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The Transfer Empowerment Program
-By JoAnn Lomo
Students striving to transfer to a four-year college or students who feel strongly about self-empowerment may want to seriously talk to the Transfer Empowerment Program (TEP) counselor, Carmen Diamond at Copper Mountain College (CMC).
�You know what we are? We are cheerleaders with information. That�s the way I like to see it,� said Diamond about TEP.
TEP targets CMC students who are enrolled in at least nine credit units. The student must be either in financial need, a first generation college student, or a student with disabilities. It is for these reasons the federal government funds TEP to give special attention to high achieving transfer students.
General counselors at CMC, such as Andrea Armstrong and Tony Thomas usually don�t have as much time to spend with a student as Diamond does. TEP has a limit of 160 students to contend to with, as the general counselors end up dealing with around 1,000 students each. Some things TEP students can expect are math clinics, individual tutoring for up to three hours per week, field trips, cultural visits, possible empowerment grants/awards, special TEP presented events on campus such as the Cinco De Mayo Celebration on Thurs., May 5 at 11am-1pm in Phase III, and many other things.
�What creates success is when people get involved and get involved with other people and get support and learn how to ask for support, and realize that they can�t do everything alone. It is a rough thing to go through school,� said Diamond.
Important to being successful in school is a plan. TEP will take time to help a student explore careers and create a general education plan that keeps a student on track. Educational tracks are different for everyone. For example, a nursing student�s track is different from that of a student willing to become a teacher. Once the general education needs are met for that particular track, the student may graduate with an associate degree. The transfer requirements may be taken at CMC for a lower fee, rather than a university�s higher price.
Diamond said, that according to Amba Hipp, a TEP graduate, �The scariest part about transferring is thinking about it�stop being scared and just do it! If I can do it anybody can!�
For more information contact Carmen Diamond at 366-3791 x4248. Applications can be submitted in Student Services.
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