Contact:

Charlene A. Stinard Director Howard Phillips Hall, Room 221-D e-mail: cstinard@mail.ucf.edu	Robert Snow Director, Transition Advising Howard Phillips Hall, Room 217-C e-mail: rsnow@mail.ucf.edu
Jackie Jessup Coordinator, Transfer Advising Howard Phillips Hall, Room 221-E jjessup@mail.ucf.edu	Peer Mentors Howard Phillips Hall, Room 221-F Student Hotline: 407-823-5959 e-mail: tsmentor@mail.ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-2231 SUNCOM: 345-2231	FAX: 407-823-3955 Web site: http://transfer.sdes.ucf.edu

The Office of Transfer and Transition Services provides information, referrals, advocacy activities, and major exploration support to enhance students' opportunities for strong academic preparation, a smooth transition to the University of Central Florida, and successful progress toward graduation. We provide these services to transfer and transitioning undergraduate students through pre-admission and transition advising; coordination of articulation agreements with community college, university, and other school partners; and through publications and other communications for all constituents.

This office provides the following services for students:

Student information and advising HOTLINE, 407-823-5959
National award-winning Web site for transfer students
Knight Quest, a guide for transfer students
Peer Mentors who provide transfer assistance: pre-admission advising on majors, prerequisites, course equivalencies, foreign language requirements, critical dates and deadlines, assistance at Orientation; and a Transfer Success Workshop Series
Advising and resources for transfer students who are undecided, undeclared, or changing majors
Major and career exploration, targeting high demand/high wage, critical needs, and emerging technologies majors
Workshops for students and student groups
Assistance and advocacy for transfer students experiencing problems at the university
Transition advising for freshmen entering UCF with 45+ credit hours; currently enrolled undeclared sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and internal transfers (not admitted to limited access programs, changing majors)

This office provides the following services for community college advisors and counselors:

Annual UCF Counselor Workshop
Advisor HOTLINE, SUNCOM 345-2231 or 407-823-2231
Web site for community college advisors and counselors
Knight Watch, an on-line newsletter for community college advisors and counselors; provides current university and advising information
Monthly electronic updates for counselors and advisors
The UCF Transfer Student Counseling Manual
Annual State University System regional workshops
Campus visits and community college advisor and counselor updates
Transfer workshops on individual campuses of requesting institutions

Transfer and Transition Services special programs:

Advising for Accelerated Freshmen (admitted with 45+ hours)

Orientation advising
Follow up advising and programming during students’ first year at UCF

Targeted Majors Advising

High demand/high wage, critical needs, and emerging technologies majors (identified by the Board of Governors to meet Florida’s workforce needs)
Programming with community college students/advisors/staff to connect with students to prepare to transfer and to develop an action plan
Collaboration with UCF resources in small group advising
Appointments, e-mail, and phone advising
Four step process: assess, explore, plan, and decide

Undeclared Advising

Opportunities for students to evaluate and use the results of academic and occupational assessments in selecting majors and possible careers
Help to establish realistic short- and long-term academic goals and the appropriate strategies to achieve them
Undeclared advising appointments, small group advising, e-mail advising, on-line resources, monthly e-mail updates

Peer Mentors

Student-to-student connections at UCF before and after transfer
Academic advising, before and after admission
Workshop series on topics chosen by student for students: Internships and Coop Opportunities, Transfer Success, Salsa Dancing, REACH Peer Educators (Safe Sex, Diversity, STDs), and more

Articulation Agreements

Discipline- and program-specific inter-institutional agreements
Access for community college individuals or groups to establish, develop, and facilitate interaction at the university
Discipline-specific faculty-to-faculty articulation meetings
Informational resources (Web site http://transfer.sdes.ucf.edu, UCF transfer publications, catalogs, names and contact information for support services, UCF orientation information) upon request from advisors and counselors or from instructors teaching "College Success" courses

This office remains flexible to serve all students and advisors as individual needs arise. Please do not hesitate to request our services by contacting Charlene A. Stinard, Director; Robert Snow, Director of Transition Advising Programs; or Jacqueline Jessup, Coordinator of Transfer Advising.