SparkPoint Articles

Skyline College SparkPoint Center and the Career Services Center were awarded a grant to participate in the AmeriCorps California Community College Student Ambassador Program. This program will give four Skyline College students the opportunity to build strong leadership skills, to participate in service-learning, and to make connections that lead to getting things done for the ...

Tuesday, October 10, 2017 was a day for exploration and Skyline College students certainly took advantage of it! The Career Services Center hosted their now annual Meet Your Majors fair to assist students in major and career exploration as part of our work to assist students with major declaration. Students had the opportunity to directly engage ...

On September 25, 2017, Alexandra Kennedy visited the Career Center to facilitate a design charrette of the Moon Shot Project, a series of focus groups where community members come together to create solutions that will end hunger. Kennedy is a former SparkPoint at Skyline College client and student assistant who specialized in public benefits. SparkPoint at ...

The Puente Program invited family and friends to learn how best to help students achieve success in the Puente learning community. Dean Mary Gutierrez and Program Services Coordinator Marisa Thigpen welcomed the assembled families of the two Puente cohorts and invited students and their families to stop by to ask for help or merely to ...

SparkPoint at Skyline College has been selected by NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education) to participate in an upcoming webinar titled California College/University Basic Needs: Context, Data, and Effective Models, part of NASPA’s NorCal Meaningful Conversations Virtual Roundtable series. This event will host three top leaders from the Community College, California State University, and ...

SparkPoint at Skyline College received a $125,000 grant from The Grove Foundation. This funding supports the scholarships and services provided by SparkPoint through the Grove Scholars Program.  Up to 50 Career and Technical Education (CTE) Students from Skyline College will be selected to receive up to $2,000 in the 2017-2018 academic year.  Grove Scholarship applications ...

Skyline College has been selected as an AmeriCorps member placement site for the California Community Colleges Student Ambassador Program. The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and the Foundation for California Community Colleges launched this new program to expand student ambassador programs supporting student success. The program offers an exciting opportunity to complement and expand existing ...

SparkPoint and Career Services at Skyline College would like to extend an official campus-wide introduction to a new member of the team, Valerie Higgins.  Valerie serves as a SparkPoint Coordinator and Financial Coach here at Skyline College. Valerie Higgins had her first experience with Skyline College as a student and young single mother. She relied ...

SparkPoint at Skyline College continues to promote its financial capability and support services model around the San Francisco Bay Area and across the country. Select community college administrators toured SparkPoint this year, including a delegation from South African technical colleges who wanted to learn more about SparkPoint’s bundled service approach. In addition to these site ...

One of SparkPoint and Career Services most popular programs is coming to an end.  The  CollegeSavers program is offered to Skyline College students through a partnership with Opportunity Fund, a national non-profit organization focused on helping individuals get in the habit of saving money.  By enrolling in this program, eligible students will receive $2 for ...