Brothers Achieving Milestones (BAM): The mission of Brothers Achieving Milestones (BAM), a community for men of color,
is to empower and support male identified students from diverse backgrounds in their
academic, personal, and career growth.
College for Working Adults (CWA): College for Working Adults (CWA) is an innovative academic degree program that helps
working adults juggle their academic life, family, and career with a degree program
that works with your schedule.
Colts-U-Transfer Center: Students interested in transferring to a four-year college or university may use
Transfer Services to research universities, majors, academic requirements, college
costs, and other transfer matters. Resources include college catalogs, college directories,
articulation information, and access to PROJECT ASSIST, a self-guided site that provides
general education, major and course equivalency information.
Community of Learning Through Sports (COLTS): Participation in COLTS is designed to help student athletes take advantage of academic resources on campus, and to help them to build strong
study skills, communication skills, and writing abilities with the goal of improving
their overall educational performance.
Disability Resource Center (DRC): Ensures educational access so that students with disabilities have every reasonable
opportunity to meet their educational goals, provide educational support so that students
with disabilities can demonstrate their skills, and create a learning environment
in which students with disabilities may become independent, interdependent and integrated
in our global community.
Interest Areas: Important connections with program peers, faculty and advisors. Find your Success
Team!
Learning Center: Assistance includes peer and professional tutoring, workshops and technological
support.
Library: A great quiet place to study, research, check out books, and print.
Printing Services (SkyGAP): Skyline College Bookstore's Graphic Arts & Production (GAP) department
offers high quality photocopying (black & white or color) and production services
to the entire Skyline College and SMCCD community.
Promise Scholars Program: The Promise Scholars Program is a comprehensive program that supports first time,
full time students at Cañada College. We aim to help scholars reach their educational
goal within two to three years through financial, counseling, and retention support.
Puente: The Puente Project is a national award-winning transfer program that has improved
the college-going rate of tens of thousands of California’s educationally underrepresented
students since 1981.
STEM Center: Fosters the study of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) and to support
students pursuing their education in STEM. We offer extensive programs, services and
academic support for all students taking STEM courses, as well as a collaborative
space for study groups, tutoring, and STEM club meetings.
TRiO Student Support Services Program: Our goal is to provide an academic, social, and personal support system for first-generation,
low-income, and/or students with disabilities, to assist them with certificate and
degree college requirements, the transfer process and to motivate them towards a successful
completion of their college education.
UMOJA: The Cañada College Umoja Community is a learning and transfer support program designed
to enhance the educational experiences of African American students by implementing
pedagogical principles and practices that benefit all students.
CalWORKs’ Program: California Work Opportunity and Responsibility for Kids (CalWORKs) program at Cañada
College offers CalWORKs recipients with additional support services to assist in their
quest for a college education or employment.
Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education (CARE): A state funded program that helps single parents receiving county assistance from
CalWORKs and TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, formerly AFDC) succeed
in college.
Promise Scholars Program: The Promise Scholars Program covers tuition, student fees, textbook and counseling
support for the first year of college.
SparkPoint: SparkPoint at Cañada College is a one-stop financial coaching and education center
where students and community members access a full range of free services that lead
towards financial stability. Services include one-on-one financial education, a full
service food pantry, legal clinic and access to public benefits. All services are
free and open to students and the community.
Community Support and Mentorship
ARC Transfer Pathway Program: Cañada is an Asian American, Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution
(AANAPISI). The ARC Transfer community serves Asian American, Native Hawaiian Pacific
Islander (AANHPI), first-generation, low-income students. We provide peer mentorship,
transfer support, and culturally relevant events centering the AANHPI experience.
Cultural Center: Our mission is to create spaces of healing, joy, and critical engagement through
learning, awareness, and advocacy that empower the campus community to become culturally
responsive advocates for justice and liberation.
Foster Youth Success Initiative (FYSI): Supports the California Community College Chancellor’s Office (CCCCO) statewide
FYSI outreach and retention efforts to better serve current and former youth while
studying at Cañada College.
International Student Center: The International Student Center (ISC) provides individualized services to international
students, so they can achieve their personal, educational, and professional goals.
LGBTQ+ Support: Cañada College's Brave Space Collective is committed to promoting an inviting and
inclusive campus environment and provides ongoing training for a network of allies
and accomplices, including students, faculty, staff, and administrators, so we may
all better support our LGBTQIA+ community.
Office of Equity: The Office of Equity supports our college’s mission, vision, values, and goals by
uplifting our college’s goal to become an “Equity-Minded and Antiracism College.”
Veterans Services: Approved to certify veteran students under the G.I. Bill who are pursuing an AA/AS
degree, an approved transfer program, or a certification of completion.
Health Support
Food Services: A list of food services available around campus for students and the community.
Health Center: Receive First Aid treatment for illnesses and injuries, over-the-counter medications,
testing/screenings, and more.
