San Antonio College News

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The Alamo Colleges District is now offering an Expanded Summer Momentum Plan for the summer semesters. The Expanded Summer Momentum Plan allows eligible students who earned hours in the Spring semester, to get three to nine credit hours at no cost for Summer 2021 semesters. More information on the Expanded Summer Momentum Plan is on the Alamo Colleges District website.

Registration for summer courses is now open to all San Antonio College students. Maymester registration closes Tuesday, May 11th. Summer Session One registration closes Tuesday, June 1st. Summer Session Two registration closes Tuesday, July 6th. The full list of dates and deadlines is available on the San Antonio College website.

The San Antonio College History Program offers African American History I this summer. This online 8 week course focuses on how the past 400 years was shaped by the struggles of common Americans, working and poor men and women from diverse backgrounds, to secure a greater measure of freedom. This course, HIST 2381, may fulfill the 60- hour core curriculum requirement, check with an academic advisor for more details. Contact Lisa Ramos for information about the course.

The San Antonio College Student Advocacy Center is now booking appointments for students to come to the SAC campus on Thursdays to visit the Food Pantry and Clothes Closet. Masks are required at all times and students must go to a screening station to receive a wristband. Students can schedule appointments for the Food Pantry and Clothing Closet by phone at 210-486-1111.

The San Antonio College Empowerment Center presents the 19th Annual Women Empowered Conference from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, May 20th. This virtual conference features motivational speakers and information on scholarships to attend SAC in the Fall 2021 semester. This conference is open to students and the community. Register here.

This summer, San Antonio College offers a wide range of virtual summer camps for elementary, middle and high school students. These camps range in topics from learning how to cook, beginning ballet and dance, to writing computer code. Virtual summer camps run from June 1st through August 13th.   

More information about each camp is on the San Antonio College website.

Registration for the fall 2021 semester at San Antonio College is now open. 16-week courses and two sessions of eight week courses are available. Tuesday, August 17th is the deadline to register for the fall 16-week courses, and the flex one, eight-week courses. Current students may register through aces. The full list of dates and deadlines is available on the San Antonio College website.

The Alamo Colleges Foundation helps students succeed with scholarship opportunities. Scholarship applications are open for the 2021 – 2022 school year. The final application deadline is Sunday, September 5th. Only one application is considered per academic year. To apply or for more information, visit the Alamo Colleges Foundation website.

The Alamo Colleges are hosting Pop-Up Markets in collaboration with the San Antonio Food Bank to provide healthy food to students, employees, and the surrounding community. Pop-Up Markets are no contact, drive-through events and all participants must register in advance. Dates and registration are on the Alamo Colleges website.

Alamo College students who have health or medical issues can call Telehealth services for professional medical advice. This service is available to current students with insurance and those who are uninsured. A small co-pay may be collected from some students, but no student will be turned away due to lack of payment. Information on appointments and services is on the Alamo Colleges website.

San Antonio College offers COVID-19 testing from 8 am to 9:30 am on Tuesdays in the Moody Learning Center. The site is for asymptomatic testing only. Once an appointment is scheduled, Alamo Colleges students and employees are locked in for that appointment time every week and encouraged to test weekly. More information and appointments are available through Lab Finder.