Transfer Student Transition

Project Scope:
Review how the University facilitates the transition of incoming undergraduate, degree seeking transfer students, both traditional and non-traditional; recommend and implement enhancements, leveraging both in-person and technological (portal and Hobson’s) transition opportunities including transfer student orientation; examine and incorporate best practices from other institutions; incorporate student input as appropriate (e.g., focus groups, interviews); recommend an ongoing approach to maintaining what is developed.

• Project Status Update– September 13, 2013
• Quick Hits & Recommendations for Transfer Students – November 6, 2012

Project Team:

• Allecia Powell, Communication, Marketing
• Desmond Robinson, Team Lead, TRIOs
• Colette Williams, Process Improvement - Project Manager
• Dee Beard, Nursing
• Joy Stout, Adult & Commuter Student Services
• Kate Howard, Student Recruitment
• Kathy Walker, Health & Human Sciences
• Yolanda Flemings, Project Assistant
• Yolanda Mathews, Academic Transfer and Articulation

Phone: 901.678.2213  |   E-mail: processimprovement@memphis.edu