UK Recognized for Support of Community College Transfer Students
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 8, 2018) — The University of Kentucky is one of 112 colleges and universities named to the Phi Theta Kappa 2018 Transfer Honor Roll, which identifies the top four-year colleges and universities creating dynamic pathways to support transfer students.
Phi Theta Kappa is the premier honor society recognizing the academic achievement of students at associate degree-granting colleges and helping them to grow as scholars and leaders.
Open to all regionally accredited baccalaureate degree-granting institutions, Phi Theta Kappa’s Transfer Honor Roll recognizes excellence and success in community college transfer pathway development. To be considered, participating institutions complete an application detailing their community college transfer programs. Applications are evaluated in the areas of scholarship and financial aid, admissions outreach, student support services and student engagement opportunities.
"As the only institution in the Commonwealth to be selected for the 2018 Phi Theta Kappa Honor Roll, we are excited to continue to pave the way for community college students throughout the country to further their education in Kentucky," said Sara Price, UK's transfer admissions director. "Community college students bring unique experiences and contribute diverse perspectives that enhance the academic community. This honor recognizes the University of Kentucky's newly expanded transfer efforts and promotes the university as a destination for transfer students from around the country."
Phi Theta Kappa President and CEO Lynn Tincher-Ladner said the recognition program reflects the growing importance of recognizing and responding to the needs of community college transfers and promoting and sharing best practices for transfer success.
“Increasingly, students of all ages and achievement levels are choosing the community college, not only as their first step, but also their first choice in the pursuit of a quality, affordable bachelor’s degree,” Tincher-Ladner said. “These students are scholars, leaders and global citizens, and it has been shown over and over that they do as well as students beginning college at a four-year college or university.
“In order to ensure their continued success, the Transfer Honor Roll Program identifies colleges and universities that understand the unique needs of transfer students and applauds the dynamic pathways these colleges have created to continue fostering student success among transfer students at the four-year college.”
Transfer Honor Roll colleges will be recognized at PTK Catalyst 2018, Phi Theta Kappa’s annual convention, in Kansas City, Missouri, April 19-21, 2018.
Members of the 2018 Transfer Honor Roll are:
Adelphi University (NY)
Alderson Broaddus University (WV)
Angelo State University (TX)
Antioch University- Midwest (OH)
Appalachian State University (NC)
Arcadia University (PA)
Arizona State University
Baldwin Wallace University (OH)
Baylor University (TX)
Becker College (MA)
Bellevue University (NE)
Bethel University (MN)
Carroll College (MT)
Cleveland State University (OH)
Concordia College- New York
Dallas Baptist University (TX)
Delta State University (MS)
DePaul University (IL)
East Stroudsburg University (PA)
East Texas Baptist University
Eastern Illinois University
Eastern Michigan University
Eckerd College (FL)
Emerson College (MA)
Friends University (KS)
Georgia Southern University
Georgian Court University (NJ)
Hampshire College (MA)
Hofstra University (NY)
Illinois State University
Iowa State University
Kansas State University
Kean University (NJ)
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
La Salle University (PA)
Lake Forest College (IL)
Lee University (TN)
LeTourneau University (TX)
LIM College (NY)
Lipscomb University (TN)
Long Island University (NY)
Louisiana Tech University
Loyola Marymount University (CA)
Loyola University Chicago (IL)
Madonna University (MI)
Marquette University (WI)
Marylhurst University (OR)
Menlo College (CA)
Metropolitan State University of Denver (CO)
Miami University (OH)
Mississippi State University
Mississippi University for Women
Newman University (KS)
North Carolina Wesleyan College
North Central College (IL)
North Dakota State University
Northland College (WI)
Northwest Nazarene University (ID)
Oakland University (MI)
Ohio University
Oklahoma Baptist University
Peru State College (NE)
Randolph-Macon College (VA)
Regis University (CO)
Rider University (NJ)
Roanoke College (VA)
Rollins College (FL)
Rutgers University- Newark (NJ)
Saint Mary's College of California
Saint Peter's University (NJ)
Seattle University (WA)
Southeast Missouri State University
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Springfield College (MA)
St. Edward's University (TX)
State University of New York College at Cortland
Temple University- Fox School of Business (PA)
Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University- Kingsville
Texas A&M University- Texarkana
Texas Tech University
The College of Saint Rose (NY)
The Ohio State University
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
The University of Arizona
The University of Kansas
The University of Mississippi
The University of Southern Mississippi
The University of Tampa (FL)
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
The University of West Alabama
Trine University (IN)
University of California San Diego
University of Central Florida
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
University of Kentucky
University of Missouri- St. Louis
University of North Texas
University of Northern Iowa
University of Toledo (OH)
Ursuline College (OH)
Utica College (NY)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Wayne State University (MI)
Webster University (MO)
Wesley College (DE)
West Liberty University (WV)
West Texas A&M University
Wichita State University (KS)
William Woods University (MO)
Wilmington College (OH)
York College of Pennsylvania (PA)