Transfer Students

Welcome New Transfer Student:

I am glad that you decided to transfer to Ithaca College to complete your college education. I know that it is both exciting and challenging to be a transfer student. As a result you have some needs and interests that are different from those of our first-year students. We have created this site to provide information and resources regarding the special questions that transfer students typically have. Please take some time to thoroughly review this content -- we hope it will be helpful. We have also created the Transfer Experience program to help you get to know other students and make an easier adjustment to Ithaca College. I encourage you to take full advantage of these opportunities; they will help make your first year at Ithaca College a successful one.  

Each year the First-Year Experience Coordinating Committee selects a thematic focus for new students grounded in the vision statement of Ithaca College. “Intellect" was selected as the theme for the 2009-2010 academic year. Through the components of the Transfer Experience, and other programs on campus during the year, students will read about, discuss, and reflect upon issues that relate to intellect and intellectual development.

Ithaca College provides students with the opportunity to reach beyond their current understanding, to strengthen their capacity to think through a problem or challenge, and to discover the appeal of the unknown. Your challenge as a new student will present itself in the form of new ideas, new approaches to problem-solving, new encounters with differences, and a variety of new perspectives requiring analysis and integration -- all while you acclimate to a new living and learning environment.  We invite you to accept the challenge and to reach beyond your intellectual grasp; that is, to embrace the many opportunities to learn both inside and outside of the classroom.  The undergraduate critical reflection, as well as the forum to cultivate the skill for life-long learning and intellectual development. All transfer students are encouraged to embrace the Transfer Experience as it serves as the foundation for what will become their Ithaca Experience.

I welcome you to Ithaca College. I hope you have an outstanding year!

Roger G. Richardson
Associate Vice President, Academic and Student Affairs/Dean, First-Year Experience