Creating and Supporting a Culture of Transfer

1. Creating and Supporting a Culture of Transfer Presenters: Cynthia Rico Bravo Jodi Corliss Naomi Grisham

2. Commitment from SDCC District Colleges • Transfer as part of the mission statement • Transfer Center with coordinator and staff to serve as resource center and advocates for transfer students • Transfer support from district offices to increase awareness on campus

3. SD Community College District • Training of new directors statewide • District supported Transfer Awareness Month • Relationship with Articulation Officer • Networking: • San Diego Education Consortium • Regional Admission Counselors of California • Western Association of College Admissions Counselors • Transfer Center Directors Association

4. San Diego Mesa College • Evolution of Transfer - TAG • Reputation as “transfer college” • Highest volume of transfers to SDSU and UCSD • Top 5 of community colleges transferring Latino/a students • Reputation for innovation in transfer events and ideas • Created statewide campaign for “transfer awareness”

5. Transfer at San Diego Mesa College • 49% of students interested in transfer • Top 5 • SDSU • UCSD • U of Phoenix • Cal State San Marcos • National University • Latest trends: leaning more towards private/out-of-state

6. Transfer Center: Hub of Transfer Activity • Notify counselors of updates, opportunities for transfer • Notify students through transfer database • Notify Mesa College through monthly newsletter • Transfer major events: • Transfer Awareness Month, Majors Day, Transfer Day, Transfer Recognition Luncheon, On-the-spot Admissions

7. Transfer Center continued: • Small group counseling sessions • Work closely with student groups and conduct workshops with student groups • University representatives on campus • University related workshops • Provide accurate, up-to-date information in the Transfer Center • Use of social media

8. Transfer: Its relationship to… • College Administration • Instructional Faculty *** • Baccalaureate-level Colleges and Universities • High School and Community Outreach • Matriculation Process • Counseling • Curriculum Development and Articulation

9. Points of Success • San Diego Education Consortium • CCC member as executive board member • Community College committee to focus on issues/opportunities related to community colleges • Close relationships with private university partners • Region X Transfer Center Directors’ meetings • Regional Representatives meetings at CCC Chancellor’s Office

10. Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program at San Diego Mesa College

11. Bridges Program Goals An institutional program funded by NIGMS and NCMHD that is designed to increase the number of community college students from underrepresented groups and/or health disparities populations (URMs) who transfer and complete the baccalaureate degree in biomedical and behavioral sciences.

12. Counseling andArticulation BRIDGESSCHOLARS Campus-based Researcher Administrative Assistants Subcontract: UCSD Instructional Faculty Business Office Edward Alexander, Ph.D., ProfessorDepartment of ChemistryPrincipal Investigator Jodi Corliss, M.S.Office of InstructionProgram Coordinator Georgia Sadler, Ph.D. and Larry Alfred, Ph.D.

13. Critical to the Bridges Grant 1. Institutional Focus: Impact on Bridges and non-Bridges students alike, so more students transfer from the community college to the four-year institution. 2. Partnership: 2-year community colleges with four-year institutions 3.“BaccalaureateReadiness” Program:well-integratedactivities that will provide URMs with the necessaryacademic preparation and skills to enable transition andsuccessful completion of the baccalaureate degree inbiomedical/behavioral sciences.4. ClearExpectationsandAccountability

14. Partnership/Consortium • To facilitate a seamless transition of targeted students from two-year to four-year institutions and their subsequent graduation with baccalaureate degrees in biomedical/behavioral sciences • Up to 4 institutions in the partnership, including the applicant institution, unless strongly justified otherwise • An institution may participate in more than one Bridges partnership if strongly justified by the potential to magnify the programs’ and institution’s outcomes

15. Bridges Students (Eligibility) • Students from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral research enterprise of the nation and/or populations disproportionately affected by health disparities (targeted groups). Nationally, these groups include, but are not limited to, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans (including Alaska Natives), Natives of the U.S. Pacific Islands, and/or rural Appalachians. Recently added: disabled. • Must be U.S. citizens or non-citizen nationals or permanent residents. • Must be matriculated full-time in an associate degree program in biomedical/behavioral science fieldsat the partner community college. • 2.8 gpa, 12 semester units completed

16. Student Selection and “Critical Mass” Student Selection • Institution’s responsibility to establish student qualifications • Describe the criteria for selection and retention of Bridges students into the program Critical Mass • 16 students in the program, each year

17. Goals to Improve the Track Record • Clearly stated goals, and measurable objectives relative to the baseline and in context of NIH expectations • Must improve on the previous record and make substantial progress towards meeting the NIH expectations during the next 5 years

18. Mesa College Puente Project • Puente students have benefitted from the Transfer Center by: - Presentations by Center’s Coordinator - College Representatives visit in Personal Growth Courses - College campus visits coordinated by Transfer Center

19. Words of Wisdom • The transfer function and supporting transfer must be identified as an institutional priority and involve everybody – administrators, faculty, staff, universities, high schools, students, region, colleagues • Transfer Center/Articulation Officer relationship is golden • Learning Communities • Administrative support is key • Transfer Center Guidelines

20. Contact Information Cynthia Rico BravoProfessor and Counselor San Diego Mesa College, (619) 388-2471 cbravo@sdccd.edu JodiCorlissBridges Program CoordinatorCounseling Faculty and Dean EmeritusSan Diego Mesa College, (619) 388-2895 jcorliss@sdccd.edu Naomi GrishamTransfer Center DirectorProfessor and CounselorSan Diego Miramar College, (619) 388-7380 ngrisham@sdccd.edu