TRANSFER PARTNERSHIPS

PROGRAM
Activities and Events for the 2008-2009 Academic Year
 TPP Mission and Vision
The Transfer Partnerships Program identifies and
supports prospective transfer students from California
community colleges and assists them in enrolling at
the University of California.

 Increase UC visibility at area high schools and

community colleges that have traditionally low
UC-transfer rates.
 Assist students to locate resources at their
community college and the four-year
university to help ease the transition from the
CC to the four-year university.
 Provide comprehensive advising so students
feel confident and able to achieve their
 TPP Core Services
 Academic advising and transfer
preparation
 UC workshops (e.g. financial aid, UC
application assistance, career options, etc.)
 Bridge to Transfer services
 UC promotion and recruitment
 Special events (e.g. campus tours,
student life events, etc.)
 Inter-segmental collaboration
 For all services, we work closely with our
13 regional community colleges
 Student Service Numbers

North Zone South Zone

 Academic advising (405)  Academic advising (147)
 Academic enrichment  Academic enrichment
activities (575) activities (610)
 UC campus visits (89)  UC campus visits (130)
 TPP intern outreach  TPP intern outreach
(550+) (550+)
 Total number of  Total number of
students to whom TPP/ students to whom
BTP services were TPP/ BTP services
provided in 08-09 was: were provided in in
1,619+ 08-09 was: 1,437+
“The Transfer Partnerships Program at the University
of California at Santa Cruz is an excellent program for
giving students the information, tools, and resources
necessary to make their dreams of attending a
university a reality. Their team of dedicated staff has
the tremendous ability to connect with students and
communicate a message that inspires individuals to
reach for their ultimate potential.”
– Mark Sanchez – Director, Evergreen Valley
College FasTrack Program
Bridge to Transfer Programming

Undergraduate Transfer
Core Services
Coaches
 Academic advising and  Follow-up and outreach
mentoring to students
 Bridge to Transfer  One-on-one student
orientations connections
 Career advising  Shadow days
 UC and community college
tours
 Facebook and MySpace
 Special events (TMIH,  Special project planning
Higher Ed Week II, (promotion of UC
underrepresented student student life)
events, etc.)
TPP Undergraduate Transfer
Coaches
 Provide support to TPP
representatives
 Peer mentoring
 Shadow days
 Social networks
 Student panel, tours
 Reach out to students who need
help
 “I am super excited to know that I am going to be attending UC
Santa Cruz and to know that I do not have to be worried about
money as much. I could believe it when I won the scholarship. …
Thank you for all the help that you provided while I was at Hartnell.
You were a great advisor and I know that you clarified a lot of
questions that I had. I hope to see you soon!”
-Leidy Hernandez, Fall 2009 Karl S. Pister Scholar
 Additional TPP Services
 Karl S.Pister Scholarship
promotion
 Targeted work with
underrepresented
groups (AB540, native Of the 29 students
Americans, foster youth, selected for the
and veterans) 2009 Pister
Scholarship
 Collaboration with interviews, 11 were
community college enrolled in TPP and
groups and advisory five of them were
offered the $20,000
boards award to attend
 TPP Statewide Engagements
•UCSC campus tour support (Diablo Valley
College, Compton College, etc.)
•UCSC college fairs
•UCSC course articulation (110 CA
community colleges)

•UCOP articulation committees

TPP Statewide Engagements

 Ensuring Transfer Success Institutes

(UC training for community college
counselors)
 UC Counselor Conference Workshops
 ICC Statewide Transfer Days/ College
Nights UC Representation
 UCSC community college visits report
for UCOP
College-Going
Culture
 TPP Highlights:
1703 active enrolled students
Tours and field trips
 488 students to UC Santa Cruz
 9 students to UC Berkeley
 11 students to UC Merced
 6 students to MLK convocation
 8 students came to shadow a current UCSC
student
 12 DEEP students on an industry field trip to
Microsoft

 Social Networks:
 http://www.myspace.com/tppinterns
 http://www.facebook.com/uc.tpp
 I am so much more
confident now on the
“Thanks you very much for your help during my
time at Evergreen Valley College. The whole college
transition to UC Berkeley will be exciting…I application process
couldn’t have done it without you.” and if I hadn't met
Reno Yeh, EVC student accepted to UCB with you, I probably
would still be a
jumble of nerves
when it came to even
thinking about
People like you college.
are truly the
ones who give Thank you very much!
us students hope Sincerely,
and inspire us to Emalie Chandras
Thanks for all
work harder your help and
towards the big support. I know
and daunting this is your job,
goals we have. but I thank you
Thank you for for going the
going the extra extra mile; that’s
mile when it what makes the
wasn't difference.
necessary! You Erick Salcedo,
have no idea SJCC student
how much I accepted to
appreciate it!” UCBapplication
for Fall
Amy “Thanks for all your help with the
process. It would have been a lot 2009
harder
Chamberlain,
EVC student without your help.”
accepted to John Molina, SJCC student accepted to
UCSC for Fall UCD for Fall 2009