Transfer Pathways: We need YOUR voice NOW

Do you teach in one of the 12 disciplines below?  Do your courses support a major in one of those disciplines?  Do you advise students?  Do you make transfer happen?  Are you a student interested in one of these programs?  Then we need YOUR voice!
This semester twelve teams have been meeting with the goal of developing a Transfer Pathway that would assist students in the transfer from one of our Minnesota State Colleges to a Minnesota State Universities with the designated baccalaureate degree.  Students utilizing a Transfer Pathway would enter as a junior and be able to complete their baccalaureate degree in 60 credits - without losing time and money or generating excess credits.  

Your colleagues need your help!  Teams of faculty, staff, administrators, and students have been developing Transfer Pathways in the following areas:  Chemistry, Communication, Computer Science, Criminal Justice/Police, Early Childhood Education, Economics, Elementary Education, Kinesiology & Exercise Science, Mathematics, Nursing, Social Work, and Sociology.  The attachment is a roster of team members by institution.  NOW is the time for you to provide feedback on the proposed pathways to the Transfer Pathways Teams (TPTs) before they finalize the pathways in January – February, 2017.

Whose feedback is needed?

Faculty in the above disciplines and in related disciplines

All Registrars

All Transfer Specialists

All Advisors

All DARS Encoders

All CAOs

All CSAOs

All Deans

Students

 

How can you provide feedback?

The Discipline Stakeholders Meetings will occur November 14 – 17 with each Transfer Pathway hosting a 3 hour session.  You can attend either in person or remotely.   The proposed pathways will available by November 11 here.  If you are unable to attend, you will be able to review the recording of the meeting which will be available on the same site.  We are also providing an opportunity to provide feedback via a survey available here November 19 – December 9.

We ask that you register by November 7 no matter how you are attending.  We will send out a reminder plus we want to track the breadth and depth of stakeholders that we reach.

Date	Time	Team	Location	Attend in Person – Registration Link	Attend via WebEx – Registration Link
11/14	8 - 11	Social Work	NHCC	Social Work In Person	Social Work via WebEx
11/14	11:30 - 2:30	Sociology	NHCC	Sociology in Person	Sociology via WebEx
11/14	3 - 6	Criminal Justice/Police	NHCC	Criminal Justice in Person	Criminal Justice via WebEx
11/15	8 - 11	Computer Science	NHCC	Computer Science in Person	Computer Science via WebEx
11/15	11:30 - 2:30	Mathematics	NHCC	Mathematics in Person	Mathematics via WebEx
11/15	3 - 6	Economics	NHCC	Economics in Person	Economics via WebEx
11/16	8 - 11	Nursing	Normandale	Nursing in Person	Nursing via WebEx
11/16	11:30 - 2:30	Chemistry	Normandale	Chemistry in Person	Chemistry via WebEx
11/16	3 - 6	Kinesiology and Exercise Science	Normandale	Kinesiology in Person	Kinesiology via WebEx
11/17	8 - 11	Early Childhood Education	NHCC	Early Childhood Education in Person	Early Childhood Education via WebEx
11/17	11:30 - 2:30	Elementary Education	NHCC	Elementary Education in Person	Elementary Education via WebEx
11/17	3 - 6	Communication	NHCC	Communication in Person	Communication via WebEx

Location Details: 

·         North Hennepin (NHCC) sessions will be in the Center for Business and Technology, Room 195

·         Normandale sessions will be in the Kopp Student Center, Garden Room

More information about the pathways and the work of the teams is available at the Transfer Pathways website.
We appreciate you taking the time to give us your feedback before we move to finalize the transfer pathways!

On behalf of the Transfer Pathways Coordinating Team,

Glenn Merrick, MSCF, Lake Superior College, Co-chair

Gregg Marg, IFO, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Co-chair