February 28, 2005

Center for Transfer Services Opens to Help Transfer Students

Grand Junction, CO - Mesa State College recently opened a Center for Transfer Services to assist students with problems and questions they may have when transferring to Mesa State from other institutions.

"We hope to minimize frustration and also contribute to the retention of these important students who bring richness and diversity to Mesa State College," said Nancy Breckel, interim director of the Center for Transfer Services.

The Center for Transfer Services can ease the transition for transfer students, many of whom are concerned with how many of the credits they have earned elsewhere may be applied toward their Mesa State degree programs. Transfer Services can also answer questions about credits, offer preliminary transcript evaluation, help solve transfer problems and participate in scheduling and advising. The services are available to both transfer students and faculty who may be working with a transfer student.

Transfer Services is also responsible for developing articulation agreements and for maintaining those that Mesa State has already established with other institutions. The Center will also network with designated community colleges to communicate with students before they transfer to Mesa State College.

"On campus, we work closely with the admissions, academic advising and registrar's offices," Breckel said. "We are here not to duplicate services, but to enhance and help synthesize services already offered in order to better respond to Mesa State students."

Students who would like to utilize this new service should contact the Transfer Center at 970.248.1232 or stop by the Center in the Early Childhood Education Center building, located on the corner of 12th and Elm Streets in Grand Junction.

For more information, contact Nancy Breckel, Interim Director of Transfer Services, at 970.248.1232 or Kit Derry, Transfer Services Coordinator, at 970.248.1211.

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