ICC showcases Transfer Month

EAST PEORIA — The month of October is Transfer Month at Illinois Central College. Throughout the month, students will have opportunities to discover the services that the college offers to help them transfer to a four-year university.

Numerous events will be held throughout the month, and all of these events are sponsored by the new Transfer Center, a collaboration between the old Connect and Transition Services. This is the first program that the group has done since its inception.

Dr. Tracy Morris, vice president of student services, describes the Transfer Center as a new program to bring the finesse of Connect’s services to a wider audience.

“We’ve been working for the past five or six months to come up with a more consistent approach to our transfer services.” Morris said.

The most important dates, according to Morris, are the on-the-spot admissions in the third week of the month. Here, students will be able to meet university representatives, transcripts in hand, to see if they are eligible to transfer to that school.

Morris is “encouraging the staff to wear gear from their alma mater” because she wants this year’s Transfer Month to not only showcase the different services that the Transfer Center offers, but also “to show the college’s educational diversity.”

Sydney Schmidt, a student worker for the Transfer Center, sees Transfer Month not only as an opportunity just for students who plan to transfer in the fall of 2015, but also for students who would transfer in the years to follow.

“If you don’t know which school you want to transfer to, such as myself,” Schmidt said, “it is still helpful.”

Schmidt plans to transfer in the fall of 2016. She plans to utilize the services of Transfer Month to narrow down which college she wants to attend after ICC.

One of those services is College Night. On Oct 15, the CougarPlex will transform to showcase numerous colleges across the area. Morris says that this event attracts a lot of high school students who want to discover their options, but that it can also serve as a great way to ask questions and discover schools to transfer to.

“Going to College Night, a[n ICC] student could find a school they didn’t know they wanted to transfer to.” Morris said.

Transfer Month ends with a full week of career exploration presentations in the Academic building. While helping students to choose a major, the career exploration week will also help students to see how their major affects their transfer decisions.

For more information, follow the Transfer Center on Twitter @ICC_Transfer.