce Development, South …
International Student Program Holds First Global Extravaganza
The International Student Program held its first Global Extravaganza on April 30, 2018. This event was organized to celebrate all the talent that Skyline College’s international community has to offer, and to give a platform for a Marimba band named “Maru-A-Pula” from Botswana to showcase their craft. It was a colorful and festive event with dance and music showcases from …
April was a busy month of outreach for the English language Institute (ELI). The ELI promoted Skyline College to over 90 adult school students at Jefferson, South San Francisco and San Mateo Adult Schools. The ELI also welcomed more than 100 ESL students from South San Francisco and Westmoor high schools as part of their campus tour organized by Lauren Ford and the outreach department. …
Another Successful Year for the Sustainability Blitz
Throughout April a number of classes at Skyline College participated in the Sustainability Blitz, a curriculum development program designed to infuse sustainability across academic disciplines. Faculty members collaborate with a pair of recent graduates in the Climate Corps Fellowship Program to develop a lesson connecting sustainability to the course’s specific topic or general discipline. The goal was to highlight the …
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