Transfer Nation Talks

In the latest #TransferStudentStory episode of the Transfer Nation Podcast, Standford University transfer student Ariana Davarpanah shares about her #transformative experience at San Mateo community college. Ariana is so connected to her transfer identity that she decided to funnel her stellar #transferlove and #transferknowldege into a phenomenal podcast and digital media network called Transfer...

"Community College is dope y'all!" Wanna know why?  Nina Dinh shares her #TransferStory, why she loves her community college, and what influenced her #transferjourney. In transferring from Golden West College to UCLA, Nina determined the educational path that worked for her and gave her the time she needed to explore, engage, and discover. Continue the #transfer conversation by join...

"CC stigma is garbage" In this special #StudentStory edition of the #TransferNation Podcast, Transfer Nation Social Media Manager and transfer student alumnae Chrissy Lee Zschomler shares her journey to @Citrus College and @UCLA. What unites us all is the goal and experience of transfer, what cultivates the incredible community of rich diversity and point of view is our individual storie...

In the second episode of a two-part special #TransferStories edition of the #TransferNationPodcast, transfer and parenting student Zuleika Bravo shares her #transferstory and #parentingstudent journey. Each transfer journey is unique, and we share a common goal of transfer and the experience of navigating that path. Zuleika shares what inspired her and drove her #transferjourney and her new career...

In this introductory episode of the #TransferNationPodcast, Dr. Heather Adams discusses with social media managers Nina Dinh and Chrissy Zschomler the goals of Transfer Nation (TN) and what they hope to accomplish through this podcast. They discuss everything from transfer specific initiatives to what you can expect from the podcast and the #TransferNation social media platforms all in an exciting...

In this episode of the #TransferNationPodcast, Dr. Heather Adams discusses with Dr. Holly Herrera (Associate Provost for Transfer Initiatives and Academic Partnerships at Columbia College Chicago) how institutions can work towards developing more transfer-friendly curriculum and course alignment. Dr. Herrera lays out the steps we can take at our institutions to investigate how aspects of our curri...

In this episode of the #TransferNationPodcast, Dr. Heather Adams discusses the Academic Student Success Engagement Team (ASSET) Scholars program at California State University Channel Islands with transfer leaders Veronica Montoya (Transfer Student Success Activity Director) and Tommee McMakin (Student Academic Success and Equity Initiatives Peer Mentor Coordinator). Complete with faculty partners...

In the first episode of a two-part special #StudentStories edition of the #TransferNationPodcast, transfer and parenting student Zuleika Bravo shares insights on the UCLA activism and efforts pursued to secure priority enrollment for parenting students at UCLA. Zuleika is an advocate for transfers as the former co-chair of the UCLA Transfer Leadership Coalition, a peer mentor for the Center for Co...

In this episode of the #TransferNationPodcast, Dr. Heather Adams speaks with Paitzar Giourdjian about how she and the UCLA Transfer Admission Team build and maintain relationships with Community College Counselors, create transparency for students and advisors, and help makes large schools like UCLA more personal! Paitzar is the Assistant Director of Transfer Recruitment at UCLA and the Honors Tra...

In this episode of the #TransferNationPodcast, Dr. Heather Adams spoke with Kim Morton, (Associate Director in the Office of Transfer Services at Appalachian State University) about how she and the Appalachian State Transfer Team have adapted their pre-orientation services for transfers into an online format. They discuss how T-POP (Transfer Pre-Orientation Program) gave the Appalachian State Tran...

In this episode of the #TransferNation podcast, you'll hear from Kerin Hilker-Balkissoon about some of the creative techniques George Mason University are working on to reach, communicate, and serve transfer students at the institution. Kerin is known nationally for her advocacy work with the transfer, first-gen, parenting students, immigrant students, and other post-traditional/neo-tradition...