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The Puente Program is a two-semester program which links students, a counselor, an English instructor, community mentors and UC and other colleges in an effort to increase the number of students who transfer from two-year colleges to four-year colleges.
The goal of the Puente Program is to increase the number of educationally under-served students who enroll in four-year colleges and universities. Through the reading of Chicano/Latino literature and writings, counseling assistance, and connections to professional mentors, students receive the instruction and support they need to achieve academic success and transfer. Students also participate in extracurricular activities, such as college tours, UC representative visits, and family nights, which are designed to increase the retention of Puente Students. Originally, the goal of the Puente Program was to increase the number of Mexican American and Latino students who transfer to four-year colleges and universities. Today, the program is open to all students.
The Puente Program curriculum includes the following courses:
- Fall
Semester English/Reading 846 (Reading and Writing Connections) and COUN
100 (Puente College Success Seminar)
- Spring
Semester English 100 (Composition)
What you'll get from Puente:
- Linked
courses (English/ Reading 846 and COUN 100)
- Easy
integration of transfer activities
- Leadership
development
- Formal
one-to-one mentor-student relationship (sustained for a minimum of one
year)
- Motivational
speakers
- Cultural
and literary events
- Transfer
information and student success skills
- The
writing skills and one-on-one tutoring essential to college success
- A support
system to help you over the hurdles of collegiate life
For more information about Skyline College's Puente Program, contact Puente Counselor Marina Lira at liram@smccd.edu or 650-738- 4464 or Puente English Instructor Lucia Lachmayr at lachmayrl@smccd.edu or 650-738-4146.
For more information about the statewide Puente Program, see www.puente.net.
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TOMAS RIVERA
POLICY INSTITUTE'S LATINO COLLEGE DOLLARS |
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1) MALDEF is committed to providing resources and information to immigrant students regarding private scholarships and financial opportunities for higher education. Please visit our website, then choose the "scholarships- lista de becas" icon. You must have Acrobat Reader, which you can download for free, on your computer to access the list.
2) Websites You Should Know if You Want Money for College (Thanks to Puentista, Skyline Ambassador, and Latin American Student Organization former LASO President Daniel Tostado for the following handout.)
- Free
Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA): www.fafsa.ed.gov
The online version lets you apply for FREE
grants.
- Federal
School Codes www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/Students/apply.html
The
site lists codes that are needed in order to complete the FAFSA.
- Help in
Completing the FAFSA : www.ed.gov/prog_info/SFA/FAFSA
- The
Student Guide: www.ed.gov/prog_info/SFA/StudentGuide
- College
Opportunities On-line (COOL database): http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/
- College
Aid Sources for Higher Education (CASHE) www.cashe.com or
www.salliemae.com This is a national financial aid resource database that
helps students and parents find private funds to attend college. It is one
of the industry’s largest and most comprehensive resources,
including thousands of individual awards from all types of sponsors fro freshman thru Doctorate students.
- Educaid:
www.educaid.com,
This is a division of the Money Store, it is one
of the top ten education lenders in the U.S. that offers federal and
private loans exclusively for education. The toll free number is
1-800-Educaid
- SallieMae
(www.salliemae.com)
This is one of the largest financial aid
institutions that offers information and hands on interaction with
calculators, publications, financial aid 101 and scholarship services.
- fastweb.com,
is the Internets largest free scholarship search.
Your personalized profile will match your specific skills, abilities and
internet to fastWEB’s database of over
400,000 scholarships. Just to complete ix simple steps to get immediate
results on line.
- FinAid
(www.finaid.org)
is a free, comprehensive independent and objective guide to student
financial aid.
This page was last updated on July 2, 2011.