Transfer Center

North Central recognizes and celebrates the many ways transfer students strengthen, enrich and diversify our campus community. We are committed to transfer student academic and social integration, and to providing a transfer-affirming culture on campus. We provide initiatives designed to improve the transfer student experience by intentionally and overtly addressing the unique needs of our transfer students.

North Central’s Transfer Center serves current students who have transferred to NCC. If you are a prospective transfer student, please use the link below to guide your application process.

The Center

The Center, located in Seybert Hall (208 Loomis Street) is a dedicated space for new and continuing transfer students to connect, study and get transfer-specific information and resources. The Center provides study tables, computers, a printing/copying machine, resource information, a microwave, refrigerator, lockers for commuters, and our Transfer Treats & Tea Counter.

New Student Initiatives

Welcome Week

Includes an event for fellow transfer students to connect and a transfer student lunch with campus partners

Multi-Tiered Mentorship

25 Faculty Transfer Mentors provide discipline-specific mentoring
20 Transfer Student Network Leaders provide peer mentoring and support
2 dedicated staff provide one-on-one mentoring for new transfer students

Transfer Tuesday Lunch Series

During your first two months at NCC, connect over lunch with Transfer Student Leaders and North Central faculty & staff on Tuesdays of Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8.

Transfer Student Network

Transfer Student Network Leaders

Our transfer student leaders are current transfer students who mentor new transfer students while developing their own leadership, mentorship, communication, and public speaking skills. Reach out to them with any questions or to request a meeting. They are experienced and knowledgeable about the transfer student experience, and you are welcome to reach out to them with any questions or request a one-on-one meeting (in person or virtual).

Community Events

Each month, one campus event will be designated as the Transfer Student Network community event. Our student leaders will set a designated meeting place and time prior to the event.

Brown Bag Lunches

Our weekly Brown Bag Lunches are a space for transfer students to meet other transfer students and student leaders, and discuss topics that are important to the transfer community. These are informal, drop in gatherings facilitated by the Transfer Student Network Leaders and our Transfer Center Graduate Assistant. Thursdays at Noon in the Transfer Center.

National Transfer Student Week

NC Hearts Transfers T-shirts
NC Hearts Transfers Photo Collage
Transfer Student Supper
Transfer Tailgate before football game

Tau Sigma National Transfer Honor Society

Recognizing and promoting the academic excellence and involvement of transfer students
Transfer Students who complete first semester at NC with GPA of 3.5+ eligible for induction

Transfer Center Staff

Julie Carballo
Assistant Dean for First-gen, Transfer & Veteran Initiatives
jmcarballo@noctrl.edu | 630-637-5155

Julia Babinec ’22 | M’24
Graduate Assistant for Transfer Initiatives
jgbabinec@noctrl.edu | 630-637-5199

Come talk to us about general questions, get tips on how to navigate NCC life, learn ways to find community, help you get connected to campus resources, and more.

Meet Our Transfer Student Network Leaders

Emily Cortez

Emily transferred to NC from South Suburban Community College. “The Transfer Center helped me with finding friends - including my roommate for this year - and I found all my resources through this program.”

Claire Carnavale

Claire transferred to NC from another 4-year institution. She wants you to know “the Transfer Student Network brings transfer students together as a community. It is a great support system for transfer students to become more involved on campus.”

Mina Sorial

Josh Ganesh

Ronnie Latka

Jasmine Tixta

North Central Transfer Alumni

The Transfer Center is new on campus and we are brainstorming how we can connect transfer alumni to our current transfer students. If you have ideas, please send them to transfercenter@noctrl.edu.

Next time you’re on campus, drop by the Transfer Center (Seybert Hall 107).

Be a featured alumni on our social media. We strive to do weekly posts on our Transfer Center social media. If we can do a post about you, please email us at transfercenter@noctrl.edu.

Support Transfer Students & the Transfer Center

Whether it be your time, your talent, or your treasure, support for the Transfer Center is always welcomed and appreciated. Contact us at transfercenter@noctrl.edu if interested or go online to make a gift today. (Type “transfer” in designation box.) Stay tuned for more ways to support the Transfer Center, including during NC’s annual Day of Giving coming in February 2024!

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