Brothers Empowering Brothers (BEB) is a holistic student support and empowerment program designed for men of color. BEB provides academic, financial, and cultural community support for students completing a certificate, degree, and/or transfer.
Project Change is the first community college supported program in California to provide wrap-around student support services, direct access to postsecondary education for incarcerated youth, and in-person college instruction inside juvenile youth facilities.
WEZ is an interest-based learning community that links collegiate football and English composition. While exploring the demands and rewards of being student-athletes, WEZ students will strengthen their reading, writing, and critical thinking skills. Working closely together, English faculty and football coaches have created a seamless program that fosters student-athletes' success in the classroom and on the field.
IX in Action is a learning community comprised of CSM’s women athletes, primarily from the volleyball, basketball, and softball teams. The community works to empower students by emphasizing their athletic identities and helping them transfer all the skills they use in their sports, such as discipline, perseverance, and teamwork, to their academic studies.
The mission of the Honors Project is to open academic pathways to our diverse student body. We believe in academic excellence, and we believe all our students are capable of academic excellence. We welcome students of all backgrounds who possess the drive and desire to dig deeper into their coursework.
Katipunan at College of San Mateo is a Filipinx/Filipinx-American student organization and learning community that aims to strengthen our community and embrace each other’s individual narratives.
CSM's Mana Learning Community program was designed to increase the number of Oceania students who complete the requirements for an AA degree and/or transfer into a four-year university. It provides students with a bridge to higher education while offering academic support through the college's many learning support centers and a variety of student services. The Mana program focuses on the Pacific Islander American student experience and is open to all students.
The Puente Project is a collaborative transfer support program. Puente, meaning “bridge” in Spanish, is symbolic of how the Puente Project serves as a bridge for the community college student, both from their home culture to academia and from community college to the transfer process.
CSM Umoja is a learning community and transfer support program that focuses on the African American experience through the study of culture, history, literature, and identity.