1. Transfer
Orientation!
2018
Jess Slide 1: Welcome to your 2015 Transfer Orientation! This year will be an exciting new year for you but before we move on, we should introduce ourselves!

2. TRC The Transfer & Reentry Center or… So who are we??
Or better known as the Transfer Reentry Veterans Center, the TRV (emphasis), is here to serve transfer students.

3. No one is perfect, that’s why pencils have erasers.
Kukuli Banda
Transfer Peer Adviser
Transferred From: American River College
Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Major: Global Disease Biology
Minor: Public Health
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Motivational Quote:
No one is perfect, that’s why pencils have erasers.

4. 2018 - 2019 Transfer Peer Adviser
Myra Casillas
Transfer Peer Adviser
Transferred From: East Los Angeles College (ELAC)
Hometown:
Cudahy/Bell, CA
Major: Spanish
Double Major: Communications
Tips: Don’t be afraid to ask questions, explore campus and get involved!
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5. TRC Jaxon Grandchamp Reentry Student 2018 - 2019 Transfer Peer Adviser
Transferred From: Sierra College
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Major: Psychology
Minor: Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies
Reentry Student
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6. TRC Louella Lopez 2018 - 2019 Transfer Peer Advisor
Transferred From: Chabot College
Hometown: Hayward, CA
Major: Psychology, A.B.
Minor: Communication
“I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.”
-Abraham Lincoln

7. Gracie Gravley 2018 - 2019 Transfer Peer Advisor
Transferred From: University of California, Santa Cruz
Hometown: Marin County, CA
Major: Plant Sciences, B.S.
Entomology concentration
Interests: Animals, basketball, cars, motorcycles, art history, gardening, beekeeping, cooking
Fun Fact: Cohost of FeministWears, a podcast about female empowerment

8. Professional Staff Hope Medina, PhD
Director, Transfer and Veteran Services
Office of Educational Opportunity and Enrichment Services
Victor M. Garcia
Academic Success and Retention Specialist
Transfer and Reentry Center
Office of Educational Opportunity and Enrichment Services
Slide 5 Our three senior advisors. Victor Garcia is the senior advisor for all three transfer populations, transfer, reentry and veterans. Victor was also a transfer student so, like us, he knows what its like to be a transfer student and all the challenges we face. Hope Medina is the center coordinator, who can do advising if needed. Together, we welcome you to Davis and say congratulations on your acceptance into UC Davis! Davis is a wonderful school, great for incoming students who are freshmen or transfers. We are here to help you adjust and succeed in this adventure!

9. Office of Educational Opportunity and Enrichment Services (OEOES)
Our mission is your Success!
Success Coaching and Learning Strategies!
Time Management and Overcoming Procrastination workshops
1-on-1 Success Coaching
First-Year Aggie Connect Program
Small-group mentoring around a common theme
Build community
“How to stay in school and succeed!” advising
Slide 6: There are some useful resources for parents, but the new students have even more resources at their command. The Student Academic Success Center (SASC) will be one of the most useful resources in the coming two years.
Tutoring - Chemistry/Biology; Math/Stats; Writing; plus small group tutoring
Chemistry & Biology & Physics- For students who are taking chem or bio classes, SASC offers workshops, drop-in tutoring, office hours, small group tutoring and they have books and videos that you can check out.
Study Skills – How to annotate while reading; lecture note taking; time management; tips for taking exams
Retention Services - general academic and social activities, study skills assistance, and referral services.
Mathematics & Statistics- The SASC also offers the same resources for math classes, but in addition they offer help in algebra and trig at the beginning of every quarter before you take the math placement exams.
Writing/ESL- At SASC, writing workshops offer strategies and reviews of the writing process from prewriting through revision for class essays. Writing specialists and tutors also work individually with students on writing assignments for any course offered by UC Davis. In your writing appointment, we can help you understand the assignment or prompt and offer strategies for brainstorming, prewriting, organizing, developing, and revising your essay or term paper.

