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Success On Your Terms

Laney's SOAR Student Sucess Team!

Welcome to Laney!  We are here to support you each step of the way!

What Does SOAR Offer? — Guidance, Support, Connection, Friendship, Resources

Have Questions? Please contact the SOAR coordinators at laneysoar@peralta.edu.


NEED TRANSIT SUPPORT? We’re ready to roll!!!

If you are in SOAR and could use an AC Transit bus pass, please let us know! — please email Tania or Jay at tmitchell@peralta.edu , jaygomez@peralta.edu


Info & Resource Links: Services and Info you can access right away!

Expanded supports during the COVID pandemic: https://laney.edu/blog/covid-19-update-for-students/

8 Areas of Interest / “meta-majors”:  https://laney.edu/blog/areas-of-interest/    


More Pathways Links — on the UC website, but available to EVERYONE:

Laney Counseling Career Services: https://laney.edu/career/

Connecting Majors to Careers: https://career.berkeley.edu/Plan/MajorToCareer

What Can I Do With A Major In…? https://career.berkeley.edu/Resources/Majors2Careers

Career Fields — Learn here about career paths, industries, and opportunities for gaining experience in the field of your choosing: https://career.berkeley.edu/Plan/CareerFields


Getting ready to tranfer? Check out the ‘Cal Grant Transfer Entitlement’:  https://www.csac.ca.gov/post/cal-granttransfer-entitlement-award


SCHOLARSHIPS — LOTS of them! — but only ONE application! — March 1st is the application due date for the Peralta Colleges Foundation: https://pcf.scholarships.ngwebsolutions.com/CMXAdmin/Cmx_Content.aspx?cpId=989

TUTORING — For MATH, the Math Lab is open face-to-face and online: https://laney.edu/mathematics/math-lab/

— Most other tutoring is available online only: https://laney.edu/tutoring/

STUDENT ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES: In need of Academic support (i.e., extra time, resources, or tools to succeed in your classes)?  Learn more about (SAS) and its offerings!
https://laney.edu/Student_Accessibility_Services/

LEARNING COMMUNITY SUPPORT: Is this your first time in school or your first time back after a long hiatus? Do you need a community system, accountability, and guidance?

Then I have the perfect resource for you; we have a few learning communities such as Umoja-Ubaka, Latinx, Puente, VRC, APASS, Lavender Project & ROC.


You’ve been ‘out of the nest’ for a while now…

Plodding along is fine — for tortoises racing hares…

But if you are a student looking to GET ON A PATH,

and GET CONNECTED with other students and Laney educators,

and pursue your goals WITH THE SUPPORT YOU DESERVE,

then YOU SHOULD SOAR!!!

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