Fall 2023 City Colleges Transfer-mation Leadership Conference

Join City Colleges of Chicago transfer experts for the annual “Transfer-mation Leadership Conference,” an in-person event to help you prepare to transfer to your four-year dream school after graduating from City Colleges. The theme of this year’s conference is: Transfer-mation: Building Your Transfer Toolkit. 

Here’s the itinerary for the day: 

Networking Event/ Check-in: 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. a.m.  
Keynote Speaker: 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.    
Breakout Session #1: 11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.  
Pizza & Salad Lunch: 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.   
Breakout Session #2: 1:15 p.m.-2:00 p.m.   
Crossing the Line Activity: 2:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m.  
Light Refreshments & Reception: 4:00 p.m. 

Breakout sessions #1: 11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. 

• Undocumented Students Can Transfer Too: Luvia Moreno  
• Considering 2SLGBTQ+ Identity and Rights When Selecting a Transfer Institution (or Career): Joe Hinton 
• I Hope They Don’t Realize that I Really Don’t Belong Here: The Imposter Phenomenon and How to Overcome It:   Tracy Bibbs and Jenniffel Rameriz 
• How to be a CCC Transfer Superstar: Get organized in your transfer plans  Jennifer Vogel/ Meaghan Young-Stephens 

• How to get into Mental Fitness and Physical Shape: Align Your Mind and Body Before You Transfer: Ramon Castro (Tentative Session)

 Breakout Sessions #2: 1:15 p.m.-2:00 p.m.  

• Find it, strengthen it, use it: Finding your voice & using it to get to all the places you are meant to go! Kiera Bowens and Melissa McGlynn  
• How to Write a Winning Admissions & Scholarship Essay: Amy Rosenquist 
• Know Thyself . . . as a Leader: How to Discover the Leader in All of Us: Rosie Banks 
• Ignite Imaginations: Understanding the Joys of Teaching: Tasha Marks-Thigpen 
• Breathe, Move, Repeat: Self Care for Transfer Students: Diana Campos

Please direct any questions to Ellen Goldberg, Transfer Center Director at Harold Washington College, at egoldberg1@ccc.edu or Amanda Williams, District Director of Transfer Programs and Services, at awilliams720@ccc.edu.