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National Transfer Student Week

National Transfer Student Week

October 21-25, 2024

The National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NISTS) has declared the third week of October as National Transfer Student Week.

This week is dedicated to the celebration of transfer students and the professionals who support them.

Here at Virginia Tech we understand the value that transfer students bring to the Hokie community. We are excited to participate in recognizing those students who became Hokies via the transfer process.   

VT Transfers Data Snapshot

3,320

current VT transfer students

13%

of the Summer/Fall 2023 incoming class are transfer students

90%

retention rate of transfer students from year 1 to year 2 (Office of Institutional Research, 2021)

#TransferStudentWeek

Check out our schedule of events we are hosting to celebrate our transfer students!

Throughout National Transfer Student Week, there will also be a series of Student Spotlights featured on the Hokie Transfer Community Instagram.

  • All Transfers: Join us to kick off National Transfer Student Week with a birthday party celebrating the Hokie Transfer Community! Join us for food and community at Hahn Horticulture Garden from 5:00-6:30 p.m.
  • Computer Science: CS transfers are invited to a welcome event from 3:30pm to 4:30pm in the Newman Library in room 207A 
  • College of Science: Join our virtual scavenger hunt, all week long! To play: find 5 hokie bird statues and take a selfie with them. Email your photos to sarah92@sj5666.com. The first 8 people to submit their photos correctly will earn a prize! Photos must be completed by 10/25  
  • All Transfers: Stop by the 1st floor lobby of Squires from 10:00 a.m.-noon to pick up Hokie Transfer Community and college swag
  • All Transfers: Join us from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in Gilbert Place, Room 2124, to paint your own tote bag and meet fellow transfer students!
  • Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine (Public Health Majors): Stop by 262 Wallace between 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. and pick up your transfer student gift bag from the front desk!
  • Computer Science: CS transfers are invited to a Taco Tuesday Panel discussion in TORG Hall room 1100  
  • All Transfers: Stop by the 1st floor lobby of Squires from 10:00 a.m.-noon to pick up Hokie Transfer Community and college swag
  • Pamplin College of Business: Transfer Student Celebration 12:30-2:30 p.m. in 1028 Pamplin Hall. Stop by for pizza, swag, and a chance to chat with Academic Advising, Career Services, and International Programs team members!
  • Civil & Environmental Engineering: Join us for donuts in 210 Patton from 8:30-9:30 a.m. All CEE transfer students welcome!
  • Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine (Public Health Majors): Stop by 262 Wallace between 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. and pick up your transfer student gift bag from the front desk!
  • All Transfers: Stop by the 1st floor lobby of Squires from noon-2:00 p.m. to pick up Hokie Transfer Community and college swag
  • All Transfers: Join us for a transfer student takeover of BreakZone in Squires Student Center! Bowling, pool, ping pong and more all included.
  • Aerospace and Ocean Engineering: AOE transfer students will have the opportunity to chat with AOE advising and connect with other AOE transfers. Donuts and coffee will be provided between 9:30-11:30 a.m. in 3310 Gilbert Place.

Virginia Tech’s Multicultural Academic Opportunities Program (MAOP) awarded a total of $14,000 in scholarships to new transfer students!  

Congratulations!

  • Kaylee Altice
  • Katelynn Altice
  • Timofey Biryukov
  • Jacob Chaney
  • Alexa Corales
  • Hudson Day
  • Natalie Dean
  • Tarek Emam
  • Prajakta Gadhamsetty
  • Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez
  • Maisa Hossain
  • Maximilian Ilyev
  • Punam Tamang
  • Yusi Yao
  • Luke You

Seeing the Non-Traditional Student

Engineering Visibility Podcast by Annie Patrick

This podcast and research is funded through the NSF's Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED) Grant.

This podcast features ECE student and transfer student mentor, Halea Fowler. Halea does a great job of discussing her experience of being a VT transfer student, the transfer community, and her work as a transfer mentor. This episode also includes another engineering student that worked in the culinary arts before coming to VT and an alum who came to ECE after studying spanish and anthropology at UVA.

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