Skyline College (San Bruno) News Stories

Browse past news stories for Skyline College (San Bruno) in San Bruno, CA.

• Local car shop owner and Skyline College automotive students give struggling family new wheels
  posted on July 28, 2011 at 01:24:09 pm
  Local car shop owner and Skyline College ...
• Zasly twins will play hoops in Germany
  posted on July 27, 2011 at 03:29:08 am
  The Zasly sisters are heading to Germany to continue their basketball careers.Twins Laura and Katie Zasly, who starred at Aragon High, Skyline ...
• The California Youth Ballet presents 'Giselle' and 'The Adventures of Alice'
  posted on June 16, 2011 at 01:23:20 pm
  On Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Main Theater of Skyline College, the California Youth Ballet will present "Giselle" and "The ...
• Man who brought gun to school gets 90 days jail
  posted on June 4, 2011 at 03:48:52 pm
  A Skyline College student found on campus with a loaded pistol and several bags of marijuana ...
• Degrees, certificates up in San Mateo County Community College District
  posted on May 29, 2011 at 01:14:29 am
  Overall, the district is seeing increased tallies in degrees and certificates in recent years even though enrollment has decreased due to budget cuts. As they closed out the 2010-11 school ...
• Job-hunting veterans in San Bruno look to enlist with Tesla
  posted on April 22, 2011 at 11:29:39 pm
  On Friday, they marched to Skyline College for a job fair featuring Palo Alto-based Tesla Motors, which took over the NUMMI auto plant in Fremont a year ago and is set to mass-produce ...
• Skyline College student pleads no contest to having gun, drugs at school
  posted on April 1, 2011 at 02:04:35 pm
  Marlithieo Jashawn Walls' plea, which is the equivalent of a conviction, is the end of an ...
• College student guilty of gun possession
  posted on April 1, 2011 at 12:12:50 pm
  A Skyline College student allegedly found on campus with a loaded pistol and several bags of ...
• Survey: Community-college students shut out of packed classes
  posted on March 29, 2011 at 04:45:00 am
  Shawn Kann has had trouble enrolling in several classes he wanted in the San Mateo County Community College District. This spring semester, for instance, he wasn't able to get ...
• Skyline student caught bringing gun on campus
  posted on March 23, 2011 at 12:11:46 pm
  A Skyline College student allegedly found with a loaded pistol and several bags of marijuana that ...
• Skyline College student mechanics take apart gender stereotype
  posted on February 12, 2011 at 07:02:49 am
  There are currently 11 women out of about 150 students enrolled in Skyline's Automotive Technology Program, the only one of its kind in San Mateo County. The number ...
• The connections between private and public art create current exhibit at Skyline Art Gallery
  posted on February 3, 2011 at 02:16:19 pm
  At Skyline College, under the ever-intriguing direction of art professor, artist Paul Bridenbaugh, there is an 1,800-square-foot art gallery which ...
• Forget lemonade, enjoy cranberries
  posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:36:05 am
  It had been a hard year before Shari Bookstaff began feeling dizzy and nauseous often. The Pacifica woman who taught marine biology ...
• Vendor fair and workshop for San Bruno Fire Survivors
  posted on January 7, 2011 at 12:15:11 am
  Rebuilding Together Peninsula is co-hosting a vendor fair and workshop for ...
• Local Experts Help San Bruno Families Tackle Recovery Challenges
  posted on January 6, 2011 at 02:19:37 pm
  Local Non-Profits Host "Dollars and Sense" Info Fair and Workshops on ...
• Skyline College Victorian Costumed Dance Theater and Concert Choir spin the holidays with song
  posted on December 1, 2010 at 01:30:10 am
  Professor Diana Cushway, artistic director of Dance at Skyline College ...
• Skyline announces new president
  posted on November 30, 2010 at 08:06:25 pm
  Regina Stanback Stroud, currently vice president of instruction, will be the ninth ...
• New president picked for Skyline College in San Bruno
  posted on November 23, 2010 at 05:44:30 am
  Insider named president; she aims to ...
• New president to be named for Skyline College in San Bruno
  posted on November 19, 2010 at 02:02:59 am
  SAN BRUNO -- A community college vice president ...
• New president to be named for Skyline College in San Bruno
  posted on November 19, 2010 at 01:59:28 am
  2-line ...
• Friends remembered
  posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:14:38 am
  Stefanie Johnson,19, of Daly City, holds a white bag with a message for the San Bruno fire victims. Monday evening, a ...
• Ellen Lowenstein sculpture on view at Rotunda Gallery in Redwood City
  posted on August 21, 2010 at 01:45:34 am
  Skyline College art instructor Ellen Lowenstein has three ...
• Thompson | Dorfman Partners Celebrates Opening of KTGY-Designed Teacher Housing on College Campus
  posted on August 16, 2010 at 12:14:56 pm
  San Francisco - KTGY Group, Inc., Architectural and Planning, is pleased to announce today that a much anticipated housing development for professors and ...

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