About the Project
Being a college student can be a very daunting task but what if that student decides to transfer to another college or departmental program? Transferring comes with a unique set of challenges that not everyone can understand. A wide array of backgrounds, experiences, and stories also accompany transfer students to their new campus locations. These students need guidance on how to acclimate to their new environments so social connections are facilitated, academic support services are encouraged, and cultivated knowledge on how to flourish begins.
In this Fellowship, students conducted primary and secondary research as well as engaged with field experience work on campus. Fellows worked collaboratively to write a white paper, which highlights current research and approaches on how to leverage the success of transfer students at Vanderbilt. All students in this Fellowship were transfer students themselves.
Mentor
Leslie Foutch
Fellows
Corey Feuer, Hannah Walton, Pierce Bivens, Morgan Wilkens
Project
Students completed primary and secondary research, collaborating on a white paper and corresponding presentation on the transfer student experience.