SFSB Awardees Featured in the News-Press

SFSB Awardees Featured in the News-Press

Angela Gladkikh and Bryan Barriga are nothing if not impressive. Clearly our friends at the Santa Barbara News-Press agree, as both scholarship recipients have been the focus of front-page features in recent days. Click on the images below t...

From the Desk of Victoria Juarez

From the Desk of Victoria Juarez

Fostering an interest in college among children has long been the province of high school teachers. Increasingly, however, educators are opting to begin the process much earlier, in some cases during the first years of elementary school. This is a we...

From the Desk of Victoria Juarez

From the Desk of Victoria Juarez

“Know your target market” is a familiar bit of first-order advice for enterprises large and small. Are colleges and universities heeding this axiom when it comes to students? Pop culture stereotypes aside, not all college students are recent high ...

Scholarship Foundation in the News

Scholarship Foundation in the News

This year's scholarship awards ceremonies at Allan Hancock College and the Courthouse Sunken Garden were the subject of high-profile reports by local media, including

From the Desk of Victoria Juarez

From the Desk of Victoria Juarez

The cost of postsecondary education and the burdens it places on students and their families have animated high-profile debates among policymakers and educators in recent years. Despite this, misconceptions surrounding financial aid for college remai...

Meet Program Advisor Jose Olvera

Meet Program Advisor Jose Olvera

Born in Jalisco, Mexico, Jose Olvera earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics at Cal Poly before accepting a teaching position at Santa Barbara Business College. He became a Scholarship Foundation program advisor in November 2014. What is...