Transfer Success Advocates
Transfer Success Advocates
Transfer Success Advocates assist and support undergraduate students who have transferred from a state/community college or another four-year institution with the aspiration of completing their first bachelor’s degree at USF. Transfer students are assigned to Transfer Success Advocates in cohorts once they enroll at USF and remain with their assigned advocate through graduation.
Transferring can be a complex process, and transfer students often balance other roles and responsibilities as they are navigating a new institution and working toward graduation. With this in mind, we know that transfer students experience unique circumstances and barriers that may impact their degree progression. Our advocates work individually with transfer students to provide academic options, resources, and strategies for academic success through proactive and timely outreach. We seek to engage and understand students’ strengths as a means of assisting them with developing a personalized plan that promotes their academic success.
Key Collaborators
Transfer Success Advocates value and welcome partnerships that enhance institutional student engagement to better support transfer students’ unique needs. Our team collaborates with multiple offices, faculty, and staff to ensure that transfer students receive the right support at the right time. Transfer Success Advocates work collaboratively with Transfer Advisors to better understand the transfer student experience and develop strategies that support students through their academic journey.
Initiatives
Our team aims to leverage institutional data and research to develop creative and innovative strategies that enhance transfer student success. Transfer Success Advocates are also involved with retention and graduation initiatives tied to institutional and state Finish in Three metrics, ultimately with the goal of a three-year graduation rate for transfer students entering USF with an Associate in Arts from a Florida institution.