Friday, December 13, 2013

• All Day Event, Men’s Basketball, Skyline College Tournament, Skyline College

• All Day Event, Women’s Basketball, Fresno City College Tournament, Fresno City College

• 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., Concert & Jazz Band Performance, Skyline College, Building 1, Theater

 

Saturday, December 14, 2013

• All Day Event, Men’s Basketball, Skyline College Tournament, Skyline College

• All Day Event, Women’s Basketball, Fresno City College Tournament, Fresno City College

 

Sunday, December 15th, 2013

• All Day Event, Men’s Basketball, Skyline College Tournament, Skyline College

• All Day Event, Women’s Basketball, Fresno City College Tournament, Fresno City College

 

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

• 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., Financial Aid Application Labs, Skyline College, Building 2, Room 2117B

• 6:00 p.m., Women’s Basketball vs. Marin, Skyline College

 

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

• 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Financial Aid Application Labs, Skyline College, Building 2, Room 2117B

 

Thursday, December 19, 2013

• All Day Event, Scholarships Opportunities, Skyline College, Building 2, Room 2234

• 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Financial Aid Application Labs, Skyline College, Building 2, Room 2117B

 

Friday, December 20, 2013

• All Day Event, Women’s Basketball, CCSF Tournament, City College of San Francisco, Phelan Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United States

• 5:00 p.m., Men’s Basketball vs. DeAnza College, DeAnza College

 

Saturday, December 21, 2013

• All Day Event, Women’s Basketball, CCSF Tournament, City College of San Francisco,

 

For the latest information on events and activities happening at Skyline College, please view our calendar at the following link:

http://www.skylinecollege.edu/events/index.php

If you would like to include your college event or activity on the calendar, please submit the event, date, time and location to Cherie M. Colin via email at colinc@smccd.edu.

 

Skyline College Library now has five tablet computers, all iPads at the moment, for students to borrow. They are available for checkout on a first come, first served basis.

To borrow a tablet, students must have a G number, a valid current Peninsula Library card, and must read and sign the Tablet Loan Agreement form.

Though the startup tablet loan period is two hours and library use only, the Library will increase that time if this service proves popular, and will consider letting the tablets leave in the future. Accordingly, we hope to purchase additional tablets and e-readers.

Article by Tom Hewitt, Photo by Eric Brenner.

 

The International Students Program (ISP) has been officially moved to the Global Learning Division as part of the Skyline College Strategic Priorities.  Richard Soyombo has assumed administrative responsibility for the program that currently has grown from 20 to 89 students with an anticipated addition of 25 new students next semester.

In addition to his Program Services Coordinator role in the English Language Institute, Christopher Rico will substitute as the ISP Director while Adejumoke (Jaye) Akin-Taylor is away on leave until January 30, 2014.  Chris will be available in the ISP office in the Multicultural Center – Room 4-258 in the afternoon each day.  ISP Counselors and staff will continue to work with the students in the program, including counselors Javier Urena, Carla Campillo, Daryn Chan, and A&R staff member, Minerva Velasquez.  If you have questions or want further further information, please contact Chris at Jaye’s phone number: 650 738.4430. His email is: ricoc@smccd.edu.  Or you can contact Richard Soyombo at 650-738-7098, or Soyombo@smccd.edu.

Article by Regina Stanback Stroud, Photo by Raul Guerra.

We have some quick updates on major web upgrades we will be working on over the break.

1) ITS is working with a vendor, Avepoint, to assist us in upgrading from Sharepoint 2007 to Sharepoint 2012 using Office365. Our goal is to have all your sites migrated before Spring semester. We will contact site owners to kick the tires on the new version before we go live.

2) ITS is working with the Instruction Designer/DE Coordinators at your colleges to upgrade WebAccess/Moodle to WebAccess 2+. New version will be launch January 8th, 2014

Spring 2014 courses are loaded and ready for you to begin building or moving your courses: https://smccdfreshstart.mrooms.net/

If you have questions please contact your college Instruction Designer/DE Coordinators:

Cañada – Jane Rice ricej@smccd.edu

CSM – Alexis Alexander alexandera@smccd.edu

Skyline College – Ricardo Flores floresr@smccd.edu

Article by Jasmine Witham, Image by Jared Martin.

Kindergarten teachers and students are invited to the First Annual KinderCaminata Program on Thursday, March 13, 2014, Skyline College, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Transportation will be provided. Free lunch, student giveaways, and much more. Join the Movement! Introduce your Kindergarten Students to Skyline College. For more information please contact Outreach Coordinator Florentino Ubungen at (650) 738-4256 or ubungenf@smccd.edu.

Article by Florentino Ubungen and Jared Martin.

Paced by Northern California Champion Brian Ha, Skyline College qualified five wrestlers for the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) State Championships taking place in beautiful Stockton on the campus of San Joaquin Delta College this Friday and Saturday, December 13-14.

Ha, a sophomore from El Camino High School, swept all three of his matches this past weekend at the Northern California Wrestling Championships at Sierra College in Rocklin finishing first in the 133 pound weight class. Brian is the first Northern California champion from Skyline College in the last twelve years. Other Skyline College wrestlers who qualified for the state championships are Manny Borrego, 125 pound weight class, Monet Goldman, 149 pound weight class, Zach Grove, 157 pound weight class, and Roman Ermalov, 197 pound weight class. As a team, Skyline College finished ninth in Northern California.

Best of luck to Brian and his teammates this weekend! To follow all the action please go to the CCCAA website.

Article by Joe Morello, Photo by Visual Sports.