10. Office of Educational Opportunity and Enrichment Services (OEOES)
Educational Opportunity Program (EOP)
Information and skill development workshops
Academic advising and personal counseling
Referrals, networking and social activities
Guardian Scholars Program (GSP)
Support program for enrolled students who are former foster youth, orphans, or wards of the court.
Slide 6: There are some useful resources for parents, but the new students have even more resources at their command. The Student Academic Success Center (SASC) will be one of the most useful resources in the coming two years.
Tutoring - Chemistry/Biology; Math/Stats; Writing; plus small group tutoring
Chemistry & Biology & Physics- For students who are taking chem or bio classes, SASC offers workshops, drop-in tutoring, office hours, small group tutoring and they have books and videos that you can check out.
Study Skills – How to annotate while reading; lecture note taking; time management; tips for taking exams
Retention Services - general academic and social activities, study skills assistance, and referral services.
Mathematics & Statistics- The SASC also offers the same resources for math classes, but in addition they offer help in algebra and trig at the beginning of every quarter before you take the math placement exams.
Writing/ESL- At SASC, writing workshops offer strategies and reviews of the writing process from prewriting through revision for class essays. Writing specialists and tutors also work individually with students on writing assignments for any course offered by UC Davis. In your writing appointment, we can help you understand the assignment or prompt and offer strategies for brainstorming, prewriting, organizing, developing, and revising your essay or term paper.

11. Pre-Law School Advising 111 South Hall
The Pre-Law Advising team provides information on schools and programs for students interested in attending law school.
Pre-Graduate School Advising 111 South Hall
Slide 7:
Health Science Advising offers group advising for your field of interest; helps you learn how to obtain a letter of recommendation; how to write a personal statement; make appointments to speak with an advisor; provides information on schools and programs in the health professions; offers handouts on scholarships; preparation for majors in various health fields; sample application questions; interviewing prompts; and requirements for all fields.
Pre-teaching/Pre-graduate school advisors assist with the application process, how to present yourself as the strongest candidate possible.
Assists students in preparing for their advanced educational goals (master's and doctoral degrees).

12. TRC Study space Social events! Drop-in academic peer advising
Transfer Tuesdays
Free Coffee!
Computer access w/ free printing
Academic workshops
Crankstart and Osher Reentry Scholarship Programs
Slide 8: As we mentioned before, we are Peer Advisors of the TRV center, which stands for the Transfer, Reentry, Veteran center. The TRV center exists solely to help you thrive at UC Davis. We offer many different things for your convenience, including Drop in academic peer advising where you can come in with any academic difficulty and ask for help or guidance. We also have a lovely study space for you to come to in between classes to do work, or just to hang out! We offer academic workshops such as Career competencies, graduate school workshops, and more! We have computer access with free printing, Transfer Tuesdays . You can come in and ask us about the Osher Reentry scholarship program which has established a $1 million endowment to support scholarships for students 25–50 years old. They reward ten students with 5,000 scholarships.

13. TRC What you can expect from us… A warm and welcoming center.
Knowledgeable staff. Let us help you navigate UCD.
Weekly briefs with information on events, happenings, and resource opportunities
Everyone in the TRC is a transfer student! Come grow your social network.
A center for transfer students, by transfer students.

14. An undergraduate student 25 years or over
Who do we serve…?
Transfer Student
An undergraduate who is transferring from a community college or four-year institution
Reentry Student
An undergraduate student 25 years or over
A student parent
Married students
Jessica Slide 9: Now you’ve been hearing us throw around some terms, so we are going to clear those up! First off, you all know you are transfer or reentry or veteran students. But what does that mean? A transfer student is a student who is coming to Davis after having attended a junior or community college. A reentry student is an undergraduate who is over 25 years old, a graduate student who is over 30 years old or a student parent. And last a Veteran student is an undergraduate student who is or was in the armed forces.
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15. TRC Transfer Fall Welcome Thursday September 27th 4-6 pm ARC Ballroom
Come meet other transfers
Connect with campus resources
Get freebies!
Kick off Fall quarter the right way
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16. Recommendations for Getting Ahead come Fall Quarter
12-13 units for Fall Quarter
Take the summer to look through the UC Davis website and resources
Watch your UC Davis for important messages
Visit the TRC! We are open all summer
Attend Fall Welcome activities and get connected
Whatever amount of work and effort you think you will need to be successful…DOUBLE IT!
Slide 12:
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17. Questions? Contact Us! Transfer and Reentry Center 1210 Dutton Hall
Phone: (530)
Website:
Like us on
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Slide 10: (Contact Us) Now, if you still have unanswered questions, there are a several ways to contact us: You can stop by, in person, and talk to one of us, you can also e- mail us or you can “Like” us on Facebook or Tweet with us on Twitter! We do our best to reply to questions/concerns in a timely manner so feel free to hit us up whenever.
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18. First floor of Dutton Hall
Or Come See Us!
Slide 11: (Come see us – map) If you decide you want to come see us come check out the office and have some coffee, print a paper, hang out, read, study, or get some peer advice, we are located on the first floor of Dutton Hall, between the Cashier’s office and Financial Aid. Come say Hi!
First floor of Dutton Hall

19. We hope to see YOU in the fall!
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Thank You!
We hope to see YOU in the fall!
US! =)