University of Montevallo and Trenholm State Enter into Student Transfer Partnership
Department Information
Location:
Trenholm Campus:
1225 Air Base Blvd
Montgomery, Alabama 36108
Patterson Site:
3920 Troy Highway
Montgomery, Alabama 36116
Contact:
Phone: 1-866-753-4544
Phone: 334-420-4200
Email: info@trenholmstate.edu
The University of Montevallo signed a transfer agreement with聽聽Tuesday, Sept. 27, marking its sixth聽聽Transfer Pathway Program partnership with community colleges throughout the state.
The partnership begins immediately.
鈥淚t鈥檚 great to have a new partnership with Trenholm State,鈥� said Dr. John W. Stewart III, president of UM. 鈥淲e鈥檙e all in the same enterprise together and we鈥檙e all about our students鈥� success. Paving a smoother path for Trenholm State graduates to finish their education at Montevallo is not only the right thing to do, but it was a lot of fun.鈥�
Trenholm is a public, historically Black, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges accredited community college in Montgomery, Alabama. The college was founded as a merger between John M. Patterson Technical College and H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College.
The partnership allows Trenholm students who earn an associate degree or at least 45 transferable credit hours with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0, to transfer to UM through the ContinuUM program. While still students at Trenholm, they get a UM student ID, access to the McChesney Student Activity Center, can participate in extracurricular activities and student life events聽, use UM鈥檚 online digital library, receive pre-transfer advising and career advice聽 from the聽听补苍诲听聽and possibly a $2,000 Montevallo scholarship, renewable for one year.
They鈥檙e also eligible for the Transfer Academic Recognition and Transfer Minority scholarships.
鈥淭his is monumental for our college,鈥� said Dr. Kemba Chambers, president聽of Trenholm. 鈥淭his is our first聽聽with the University of Montevallo, so it鈥檚 big.鈥�
鈥淲e love that Montevallo has the聽聽program that helps minority students, being that we have a high population of students who are minorities. This is a great investment for them and provides another avenue for our students to transfer after they finish at Trenholm, and just go 60 miles up the road to Montevallo.鈥�
Dr. Tammi Dahle, vice president for enrollment and student affairs, said Trenholm reached out to UM about the partnership, which Montevallo was excited about.
鈥淭hey鈥檙e a great school in Montgomery and we want to build those bridges throughout the state so we can bring lots of different students from different cultures to make our campus even more inviting to other students,鈥� she said.
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