Project Overview
Learn about our project's mission and program components.
About the Project
Mission
The Transfer Peer Mentor Program at SF State provides resources, community, and engagement for incoming and current transfer students. This program institutionalizes practices and operations that improve transfer and baccalaureate completion rates.
Our project provides transfer populations with direction and tools for postsecondary success.
Overview
The Transfer Peer Mentor Program at San Francisco State University reflects a commitment to support students throughout their transfer journey. This program guarantees access to transfer-specific resources as well as a supportive transfer community.
Project participants are guaranteed:
Access to resources designed to address transfer-specific roadblocks
An empowering and supportive transfer community consisting of near-peers, faculty, and staff at San Francisco State University.
A commitment to better understand and support:
Our transfer populations
The transfer preparation process
The transition process for transfer students at their 4-year institution
At SFSU, this program takes shape through our peer mentors who work alongside institutional leaders to design and develop transfer supports for prospective and newly admitted transfer students.
TPM Evergreen Video(1).mp4Project Components
Peer Mentorship
Peer mentors and near-peer mentorship are vital components of this project. Peer mentors possess the experiential knowledge about what it is like to be an undergraduate at SFSU. Additionally, many of our peer mentors are transfer students themselves and have meaningful insights on strategies to help others navigate the transfer process. Learn more about our peer mentors.
Supporting Prospective Transfers Through the Transfer Process
Assists prospective transfer students with exploring majors and setting a realistic transfer goal
Fine-tune existing resources to clarify transfer requirements and pathway options
Promote transfer readiness and access to supportive transfer community through the use of near-peer mentors
Semesterly campus visits to SFSU
Transforming the University Newly-Admitted Transfers Experience
First-semester transition support in a upper division GE course designated for new transfer students
Early connection to College-specific resources, transfer advisors, and retention specialists
Access to a supportive a transfer community and connections with peers
Programming aimed at creating a transfer-receptive culture at SFSU