Transfer highlights 2008-09
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Student Peer Advising Initiative
The Academic Advising Center is using a new tool to help students get the most from their advising sessions. Through the new Peer Advising Program, students, who have already gone through the advising process, are hired and trained to help the Advising Center staff. Peer Advisors lead student majors-to-careers-to-transfer exploration groups each semester. If you are interested in becoming a Peer Advisor, contact the coordinators of this program: Kathleen Maisto or Julie Shaw
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Initiative - Opening Doors
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is working to expand opportunity for high-achieving, lower-income community college students to attend the nation’s most selective colleges and universities through this imitative. To accomplish this, the foundation awarded grants totaling $6.78 million over four years to eight highly selective four-year institutions that are expected to enroll 1,100 new transfer students from more than 60 partnering community colleges. Greenfield Community College partners with Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Transfer Board
Read the stories of GCC students who have already transferred. Visit the Advising Center bulletin board to view their photos and information about the schools and career goals.
GCC student Corey Ames, a graduate in the Computer Science program, becomes the first GCC transfer to Marlboro College Graduate Center in Brattleboro, Vermont, for the Bachelor of Science in Managing Information Systems. Marlboro College Graduate Center and GCC have a Joint Admissions Agreement for transfer of the Associate of Science degrees in Computer Science and Computer Information Systems to MCGC.
Articulation Agreements
- Springfield College signed an Articulation Agreement for transfer of GCC Paramedic Certificate Program to Springfield College Emergency Medical Services Management
- Bay Path College adds a new Transfer Agreement for the GCC Associate Degree in Criminal Justice (CJC)
- Western New England College signed Joint Admissions Agreements for eight GCC Associate Degrees
General Principles for Transfer
- Get started as early as possible exploring your interests, majors and career options
- Identify potential transfer institutions that meet your criteria (i.e. major, location, cost, etc.)
- Select courses in line with transfer institutions