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Before the Spring Semester began, the Skyline College Promise Scholars Program (PSP) hosted its annual Promise Scholars Spring Institute, where PSP staff and counselors welcomed incoming Promise Scholars to the one-day event. As part of the onboarding process, all new Promise scholars were expected to attend this institute before the start of the Spring Semester, ...

The Puente Learning Community hosted its annual Noche de Familia event for the families, friends, and supporters of the 2025-2026 Puente cohort on September 4, 2025. Noche de Familia recognizes the cultural wealth that exists within our cohort and serves as an opportunity to honor the important role families play in the lives of our students and ...

This summer, the Skyline College Promise Scholars Program (PSP) successfully hosted its annual Promise Scholars Summer Institute, where PSP staff and counselors welcomed incoming Promise and Pathway students. As part of the onboarding process, all new scholars for both Promise Scholars and Pathway Scholars were expected to attend this institute before the start of the ...

In celebration of Earth Week 2025, the Skyline College Earth Day Every Day team enjoyed sharing a series of events and activities from Monday, April 21, through Saturday, April 26! Our campus community had a great time interacting with engaging exhibits, fun projects & local resources to learn ways to go green in our daily ...

The Skyline College Social Science and Creative Arts Division hosted its eighth Biennial Empty Bowls Fundraiser on March 24, 2025, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Fireside Dining Room. Empty Bowls is a grassroots project that raises money and awareness of community hunger and food insecurity. Each group participating in the project works ...

Introduction to Psychobiology examines how our brain influences behavior and includes an overview of how what we eat affects our brain. Students in the class shared some of this knowledge with the community by connecting with folks attending Skyline College’s Health Fair and the Empty Bowls fundraising event. Students collaborated with our SparkPoint Food Pantry to ...

On January 28, 2025, Project Change kicked off the semester with Tap-In Tuesday, a Lunch and Learn session designed to build community and connect students with campus resources. Students gathered in the Project Change Hub to enjoy food, music, and meaningful conversations about engagement and support opportunities. A highlight of the event was a special appearance ...

The Access, Relevance, Community (ARC) Transfer Pathways Initiative, funded by a cooperative Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI) grant with San Francisco State University and our sister campuses, College of San Mateo and Cañada College, helps Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) and low-income students gain access to higher education. ...

Introduction to Psychobiology examines how our brain influences behavior and includes an overview of how what we eat affects our brain. Students in the class shared some of this knowledge with the community by connecting with folks attending Skyline College’s Health Fair. Students collaborated with our SparkPoint Food Pantry to create recipe cards containing ingredients commonly ...

Skyline College administrators, classified professionals, and faculty got creative with clay at our Oct. 9 hands-on Empty Bowls Flex Day Workshop! Empty Bowls is a grassroots project started in the 1990s by two Michigan teachers to raise money and awareness of hunger and food insecurity in communities, and it has inspired fundraising events like ours ...