Students discover help at Transfer Center
When you walk down the stairs of the main hall at OCCC, a red panel may catch your attention.
John Hockett, Advising and Career Services dean, said the seemingly out-of-place panel serves as the college’s Transfer Center.
The Transfer Center is a satellite of Advisement and Career Services.
The Transfer Center was previosly tucked away within the advisement offices and recieved little attention from passing students.
Advising and Career Services was formerly Student Development.
The Transfer Center is where students get information from four-year universities about entrance requirements, cost and tran-sferable courses.
Hockett said a lot of students have questions as to when they should think about transferring.
“We want students to think about the transfer process sooner rather than later,” he said. Hocket said he believes if students ask questions about transferring early, it makes the transition process easier.
It was difficult before for students to find information concerning senior institutions, such as the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, and the University of Central Oklahoma.
Michael Willis is a representative from the University of Central Oklahoma who staffs the red panel.
“We see 25 to 30 students (a day) that request information,” he said.
The other colleges were probably seeing three to five students a day when the Transfer Center was in its old location, Willis said.
Hockett said more students are now using the service the Transfer Center provides.
He said more schools should schedule to come to OCCC to use the Transfer Center because of the success it’s having in its new location.
Leslie Jones, Advising and Career Services secretary, said several out-of-state universities that don’t normally visit OCCC scheduled days in July to use the area.
Faculty and staff affectionately call the Transfer Center the Red Albatross because of its out-of-place appearance and because people are unaware of what it is used for.
“I’ve never really noticed it,” said Nick Tyleshevski, engineering student.
Premed student Joanna Garza agreed she never noticed the Transfer Centers wall either.
