College to College Transition: The Transfer Student Seminar

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College to College TransitionThe Transfer
Student Seminar

• Anna I. Gaw
• Ashley Dunklin

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Spring Hill College

• Small 1200 traditional students
• Mobile, Alabama
• Liberal Arts
• Jesuit
• Residential

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Student Academic Services

• Academic Advising
• Academic Support Services
• Career Services
• International Student Services
• Testing services
• Transitional Services

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Transfer Students at SHC

• 35 40 new transfers each fall
• Background
• Community colleges
• 4 year colleges
• Public and Private
• Traditional and nontraditional students
• Commuters and Residents

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Transfer Preview

• Summer May and July
• Introduction to SHC
• Dean of Students, Academic Vice President,
  Financial Aid/Business Office, Registrar,
  Placement Testing, Advising Registration
• One day event
• Late orientation in August

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Transfer Seminar Course

• Mandatory for all new transfer students
• Meets once per week for 6 weeks
• Syllabus, Booklet, College Bulletin of
  Information
• Listed as a regular course, no credit hours, no
  fees

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Seminar Topics

• Getting started at SHC
• Academic Policies
• Academic Integrity
• Online Records
• Career Services
• Information Technology
• SHC Mission Identity

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Individual Appointments

• Meet one-on-one with each student
• Review Degree Audit
• Transfers dont typically meet their advisor
  until after midterm
• A chance for the student to ask questions they
  didnt want to ask in class

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Reasons for the Seminar

• Teach new students the ins/outs of SHC
• Teach students the Jesuit college mission and
  identity
• Retention
• Early Intervention
• Attention

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Retention 1999- 2005
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Student Responses
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Student Responses
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Q A
For Additional Information, contact Anna I. Gaw,
Coordinator for Students in Transition
agaw_at_shc.edu Ashley Dunklin, Coordinator of
Academic/Support Services adunklin_at_shc.edu