Transfer Nation Talks

Is it transfer student parents or parenting transfer students? Maybe transfer students with dependents? The multifaceted identities of student parents who transfer challenge standard mechanisms of classification, data collection, and institutional structure. Maya Valree, Senior Policy Analyst at EdTrust-West, joins Dr. Heather Adams to discuss trends in policy and practice designed to center and support parenting students through t...

The experience of transfer athletes is an easily siloed topic in the transfer field. We do not often discuss what is happening in athletics and the parallels or contrasts with community college transfer. Artis Gordon and Heather Adams investigate what transfer can learn from athletics and vice versa in this miniseries.

The series will explore the community college transfer experience within athletics and aim to:

• understand the re...

Dr. Heather Adams and Dr. La'Tonya (LT) Rease Miles discuss how vital it is to reflect on and share our transfer, first-gen, and/or adult-learner stories. They provide insight into the why behind adding this narrative to our LinkedIn profile and suggestions on making our story dynamic on the platform and how we share this part of ourselves. 

Heather and LT challenge listeners to add their first-gen, transfer, and adult learner ...

Dr. Heather Adams talks about NISTS, the upcoming Transfer Champions Celebration event, and what to expect from Season 4 of the Transfer Nation Talks podcast! Subscribe to TN Talks wherever you get your podcasts to be sure you don’t miss any of our upcoming episodes!

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Dr. Heather Adams interviews Emily Armlin, #NISTS2023 Transfer Student Ambassador and recent graduate of Union College! Emily shares her transfer student story, discusses the challenges and highlights of her unique transfer experience, and touches on the ways small, private institutions can better support and grow their transfer communities.

About Our Guest

Emily Armlin is a recent graduate of Union College, where she studi...

In this episode of Transfer Nation Talks, we spotlight Emily Tichenor, winner of the NISTS 2023 Transfer Champion Rising Star award! Emily was nominated in recognition of her work with University Transfer at Tulsa Community College, in which she served as the founding director. Pulling from her roots as a librarian, Emily implements principles of equitable access to information and community collaboration across her work in transfe...

Dr. Heather Adams sits down with Dr. Darla Cooper, Executive Director of The RP Group, to dig into the findings of previous and ongoing research aimed at identifying the barriers students face while navigating transfer pathways within the California Community College system.

About Our Guest

Dr. Darla M. Cooper currently serves as the Executive Director for the Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (RP Gro...

Tea on Transfer is the monthly scoop on all things Transfer in a condensed format. We cover important transfer news, discuss pressing topics with special guests, and spotlight community recommendations and shoutouts. This month we are joined by Bernard Huggins, Associate Director of the University of Central Florida’s Transfer Center! Bernard and Heather share what they are focused on this month in Transfer and debrief their trip t...

Tea on Transfer is back! We asked the TN community what they thought about the term ‘transfer shock’ and this month we’re talking about it! In this episode, we will cover: the term’s origin, how it has evolved, and how transfer professionals can best support students during their transitional period at both the sending and receiving institutions.

About Our Hosts

Dr. Heather Adams Ed.D. is the senior manager at The Aspen Ins...

In this week’s episode, TNTalks sits down with returning interview guest, Dr. Kelly Coke, to talk about higher education and transfer in rural communities. In this hour-long conversation, we hear about Dr. Coke’s personal transfer student and professional journey and discuss the challenges and unique circumstances faced by rural students in the higher education sphere.

About Our Guest
Dr. Kelly Coke earned her doctorat...

Happy New Year, Transfer Nation! We’re kicking off 2023 by continuing our conversation with Alex Torrez - this time delving into community college advocacy. Community colleges have long served as a tool for transfer, and yet they are still underutilized and stigmatized. In this episode, Heather and Alex discuss how to help dispel the stigma, address and solve hidden obstacles, and educate students’ support networks on the legitimac...

In this episode, Alexandra Torrez details her personal transfer journey and how she discovered the value of community college and shares how she found community and resources through recruitment and retention programs for minoritized students at UC Berkeley. 

Alexandra Torrez is currently a Bridge to the Doctorate Fellow at the University of Virginia. After transferring from Las Positas College, she graduated magna cum laude from th...

Transfer Nation is proud to present the newest TNTalks monthly series: Tea on Transfer!

In this inaugural episode, Dr. Heather Adams introduces Tea on Transfer and explains what to expect from the series. Plus, get details on how our listeners (that’s right, you!) can participate in future episodes.

Tea on Transfer is the monthly scoop on all things Transfer in a condensed format. In the span of 20-30 minutes, we cover important tran...

This season, Transfer Nation is exploring Community College Transfer Centers! 

This is Part 2 of our roundtable discussion with the #TransferChampions behind Triton College’s Transfer Center! Listen to Part 1 to catch up on the conversation and learn about the center's origin story and advocacy work. This episode focuses on day-to-day center activity, implementing accommodating design in physical spaces, and finding creative so...

This season, Transfer Nation is exploring Community College Transfer Centers! 

Over the next two episodes, we will be talking to the #TransferChampions behind Triton College’s Transfer Center! In those roundtable conversations, we’ll hear about the center’s origin story, discuss how it works to alleviate student concerns and enhance the transfer experience, and share advice for those of you eager to form similar spaces on your own c...

This week on TNTalks, we are rounding out our exploration of the prior learning assessment (PLA) program at the Metropolitan State University of Denver! We are joined once again by Brandy Schooler and Camden Farmer to talk through the logistics, impact, and future work of PLA at MSU Denver. Listen in to learn more and gain inspiration on how to support and empower neo-traditional students at your institution!

Brandy School...

Season 3 of Transfer Nation Talks is kicking off with an episode about the credit for prior learning program at the Metropolitan State University of Denver! Our special guests, Brandy Schooler and Camden Farmer, talk through the logistics, impact, and future work of prior learning assessment (PLA). Learn about how PLA is implemented at MSU Denver to support and empower neo-traditional students and how it can work for your instituti...

That’s a wrap for Season 2 of Transfer Nation Talks! 

This week, the podcast production team came together to reflect on Season 2, share their favorite episodes, and reveal themes and topics that will be featured in Season 3 (releasing in October)!

Episode Recommendations

• Brandon's Pick: Building Transfer Centers | UCF | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
• Sam's Pick: Librarians as #TransferChampions
• Abraham's Pick: #StudentSto...

In this episode, Judith Brauer with NISTS, interviews Tiara Freeman and Tsionah Novick. They discuss their experience with undergraduate research as transfer students as well as the findings from their research project, “Developing Community Interventions within Predominately White Institutions (PWI) Advising Departments for Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Transfer Students.”

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Tiara is ...