Student Transitions: Student Academic Coaching with Dr. Jenny Sumner

Student Transitions: FUSE Pathway Program with USF'S Dr. Fai Howard

The University of South Florida’s FUSE Pathway Program [https://www.usf.edu/undergrad/transfer-student-success/transfer-resources/transfer-pathways.aspx]is turning transfer students into Bulls before they articulate to USF. In today's episode, the Florida Consortium of Metropolitan Research Universities [https://floridaconsortium.com/] Executive Director Michael Preston [https://floridaconsortium.com/our-team/] talks to Dr. Fai Howard Assistant Dean, Transition & Academic Growth, at the University of South Florida [https://www.usf.edu/undergrad/about-us/staff-bios.aspx], about FUSE., how the program grew its roots from Merton’s Anticipatory Socialization [https://www.managementnote.com/anticipatory-socialization/], who qualifies, and how the program is infusing talent into Tampa Bay’s and Florida’s workforce.

Student Transitions: Course Equivalency with Dr. Jennifer Bravo, FIU

“Transfer students all have a story” (Bravo, 2022), and those stories uniquely shape their transition to Consortium member institutions like Florida International University. Join us this week as Dr. Jennifer Bravo, Director of Transfer and Transition Services at FIU joins us to talk about Course Equivalency and how FIU’s innovative programs like Connect4Success [https://transfer.fiu.edu/connect4success/bridge-advisors/] and the Transfer Equivalency Database or T.E.D. [https://transfer.fiu.edu/transfer-101/ted/] creates opportunities and savings for Transfer Students.

Student Transitions: Student Academic Coaching with Dr. Jenny Sumner

This week we dive into Student Academic Coaching with our guest Dr. Jenny Sumner of the University of Central Florida the Assistant Vice Provost for the Division of Digital Learning. Dr. Sumner is a member of our Consortium Transfer Success Network and partnered with Dr. Preston to complete a transfer success review process called Foundations of Excellence for the Gardner Institute. She is the project lead on the new Consortium Coaching Collaborative with three upcoming cohorts at UCF, the University of South Florida, and Florida International University.