A presentation by UCR School of Business Administration (SoBA) academic advisors Lisa Miller, Lata Patel, and Allan Taing on how to make orientation meaningful for transfer students.

1. Navigating the Transfer Road: How One Business School Set Students on the Path to Successful Transition Presented By Lisa Miller Lata Patel Allan Taing University of California, Riverside School of Business Administration Undergraduate Business Programs

3. Research university located in Inland Southern California

5. Largest undergraduate business program in the UC system

6. AACSB Accredited

8. One-day orientation

9. Three-hour group-advising block

11. 26% increase UC systemwide from 2009-2011, 81%increase for UCR in same timeframe

12. Lag behind “natives” in student engagement

14. Developmental model for advising (Creamer & Creamer, 1994)

15. 2. Transitional

16. Transfer Shock (Cantrell et al, 1996)

18. Propel research-based innovation

21. How do they set themselves apart from everyone else?

24. Develops Leadership skills

26. Fosters an understanding of other cultures

28. Set Learning Objectives

29. Decide on a format

31. Awareness of the learning opportunities outside of the classroom

32. Familiarization with the course availability for the upcoming quarter and strategies for course selection

34. Our three key experience held as concurrent session

35. Students attend all session by moving to the next scheduled room

36. To encourage students to mingle, separated into different groups

37. Activity geared towards session to break the ice

39. Measuring our Success Students Submitted Surveys at the end of each session But let’s hear from the students themselves …….

40. Was it what you expected?

41. How did this help you transition?

42. Did you walk away with some new goals?

43. What did students who didn’t attend miss?

44. And one final thought

45. Things to Consider Identify key concepts you want students to learn Consider formats that break up the information and keep students engaged Incorporate group activities that require people to interact with each other Utilize current transfer students to build connection What are some things you do on your campus to facilitate transfer orientation?

46. Questions ??? Contact Information Lisa Miller – lisa.miller@ucr.edu Allan Taing – allan.taing@ucr.edu Lata Patel – lata.patel@ucr.edu Thank You for Coming!!