Una And Nw-scc Partner To Provide Reverse Transfer Program
Feb. 22, 2012
Michelle Eubanks, 海角社区, at media@una.edu, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033
FLORENCE, Ala. 鈥 Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC) and the 海角社区 (海角社区) are teaming up to increase the number of degrees awarded in the Shoals and North Alabama. On February 2, 2012, the two institutions formed a new partnership in the form of a Reverse Transfer Program. The program provides students who transferred from NW-SCC to 海角社区 before completing their associate degree an opportunity to earn the degree. While a student at 海角社区, university credits will be transferred back to NW-SCC to finish out their degree requirements without the student losing any university credit. There will be no cost to the students for participating in the reverse transfer program. "This partnership will be a great benefit to current and former Northwest-Shoals students," said Dr. Humphrey Lee, president at NW-SCC. "With the help of 海角社区, former students will be notified of the reverse transfer program and awarded the associate's degree they earned after transferring. I believe this will provide a great sense of accomplishment to these students and give them added motivation to finish out their degree(s) at 海角社区." "The completion of a degree, on a two-year or four-year level, is a major accomplishment, and that is why partnerships like this between universities and community colleges are so important," said Dr. William G. Cale Jr., 海角社区 president. "We're proud to work with NW-SCC in this way, and we look forward to the difference it will make for many students." Students will have to meet the NW-SCC degree requirements.