Transfer Week
Thursday, 07 15 2021
Transfer Week at Texas A&M University-San Antonio is summed up by most as “extra.” Everything celebrating our transfer students should be extra in the eyes of Juan Espinoza, Assistant Director of Transfer Student Engagement for Transitions and Family Programs, and the mind behind transfer week.
NISTS (National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students) organizes National Transfer Student Week to “celebrate transfer students and the professionals who support them on their journeys.” A&M-SA hosted the first Transfer Week way back in 2019, and since then, it has become a semesterly event.
Transfer students come in all forms at our campus, some work on campus, some are parents, and some are alumni that have found a permanent home here. Espinoza believes Transfer Week “provides a unique, family-friendly atmosphere for our transfers. We have events multiple times each day for our students; some of them work an 8-5 and then come to campus at 6 for their classes.”
Spring 2022 Transfer Week theme is all things 80s. The mindset to branding and theming an event allows the Transfer Student team to create a multifaceted campaign. Through the years of Transfer Engagement programming, most events and ideas have been student-formed and executed.
List of events Monday- Friday
- Transfer Week Kick-Off
- Transfer Jazzercise Event
- Conchas & Coffee
- Lucky to Have You/TradeUp
- Painting with a Transfer
- Roller-skating
Please visit the Transfer Student Engagement Jagsync page for locations and times.
Transfer students across campus can participate in the TradeUp Program. During this event, students can bring a t-shirt from another college or university and trade it in for a free university t-shirt. The Transfer Engagement host a t-shirt design contest for each transfer week that allows students to submit a design for what they want the next TradeUp shirt to look like. Check out Spring 2022’s
Transfer students wanting to keep up to date with all things should check out the Transfer Student Newsletter. In January, Transfer Student Engagement recognizes the first transfer student of the month, Cat Naranjo; read the full write-up here.