Note: The following message was e-mailed to commission members on 10-20-04.

TO: Advising Transfer Students Commission Members
FROM: Troy Holaday, Commission Chair

Greetings to all of you - members of the Advising Transfer Students Commission of the National Academic Advising Association - from the new Chair. If you missed this year's national conference, you missed out on some exciting discussions and information sharing regarding how to better serve students who transfer. A summary of this year's Commission meeting and of some of the transfer workshops can be reviewed on our commission web site at www.nacada.ksu.edu/Commissions/C19/C19-News-Cincinnati2004.htm.

Note that there are many opportunities for participation in the Commission, whether you made it to this year's conference or not.

Finally, my own workshop, which detailed federal legislation proposed this year that could dramatically affect (limit/restrict) the way colleges evaluate transfer credits and report them to the government, shocked many of the conference attendees who were previously unaware that such legislation was underway. Our sources tell us that this legislation is very likely to be passed, perhaps even in its current form, following the election. If you are interested in learning more, the packet of materials may be found at

www.bsu.edu/web/00taholaday/NACADA/LDtL.pdf.

If you would like to join the commission list serve -- an on-line community for advisors of transfer students -- simple instructions for subscribing and posting messages are given at the web site below. We have a slate of topics to discuss this year, so there WILL be some activity. Also, any new information I get regarding the federal legislation will be posted to the list serve immediately.

www.nacada.ksu.edu/list serve/C19.htm

Thank you for your attention, and I look forward to hearing from you soon or seeing you at next year's NACADA national in Las Vegas. (I'm already groaning thinking about the cheesy presentation titles that will inspire!)

Troy Holaday, Ph.D.
Assistant Director of Academic Systems
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306
phone 765.748.1198
fax 765.282.2082
tholaday@bsu.edu