Celebrating National Transfer Student Week, Oct. 20-24

Dear campus community, 

Next week, UC Berkeley celebrates National Transfer Student Week (October 20-24, 2025)! Transfer students represent a vital 21% of our undergraduate population at Berkeley, a community the campus has proudly supported since establishing the Transfer Student Center in 1999 as the first of its kind across the UC system. We invite all faculty, staff, and students to participate in this week's activities. A few highlights for next week are below.

Campus Events 

• October 21, 2025 from 12-2pm at Anchor House: Nacho-nal Transfer Student Week Kickoff 

• October 22, 2025 from 6-8pm: ASUC Transfer Student Forum

• October 23rd, 2025 from 12-2pm at 100 Chavez: You’ve Got a Pizza Our Hearts, Transfer Appreciation Mixer 

Campus Departments 

• Transfer Student Center: Providing critical support services for all transfer students; follow on Facebook, Instagram, and sign up for the newsletter

• Centers for Educational Equity and Excellence (CE3) including the Cal Veteran Services Center, Miller Scholars Program, Re-Entry Student Program, Student Parent Center, and TRIO Student Support Services 

• Center for Educational Partnerships (CEP) including Transfer Prep and the Transfer Alliance Project (TAP)

Campus Organizations

• Transfer Student Success Group Community of Practice for faculty, staff, and administrators - Request to join the group

• ASUC Office of the Transfer Student Representative - Joshua De Miguel

• CalLink Transfer groups

Read and Watch

• Her sisters — and growing up working class in Sacramento — inspired this student to push for climate justice

• Thomas Newman: From Cal dad to Cal history graduate

• Video: Meet Gabriel, a spring transfer student at UC Berkeley 

To learn more and/or submit additional events and resources, visit the National Transfer Student Week webpage

Thank you,

Fabrizio Mejia
he/him
Interim Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion 

Oliver M. O’Reilly
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Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education

Victoria Plaut
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Vice Provost for the Faculty

Stephen C. Sutton
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Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

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