STUDENT EMPOWERMENT

The Student Empowerment Center, located on the second floor of Building S and houses the following offices:

Career And Job Placement Center

sfcollege.edu/careerplacement

Ready to find a job? Career and Job Placement services can help you navigate your job and internship search and offer support through the process.

The college continually fosters partnerships with outside employers and community members, and students benefit from these relationships. Job fairs and tabling events help employers identify qualified candidates for their internships, externships and other career opportunities. These events are open to students and alumni, and they help promote lifelong career development.

Virtual Job Shadow provides in-depth videos on occupations, many of which are not described in our other resources. Check in to Canvas, select Learning Commons, and at the end of the Resources list, select Virtual Job Shadow.

Ccampis

sfcollege.edu/childcare

The CCAMPIS Grant, which stands for Child Care Access Means Parents in School, offers student-parents financial assistance with child care while attending classes. CCAMPIS is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and funding for this project continues until September 2024.

Financial Wellness Center

sfcollege.edu/vystar sfcollege.edu/cte/acb

In collaboration with VyStar Credit Union, SF established a Financial Wellness Center, located in Building S on the Northwest Campus, which offers SF students the opportunity to meet with a financial wellness coach/ consultant to engage in confidential discussions about their finances. This resource is here to help students develop good financial habits, including planning, budgeting, saving, avoiding or managing debt, improving credit scores, negotiating, purchasing, investing and retiring. Appointments can be scheduled by contacting vystar@sfcollege.edu or 352-381-3602.

ACB Excel is a community-funded initiative at Santa Fe College that empowers entire families by providing parents and their school-aged children with access to academic programs and services, simultaneously. Parents get rapid credentialing for high-wage, in-demand jobs, while their children engage in enriching activities that support their well-being.

This two-generational approach, which is free for all participants, improves economic stability and strengthens individual families. As parents and their children work together they:

• Achieve together

• Conquer life’s challenges together

• Believe in themselves and in their ability to impact each other’s success

Helping families achieve, conquer, and believe. That is the transformational power of the ACB Excel initiative.

Sf Achieve

sfcollege.edu/achieve

Recent graduates from Alachua and Bradford county public high schools who participated in the SF Achieve program may continue to receive support while enrolled at Santa Fe College. SF Achieve Scholars are paired with a mentor and receive the SF Achieve Scholarship. This scholarship includes a book stipend valued at $2,000 over the course of a student’s enrollment.

Some students will also qualify for a full-tuition scholarship that picks up where financial aid leaves off, helping to pay for up to 60 credit hours at SF. Those credits can get a student the A.A. degree they want if they are planning on transferring to a four-year university or an A.S. degree or certificate that can prepare them to enter the workforce. If a student is in the college’s High School Dual Enrollment program and is completing their A.A. as a dual-enrolled student, the SF Achieve scholarship could cover the credits needed to earn their bachelor’s degree.