UROP's Changing Gears is designed for community college transfer students. Students in the program become a part of an ongoing research project in their field of interest and work alongside U-M faculty and scholars on groundbreaking research. Students learn valuable academic skills, applying these skills to their research projects, academics, and future career opportunities while receiving academic credit or compensation for their efforts.

Transfer Connections is a mentorship program for LSA transfer students that connects you with peer mentors (former transfer students) and faculty/staff mentors in order to ease your transition. Every month you can participate in a wide array of activities, from recreation to the visual and performing arts. The program is voluntary and selective. All new LSA transfer students admitted for fall or winter term are eligible to apply.

Transfer Connections Groups are made up of 8-12 mentees (new transfer students) that share a peer mentor and faculty/staff mentor. The program allows you to take advantage of opportunities and helps build networks that can help you make the most of your undergraduate career.

To find out more visit visit their website or check out their Facebook. 

The Opportunity Hub's mission is to provide you with the tools and resources you need to achieve your career goals and aspirations at LSA and beyond. The skills, experiences, and perspectives you bring with you are part of what make you unique, both personally and professionally. 

For current LSA transfer students the Hub offers a variety of ways to engage with professional development.

For prospective students, the Hub offers learning tools to guide you as you explore careers in the Liberal Arts, encourage you to seek outside-of-the-classroom learning experiences, and be a support as you shape your professional identity and explore transferring to LSA.

Whether you are a current LSA student or are still exploring transferring, visit the LSA Opportunity Hub to learn more. 

moMentum Fellowship

In collaboration with community colleges across the state, optiMize runs year-round social innovation training programs for students at community colleges to work on their own self-directed social impact projects. The programs culminate in a multi-day Fellowship experience on campus at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Transfer Bridge Leadership Fellows & Transfer Student Support Group

otiMize runs a Fellowship for community college transfer students who want to cultivate a supportive community for their fellow transfer student peers. Our Mellon Fellows travel back to their community college campuses to recruit prospective transfer students, host weekly dinners for transfer students already on U-M’s Ann Arbor campus, and help transfer students integrate into the optiMize community.

The aMplify Podcast

Available now on Spotify and YouTube

The aMplify Podcast discusses the experience of being a student at the University of  Michigan with various topics including mental health, student orgs, housing, and more. Created and hosted by June Rayburn and Elyas Perry, both transfer students currently attending UM, and supported by optiMize. This project explores issues many feel unsure about as they come into the UM community by mixing storytelling, guest interviews, and resources for support on campus. Episodes are currently available for streaming and new episodes will be released throughout the year.

The Sweetland Center for Writing offers a variety of writing support for transfer students from including workshops, inidivudal writing consultations, and WRITING 350, a course just for transfer students. WRITING 350 serves transfer and upper-division students who seek support to meet the expectations for writing, and especially in courses that meet LSA’s Upper-Level Writing Requirement. Operating on a workshop and discussion format, this course provides an opportunity to identify writing strengths and issues, set personal goals, and practice writing in a collaborative environment. Students work with writing they produce in other classes.

The SLC offers study groups for all students and appointment-based, small group tutoring for transfer students enrolled in the following science courses.

• Biology 171, 172, 222, 225, 305, and MCDB 310
• Chemistry 130, 210, 215, 230, 260/261, and 351
• Physics 135, 140, 235, and 240

To learn more visit the Science Learning Center.

Take advantage of your U-M experience with ALA 171: Making the Most of Michigan.

This one-credit, seven-week course connects you to community, campus, and an array of resources.

Facilitated by upper-level students, ALA 171 helps you navigate your new environment, connect with other transfer students, and build skills for career and leadership opportunities.

In the course, you will:

• Visit and learn about resources across the university campus
• Create online portfolios that detail your goals, aspirations, and key experiences and connect you to career networking tools such as LinkedIn, Handshake, and UCAN
• Explore social identities and build important communication skills across differences
• Grow as leaders in the diverse Michigan community

Questions?  ala171coordinatingteam@umich.edu

The Global Scholars Program is an academic living-learning community located in North Quad that prepares sophomore, junior, and senior students to be interculturally competent global citizens, champions for meaningful change, and innovative leaders of tomorrow. Students learn about global issues from multiple cultural perspectives. Also, coursework and collaborative projects assist students as they develop and hone their intercultural communication skills. Students must apply to Global Scholars as part of their housing application.

The Residential College (RC) is a four-year interdisciplinary liberal arts program within LSA. RC students live and learn in the same physical space: East Quadrangle Residence Hall. The RC community encourages and welcomes participation by everyone associated with it – staff, students, faculty, friends, and alumni.The RC curriculum is interdisciplinary and engages students in creative exploration of the humanities, the social and natural sciences, intensive foreign language study, and the visual and performing arts. We seek to foster a genuine appreciation and lifelong passion for learning; not merely individual quests for knowledge, but preparation and encouragement that lead to effective and responsible engagement in the real world.

By combining typical residence hall facilities (dorm rooms, lounges, dining halls, etc.) with the academic and artistic resources required for a liberal arts education (classrooms, creative arts studios, faculty offices, performance and exhibit spaces, and student support services) the RC makes a unique contribution to higher education – a small college fully integrated with a major and highly respected public university.

The Residential College enrolls transfer students who have earned 40 or less credits from within U-M or external colleges and universities. Transfer RC students are obligated to complete RC requirements. It is possible that some of these requirements will be fulfilled through transfer credits. 

If you’re interested in off-campus housing, check out Beyond the Diag, a program based in the Dean of Students Office that helps you in your off-campus housing search while keeping you connected with campus life. The Beyond the Diag website includes listings for apartments, rooms in houses, roommates, and sublets. 

The Inter-Cooperative Council (ICC) Co-ops offer cooperative living in 18 houses and 1 apartment on north and central campus. Because of their cooperative governance and cost-sharing, ICC Co-ops offer less expensive living than most other arrangements.   

The Committee Advocating for Transfer, Nontraditional, and International Students (CATNIS) is a commisson of LSA Student Government that seeks to support the diverse needs of transfer, nontraditional, and international students by addressing academic, social, and situational concerns